Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2026-01-17

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Sat, Jan 17
● Final105 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2192
Feeder Cattle receipts
581 head
▲ 227 vs last sale 354▼ 377 vs year ago 958 · −39.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 55▼ 38 vs year ago 76 · −50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 9▼ 3 vs year ago 27 · −11.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Saturday: Feeder steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Strong demand for all classes of feeders. Slaughter cows and 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 $386.95/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 11 of 23 comparable sales and sits −26.24 against this barn's trailing median of $413.19.
Average price
$386.95
25 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,092
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$398
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$54.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.66
vs KY average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2547397.792,17420
Medium and Large 2-3517343.561,7765thin
One grade step is worth $54.23/cwt here — about $398 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 sale25 hd
386.95
—
KY average23 barns · 634 hd
386.29
+0.66
This barn, trailing median23 sales
413.19
−26.24
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—High2,067200.664,1473thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,325137.631,82312
CowsLean 85-90%Low984126.441,2444thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,290280.003,6121thin

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)1,195$3,3001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,335$2,6501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,415$2,5912thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,250$2,5714thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,380$2,4751thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)980$2,6001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)775$2,1501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,665$3,6001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,670$3,5823thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)970$1,8751thin

Every lot

105 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3335400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3401
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3532387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,0622
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3590343.46/cwt310.00–377.502,0262
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3610362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,2111
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,5872
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3770297.04/cwt289.00–312.502,2873
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2773289.25/cwt200.00–347.502,2369
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2830340.60/cwt327.00–344.002,8276
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 2-31,001297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,9733
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1-2187680.00/cwt680.00–680.001,2722
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2215565.00/cwt565.00–565.001,2154
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3260385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,0011
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2277480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,3302
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3318317.68/cwt310.00–325.001,0102
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2336446.27/cwt425.00–453.001,49911
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3355352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,2511
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2374416.92/cwt400.00–432.001,5594
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2413436.15/cwt427.00–441.001,8017
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3430333.72/cwt300.00–350.001,4353
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481407.00/cwt407.00–407.001,9585
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3485384.62/cwt372.50–397.001,8652
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3522341.23/cwt310.00–365.001,7813
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527386.15/cwt375.00–393.002,0359
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574372.65/cwt365.00–380.002,1394
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2605365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,2081
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3645335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,1611
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3665347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,3082
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2695325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2591
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2700317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,2191
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3770295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,2721
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 2-31,005251.00/cwt251.00–251.002,5231
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1-2155665.00/cwt665.00–665.001,0311
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2235523.37/cwt505.00–535.001,2303
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2250525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,3131
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2-3265471.23/cwt405.00–495.001,2494
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2318461.39/cwt431.00–480.001,4675
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3345405.00/cwt400.00–410.001,3972
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added351500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,75510
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2375419.00/cwt419.00–419.001,5711
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3385450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,7331
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2409442.73/cwt430.00–460.001,8115
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added415477.00/cwt477.00–477.001,9802
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3423413.37/cwt360.00–470.001,7492
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added465463.79/cwt460.00–467.502,1572
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2467434.15/cwt419.00–455.002,0277
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3468407.16/cwt390.00–425.001,9065
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3505357.58/cwt350.00–380.001,8064
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2535397.97/cwt395.00–400.002,12910
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2558397.62/cwt394.00–407.502,21910
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3565287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,6241
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3620300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8601
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2623379.96/cwt365.00–387.002,3678
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2672367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,4702
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3765311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,3791
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2810330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,6731
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2-3900280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,5201
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers19 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers250–300Large 3295405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,1951
Dairy Steers300–350Large 3300431.00/cwt431.00–431.001,2933
Dairy Steers400–450Large 3425356.21/cwt355.00–357.501,5142
Dairy Steers450–500Large 3468355.95/cwt250.00–395.001,66621
Dairy Steers500–550Large 3531363.99/cwt349.00–377.501,93313
Dairy Steers500–550Large 3Value Added542339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,83725
Dairy Steers550–600Large 3561334.83/cwt199.00–346.001,87836
Dairy Steers600–650Large 3630324.07/cwt318.00–326.002,04217
Dairy Steers650–700Large 3674304.96/cwt233.00–313.002,05514
Dairy Steers650–700Large 3Value Added685305.50/cwt305.50–305.502,09370
Dairy Steers700–750Large 3704308.71/cwt232.50–315.002,17317
Dairy Steers750–800Large 3785284.00/cwt284.00–284.002,22911
Dairy Steers800–850Large 3813247.50/cwt247.50–247.502,0123
Dairy Steers850–900Large 3875232.50/cwt232.50–232.502,03410
Dairy Steers900–950Large 3936225.72/cwt221.00–245.002,1135
Dairy Steers950–1000Large 3970200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,9401
Dairy Steers1000–1050Large 31,000137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,3752
Dairy Steers1000–1050Large 3Value Added1,020239.50/cwt239.50–239.502,44344
Dairy Steers1100–1150Large 31,120201.00/cwt201.00–201.002,2511
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers550–600Large 3595227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,3511
Dairy Heifers800–850Large 3815195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5891
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers6 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers200–250Large 2-3205305.00/cwt305.00–305.006251
Beef/Dairy Steers250–300Large 2-3260330.00/cwt330.00–330.008581
Beef/Dairy Steers500–550Large 3500237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,1851
Beef/Dairy Steers700–750Large 2-3730327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,3871
Beef/Dairy Steers850–900Large 2-3870237.00/cwt237.00–237.002,0621
Beef/Dairy Steers900–950Large 2-3945223.00/cwt223.00–223.002,1071
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers1000–1050Large 2-31,015220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,2331
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,290280.00/cwt280.00–280.003,6121
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,690192.00/cwt192.00–192.003,2451
Bulls——2,255204.99/cwt204.00–206.004,6232
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%955138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,3181
Cows—Lean 85-90%970110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0671
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,005128.88/cwt125.00–133.001,2952
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,318128.39/cwt108.00–149.001,6928
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,330165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,1951
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,340153.14/cwt150.00–156.002,0523
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,0702,274.07/head1,850.00–2,600.002,2742
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1953,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3352,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3802,475.00/head2,475.00–2,475.002,4751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4152,591.15/head2,225.00–2,885.002,5912
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4302,867.31/head2,675.00–3,075.002,8672
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-29701,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,6653,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,6653,573.12/head3,450.00–3,700.003,5732
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,6803,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-27752,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29802,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001

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.