Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2021-12-22

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Dec 22
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
143 head
▼ 413 vs last sale 556▲ 45 vs year ago 98 · +45.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 63▼ 1 vs year ago 28 · −3.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 28▲ 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Steer and heifers were steady to 3.00 higher on a light test. Light supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were not well tested. Light supply of slaughter cattle with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.33/cwt on 54 head.
Average price
$141.33
54 head · 415 lb average
Value per head Derived
$586
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$13
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$17.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.79
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2409143.6158747
Medium and Large 2-3456126.015747thin
One grade step is worth $17.61/cwt here — about $13 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 sale54 hd
141.33
—
KY average17 barns · 2,883 hd
137.54
+3.79
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%Average1,35964.508768thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,12862.807084thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03546.784845thin

Every lot

45 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy315221.00/cwt221.00–221.006961
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2420194.00/cwt194.00–194.008151
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475181.45/cwt177.00–186.008622
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3510148.00/cwt148.00–148.007551
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2235155.00/cwt155.00–155.003641
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3260129.00/cwt129.00–129.003351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2281156.97/cwt154.00–161.004418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2324148.77/cwt143.00–154.004824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2377146.18/cwt137.00–150.0055116
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3390129.00/cwt129.00–129.005031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2431142.36/cwt141.00–146.006145
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3440127.52/cwt126.00–129.005612
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3470129.00/cwt129.00–129.006061
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2481135.06/cwt133.00–137.006504
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2532132.01/cwt130.00–133.007024
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3595120.00/cwt120.00–120.007142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2640125.00/cwt125.00–125.008005
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2170201.00/cwt201.00–201.003421
Bulls—Large 1237170.00/cwt170.00–170.004032
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2255188.00/cwt188.00–188.004791
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3290150.00/cwt150.00–150.004351
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3311168.69/cwt168.00–170.005253
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy335217.00/cwt217.00–217.007271
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3370157.67/cwt145.00–171.005834
Bulls—Large 1375169.00/cwt169.00–169.006341
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2426168.74/cwt165.00–170.007198
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3437148.69/cwt146.00–154.006503
Bulls—Large 1485148.00/cwt148.00–148.007181
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2495171.00/cwt171.00–171.008461
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2510159.39/cwt154.00–165.008132
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3510145.00/cwt145.00–145.007401
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3550147.00/cwt147.00–147.008091
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2585149.00/cwt149.00–149.008724
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2600125.00/cwt125.00–125.007502
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2677125.00/cwt125.00–125.008462
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2705115.00/cwt115.00–115.008111
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03247.97/cwt47.00–49.004953
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04045.00/cwt45.00–45.004682
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10261.06/cwt59.00–63.006733
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20568.00/cwt68.00–68.008191
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34959.62/cwt56.00–64.008045
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37572.64/cwt70.00–75.009993
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,095825.00/cwt825.00–825.009,0342
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1731,009.84/cwt1,000.00–1,025.0011,8453
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,195775.00/cwt775.00–775.009,2611

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.