Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2025-08-09

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Sat, Aug 9
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2192
Feeder Cattle receipts
171 head
▼ 54 vs last sale 225▲ 95 vs year ago 76 · +125.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
53 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 35▲ 11 vs year ago 42 · +26.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 10▲ 14 vs year ago 5 · +280.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Saturday: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady to firm. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $339.76/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 9 of 25 comparable sales and sits −29.94 against this barn's trailing median of $369.70.
Average price
$339.76
30 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,853
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$154
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$17.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.90
vs KY average
−10.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2555349.541,94113thin
Medium and Large 2-3538332.271,78717thin
One grade step is worth $17.27/cwt here — about $154 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 sale30 hd
339.76
—
KY average23 barns · 1,493 hd
352.65
−12.90
National average149 barns · 9,537 hd
350.57
−10.81
This barn, trailing median25 sales
369.70
−29.94
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—Average1,580196.003,0974thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,570166.282,6104thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,251162.642,03526
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,036136.401,4138thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,320205.002,7061thin

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)1,403$2,9482thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,439$2,5134thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,358$2,4733thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,340$2,2001thin

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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3310397.96/cwt350.00–447.501,2342
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2350445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,5581
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3470375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,7631
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477375.13/cwt367.50–382.501,7893
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3505310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5661
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,9951
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3550350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9251
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3725312.94/cwt309.00–317.002,2692
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2730331.60/cwt324.00–341.002,4213
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2760336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,5542
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3795315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,5041
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2-3800289.00/cwt289.00–289.002,3121
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2880316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,7812
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers100–150Medium and Large 1-2130440.00/cwt440.00–440.005721
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2258417.48/cwt415.00–420.001,0772
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2310410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,2711
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3315361.27/cwt340.00–400.001,1383
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2367391.31/cwt385.00–397.001,4363
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3395300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1851
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2418389.78/cwt385.00–395.001,62914
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3441377.14/cwt373.00–395.001,6635
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3470348.95/cwt336.00–375.001,6408
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473359.94/cwt357.50–361.001,7039
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3507337.98/cwt320.00–357.001,71410
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520353.86/cwt350.00–357.501,8402
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added521360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8763
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577344.54/cwt339.00–359.001,9888
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3582324.12/cwt270.50–347.001,8867
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2605339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,0511
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3633296.18/cwt287.00–305.001,8752
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2750318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,3856
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3805285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,2941
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls100–150Medium and Large 1-2145570.00/cwt570.00–570.008271
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2238452.47/cwt450.00–457.501,0773
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2255475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,2111
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3325325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0563
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2331454.84/cwt451.00–462.501,5066
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2380455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,7292
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2410412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,6911
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3410370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5171
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2474386.33/cwt379.00–395.001,83110
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3485351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,7021
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3508320.55/cwt310.00–331.001,6282
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2538345.44/cwt341.00–350.001,8582
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2567355.36/cwt345.00–367.002,01511
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3610280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7081
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2620341.78/cwt337.00–347.002,1196
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3655321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,1031
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3700287.00/cwt287.00–287.002,0091
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2745325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,4211
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3775307.50/cwt295.00–320.002,3832
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,320205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,7061
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,580196.00/cwt191.00–204.003,0974
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%840110.00/cwt110.00–110.009241
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,064140.17/cwt129.00–153.001,4917
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,214137.72/cwt106.00–158.001,6724
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,243162.61/cwt147.00–173.002,02114
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,285175.15/cwt160.00–179.002,2518
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,523161.37/cwt153.00–166.002,4583
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,710181.00/cwt181.00–181.003,0951
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3402,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3582,472.91/head2,325.00–2,675.002,4733
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4032,947.82/head2,775.00–3,125.002,9482
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4392,513.27/head2,100.00–2,975.002,5134

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.