Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2026-10-21

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Oct 21
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
Feeder Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 24▼ 126 vs year ago 151 · −83.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 10▼ 1 vs year ago 4 · −25.0%
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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $362.50/cwt on 6 head, up $8.55 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 1 comparable sales and sits +8.55 against this barn's trailing median of $353.95.
Average price
$362.50
▲ 8.55 vs prior sale
6 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,985
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−3.63
vs KY average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2548362.501,9856thin
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 sale6 hd
362.50
—
KY average26 barns · 844 hd
366.13
−3.63
This barn, trailing median1 sales
353.95
+8.55
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,500125.001,8751thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,215120.001,4581thin

Every lot

15 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,0271
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,4892
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2410340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,3941
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7762
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2550340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8701
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2653320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0903
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2705305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,1501
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2390450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,7551
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2445435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,9364
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2502375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8833
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2593350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0763
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2680330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,2441
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2710310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2011
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,215120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,4581
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,500125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,8751

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.