Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2021-05-26

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, May 26
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
197 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 195▼ 213 vs year ago 410 · −52.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 22▲ 39 vs year ago 11 · +354.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Steer and heifer calves were mostly steady. Light supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Light supply of slaughter cattle with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.59/cwt on 63 head.
Average price
$139.59
63 head · 669 lb average
Value per head Derived
$935
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$240
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$10.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.07
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2678140.2495159
Medium and Large 2-3546130.137104thin
One grade step is worth $10.11/cwt here — about $240 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 sale63 hd
139.59
—
KY average25 barns · 3,936 hd
138.53
+1.07
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—High1,730110.851,9182thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,28577.921,00111
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17272.5985110
CowsLean 85-90%High1,09461.096684thin

Every lot

57 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2375159.00/cwt159.00–159.005961
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3395141.00/cwt141.00–141.005571
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2495156.50/cwt153.00–160.007752
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2531149.00/cwt149.00–149.007913
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2570146.18/cwt142.00–148.5083312
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3596126.50/cwt126.50–126.507543
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625138.00/cwt138.00–138.008631
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy631145.50/cwt145.50–145.509186
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2650136.00/cwt136.00–136.008841
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added706141.25/cwt141.25–141.2599713
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2715137.00/cwt137.00–137.009801
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2780130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0141
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added800131.50/cwt131.50–131.501,05217
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2860115.00/cwt115.00–115.009891
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2240153.00/cwt153.00–153.003671
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3270147.00/cwt147.00–147.003971
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2285152.00/cwt152.00–152.004331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2300148.00/cwt148.00–148.004441
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3330136.00/cwt136.00–136.004491
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3370134.00/cwt134.00–134.004961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2445141.00/cwt140.00–142.006272
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3450131.00/cwt131.00–131.005901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2469141.32/cwt132.00–145.006636
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528133.75/cwt126.00–138.0070610
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3528112.44/cwt110.00–115.005942
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3566120.04/cwt116.00–122.006794
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575129.49/cwt125.00–131.507457
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2607130.21/cwt128.50–133.007908
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3670109.00/cwt109.00–109.007301
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2745110.00/cwt110.00–110.008201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2815117.00/cwt117.00–117.009541
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2906115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0423
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2132238.53/cwt223.00–251.003155
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2168212.40/cwt205.00–221.003572
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3195180.00/cwt180.00–180.003512
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2262170.00/cwt170.00–170.004452
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2305172.00/cwt172.00–172.005251
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3328152.12/cwt146.00–155.004993
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2395160.00/cwt160.00–160.006321
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3400140.00/cwt140.00–140.005601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2427159.65/cwt158.00–164.006826
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2468161.66/cwt160.00–162.007576
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2528142.50/cwt135.00–146.007528
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3545128.00/cwt128.00–128.006981
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3561129.24/cwt129.00–130.007254
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2574141.27/cwt139.00–149.008116
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2613128.93/cwt123.00–135.007902
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2687133.96/cwt130.00–134.509208
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2725119.48/cwt118.00–121.008662
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,730110.85/cwt109.50–112.001,9182
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96064.50/cwt64.50–64.506191
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06565.63/cwt64.00–67.506992
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13859.95/cwt57.50–64.006823
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17172.95/cwt68.50–76.008546
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,24975.66/cwt74.00–77.009454
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28078.49/cwt77.50–79.501,0052
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30679.21/cwt78.00–81.001,0347

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.