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Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Sat, May 10
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2192
Feeder Cattle receipts
126 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 157▼ 35 vs year ago 161 · −21.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 51▼ 55 vs year ago 85 · −64.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 10▼ 7 vs year ago 14 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold mostly steady with some gains in light weight feeders. 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 $307.17/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −106.02 against this barn's trailing median of $413.19.
Average price
$307.17
10 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,725
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$105
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$27.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−36.27
vs KY average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2550326.661,7983thin
Medium and Large 2-3567298.821,6937thin
One grade step is worth $27.84/cwt here — about $105 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 sale10 hd
307.17
—
KY average26 barns · 572 hd
343.44
−36.27
This barn, trailing median23 sales
413.19
−106.02
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—High1,770189.003,3451thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,558148.352,3114thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,262146.531,84914
CowsLean 85-90%High913131.371,1994thin

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 Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,170$2,0001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,230$1,9501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,138$1,8562thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,045$1,5512thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)675$1,0351thin

Every lot

64 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
Steers150–200Medium and Large 1-2190500.00/cwt500.00–500.009501
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2495315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,5591
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580332.66/cwt320.00–346.001,9292
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3595320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9041
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added608340.70/cwt339.00–344.002,0713
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9371
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672325.41/cwt310.00–333.002,1873
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,2863
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2955247.00/cwt247.00–247.002,3591
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3255387.50/cwt387.50–387.509881
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2275490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,3481
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2325431.45/cwt415.00–485.001,4024
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3340445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,5131
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380369.10/cwt355.00–380.001,4034
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3380322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,2261
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420326.28/cwt315.00–340.001,3704
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3435342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,4881
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474339.70/cwt325.00–347.001,6105
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3480305.83/cwt282.50–322.501,4683
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520332.53/cwt320.00–340.001,7295
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3565309.41/cwt297.00–322.501,7482
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2567316.17/cwt305.00–320.001,7934
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3613286.23/cwt275.50–293.001,7553
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9531
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,8561
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3780244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,9031
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2812275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,2332
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1-2195555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,0821
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2241538.40/cwt515.00–550.001,2983
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2275482.50/cwt450.00–515.001,3272
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3335371.93/cwt343.00–400.001,2462
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2345425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,4661
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2370415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,5361
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3377338.77/cwt300.00–405.001,2773
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3438344.62/cwt324.00–365.001,5092
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2440374.90/cwt365.00–405.001,6504
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2481350.67/cwt350.00–351.001,6873
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3510285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4541
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2525300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5751
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2563339.99/cwt337.50–342.501,9142
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3576301.12/cwt300.00–307.001,7346
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2625315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,9691
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3675239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,6131
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3713263.24/cwt220.00–279.001,8776
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2740271.60/cwt256.00–287.002,0102
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2782275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,1512
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3790227.00/cwt213.00–241.001,7932
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2810257.00/cwt257.00–257.002,0821
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2-3865220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,9031
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2-3945167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,5781
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers350–400Large 3395225.00/cwt225.00–225.008891
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,770189.00/cwt189.00–189.003,3451
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%850124.24/cwt119.00–129.001,0562
Cows—Lean 85-90%975138.49/cwt137.00–140.001,3502
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,093119.16/cwt116.00–123.001,3022
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,250147.34/cwt130.00–156.001,84210
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,490169.87/cwt164.50–175.002,5312
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,558148.35/cwt140.00–151.002,3114
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-26751,035.00/head1,035.00–1,035.001,0351
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,0451,551.44/head1,475.00–1,625.001,5512
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1381,856.15/head1,775.00–1,950.001,8562
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1702,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2301,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2858189.50/cwt161.00–227.501,6262

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.