Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2026-05-27

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, May 27
● Final2 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Receipts
3 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 2▼ 3 vs year ago 6 · −50.0%
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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
CowsLean 85-90%Low970120.001,1641thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,425135.001,9241thin

Every lot

2 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
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%970120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1641
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,425135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,9241

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.