Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2024-10-05

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Sat, Oct 5
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2192
Feeder Cattle receipts
328 head
▲ 299 vs last sale 29▲ 42 vs year ago 286 · +14.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 48▼ 1 vs year ago 32 · −3.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 8▼ 18 vs year ago 24 · −75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $243.54/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −169.65 against this barn's trailing median of $413.19.
Average price
$243.54
45 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,363
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$307
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$36.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.59
vs KY average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2569250.781,42736
Medium and Large 2-3522214.581,1209thin
One grade step is worth $36.20/cwt here — about $307 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 sale45 hd
243.54
—
KY average25 barns · 632 hd
239.95
+3.59
This barn, trailing median23 sales
413.19
−169.65
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—Average1,751135.692,3765thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,313114.351,50116
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,745110.551,9292thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,000100.231,0025thin

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)1,190$1,7501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)765$1,1001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)760$1,0501thin

Every lot

62 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2332310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,0292
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2396293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,16011
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3506254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,2854
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3944
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3575238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,3692
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3620235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4571
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2685211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,4458
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3685207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,4181
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2708224.97/cwt222.00–231.001,5933
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3240245.00/cwt245.00–245.005881
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3283258.92/cwt229.00–272.507333
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2319256.12/cwt250.00–267.508174
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3322272.50/cwt272.50–272.508772
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3367246.62/cwt210.00–260.009055
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2369254.51/cwt247.50–257.009395
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3416229.03/cwt220.00–233.009539
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430250.17/cwt240.00–256.001,07618
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3458242.51/cwt240.00–245.001,1112
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1594
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3515223.97/cwt210.00–232.001,1536
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528231.06/cwt230.00–235.001,22010
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571234.83/cwt233.00–238.001,3419
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3571210.63/cwt200.00–225.001,2035
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3600184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,1041
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620220.57/cwt218.00–222.001,3687
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2669206.51/cwt202.00–220.001,3824
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3678198.27/cwt189.00–226.001,3444
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3737195.31/cwt186.00–200.001,4393
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2235300.00/cwt300.00–300.007051
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2-3291270.70/cwt267.50–277.507883
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3326247.22/cwt202.00–282.508066
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2335310.55/cwt307.00–315.001,0404
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2350283.00/cwt283.00–283.009911
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3393266.30/cwt260.00–272.501,0472
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2429270.92/cwt263.00–273.001,1626
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3433232.71/cwt216.00–250.001,0082
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3480223.07/cwt207.50–245.001,0718
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2493260.24/cwt257.00–261.001,2839
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3522214.58/cwt200.00–247.001,1209
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2569250.78/cwt220.00–259.001,42736
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3623212.29/cwt205.00–220.001,3232
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2633225.88/cwt200.00–236.001,43013
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2672220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4786
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3766183.41/cwt180.00–190.001,4053
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2775200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5501
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2-3860182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,5701
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2-3935154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,4401
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers400–450Large 3400241.00/cwt241.00–241.009642
Dairy Steers500–550Large 3520234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,2174
Dairy Steers750–800Large 3759186.50/cwt186.50–186.501,41611
Dairy Steers900–950Large 3921165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,5209
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers500–550Large 2-3541221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,1963
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,395132.76/cwt130.00–136.001,8522
Bulls——1,988137.65/cwt128.00–150.002,7363
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%997108.25/cwt105.00–111.001,0792
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00294.88/cwt88.00–99.009513
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,160109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,2641
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,323114.71/cwt96.00–122.001,51815
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,745110.55/cwt109.00–112.001,9292
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-27601,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-27651,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1901,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501

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.