Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2019-12-18

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Dec 18
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
299 head
▼ 180 vs last sale 479▲ 299 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 40▲ 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 14▲ 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Steer calves were steady. Heifer calves were 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Light supply of calves with good demand. Slaughter cows mostly steady on a light test. Slaughter bulls were untested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.82/cwt on 103 head.
Average price
$124.82
103 head · 513 lb average
Value per head Derived
$640
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$9
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$11.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.02
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2508126.7164485
Medium and Large 2-3526116.0561114thin
Large 1566115.256524thin
One grade step is worth $11.46/cwt here — about −$9 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale103 hd
124.82
—
KY average29 barns · 6,342 hd
123.80
+1.02
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,27455.237037thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21038.334643thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low98434.663417thin

Every lot

54 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards (Wednesday) - 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3360140.00/cwt140.00–140.005041
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2410151.72/cwt151.50–152.0062211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2487144.50/cwt144.50–144.507044
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3505136.00/cwt136.00–136.006871
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added510158.00/cwt158.00–158.008061
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2534145.53/cwt140.00–150.007777
Steers—Large 1571137.50/cwt137.50–137.507857
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3585132.00/cwt132.00–132.007722
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2593141.97/cwt141.50–147.0084211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2665133.48/cwt126.00–137.0088812
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3710129.00/cwt129.00–129.009161
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2714135.75/cwt135.75–135.7596911
Steers—Large 1750125.00/cwt125.00–125.009381
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2776131.72/cwt129.50–137.001,02222
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2800121.00/cwt121.00–121.009681
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2215129.00/cwt129.00–129.002771
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3336121.97/cwt120.00–123.004103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2340128.00/cwt128.00–128.004352
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2388134.44/cwt125.00–139.0052210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2424133.58/cwt125.00–137.0056613
Heifers—Large 1465120.00/cwt120.00–120.005581
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2477125.02/cwt122.00–135.0059610
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3485118.40/cwt115.00–120.005743
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2513124.40/cwt122.00–127.5063824
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3535115.38/cwt110.00–118.006173
Heifers—Large 1545121.00/cwt121.00–121.006591
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573120.36/cwt119.00–124.006908
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3585116.00/cwt116.00–116.006791
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2626117.39/cwt116.50–118.007355
Heifers—Large 1627110.00/cwt110.00–110.006902
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added628134.39/cwt130.00–136.508446
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3679110.38/cwt110.00–110.507494
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2704122.50/cwt122.50–122.508625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2815100.00/cwt100.00–100.008151
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2357147.52/cwt147.00–149.005274
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3378141.65/cwt141.00–143.005353
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2405151.66/cwt151.00–152.006146
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added430157.50/cwt157.50–157.506774
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3467135.00/cwt135.00–135.006302
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2485140.93/cwt140.00–144.006844
Bulls—Large 1485139.47/cwt138.00–141.006762
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2533131.66/cwt130.00–135.007023
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2574126.67/cwt126.00–130.007276
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3595121.00/cwt121.00–121.007201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy707128.75/cwt128.00–131.009104
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 366070.00/cwt70.00–70.004624
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97433.89/cwt33.00–35.503304
Cows—Lean 85-90%99835.69/cwt35.00–36.003563
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12045.00/cwt45.00–45.005041
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,21545.00/cwt45.00–45.005471
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25535.00/cwt35.00–35.004392
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,27755.52/cwt53.00–57.007093
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,29058.35/cwt58.00–59.007533
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4201,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0017,0401

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.