Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2025-11-22

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Sat, Nov 22
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2192
Feeder Cattle receipts
154 head
▼ 667 vs last sale 821▼ 78 vs year ago 232 · −33.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
61 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 44▲ 12 vs year ago 49 · +24.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 39▲ 5 vs year ago 13 · +38.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Saturday: Feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady. Average to plain quality feeders sold steady to 5.00 lower. Demand for feeders was uneven.. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $316.88/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 2 of 25 comparable sales and sits −52.82 against this barn's trailing median of $369.70.
Average price
$316.88
12 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,768
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$112
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$37.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.34
vs KY average
−40.01 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2548329.251,8038thin
Medium and Large 2-3579292.131,6914thin
One grade step is worth $37.12/cwt here — about $112 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 sale12 hd
316.88
—
KY average25 barns · 1,246 hd
325.22
−8.34
National average188 barns · 19,415 hd
356.89
−40.01
This barn, trailing median25 sales
369.70
−52.82
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—Average1,620183.222,96813
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,698149.002,5302thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,350137.301,85330
CowsLean 85-90%Low904110.529997thin

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)1,615$2,8251thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,270$2,0751thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,112$2,8502thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)952$2,3587
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)995$2,0501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,210$1,9751thin

Every lot

59 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 1-2370392.00/cwt392.00–392.001,4501
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,6721
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,7602
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2562336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,8887
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,1561
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2850311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,6441
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2-3915283.00/cwt283.00–283.002,5891
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3255390.00/cwt390.00–390.009951
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2328335.84/cwt333.00–339.001,1022
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3355300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0652
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2363343.67/cwt340.00–347.501,2482
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2422344.62/cwt340.00–347.001,4546
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3431280.89/cwt247.50–310.001,2116
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3463285.21/cwt220.00–314.001,3218
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490314.17/cwt300.00–317.001,5396
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2510321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,6371
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2553330.43/cwt327.00–331.001,8277
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3579292.13/cwt285.00–307.501,6914
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2666313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,08510
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3710285.03/cwt275.00–290.002,0243
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1-2195400.00/cwt400.00–400.007801
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2-3245305.00/cwt305.00–305.007471
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2-3273322.84/cwt310.00–335.008812
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2280382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,0711
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2330342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,1301
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3345307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,0611
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3362332.90/cwt300.00–381.001,2053
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2374376.34/cwt355.00–395.001,4088
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2435367.77/cwt357.50–373.001,6003
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3435287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,2514
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3463312.03/cwt295.00–330.001,4452
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2467350.08/cwt347.50–351.001,6358
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3500312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,5631
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2577320.59/cwt295.00–329.001,8507
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3588291.63/cwt280.00–302.501,7153
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3740283.00/cwt283.00–283.002,0943
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2-3857241.00/cwt241.00–241.002,0652
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2-3930192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,7901
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 2-31,055187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,9731
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers400–450Large 3447205.00/cwt205.00–205.009162
Dairy Steers1100–1150Large 31,115205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,2861
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2285253.00/cwt253.00–253.007212
Beef/Dairy Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3370235.00/cwt235.00–235.008701
Beef/Dairy Heifers350–400Large 2-3390292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,1411
Beef/Dairy Heifers400–450Large 2-3420275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1551
Beef/Dairy Heifers450–500Large 2-3470325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5281
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,620183.22/cwt134.00–200.002,96813
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80078.84/cwt77.50–80.006312
Cows—Lean 85-90%945123.19/cwt114.00–130.001,1645
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,228113.68/cwt99.00–121.001,3963
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,358139.38/cwt124.00–153.001,89326
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,495154.00/cwt154.00–154.002,3021
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,698149.00/cwt149.00–149.002,5302
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2702,075.00/head2,075.00–2,075.002,0751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,6152,825.00/head2,825.00–2,825.002,8251
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29522,358.16/head1,975.00–2,500.002,3587
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29952,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,1122,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8502
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2101,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9751

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.