Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2026-02-21

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Sat, Feb 21
● Final104 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2192
Feeder Cattle receipts
197 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 228▲ 108 vs year ago 89 · +121.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 49▼ 55 vs year ago 110 · −50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
54 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 15▲ 39 vs year ago 15 · +260.0%
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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $421.27/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 26 of 25 comparable sales and sits +51.57 against this barn's trailing median of $369.70.
Average price
$421.27
24 head · 518 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,184
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$155
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$58.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.26
vs KY average
−7.90 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2515426.162,19522
Medium and Large 2-3555367.502,0402thin
One grade step is worth $58.65/cwt here — about $155 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 sale24 hd
421.27
—
KY average27 barns · 1,595 hd
414.00
+7.26
National average184 barns · 15,729 hd
429.17
−7.90
This barn, trailing median25 sales
369.70
+51.57
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—Average1,585186.632,95710
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,685163.622,7575thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,363163.262,22418
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,117139.681,56015
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceLow1,445167.002,4131thin

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)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,170$4,2149
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,397$4,1508
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,139$3,7054thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,081$2,9707
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,435$2,9251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,160$2,7522thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,113$2,6363thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,328$2,2682thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)790$2,4251thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,263$4,2612thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,443$4,3489
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,045$3,8333thin

Every lot

104 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2285480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,3681
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2310545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,6901
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3330400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3201
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2360540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,9441
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3370437.00/cwt437.00–437.001,6171
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy405537.50/cwt537.50–537.502,1771
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435507.50/cwt507.50–507.502,2081
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3463447.49/cwt445.00–450.002,0722
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2492492.50/cwt492.50–492.502,4232
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528445.39/cwt441.00–450.002,3522
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2605423.00/cwt423.00–423.002,5591
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added631435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,7453
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3675389.00/cwt389.00–389.002,6261
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678401.00/cwt401.00–401.002,7194
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added733399.00/cwt399.00–399.002,92510
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2750375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,8133
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2895325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,9091
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,010305.00/cwt305.00–305.003,0813
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers100–150Medium and Large 1-2145690.00/cwt690.00–690.001,0011
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2228499.45/cwt490.00–510.001,1392
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2275470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,2931
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2325511.38/cwt500.00–520.001,6623
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3335450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,5081
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2378493.05/cwt480.00–500.001,8645
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3388445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,7275
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy435462.50/cwt460.00–465.002,0122
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440433.00/cwt433.00–433.001,9051
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478430.49/cwt425.00–440.002,0583
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3486385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,8714
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added508434.39/cwt433.00–445.002,2079
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2509424.34/cwt417.00–430.002,16010
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3545370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,0171
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2556407.50/cwt407.50–407.502,2663
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3565365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,0621
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added605386.00/cwt386.00–386.002,3356
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3615295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,8141
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2640355.04/cwt345.00–360.002,2723
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2659346.16/cwt330.00–362.502,2814
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2718337.85/cwt331.00–339.002,4267
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2825312.00/cwt301.00–323.002,5742
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2850300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,5501
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3880295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,5961
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2-3965219.00/cwt219.00–219.002,1131
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy225560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,2601
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2293522.56/cwt515.00–530.001,5312
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy305550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,6782
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3305505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,5401
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2341533.34/cwt530.00–535.001,8193
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3375450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6881
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3420450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,8901
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2423493.42/cwt487.50–500.002,0872
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3470457.50/cwt457.50–457.502,1501
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2483473.44/cwt460.00–480.002,2873
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy508459.99/cwt457.50–462.502,3372
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2513429.07/cwt420.00–440.002,2016
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3540352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,9041
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3553389.98/cwt385.00–395.002,1572
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2574417.77/cwt407.50–429.002,3984
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2630400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,5201
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy635407.50/cwt407.50–407.502,5881
Bulls650–700Medium 1-2670349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,3381
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2688380.50/cwt380.00–381.002,6182
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2705355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,5031
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2776344.48/cwt329.00–352.502,6733
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3785307.50/cwt307.50–307.502,4141
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2835329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,7471
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2910280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,5481
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers150–200Large 3180490.00/cwt490.00–490.008821
Dairy Steers450–500Large 3460355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,6331
Dairy Steers550–600Large 3565320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8081
Dairy Steers650–700Large 3680311.48/cwt310.00–313.002,1182
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,190169.30/cwt162.50–175.002,0153
Bulls——1,727188.94/cwt181.00–199.003,2635
Bulls——1,820206.84/cwt204.00–209.003,7642
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%943159.62/cwt151.00–167.001,5052
Cows—Lean 85-90%984128.34/cwt120.00–134.001,2634
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,025100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0251
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,238145.33/cwt140.00–149.001,7998
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,329159.64/cwt150.00–168.002,12215
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,530181.33/cwt174.00–195.002,7743
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,545159.00/cwt159.00–159.002,4571
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,685140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,3591
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,732173.03/cwt170.00–180.002,9973
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,445167.00/cwt167.00–167.002,4131
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Registered1,2634,260.99/head4,100.00–4,400.004,2612
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-29801,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0133,059.94/head2,450.00–3,475.003,0602
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0812,970.26/head2,750.00–3,100.002,9707
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1132,636.08/head2,550.00–2,725.002,6363
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1602,752.10/head2,450.00–2,975.002,7522
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,1704,213.58/head4,050.00–4,325.004,2149
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,2654,350.00/head4,350.00–4,350.004,3502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3603,950.00/head3,950.00–3,950.003,9501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,4024,178.36/head4,050.00–4,300.004,1787
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4352,925.00/head2,925.00–2,925.002,9251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,6752,860.00/head2,860.00–2,860.002,8601
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28603,700.00/head3,700.00–3,700.003,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1003,450.00/head3,450.00–3,450.003,4501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,1754,350.00/head4,350.00–4,350.004,3501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,3954,500.50/head4,450.00–4,550.004,5015
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,4804,536.15/head4,450.00–4,650.004,5362
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5253,779.67/head3,750.00–3,800.003,7802
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,033232.02/cwt227.50–237.002,3973
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-27902,425.00/head2,425.00–2,425.002,4251

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.