Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2025-07-26

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Sat, Jul 26
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2192
Feeder Cattle receipts
116 head
▼ 660 vs last sale 776▼ 712 vs year ago 828 · −86.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 58▼ 35 vs year ago 65 · −53.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 10▼ 7 vs year ago 9 · −77.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Saturday: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Strong demand for all classes of feeders. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $332.65/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 8 of 25 comparable sales and sits −37.05 against this barn's trailing median of $369.70.
Average price
$332.65
17 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,836
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$298
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$49.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.67
vs KY average
−7.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2553338.511,87215thin
Medium and Large 2-3545288.751,5742thin
One grade step is worth $49.76/cwt here — about $298 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 sale17 hd
332.65
—
KY average25 barns · 885 hd
333.32
−0.67
National average146 barns · 6,788 hd
340.18
−7.53
This barn, trailing median25 sales
369.70
−37.05
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—Average1,363180.502,4592thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,375159.002,1861thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,262157.271,98519

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)Aged (>8 yrs)1,460$2,7001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,085$2,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,020$1,7751thin

Every lot

46 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2390399.00/cwt399.00–399.001,5561
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2422404.87/cwt400.00–412.501,7096
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468393.05/cwt391.00–395.001,8392
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2500381.00/cwt381.00–381.001,9051
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2640333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,1311
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2705339.00/cwt337.00–340.002,3903
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3275305.64/cwt250.00–370.008412
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,1881
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3340326.90/cwt320.00–334.001,1112
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370386.00/cwt386.00–386.001,4281
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3373307.50/cwt250.00–345.001,1476
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3413381.29/cwt379.00–382.501,5753
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2413376.87/cwt373.00–379.001,5563
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2466385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,7945
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3490349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,7102
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3510267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,3641
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2515348.08/cwt341.00–357.001,7935
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572333.72/cwt329.00–339.001,90910
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3580310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7981
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3617295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,8202
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2661301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,9903
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2805259.00/cwt259.00–259.002,0851
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3325392.85/cwt367.50–419.001,2772
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2340405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,3771
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3360307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,1051
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2375401.00/cwt401.00–401.001,5041
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2407412.99/cwt410.00–415.001,6814
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3465327.51/cwt245.00–380.001,5233
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2495365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,8072
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3545340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8531
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3558327.03/cwt320.00–334.001,8252
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2562349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,9615
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2625344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,1501
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2684317.63/cwt316.00–328.002,1737
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3760380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,8881
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,115177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,9741
Bulls——1,610184.00/cwt184.00–184.002,9621
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,232142.79/cwt139.00–146.001,7593
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,240158.62/cwt148.00–177.001,96714
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,375159.00/cwt159.00–159.002,1861
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,460169.50/cwt164.50–175.002,4752
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0852,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4602,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2830162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,3451
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2855170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,4541
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,0201,775.00/head1,775.00–1,775.001,7751

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.