Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2025-02-08

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Sat, Feb 8
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2192
Feeder Cattle receipts
232 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 256▼ 79 vs year ago 311 · −25.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 102 vs last sale 129▼ 39 vs year ago 66 · −59.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 8▼ 34 vs year ago 44 · −77.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Saturday: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower on a light test. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady .

Groups of 20 head or more:

45 hd 1160 lbs 166.50 Holstein Steers

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $250.07/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −119.63 against this barn's trailing median of $369.70.
Average price
$250.07
11 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,364
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$196
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$45.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−23.06
vs KY average
−48.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2534275.051,4695thin
Medium and Large 2-3555229.261,2726thin
One grade step is worth $45.79/cwt here — about $196 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
250.07
—
KY average25 barns · 1,922 hd
273.14
−23.06
National average192 barns · 21,303 hd
298.86
−48.79
This barn, trailing median25 sales
369.70
−119.63
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—Average1,745152.712,6652thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,486126.611,88116
CowsLean 85-90%High945106.001,0022thin

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)1,385$2,1362thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)940$1,9251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,440$2,1851thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,620$2,1501thin

Every lot

50 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3310275.00/cwt275.00–275.008531
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2162
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2545302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,6462
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3585240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4043
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3623268.06/cwt263.00–273.001,6702
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2708240.74/cwt239.00–242.501,7042
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2-3970200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,9402
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,010176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,7781
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3285250.00/cwt250.00–250.007131
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2295312.50/cwt312.50–312.509221
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2315315.34/cwt292.50–335.009934
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2360290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0441
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3410270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1071
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2427310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3247
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3460287.33/cwt280.00–291.001,3223
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2492284.45/cwt275.00–290.001,3999
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3515227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,1722
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525281.81/cwt272.50–285.001,4804
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,4141
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3575230.14/cwt224.00–249.001,3234
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3616234.76/cwt234.00–235.001,4464
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665257.86/cwt252.50–260.001,7157
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2755224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,6911
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3770215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,6561
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2343333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,1424
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2380327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,2451
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2401301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,2073
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2462301.91/cwt287.00–312.001,3955
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3483273.57/cwt260.00–281.001,3213
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2534281.94/cwt281.00–285.001,5064
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3587232.88/cwt222.50–249.001,3675
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2612253.30/cwt250.00–260.001,5503
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3620231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,4322
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2710221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,5691
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2770227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,7481
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2-3852196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,6702
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers950–1000Large 3957181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,7322
Dairy Steers1050–1100Large 31,086200.50/cwt200.50–200.502,17719
Dairy Steers1150–1200Large 31,160166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,93145
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,745152.71/cwt151.00–154.002,6652
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%930100.00/cwt100.00–100.009301
Cows—Lean 85-90%960112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,0751
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,326113.02/cwt110.00–117.001,4994
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,500129.40/cwt119.00–136.001,94110
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,735139.83/cwt139.00–140.502,4262
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29401,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9251
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3852,135.97/head1,925.00–2,350.002,1362
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4402,185.00/head2,185.00–2,185.002,1851
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,6202,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2965136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,3121

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.