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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-07

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Jan 7

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← Dec 17Jan 7Jan 14 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

59 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 65▲ 56 vs year ago 3 · +1,866.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

6 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 6▲ 3 vs year ago 3 · +100.0%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $339.36/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −20.67 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$339.36

6 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,864

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$47.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−32.65

vs KY average

−70.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	544	347.23	1,890	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	575	300.00	1,725	1thin

One grade step is worth $47.23/cwt here — about $165 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale6 hd

339.36

—

KY average20 barns · 1,380 hd

372.01

−32.65

National average199 barns · 28,725 hd

410.10

−70.74

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−20.67

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,276	115.38	1,473	5thin

Every lot

24 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	377.48/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,227	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	839	345.29/cwt	339.00–346.00	2,897	19
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	320	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,424	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	436.03/cwt	417.50–442.50	1,679	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	390	327.79/cwt	305.00–350.00	1,278	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	398.95/cwt	390.00–417.50	1,715	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	480	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,632	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	513	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,796	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	345.38/cwt	335.00–367.00	1,951	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	575	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,725	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	673	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,053	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	750	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,100	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	245	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,188	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,694	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	450	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,451	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	510	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,607	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,873	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	343.78/cwt	342.50–345.00	1,994	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	670	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,228	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	680	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,904	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	700	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,240	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	780	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,399	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,258	111.72/cwt	100.00–120.00	1,405	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,350	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,755	1

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Christian Co. Livestock - Hopkinsville, KY

Wed Jan 7, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 59Last week 65Year ago 3

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 6Year ago 3

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,258	100.00–120.00	111.72
1	—	1,350	130.00	130.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	445.00	445.00
4	350–400	385	417.50–442.50	436.03
3	400–450	430	390.00–417.50	398.95
2	500–550	513	350.00	350.00
3	550–600	565	335.00–367.00	345.38
2	650–700	673	305.00	305.00
1	750–800	750	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	305.00–350.00	327.79
1	450–500	480	340.00	340.00
1	550–600	575	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	322.50	322.50
1	500–550	510	315.00	315.00
1	650–700	680	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	485.00	485.00
1	350–400	385	440.00	440.00
1	500–550	535	350.00	350.00
2	550–600	580	342.50–345.00	343.78
1	650–700	670	332.50	332.50
1	700–750	700	320.00	320.00
1	750–800	780	307.50	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	590	375.00–380.00	377.48
19	800–850	839	339.00–346.00	345.29

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.