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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Feb 18

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

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Feeder Cattle receipts

40 head

▲ 33 vs last sale 7▲ 40 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

3 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 2▲ 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 0▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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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 $410.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 4 of 3 comparable sales and sits +49.97 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$410.00

4 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,214

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−3.60

vs KY average

−19.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	540	410.00	2,214	4thin

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 sale4 hd

410.00

—

KY average27 barns · 1,405 hd

413.60

−3.60

National average184 barns · 15,729 hd

429.17

−19.17

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

+49.97

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

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%	Average	1,338	135.00	1,806	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	700	60.00	420	1thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	890	$1,800	1thin

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	280	622.50/cwt	622.50–622.50	1,743	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	338	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	1,851	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	367	573.21/cwt	567.50–575.00	2,104	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,072	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,980	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,214	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	255	755.00/cwt	755.00–755.00	1,925	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	288	695.00/cwt	695.00–695.00	2,002	6
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	632.50/cwt	632.50–632.50	2,119	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	340	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	2,278	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	390	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,145	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	442	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,387	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	680	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,278	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	700	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	420	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,265	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,518	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,410	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,115	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	890	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	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 Feb 18, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 40Last week 7Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 2Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	755.00	755.00
2	300–350	340	670.00	670.00
3	400–450	442	540.00	540.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	288	695.00	695.00
2	300–350	335	632.50	632.50
2	350–400	390	550.00	550.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	680	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	622.50	622.50
4	350–400	367	567.50–575.00	573.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	338	547.50	547.50
4	400–450	434	477.50	477.50
1	450–500	480	412.50	412.50
4	500–550	540	410.00	410.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	890	1,800.00	1,800.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,410	150.00	150.00
1	—	1,265	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	60.00	60.00

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.