Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2026-10-14

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Oct 14
● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
24 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 23▼ 6 vs year ago 30 · −20.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 6▲ 7 vs year ago 3 · +233.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison due to limited supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
400–500 lb heifers averaged $330.00/cwt on 1 head.
Average price
$330.00
1 head · 465 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,535
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−37.86
vs KY average
−85.50 vs national

Price by quality 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2465330.001,5351thin
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 sale1 hd
330.00
—
KY average27 barns · 772 hd
367.86
−37.86
National average193 barns · 17,183 hd
415.50
−85.50
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,086115.001,2498thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Very Low1,56090.001,4041thin

Every lot

8 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2465330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5351
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,065210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,23716
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2350400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4001
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3450300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3501
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2520357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,8591
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2735260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,9111
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,086115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,2498
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,4041

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.