Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2026-01-14

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Jan 14
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 59▼ 20 vs year ago 48 · −41.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 6▼ 2 vs year ago 5 · −40.0%
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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 $365.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 3 of 3 comparable sales and sits +4.97 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.
Average price
$365.00
2 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,964
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−11.02
vs KY average
−48.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2538365.001,9642thin
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 sale2 hd
365.00
—
KY average26 barns · 1,994 hd
376.02
−11.02
National average188 barns · 26,809 hd
413.48
−48.48
This barn, trailing median3 sales
360.03
+4.97
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,353117.501,5892thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,07090.009631thin

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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2660356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,3503
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2820334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,7391
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2326421.75/cwt400.00–429.001,3755
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2415380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5771
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2538365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,9642
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2735260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,9112
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2740280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0721
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2813250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,0332
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2295500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,4751
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2315501.00/cwt501.00–501.001,5781
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2355477.50/cwt477.50–477.501,6951
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy395500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,9751
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy428500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,1406
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2870287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,5011
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07090.00/cwt90.00–90.009631
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,315115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,5121
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,390120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,6681

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.