Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2024-07-20

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Sat, Jul 20
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2192
Feeder Cattle receipts
156 head
▼ 141 vs last sale 297▼ 156 vs year ago 312 · −50.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
53 head
▼ 65 vs last sale 118▼ 38 vs year ago 91 · −41.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 44▼ 40 vs year ago 52 · −76.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Saturday: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold mostly steady on a light offering . Slaughter cows sold mostly to steady. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $260.32/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −109.38 against this barn's trailing median of $369.70.
Average price
$260.32
11 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,408
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$95
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$20.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.48
vs KY average
+2.52 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2539265.871,4348thin
Medium and Large 2-3545245.511,3393thin
One grade step is worth $20.36/cwt here — about $95 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale11 hd
260.32
—
KY average24 barns · 974 hd
262.80
−2.48
National average156 barns · 7,883 hd
257.80
+2.52
This barn, trailing median25 sales
369.70
−109.38
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—High1,785156.032,7857thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,793147.502,6442thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,279130.061,66418
CowsLean 85-90%High943103.1897310
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,225165.002,0211thin

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)1,255$1,7501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,185$1,4022thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,250$2,1251thin

Every lot

58 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2240367.50/cwt367.50–367.508821
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2350335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,1731
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2415335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,3901
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy425350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4881
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3435265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,1531
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2455310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4111
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,5341
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2850241.00/cwt241.00–241.002,0491
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2200332.50/cwt332.50–332.506651
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2280306.00/cwt306.00–306.008571
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3295222.54/cwt222.54–222.546561
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3310263.67/cwt210.00–279.008175
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2320300.00/cwt300.00–300.009601
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2383292.75/cwt292.50–293.001,1212
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,2313
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3437271.34/cwt270.00–274.001,1863
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2464272.72/cwt265.00–277.001,2655
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3472228.48/cwt227.00–230.001,0782
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3523248.27/cwt240.00–256.001,2982
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524269.39/cwt269.00–270.001,4125
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4693
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3590240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4161
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2624239.37/cwt238.00–241.001,4945
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3685220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5071
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3722228.38/cwt214.00–241.001,6493
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2265330.00/cwt330.00–330.008751
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2300365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,0952
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2369344.42/cwt340.00–350.001,2714
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3415263.54/cwt249.00–283.001,0943
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2433337.28/cwt325.00–350.001,4602
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3464270.55/cwt230.00–300.001,2554
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2471275.00/cwt258.00–287.001,2954
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2532274.13/cwt261.00–279.001,4587
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3575246.14/cwt235.00–269.001,4153
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2630246.64/cwt245.00–250.001,5543
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2655251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,6441
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2791239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,8903
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers200–250Large 2-3237330.00/cwt330.00–330.007822
Beef/Dairy Heifers950–1000Large 2-3955124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,1841
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers650–700Large 3695149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,0361
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers350–400Large 3355240.00/cwt240.00–240.008521
Dairy Steers500–550Large 3500261.90/cwt225.00–266.001,30910
Dairy Steers550–600Large 3574248.07/cwt238.00–258.001,4246
Dairy Steers600–650Large 3625171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,0691
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,225165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,0211
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,525141.67/cwt138.00–145.002,1602
Bulls——1,880181.00/cwt181.00–181.003,4031
Bulls——1,891156.96/cwt151.00–165.002,9684
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%919102.09/cwt93.00–109.009389
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,155113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,3051
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,191119.11/cwt96.00–127.501,4197
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,271134.29/cwt129.00–140.001,7079
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,625149.32/cwt145.00–154.002,4262
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,655163.00/cwt163.00–163.002,6981
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,930132.00/cwt132.00–132.002,5481
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1851,402.01/head1,149.00–1,675.001,4022
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2551,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2502,125.00/head2,125.00–2,125.002,1251

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.