Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2025-04-12

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Sat, Apr 12
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2192
Feeder Cattle receipts
160 head
▲ 108 vs last sale 52▼ 230 vs year ago 390 · −59.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 10▼ 175 vs year ago 206 · −85.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 4▼ 37 vs year ago 41 · −90.2%
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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $300.28/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −69.41 against this barn's trailing median of $369.70.
Average price
$300.28
16 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,621
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$251
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$40.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.24
vs KY average
−16.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2525310.051,62811thin
Medium and Large 2588281.001,6524thin
Medium and Large 2-3510270.001,3771thin
One grade step is worth $40.05/cwt here — about $251 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 sale16 hd
300.28
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KY average23 barns · 808 hd
310.52
−10.24
National average178 barns · 10,561 hd
316.55
−16.27
This barn, trailing median25 sales
369.70
−69.41
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—Low1,854159.912,9654thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,717146.942,5233thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,381126.971,7548thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,021120.861,23413

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,335$1,8751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)950$1,8001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,130$1,6751thin

Every lot

73 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy415422.00/cwt422.00–422.001,7513
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy485397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,9281
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2497381.74/cwt379.00–390.001,8974
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added505368.29/cwt360.00–372.501,8603
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2510340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7341
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2567326.30/cwt321.00–330.001,8506
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added620320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9844
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2631312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,9693
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2679292.03/cwt287.00–300.001,9835
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2755281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,1221
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3770195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5021
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2805241.51/cwt240.00–243.001,9442
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy223429.90/cwt417.50–447.509594
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy265420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,1131
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2295380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,1211
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy313406.66/cwt400.00–412.501,2733
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2340367.50/cwt357.50–377.501,2502
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy350382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,3391
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2378356.58/cwt352.50–365.001,3483
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy424354.58/cwt352.50–355.001,5036
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2441340.24/cwt322.50–343.001,5007
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2467310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4484
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3470260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2221
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3510270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3771
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525310.05/cwt302.50–314.001,62811
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2588281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,6524
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3615225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3841
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623267.37/cwt264.00–271.001,6662
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3678212.58/cwt205.00–220.001,4412
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2699267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,8665
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2810242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,9601
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2870228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,9841
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2965205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,9781
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1-2Fancy160497.50/cwt497.50–497.507961
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy213443.62/cwt440.00–447.009452
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy270460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,2421
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy308422.58/cwt415.00–442.501,3025
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy375412.37/cwt402.50–422.501,5462
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2375332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,2471
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2380373.83/cwt367.50–380.001,4212
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy420404.43/cwt399.00–410.001,6992
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2420376.58/cwt362.50–390.001,5822
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2429331.96/cwt325.00–335.001,4244
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy465402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,8721
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2497382.78/cwt361.00–390.001,9024
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2540361.28/cwt350.00–367.001,9513
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3545260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4171
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2587316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,8552
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3595260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5471
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2620293.60/cwt280.00–300.001,8205
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3630267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,6851
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fancy730270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9713
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2780240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8721
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2925206.01/cwt205.00–207.001,9062
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2985195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,9211
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers300–350Large 3310257.00/cwt257.00–257.007971
Dairy Steers350–400Large 3365255.00/cwt255.00–255.009311
Dairy Steers400–450Large 3435312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,3591
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,753159.31/cwt157.00–161.002,7932
Bulls——1,810147.00/cwt147.00–147.002,6611
Bulls——2,100174.00/cwt174.00–174.003,6541
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%915138.49/cwt138.00–139.001,2672
Cows—Lean 85-90%970110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0671
Cows—Lean 85-90%98385.80/cwt81.00–89.008432
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,064126.58/cwt120.00–132.001,3478
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,380134.86/cwt131.00–141.001,8613
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,382122.24/cwt118.00–125.001,6895
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,713150.41/cwt147.00–153.002,5772
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,725140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,4151
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2960157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,5071
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29501,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1301,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3351,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8751

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.