Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2021-05-12

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, May 12
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
317 head
▼ 97 vs last sale 414▼ 137 vs year ago 454 · −30.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 33▼ 1 vs year ago 44 · −2.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 6▼ 6 vs year ago 10 · −60.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Steer and heifer calves were 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Moderate supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady to 2.00 higher. Light supply of slaughter cattle moderate demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.24/cwt on 133 head.
Average price
$129.24
133 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$713
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$98
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$6.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.43
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2561129.46726118
Medium and Large 2-3481127.8261414thin
Large 1510123.006271thin
One grade step is worth $6.46/cwt here — about $98 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 sale133 hd
129.24
—
KY average27 barns · 4,062 hd
127.81
+1.43
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
Bulls—Low1,68998.321,66110
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,51069.501,0491thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41765.5792914
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15964.557488thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99455.655534thin

Every lot

58 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3385156.00/cwt156.00–156.006011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2387160.00/cwt160.00–160.006192
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3470142.00/cwt142.00–142.006671
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475155.00/cwt155.00–155.007361
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3511138.33/cwt129.00–143.007074
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2526146.35/cwt144.00–150.0077014
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2561145.34/cwt140.00–149.008155
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3570139.00/cwt139.00–139.007921
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2664136.46/cwt135.75–143.5090632
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3670115.00/cwt115.00–115.007711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2716123.00/cwt122.50–124.008813
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2791120.58/cwt120.50–121.009546
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2255160.00/cwt160.00–160.004081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2322145.39/cwt142.00–147.004683
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3365136.71/cwt135.00–138.004993
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2367147.79/cwt144.00–149.005424
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3415127.56/cwt125.00–130.005292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425142.22/cwt139.00–145.006047
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475141.25/cwt132.00–146.0067113
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3478129.34/cwt129.00–130.006183
Heifers—Large 1510123.00/cwt123.00–123.006271
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3525126.00/cwt126.00–126.006622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527135.15/cwt133.00–139.0071222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2561131.74/cwt126.00–136.0073918
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3580121.05/cwt117.00–124.007024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2642119.55/cwt115.00–120.5076844
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2660113.50/cwt113.50–113.507493
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2725109.00/cwt109.00–109.007902
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-293594.00/cwt94.00–94.008791
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2220189.50/cwt189.00–190.004172
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2325168.00/cwt168.00–168.005462
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3335144.00/cwt144.00–144.004821
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3378149.39/cwt144.00–155.005652
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2388158.88/cwt157.00–165.006164
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3418145.52/cwt145.00–146.006082
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2429150.51/cwt149.00–152.006464
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3471141.99/cwt140.00–148.006696
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2478154.43/cwt150.00–159.007382
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3518136.93/cwt135.00–139.007092
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2524147.47/cwt141.00–156.0077312
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2563140.02/cwt139.00–141.007882
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3585126.00/cwt126.00–126.007372
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2619125.14/cwt119.00–130.007759
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3620117.00/cwt117.00–117.007251
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2670119.52/cwt118.00–121.008012
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3675111.00/cwt111.00–111.007492
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2715116.00/cwt116.00–116.008291
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,34379.71/cwt76.00–82.001,0712
Bulls——1,560106.54/cwt106.00–107.001,6622
Bulls——1,848101.79/cwt98.00–104.001,8816
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97560.00/cwt60.00–60.005851
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00054.20/cwt52.50–55.505423
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11962.31/cwt59.00–64.006976
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28071.27/cwt69.00–73.509122
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40965.08/cwt59.00–67.5091712
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46368.50/cwt68.50–68.501,0022
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,51069.50/cwt69.50–69.501,0491
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,275885.00/cwt885.00–885.0011,2841

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.