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Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Name: Hopkinsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Sep 23

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200

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Feeder Cattle receipts

29 head

▲ 26 vs last sale 3▼ 79 vs year ago 108 · −73.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

9 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 3▲ 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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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 $290.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −63.95 against this barn's trailing median of $353.95.

Average price

$290.00

4 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,505

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$98

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$20.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−66.66

vs KY average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	518	300.00	1,554	2thin
Medium and Large 3	520	280.00	1,456	2thin

One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about $98 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 sale4 hd

290.00

—

KY average25 barns · 469 hd

356.66

−66.66

This barn, trailing median1 sales

353.95

−63.95

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	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,565	135.00	2,113	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,233	123.50	1,522	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,080	101.06	1,092	5thin

Every lot

18 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	445	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,802	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	518	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,124	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	600	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,980	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,625	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	542	358.56/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,943	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,472	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	518	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,554	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	520	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,456	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	293.33/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,804	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,862	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	710	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,988	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2	820	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,050	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	985	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,281	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,077	101.76/cwt	90.00–110.00	1,096	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,185	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,363	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,185	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	830	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,280	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,690	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,565	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,113	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 23, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 29Last week 3Year ago 108

Slaughter CattleReceipts 9Last week 3Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	520	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	518	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	665	280.00	280.00
1	800–850	820	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	320.00	320.00
3	600–650	615	290.00–300.00	293.33
1	700–750	710	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	500	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	542	350.00–360.00	358.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	518	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	405.00	405.00
5	600–650	600	330.00	330.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	70.00	70.00
3	—	1,077	90.00–110.00	101.76
1	—	985	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	115.00	115.00
1	—	1,280	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,565	135.00	135.00

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.