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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-13

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, May 13

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← May 6May 13May 20 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

37 head

▼ 71 vs last sale 108▲ 6 vs year ago 31 · +19.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

4 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 4▲ 1 vs year ago 3 · +33.3%

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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 $390.00/cwt on 5 head, up $20.52 from the prior sale (only 19 head in that comparison). That ranks 4 of 3 comparable sales and sits +29.97 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$390.00

▲ 20.52 vs prior sale

5 head · 507 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,978

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$286

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

$50.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.39

vs KY average

−27.11 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	509	400.00	2,036	4thin
Medium and Large 2	500	350.00	1,750	1thin

One grade step is worth $50.00/cwt here — about $286 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 sale5 hd

390.00

—

KY average26 barns · 1,142 hd

409.39

−19.39

National average171 barns · 11,385 hd

417.11

−27.11

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

+29.97

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,875	190.00	3,563	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,248	150.49	1,878	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,150	145.00	1,668	1thin

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 · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	245	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	1,678	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	305	602.50/cwt	602.50–602.50	1,838	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	370	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,489	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,012	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,750	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	509	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,036	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	648	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,236	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	665	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,995	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	770	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,156	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	260	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	2,080	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	345	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,087	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,777	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	410	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,112	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	464.46/cwt	422.50–485.00	2,239	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	510	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,275	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,453	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,875	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	3,563	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,150	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,668	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,248	150.49/cwt	148.00–153.00	1,878	2

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 May 13, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 37Last week 108Year ago 31

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 4Year ago 3

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	260	800.00	800.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	605.00	605.00
1	400–450	410	515.00	515.00
3	450–500	482	422.50–485.00	464.46
5	600–650	629	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	515.00	515.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	402.50	402.50
3	750–800	770	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	602.50	602.50
3	400–450	428	470.00	470.00
4	500–550	509	400.00	400.00
3	600–650	648	345.00	345.00
2	650–700	665	300.00	300.00

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

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	685.00	685.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,875	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,248	148.00–153.00	150.49

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.