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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-29

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Jul 29

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← Jul 22Jul 29Aug 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

25 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 23▲ 0 vs year ago 25 · +0.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

4 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 0▼ 5 vs year ago 9 · −55.6%

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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 $341.67/cwt on 3 head, down $18.36 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −18.36 against this barn's trailing median of $360.03.

Average price

$341.67

▼ 18.36 vs prior sale

3 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,822

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$343

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

$57.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.26

vs KY average

−18.85 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	540	380.00	2,052	1thin
Medium and Large 2	530	322.50	1,709	2thin

One grade step is worth $57.50/cwt here — about $343 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 sale3 hd

341.67

—

KY average26 barns · 590 hd

366.92

−25.26

National average152 barns · 4,754 hd

360.52

−18.85

This barn, trailing median3 sales

360.03

−18.36

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	2,150	210.00	4,515	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,365	140.00	1,911	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,113	109.42	1,218	2thin

Every lot

17 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	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	560	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,184	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	345	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,380	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	438	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,500	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	455	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,775	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,725	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,052	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,680	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,935	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	345	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,104	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	489	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,467	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	495	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,782	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	580	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,740	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,784	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	500–550	Large 3	525	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,063	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,150	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	4,515	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,113	109.42/cwt	100.00–116.00	1,218	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,365	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,911	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 Jul 29, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 25Last week 23Year ago 25

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 0Year ago 9

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	400.00	400.00
1	450–500	455	390.00	390.00
1	500–550	540	380.00	380.00
2	600–650	645	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	438	342.50	342.50
1	500–550	500	345.00	345.00
1	550–600	560	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	202.50	202.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	320.00	320.00
4	450–500	489	300.00	300.00
2	550–600	580	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	495	360.00	360.00
1	600–650	615	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	390.00	390.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,113	100.00–116.00	109.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,365	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,150	210.00	210.00

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.