Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2024-05-22

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, May 22
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
301 head
▼ 183 vs last sale 484▼ 112 vs year ago 413 · −27.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
▼ 71 vs last sale 95▼ 69 vs year ago 93 · −74.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 13▼ 13 vs year ago 14 · −92.9%
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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 $269.67/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −119.15 against this barn's trailing median of $388.82.
Average price
$269.67
31 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,488
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$130
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$34.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.83
vs KY average
−6.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2548273.591,50027
Medium and Large 2583247.481,4432thin
Medium and Large 2-3573239.001,3692thin
One grade step is worth $34.59/cwt here — about $130 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 sale31 hd
269.67
—
KY average27 barns · 1,563 hd
265.84
+3.83
National average163 barns · 12,702 hd
276.46
−6.79
This barn, trailing median33 sales
388.82
−119.15
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—Average1,803162.472,92910
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,615143.552,3194thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,271142.151,8077thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average997126.671,2633thin

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 Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)825$1,1001thin

Every lot

66 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy333330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0992
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,0741
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2405262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,0631
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2418305.73/cwt300.00–311.001,2782
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy438332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,4546
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2485271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,3141
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy487322.32/cwt321.00–326.001,5706
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added506316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,5995
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571289.61/cwt287.00–290.001,6548
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added575314.50/cwt314.50–314.501,8089
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2690261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,8012
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7401
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2770226.31/cwt219.00–234.001,7432
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy250321.00/cwt321.00–321.008031
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2275310.47/cwt310.00–311.008542
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3310255.00/cwt255.00–255.007911
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy313325.36/cwt322.00–329.001,0182
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy367323.36/cwt319.00–327.501,18715
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2385295.86/cwt285.00–307.001,1392
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy414309.05/cwt300.00–313.001,27910
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2436289.87/cwt280.00–296.001,2646
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2445269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,1971
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468265.62/cwt261.00–270.001,2433
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477282.94/cwt281.00–284.001,35012
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3488251.76/cwt251.00–252.001,2294
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522266.45/cwt260.00–280.001,3913
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added527289.79/cwt285.00–294.001,5279
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2566265.29/cwt256.00–272.001,50215
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3573239.00/cwt238.00–240.001,3692
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2583247.48/cwt246.00–249.001,4432
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added601253.50/cwt250.00–261.001,5244
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2640241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5421
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670222.01/cwt221.00–223.001,4872
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added769243.25/cwt243.25–243.251,87167
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2955170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,6241
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy230332.50/cwt332.50–332.507651
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2270296.60/cwt290.00–302.508012
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy325322.34/cwt320.00–326.001,0483
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2325312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,0161
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3350260.00/cwt260.00–260.009101
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2355302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,0741
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy375321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,2041
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy405320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2961
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2415301.16/cwt301.00–302.001,2506
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy469322.51/cwt321.00–323.001,5134
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2474309.10/cwt296.00–313.001,4655
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3480270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2961
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy528293.71/cwt290.00–303.001,55112
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2529278.66/cwt262.50–286.001,4746
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2578261.10/cwt253.00–270.001,5096
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3585222.54/cwt220.00–225.001,3022
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2643262.38/cwt241.00–264.251,68720
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2662258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,7082
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2718230.27/cwt221.00–236.001,6534
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2Fancy801230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8423
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2835194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,6201
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2-3940150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,4101
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,705147.75/cwt141.00–155.002,5192
Bulls——1,823170.31/cwt159.00–175.003,1057
Bulls——1,855137.00/cwt137.00–137.002,5411
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%965132.01/cwt126.00–137.001,2742
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,060116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,2301
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,271142.15/cwt131.00–155.001,8077
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,415116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,6411
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,682152.73/cwt146.00–159.002,5693
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28251,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001

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.