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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-10

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Jun 10

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← May 27Jun 10Jun 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

25 head

▲ 25 vs last sale 0▲ 11 vs year ago 14 · +78.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

3 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 3▼ 1 vs year ago 4 · −25.0%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $447.05/cwt on 5 head, down $31.44 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 3 comparable sales and sits −20.45 against this barn's trailing median of $467.50.

Average price

$447.05

▼ 31.44 vs prior sale

5 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,482

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$269

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

$33.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.36

vs KY average

−6.67 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	559	453.81	2,537	4thin
Medium and Large 2	540	420.00	2,268	1thin

One grade step is worth $33.81/cwt here — about $269 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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

447.05

—

KY average24 barns · 597 hd

455.41

−8.36

National average163 barns · 9,671 hd

453.72

−6.67

This barn, trailing median3 sales

467.50

−20.45

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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $478.49, low $423.55, median $467.50 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	Lean 85-90%	Average	927	130.00	1,205	3thin

Every lot

10 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	408	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,999	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,268	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,268	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	559	453.81/cwt	450.00–457.50	2,537	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	664	371.98/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,470	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,974	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,935	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	563	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,942	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	663	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,055	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	927	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,205	3

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 Jun 10, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 25Last week 0Year ago 14

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 3Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	470	420.00	420.00
2	500–550	523	370.00	370.00
2	550–600	563	345.00	345.00
3	650–700	663	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	408	490.00	490.00
4	450–500	493	460.00	460.00
4	550–600	559	450.00–457.50	453.81
5	650–700	664	370.00–375.00	371.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	420.00	420.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	927	130.00	130.00

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.