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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Sep 2

● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← Aug 26Sep 2Sep 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 12▼ 199 vs year ago 204 · −97.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

11 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 6▲ 2 vs year ago 9 · +22.2%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb heifers averaged $360.00/cwt on 3 head.

Average price

$360.00

3 head · 452 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,627

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−1.37

vs KY average

−8.83 vs national

Price by quality 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	452	360.00	1,627	3thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale3 hd

360.00

—

KY average25 barns · 413 hd

361.37

−1.37

National average160 barns · 5,867 hd

368.83

−8.83

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,515	140.00	2,121	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,214	128.00	1,554	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	937	122.33	1,146	5thin

Every lot

9 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 · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	452	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,627	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,564	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	665	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,530	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	740	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,036	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	910	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	974	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,012	121.55/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,230	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,207	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,569	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,225	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,531	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,515	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,121	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 Sep 2, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5Last week 12Year ago 204

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 6Year ago 9

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	340.00	340.00
1	650–700	665	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	452	360.00	360.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,207	130.00	130.00
2	—	1,225	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,515	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,012	120.00–125.00	121.55
1	—	740	140.00	140.00
1	—	910	107.00	107.00

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.