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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-18

Feeder Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Mar 18

● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← Mar 11Mar 18Mar 25 →

Receipts

18 head

▼ 49 vs last sale 67▼ 87 vs year ago 105 · −82.9%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb heifers averaged $315.00/cwt on 3 head, down $23.51 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −23.51 against this barn's trailing median of $338.51.

Average price

$315.00

▼ 23.51 vs prior sale

3 head · 647 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,038

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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single grade reported

vs the market

−56.60

vs KY average

−62.15 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	647	315.00	2,038	3thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale3 hd

315.00

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KY average25 barns · 1,080 hd

371.60

−56.60

National average158 barns · 9,105 hd

377.15

−62.15

This barn, trailing median1 sales

338.51

−23.51

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

9 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	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,419	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	772	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,644	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	310	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,387	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	483	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,691	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	647	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,038	3
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	900	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,250	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	435	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,642	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	623	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,511	4
Bulls	1000–1050	Medium and Large 2-3	1,035	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,604	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 Mar 18, 2026

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

Receipts 18Last week 67Year ago 105

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	623	403.00	403.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	377.50	377.50
1	1000–1050	1,035	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	447.50	447.50
3	600–650	647	315.00	315.00
1	900–950	900	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	483	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	410.00	410.00
3	750–800	772	342.50	342.50

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.