Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2024-09-07

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Sat, Sep 7
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2192
Feeder Cattle receipts
172 head
▲ 105 vs last sale 67▼ 178 vs year ago 350 · −50.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 53▼ 21 vs year ago 57 · −36.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 6▼ 13 vs year ago 18 · −72.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Saturday : Feeder steers sold mostly steady. All other classes of feeders sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Several unweaned and plain quality feeders pressured the market. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower .

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $231.15/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −182.04 against this barn's trailing median of $413.19.
Average price
$231.15
16 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,261
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$26
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$5.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.80
vs KY average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2538232.851,25311thin
Medium and Large 2-3562227.421,2785thin
One grade step is worth $5.43/cwt here — about −$26 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale16 hd
231.15
—
KY average16 barns · 331 hd
235.95
−4.80
This barn, trailing median23 sales
413.19
−182.04
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—Average1,972156.993,0963thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,631128.852,1025thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,272118.381,50623
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15896.641,1193thin

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)Aged (>8 yrs)1,523$2,0462thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,015$1,5351thin

Every lot

61 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
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2491262.00/cwt250.00–265.001,2865
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3530225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1931
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2640266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,7021
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2655253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,6571
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3728209.02/cwt208.00–210.001,5222
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2745227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,6911
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2805212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,7071
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2-3810210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7011
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2312259.50/cwt257.50–260.008105
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3325253.93/cwt234.00–263.008253
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2361249.25/cwt249.00–250.009004
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3375212.00/cwt212.00–212.007951
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2405250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0131
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3429221.20/cwt207.00–230.009495
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2466227.10/cwt220.00–233.001,0585
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3472229.47/cwt211.00–235.001,0839
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525221.39/cwt215.00–225.001,1624
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3528200.09/cwt180.00–220.001,0562
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568222.95/cwt215.00–230.001,2663
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3580210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2181
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2600220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3201
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3600201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,2061
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2650227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,4762
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3685192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,3151
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3823178.09/cwt172.00–184.001,4662
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3895162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,4501
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2-3220256.00/cwt256.00–256.005633
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2290230.00/cwt230.00–230.006671
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2342272.46/cwt265.00–276.009325
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2374261.44/cwt252.50–270.009789
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2432268.69/cwt265.00–275.001,1617
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3440230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0121
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3472226.96/cwt226.00–231.001,0715
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2491265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3014
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2533231.26/cwt221.00–235.001,2339
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2560240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3442
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3562227.42/cwt217.00–231.001,2785
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2636250.67/cwt240.00–254.001,5944
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3675196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,3231
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2685218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,4932
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2725194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,4071
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3742197.54/cwt190.00–200.001,4664
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3765181.31/cwt172.00–191.001,3872
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2-3902160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,4432
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3512200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0242
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers450–500Large 3485200.00/cwt200.00–200.009702
Dairy Steers500–550Large 3535220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1771
Dairy Steers550–600Large 3584220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2855
Dairy Steers650–700Large 3675211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,4241
Dairy Steers750–800Large 3785183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,4371
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers600–650Large 2-3600205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2302
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,972156.99/cwt143.00–177.003,0963
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15896.64/cwt86.00–109.001,1193
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,202106.00/cwt80.00–119.001,27410
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,303126.64/cwt120.00–134.001,65012
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,595143.00/cwt143.00–143.002,2811
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,613138.10/cwt136.00–139.002,2283
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,658114.97/cwt114.00–116.001,9062
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0151,535.00/head1,535.00–1,535.001,5351
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,5232,045.63/head1,860.00–2,210.002,0462
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2775156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,2091

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.