Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2022-12-07

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Dec 7
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
772 head
▲ 112 vs last sale 660▲ 152 vs year ago 620 · +24.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 55▲ 23 vs year ago 33 · +69.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 0▼ 5 vs year ago 19 · −26.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold unevenly steady . Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.34/cwt on 414 head.
Average price
$149.34
414 head · 631 lb average
Value per head Derived
$943
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$270
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$27.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.28
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2647155.581,007320
Medium and Large 2-3576128.1173894
One grade step is worth $27.48/cwt here — about $270 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 sale414 hd
149.34
—
KY average26 barns · 8,917 hd
149.06
+0.28
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—Low1,89898.271,8663thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,34265.2287524
CowsLean 85-90%Average98253.9753011

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,020$6601thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)920$8202thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)760$7893thin

Every lot

65 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2385168.00/cwt168.00–168.006473
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3456154.90/cwt120.00–160.007068
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2464173.00/cwt173.00–173.0080311
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2513168.58/cwt160.00–174.008657
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3515143.56/cwt138.00–147.007394
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3573144.86/cwt138.00–149.008303
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2595155.00/cwt155.00–155.009224
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3600140.00/cwt140.00–140.008401
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2613162.11/cwt160.10–167.5099469
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2685156.04/cwt150.00–158.001,0694
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3689137.30/cwt136.50–141.0094611
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added700159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,1135
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2731142.16/cwt130.00–147.001,03923
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2770145.82/cwt135.00–153.001,12311
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3800137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0961
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2927146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,3532
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3265142.50/cwt142.50–142.503781
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2300154.00/cwt154.00–154.004623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2371146.62/cwt142.00–166.0054413
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3376139.18/cwt118.00–141.5052312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2416158.48/cwt155.00–160.006597
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3423140.48/cwt123.00–148.0059412
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3469139.86/cwt130.00–148.0065619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2492161.45/cwt157.00–162.007949
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2513146.21/cwt140.00–152.0075011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added526158.00/cwt158.00–158.008315
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3530130.96/cwt122.00–140.006946
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2565152.63/cwt144.00–153.5086269
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3575129.00/cwt129.00–129.007422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2615143.16/cwt130.00–149.5088028
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3623125.66/cwt125.00–126.007833
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2681136.06/cwt130.00–137.5092710
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3682101.28/cwt95.00–130.0069110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2706134.00/cwt134.00–134.009467
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added707166.25/cwt166.25–166.251,17576
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3732119.14/cwt113.00–123.0087216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2750120.00/cwt120.00–120.009004
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3777126.70/cwt115.00–136.009846
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added784160.31/cwt154.00–161.001,25778
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-380093.00/cwt93.00–93.007442
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3875120.06/cwt112.00–122.001,0515
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2371171.63/cwt163.00–175.006377
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2430170.43/cwt165.00–177.0073310
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3431156.58/cwt152.00–168.006756
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2458160.00/cwt160.00–160.007337
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3492148.00/cwt148.00–148.007282
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3530142.43/cwt135.00–150.007552
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2533150.01/cwt148.50–155.0080011
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3565148.00/cwt148.00–148.008362
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2575151.00/cwt151.00–151.008682
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3623128.63/cwt125.00–132.008012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2678136.42/cwt134.00–139.0092514
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2719127.08/cwt124.00–133.0091411
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3720115.00/cwt115.00–115.008281
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,89591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,7241
Bulls——1,900101.91/cwt100.00–104.001,9362
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95455.61/cwt46.00–61.005318
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04042.39/cwt40.00–44.004412
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09064.00/cwt64.00–64.006981
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14058.50/cwt58.50–58.506672
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26073.20/cwt72.50–75.009223
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37664.67/cwt60.00–70.0089019
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-2760789.23/head720.00–835.007893
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-2920819.67/head810.00–830.008202
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,020660.00/head660.00–660.006601

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.