Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2023-03-29

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Mar 29
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
532 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 507▼ 158 vs year ago 690 · −22.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
59 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 49▲ 9 vs year ago 50 · +18.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 4▲ 0 vs year ago 13 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday : Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows and 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 $189.02/cwt on 206 head.
Average price
$189.02
206 head · 584 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,105
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$228
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$18.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.31
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2596192.081,145171
Medium and Large 2-3527174.0791735
One grade step is worth $18.01/cwt here — about $228 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 sale206 hd
189.02
—
KY average24 barns · 7,319 hd
187.71
+1.31
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—Low1,725117.292,02414
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,33892.921,24325
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53892.581,4246thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13368.237735thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,205$1,2665
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,490$1,7601thin

Every lot

73 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3333159.04/cwt150.00–187.005304
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2360225.00/cwt225.00–225.008101
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2410235.00/cwt235.00–235.009645
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2469229.67/cwt228.00–231.001,0777
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2522235.76/cwt220.00–245.001,23112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2553229.36/cwt210.00–231.001,26813
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added565238.17/cwt238.00–238.501,34630
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2633202.87/cwt191.00–204.001,28416
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added658215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,41544
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2708187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,3243
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3770170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3091
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2808182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,4713
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2910173.89/cwt173.50–177.001,5829
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3255184.00/cwt184.00–184.004691
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2285215.00/cwt215.00–215.006131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2310206.42/cwt204.00–209.006402
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3325221.00/cwt221.00–221.007181
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3353192.05/cwt181.00–210.006783
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375208.62/cwt200.00–224.007827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added419236.95/cwt229.00–239.009935
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3426157.92/cwt131.00–190.006734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2429209.65/cwt208.00–214.0089910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2471215.15/cwt201.00–222.001,01321
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3489200.00/cwt200.00–200.009786
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3512158.03/cwt145.00–184.008094
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2532199.49/cwt191.00–204.001,0617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added544208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,13216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added556208.20/cwt208.00–210.001,15810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2571193.39/cwt179.00–201.001,10416
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3581174.16/cwt165.00–180.001,0129
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3617184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,1352
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2631175.34/cwt165.00–177.001,1067
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added641186.34/cwt184.00–196.001,19439
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3672161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,0822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2675166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,1211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2714164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,1716
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3770130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2831157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,30510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2886149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,3203
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2966139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,34810
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2275220.00/cwt220.00–220.006051
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3275200.00/cwt200.00–200.005501
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3323197.02/cwt185.00–210.006362
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2336232.31/cwt221.00–238.007816
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2383222.69/cwt196.00–240.008539
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3391203.37/cwt182.00–214.007953
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3408205.97/cwt180.00–231.008404
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2419228.46/cwt210.00–237.0095711
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3470192.78/cwt171.00–220.009063
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2485216.29/cwt201.00–225.001,0499
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2520215.64/cwt202.00–231.001,12112
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3527188.72/cwt180.00–200.009953
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2578208.93/cwt200.00–219.001,20811
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3585181.02/cwt179.00–185.001,0593
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2642201.12/cwt190.00–207.001,2918
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3696165.61/cwt144.00–171.001,1535
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2703202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,4249
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3760130.00/cwt130.00–130.009881
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3870141.45/cwt137.00–146.001,2312
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3910120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0921
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,562100.34/cwt95.00–108.001,5673
Bulls——1,770121.91/cwt114.00–135.002,15811
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12171.54/cwt61.00–84.008024
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18055.00/cwt55.00–55.006491
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25583.50/cwt83.50–83.501,0481
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32791.16/cwt83.50–98.001,21020
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,412104.08/cwt101.00–109.001,4704
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46491.49/cwt85.00–95.001,3395
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,91098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,8721
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,1201,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2131,232.42/head950.00–1,350.001,2323
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2651,435.00/head1,435.00–1,435.001,4351
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4901,760.00/head1,760.00–1,760.001,7601

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.