Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2024-04-17

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Apr 17
● Final97 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
534 head
▼ 436 vs last sale 970▲ 84 vs year ago 450 · +18.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
66 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 77▲ 53 vs year ago 13 · +407.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 4▼ 74 vs year ago 76 · −97.4%
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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $245.67/cwt on 67 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −143.15 against this barn's trailing median of $388.82.
Average price
$245.67
67 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,351
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$201
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$32.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.73
vs KY average
−18.85 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2552251.011,38556
Medium and Large 2-3542218.511,18411thin
One grade step is worth $32.50/cwt here — about $201 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale67 hd
245.67
—
KY average25 barns · 1,521 hd
251.40
−5.73
National average180 barns · 13,997 hd
264.52
−18.85
This barn, trailing median33 sales
388.82
−143.15
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales
453403352302median 388.8203/0404/2906/2408/2610/28
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $438.84, low $316.11, median $388.82 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Low1,609155.322,49916
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,587131.022,0793thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,239120.861,49728
CowsLean 85-90%Low938107.211,00611
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceHigh1,435134.001,9231thin
Dairy SteersSelectLow1,225122.001,4951thin
HeifersSelectAverage998121.271,2102thin
SteersSelectHigh1,035183.001,8941thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,105170.001,8792thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)840$9351thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)780$1,0501thin

Every lot

97 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2320294.04/cwt277.50–302.509413
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy332320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0622
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2373302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,1283
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428290.14/cwt285.00–300.001,2423
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2432273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,1792
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy439324.13/cwt320.00–336.001,42311
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3470240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1281
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy483312.78/cwt310.00–313.001,51113
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4552
Steers450–500Large 1-2488270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3184
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2503286.50/cwt286.50–286.501,4414
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3524242.09/cwt240.00–242.501,2696
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2535248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,3271
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2571258.16/cwt258.00–260.001,47412
Steers550–600Large 1-2575257.25/cwt240.00–266.001,4793
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580277.72/cwt269.00–287.001,61128
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2610283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,7261
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3635240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5241
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665274.84/cwt266.00–279.001,82823
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3667228.50/cwt228.50–228.501,5245
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2692251.50/cwt251.50–251.501,7405
Steers650–700Large 1-2695222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,5431
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3720219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,5771
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added727251.50/cwt251.50–251.501,8287
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2810218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,7661
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3215262.50/cwt262.50–262.505641
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy280320.00/cwt320.00–320.008963
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy308315.00/cwt315.00–315.009705
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3325250.00/cwt250.00–250.008131
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3365256.63/cwt252.50–261.009372
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy371321.26/cwt312.00–332.501,19212
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2376300.92/cwt287.50–310.001,1316
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy406301.94/cwt297.00–307.001,2268
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3422244.25/cwt238.00–251.001,0316
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2431285.59/cwt281.00–287.001,2317
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2469268.03/cwt265.00–276.001,25724
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3472235.57/cwt230.00–247.501,1123
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2494255.29/cwt254.50–260.001,26111
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521237.66/cwt230.00–252.001,2388
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added527277.97/cwt271.00–282.001,46517
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3530215.52/cwt196.00–220.001,1427
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3562223.74/cwt223.00–224.001,2574
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573239.67/cwt234.00–243.501,37331
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3617197.50/cwt185.00–211.001,2195
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632231.74/cwt225.00–234.001,46513
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2660215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4191
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added677244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,65216
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3740178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,3171
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2744212.59/cwt210.00–215.001,58210
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2763213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,6253
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2811203.57/cwt190.00–204.501,65116
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2855185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,5821
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added857211.35/cwt211.35–211.351,81164
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3880160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,4081
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2941176.50/cwt176.50–176.501,6615
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 2-31,025140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,4351
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2305300.00/cwt300.00–300.009152
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3330252.50/cwt252.50–252.508331
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2368286.72/cwt285.00–290.001,0553
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1341
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2423301.05/cwt300.00–302.501,2735
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy431319.87/cwt317.50–323.001,3795
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2460289.39/cwt279.00–300.001,3312
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy475307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,4581
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3518235.21/cwt231.00–241.001,2185
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2519271.74/cwt262.00–282.001,4102
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2565264.74/cwt264.00–266.001,4968
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3595234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,3921
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2596251.50/cwt251.50–251.501,4994
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2630237.61/cwt233.00–240.001,4973
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2695228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,5851
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2732226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,6542
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2790219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,7301
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2881218.48/cwt217.00–220.001,9254
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2930210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,9531
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2610220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3421
Dairy Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3705170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1991
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,035183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,8941
Steers—Select and Choice1,105170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,8792
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select998121.27/cwt121.00–121.501,2102
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,360127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,7271
Bulls——1,511145.96/cwt140.00–154.002,2057
Bulls——1,726167.04/cwt157.00–189.002,8838
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89084.62/cwt71.00–91.007533
Cows—Lean 85-90%928102.51/cwt100.00–105.009512
Cows—Lean 85-90%930137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,2741
Cows—Lean 85-90%973116.68/cwt114.00–119.001,1355
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09393.48/cwt93.00–94.001,0222
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,126105.78/cwt101.00–110.001,1915
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,268120.09/cwt112.00–123.001,5239
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,288132.29/cwt125.00–149.001,70412
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,550125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,9381
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,605134.03/cwt133.00–135.002,1512
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,225122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,4951
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,435134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,9231
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-27801,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2840935.00/head935.00–935.009351

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.