Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2024-06-15

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Sat, Jun 15
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2192
Feeder Cattle receipts
127 head
▼ 192 vs last sale 319▼ 311 vs year ago 438 · −71.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
63 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 50▼ 39 vs year ago 102 · −38.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 21▼ 46 vs year ago 52 · −88.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder hiefers sold steady on a light test. Slaughter cattle sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $262.88/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −106.82 against this barn's trailing median of $369.70.
Average price
$262.88
18 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,440
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$7
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$23.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.78
vs KY average
−2.49 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2522274.811,4349thin
Medium and Large 2-3574250.951,4409thin
One grade step is worth $23.86/cwt here — about −$7 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale18 hd
262.88
—
KY average24 barns · 1,208 hd
265.66
−2.78
National average154 barns · 8,969 hd
265.37
−2.49
This barn, trailing median25 sales
369.70
−106.82
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

25 sales
429386342299median 369.7003/0704/2506/2709/1910/31
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $415.11, low $312.72, median $369.70 across 25 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
Bulls—Average1,733170.942,9635thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,254139.041,74432
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,560138.492,1604thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average992103.331,0255thin

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)1,043$1,3862thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)925$1,4601thin

Every lot

48 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards (Saturday) - Campbellsville, 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2220312.50/cwt312.50–312.506881
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420315.68/cwt300.00–321.001,3264
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,4413
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2505295.99/cwt290.00–301.001,4957
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3530252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,3381
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2590289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,7056
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2640270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7282
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2255315.00/cwt315.00–315.008031
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3323235.61/cwt182.50–293.007612
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2345345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,1901
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3380272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,0341
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2408292.28/cwt289.00–294.001,1933
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3420280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1761
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481296.44/cwt293.00–298.001,42612
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3483270.37/cwt245.00–296.001,3062
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2505271.87/cwt259.00–276.001,3736
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3525220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1551
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2555280.69/cwt276.00–283.001,5583
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3580254.82/cwt239.00–259.001,4788
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5021
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3800180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4401
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3320281.00/cwt281.00–281.008991
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3355299.75/cwt297.50–302.001,0642
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2360335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,2061
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2420314.65/cwt309.00–320.001,3225
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2450318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,4311
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3485270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3101
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2540280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5121
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3585243.68/cwt241.00–250.001,4264
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2600254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,5242
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3715211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,5091
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers8 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers200–250Large 3235332.50/cwt332.50–332.507811
Dairy Steers250–300Large 3272327.50/cwt327.50–327.508912
Dairy Steers350–400Large 3385275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0592
Dairy Steers400–450Large 3420242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,0191
Dairy Steers450–500Large 3460296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,3625
Dairy Steers600–650Large 3612226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,3832
Dairy Steers900–950Large 3925185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,7111
Dairy Steers1000–1050Large 31,030171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,7611
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers450–500Large 2-3469251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,1777
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,275180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,2951
Bulls——1,848168.67/cwt150.00–175.003,1174
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%992103.33/cwt85.00–116.001,0255
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,215148.06/cwt144.00–154.001,79911
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,275134.32/cwt122.00–148.001,71321
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,560138.49/cwt124.00–145.002,1604
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0431,386.46/head1,325.00–1,435.001,3862
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29251,460.00/head1,460.00–1,460.001,4601

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.