Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2024-08-10

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Sat, Aug 10
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2192
Feeder Cattle receipts
76 head
▼ 78 vs last sale 154▼ 149 vs year ago 225 · −66.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 81▼ 14 vs year ago 56 · −25.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 11▼ 11 vs year ago 16 · −68.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Too few receipts for trends today.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $257.75/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −155.44 against this barn's trailing median of $413.19.
Average price
$257.75
4 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,389
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$112
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$27.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.72
vs KY average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2535264.671,4163thin
Medium and Large 2-3550237.001,3041thin
One grade step is worth $27.67/cwt here — about $112 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale4 hd
257.75
—
KY average26 barns · 415 hd
253.03
+4.72
This barn, trailing median23 sales
413.19
−155.44
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

23 sales
455408361314median 413.1903/1404/2506/2009/2610/31
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $440.96, low $327.75, median $413.19 across 23 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—Average1,762165.092,9093thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,462143.672,1003thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,302138.791,80829
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,049106.791,1205thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,715$2,6351thin

Every lot

51 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2342285.00/cwt285.00–285.009752
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,4113
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3490224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,0981
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,4401
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3625236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,4751
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2705234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,6501
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3315260.00/cwt260.00–260.008192
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2363263.67/cwt252.50–275.009572
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,1001
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3475230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0931
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3505199.11/cwt188.00–210.001,0062
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,3491
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2560245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3721
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3585231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,3512
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2611215.88/cwt208.00–220.001,3193
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5191
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3713173.84/cwt137.00–212.001,2392
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3778185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4391
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 2-31,015132.96/cwt130.00–136.001,3502
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3345202.50/cwt202.50–202.506991
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2405291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,1792
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3437244.96/cwt241.00–251.001,0704
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2480277.99/cwt276.00–281.001,3348
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3487239.97/cwt215.00–251.001,1694
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2525272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,4282
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3550237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,3041
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2555250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3881
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2625228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,4251
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3640232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,4881
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3665218.07/cwt215.00–221.001,4502
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2673226.33/cwt226.00–227.001,5233
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3705188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,3251
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2725227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,6461
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2760199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,5121
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2880200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7601
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2-3895170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5221
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2-3945174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,6441
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers450–500Large 3470226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,0622
Dairy Steers500–550Large 3513223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,1443
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,330157.00/cwt157.00–157.002,0881
Bulls——1,978169.13/cwt168.00–170.003,3452
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96080.00/cwt80.00–80.007681
Cows—Breaker 75-80%980151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,4801
Cows—Lean 85-90%988127.08/cwt125.00–129.501,2562
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15599.90/cwt79.00–123.501,1542
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,283137.65/cwt124.00–153.001,76622
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33574.00/cwt74.00–74.009881
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,368153.76/cwt147.00–167.002,1036
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,703140.00/cwt139.00–141.002,3842
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2745180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3411
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,7152,635.00/head2,635.00–2,635.002,6351

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.