Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2025-12-10

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Dec 10
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
42 head
▼ 124 vs last sale 166▼ 36 vs year ago 78 · −46.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 2▲ 1 vs year ago 1 · +100.0%
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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $320.49/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −39.53 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.
Average price
$320.49
11 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,764
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−27.26
vs KY average
−57.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2550320.491,76411thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale11 hd
320.49
—
KY average27 barns · 1,801 hd
347.75
−27.26
National average184 barns · 19,282 hd
377.96
−57.47
This barn, trailing median3 sales
360.03
−39.53
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales
383365347329median 360.0304/0104/0107/0808/1208/12
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $369.48, low $342.95, median $360.03 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low98550.004931thin

Every lot

17 lots · USDA AMS · Christian Co. Livestock - Hopkinsville, KY
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9241
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,0382
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622330.43/cwt325.00–333.002,0553
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2650340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2102
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2325365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,1861
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,2832
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423333.35/cwt330.00–335.001,4103
Heifers400–450Medium 1-2443305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,3512
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2510323.12/cwt310.00–332.001,6485
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2584318.30/cwt310.00–320.001,8596
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2633310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9626
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2368380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,3983
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3395320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2641
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2465357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,6621
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2535367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,9633
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2650300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9501
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98550.00/cwt50.00–50.004931

This sale against other markets

Kentucky weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.