Sale reports / Kentucky / Hopkinsville Livestock Auction / 2026-10-28

Hopkinsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Hopkinsville, Kentucky · Wed, Oct 28
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2200
← Oct 21Oct 28latest
Feeder Cattle receipts
85 head
▲ 60 vs last sale 25▲ 49 vs year ago 36 · +136.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 3▲ 2 vs year ago 2 · +100.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 0▼ 2 vs year ago 6 · −33.3%
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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $375.00/cwt on 2 head, down $48.55 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −92.50 against this barn's trailing median of $467.50.
Average price
$375.00
▼ 48.55 vs prior sale
2 head · 570 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,138
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−23.39
vs KY average
−60.85 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2570375.002,1382thin
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 sale2 hd
375.00
—
KY average26 barns · 1,042 hd
398.39
−23.39
National average189 barns · 34,086 hd
435.85
−60.85
This barn, trailing median3 sales
467.50
−92.50
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

3 sales
492465437410median 467.5004/0804/0805/0607/0807/08
Steers 500–600 lb: high $478.49, low $423.55, median $467.50 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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%Low1,610116.001,8681thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,363105.001,4312thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,390$1,8922thin

Every lot

28 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2395402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,5901
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425442.50/cwt442.50–442.501,8811
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,1382
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2641355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,2764
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2655357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,3421
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,4121
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added753346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,60514
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2807319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,5743
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2866313.58/cwt306.00–324.502,71612
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2320425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,3602
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2388404.00/cwt404.00–404.001,5682
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2418360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5052
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2500349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,7452
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,9282
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,16013
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2880245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,1561
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2280375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,0501
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2345445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,5352
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2365440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,6061
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2435435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,8921
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2523370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9353
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2578343.78/cwt335.00–348.001,9873
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2643302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,9422
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2668325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1712
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,220120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,4641
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,50590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,3551
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,610116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,8681
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3901,892.09/head1,750.00–2,000.001,8922

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.