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Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Sat, Sep 27
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2192
Feeder Cattle receipts
266 head
▼ 772 vs last sale 1,038▲ 237 vs year ago 29 · +817.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 57▼ 5 vs year ago 48 · −10.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 16▲ 16 vs year ago 8 · +200.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Saturday: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady to firm . Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. 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 $367.95/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 11 of 23 comparable sales and sits −45.24 against this barn's trailing median of $413.19.
Average price
$367.95
22 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,013
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$477
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$89.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.72
vs KY average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2546388.372,12117thin
Medium and Large 2-3551298.521,6445thin
One grade step is worth $89.84/cwt here — about $477 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale22 hd
367.95
—
KY average26 barns · 734 hd
353.23
+14.72
This barn, trailing median23 sales
413.19
−45.24
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—Average1,509181.142,73310
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,455153.412,2324thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,302144.131,87623
CowsLean 85-90%Average888124.031,10112

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,203$2,6612thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,178$2,5372thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,279$2,2714thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,370$2,2251thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,075$2,1501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)990$1,7501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,330$3,3001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,470$3,1183thin

Every lot

78 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3365255.00/cwt255.00–255.009311
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,2372
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2657338.15/cwt332.50–341.002,2223
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3690319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,2011
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3730300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1901
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775340.01/cwt338.00–341.002,6359
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 2-31,050275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,8881
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3210380.00/cwt380.00–380.007981
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3278362.61/cwt360.00–365.001,0082
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2331372.24/cwt360.00–375.001,2327
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3350375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,3131
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2372369.05/cwt362.50–375.001,3733
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2421364.76/cwt350.00–385.501,5364
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3425320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3601
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477356.96/cwt347.50–365.001,7034
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3488340.80/cwt321.00–360.001,6632
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added509375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,9097
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2514354.80/cwt349.00–360.001,8249
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3531311.72/cwt285.00–338.001,6555
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3562319.30/cwt310.00–322.501,7944
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2589342.62/cwt341.00–350.002,01811
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620335.14/cwt317.00–344.002,07810
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3630323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,0351
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3683277.25/cwt255.00–300.001,8942
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3745298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,2201
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3755250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8881
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2767300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3012
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2-3925275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,5441
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 2-31,040282.50/cwt282.50–282.502,9381
Feeder Cattle · Bulls28 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1-2190495.00/cwt495.00–495.009411
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 2-3190420.00/cwt420.00–420.007981
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2205475.00/cwt475.00–475.009741
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2-3210407.44/cwt405.00–410.008562
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2255464.20/cwt449.00–480.001,1842
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2327425.63/cwt425.00–429.001,3926
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3328389.78/cwt360.00–415.001,2783
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3363326.12/cwt262.50–392.501,1844
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2389404.49/cwt402.50–405.001,5735
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2417401.61/cwt380.00–413.001,6757
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3438410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,7963
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3470235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1051
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2475398.76/cwt397.50–400.001,8942
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3510290.59/cwt230.00–350.001,4822
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2526409.11/cwt405.00–419.002,1529
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy565402.50/cwt402.50–402.502,2742
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2570352.54/cwt350.00–362.502,0096
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3578303.81/cwt299.00–312.501,7563
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3605319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,9301
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2622329.20/cwt325.00–335.002,0483
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3685250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7131
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2689323.95/cwt323.00–331.002,2328
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2700300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1002
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3780241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,8801
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2790280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,2121
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2820270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,2141
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2-3885224.97/cwt219.00–231.001,9912
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2-3940241.00/cwt241.00–241.002,2651
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers850–900Large 3850212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,8062
Dairy Heifers950–1000Large 3979212.30/cwt191.00–230.002,07822
Dairy Heifers1150–1200Large 31,187180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,1374
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers400–450Large 3402378.00/cwt378.00–378.001,52015
Dairy Steers600–650Large 3615300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8453
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,306170.23/cwt145.00–178.002,2235
Bulls——1,712192.06/cwt183.00–201.003,2885
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%886127.49/cwt123.00–128.001,13011
Cows—Lean 85-90%91086.00/cwt86.00–86.007831
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,288132.06/cwt115.00–141.001,7017
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,308149.41/cwt143.00–158.001,95416
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,455153.41/cwt150.00–157.002,2324
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3303,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3552,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5283,476.72/head3,425.00–3,525.003,4772
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-29901,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0752,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1782,536.68/head2,525.00–2,550.002,5372
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2032,660.50/head2,525.00–2,800.002,6612
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2792,270.85/head2,075.00–2,475.002,2714
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3702,225.00/head2,225.00–2,225.002,2251

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.