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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Sep 16

● Final3 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

← Sep 9Sep 16Sep 23 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 3▼ 35 vs year ago 38 · −92.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

3 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 0▲ 0 vs year ago 3 · +0.0%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $310.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −43.95 against this barn's trailing median of $353.95.

Average price

$310.00

1 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,612

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−47.45

vs KY average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	520	310.00	1,612	1thin

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

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

310.00

—

KY average25 barns · 510 hd

357.45

−47.45

This barn, trailing median1 sales

353.95

−43.95

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	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,235	80.00	988	3thin

Every lot

3 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 · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,612	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,935	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,235	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	988	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 Sep 16, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3Last week 3Year ago 38

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 0Year ago 3

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,235	80.00	80.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	300.00	300.00

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.