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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Apr 1

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← Mar 25Apr 1Apr 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

52 head

▲ 18 vs last sale 34▼ 2 vs year ago 54 · −3.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

3 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 8▼ 18 vs year ago 21 · −85.7%

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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 $369.48/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 3 of 3 comparable sales and sits +9.45 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$369.48

19 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,017

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$227

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

$20.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−50.26

vs KY average

−53.71 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	548	370.56	2,029	18thin
Medium and Large 2	515	350.00	1,803	1thin

One grade step is worth $20.56/cwt here — about $227 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 sale19 hd

369.48

—

KY average26 barns · 1,920 hd

419.74

−50.26

National average175 barns · 10,886 hd

423.19

−53.71

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

+9.45

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,195	177.50	2,121	2thin

Every lot

19 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	474.00/cwt	474.00–474.00	2,337	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	250	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,250	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	339	485.54/cwt	470.00–493.00	1,646	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	360	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,440	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	390	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	1,862	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,817	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	455	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,684	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,803	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,041	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	556	363.01/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,018	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	615	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,845	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	355	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,580	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,961	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,993	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,333	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,400	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	605	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,496	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,170	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,165	1
Bulls	—	—	1,220	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,074	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 Apr 1, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 52Last week 34Year ago 54

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 8Year ago 21

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	185.00	185.00
1	—	1,220	170.00	170.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	493	474.00	474.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	400.00	400.00
1	450–500	455	370.00	370.00
1	600–650	615	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	500.00	500.00
9	300–350	339	470.00–493.00	485.54
1	350–400	390	477.50	477.50
2	400–450	420	432.50	432.50
8	500–550	537	380.00	380.00
10	550–600	556	360.00–370.00	363.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	445.00	445.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	530.00	530.00
5	400–450	438	455.00	455.00
4	500–550	529	441.00	441.00
2	550–600	570	421.00	421.00
2	600–650	605	412.50	412.50

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.