Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2024-09-21

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Sat, Sep 21
● Final91 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2192
Feeder Cattle receipts
787 head
▲ 575 vs last sale 212▲ 571 vs year ago 216 · +264.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
63 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 88▲ 3 vs year ago 60 · +5.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 34▲ 17 vs year ago 33 · +51.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Saturday: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold mostly steady .Average to plain quality offering. Slaughter Cows and slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $215.76/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −153.94 against this barn's trailing median of $369.70.
Average price
$215.76
28 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,184
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$49
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$18.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.79
vs KY average
−21.25 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2536225.791,21013thin
Medium and Large 2-3560207.061,16015thin
One grade step is worth $18.72/cwt here — about $49 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 sale28 hd
215.76
—
KY average26 barns · 1,263 hd
232.54
−16.79
National average181 barns · 11,482 hd
237.01
−21.25
This barn, trailing median25 sales
369.70
−153.94
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—Low1,791152.122,7259thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,483121.331,7993thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,346115.651,55726
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04698.971,03511

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,550$1,8501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,235$1,4251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)860$1,1751thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,075$1,1002thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,045$1,6501thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)796$1,2604thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,243$2,5482thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,474$2,3387
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,454$2,0143thin

Every lot

91 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3307221.54/cwt214.00–242.506804
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2415215.00/cwt215.00–215.008921
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2455269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,2242
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3480208.00/cwt208.00–208.009981
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,3751
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,3453
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3578228.43/cwt223.00–234.001,3202
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621240.34/cwt231.00–245.001,4933
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3690220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5181
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2693226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,5663
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3724184.77/cwt173.00–216.001,3389
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2760233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,7712
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2990192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,9011
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2315220.00/cwt220.00–220.006931
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3335182.00/cwt182.00–182.006101
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2410240.00/cwt240.00–240.009841
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3440224.00/cwt224.00–224.009861
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1522
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3479205.67/cwt170.00–220.009857
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3523212.03/cwt196.00–220.001,1095
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532226.27/cwt220.00–247.001,20412
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3579204.58/cwt195.00–217.001,18510
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2761
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3619208.07/cwt190.00–221.001,2884
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,3581
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3660209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,3792
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,4541
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3723198.75/cwt195.00–200.001,4374
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3830150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,2451
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2290272.50/cwt272.50–272.507901
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy375272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,0221
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2383247.98/cwt245.00–251.009502
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3395240.00/cwt240.00–240.009481
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3410232.00/cwt232.00–232.009511
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2445267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,1881
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2457247.28/cwt241.00–262.501,1306
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3475162.61/cwt160.00–165.007722
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3513211.49/cwt210.00–213.001,0852
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2536245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3136
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3580220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2761
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3620189.43/cwt185.00–194.001,1742
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2648231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,4978
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2680215.07/cwt210.00–219.001,4623
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3685192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,3151
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2705192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,3541
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3708186.51/cwt185.00–188.001,3202
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3760186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,4141
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3810182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,4741
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers13 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers300–350Large 3316269.81/cwt210.00–273.5085318
Dairy Steers350–400Large 3389281.37/cwt220.00–282.501,095116
Dairy Steers400–450Large 3421268.16/cwt187.50–273.001,12925
Dairy Steers450–500Large 3467242.13/cwt182.50–262.001,13110
Dairy Steers500–550Large 3519226.54/cwt188.00–241.001,17656
Dairy Steers550–600Large 3588215.67/cwt183.00–226.001,26866
Dairy Steers600–650Large 3615209.33/cwt130.00–221.001,28751
Dairy Steers650–700Large 3673199.57/cwt147.50–205.001,34346
Dairy Steers700–750Large 3713188.15/cwt187.50–189.001,34214
Dairy Steers750–800Large 3784184.03/cwt176.00–186.501,44326
Dairy Steers800–850Large 3820135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1071
Dairy Steers900–950Large 3924178.50/cwt178.50–178.501,64910
Dairy Steers1050–1100Large 31,095169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,8514
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers550–600Large 3572195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1152
Dairy Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3665145.00/cwt145.00–145.009641
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers300–350Large 2-3330185.00/cwt185.00–185.006113
Beef/Dairy Steers500–550Large 2-3533196.70/cwt192.50–203.001,0485
Beef/Dairy Steers600–650Large 2-3635201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,2762
Beef/Dairy Steers650–700Large 2-3670145.00/cwt145.00–145.009721
Beef/Dairy Steers750–800Large 2-3780195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5211
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers600–650Large 2-3620213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,3211
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,698144.05/cwt142.00–145.002,4463
Bulls——1,838156.15/cwt148.00–161.002,8706
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96588.30/cwt84.00–91.008523
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,023105.20/cwt96.00–112.001,0763
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,108101.64/cwt95.00–106.001,1265
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,215134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,6281
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31295.35/cwt91.00–100.001,2513
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,357117.58/cwt110.00–129.001,59622
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,483121.33/cwt114.00–125.001,7993
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-27961,260.36/head900.00–1,460.001,2604
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0451,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28601,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,1751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0751,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1002
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,2351,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,5501,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-29601,960.00/head1,960.00–1,960.001,9601
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2432,547.64/head2,375.00–2,700.002,5482
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4182,028.26/head1,975.00–2,075.002,0282
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5251,985.00/head1,985.00–1,985.001,9851
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5592,391.42/head1,985.00–2,825.002,3915
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,5602,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,235149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,8401

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.