Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2024-09-18

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Sep 18
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
369 head
▼ 171 vs last sale 540▼ 129 vs year ago 498 · −25.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 37▼ 13 vs year ago 56 · −23.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 4▲ 5 vs year ago 4 · +125.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher on weaned and preconditioned feeders. Plain quality and unweaned feeders sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and and bulls sold steady .

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $225.39/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −163.44 against this barn's trailing median of $388.82.
Average price
$225.39
32 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,236
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$143
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$33.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.29
vs KY average
−11.62 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2544233.681,27124
Medium and Large 2-3562200.521,1288thin
One grade step is worth $33.16/cwt here — about $143 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 sale32 hd
225.39
—
KY average26 barns · 1,527 hd
234.68
−9.29
National average181 barns · 11,482 hd
237.01
−11.62
This barn, trailing median33 sales
388.82
−163.44
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—Average1,735159.572,7692thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,345117.541,58131
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,518109.221,6582thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average95991.818817thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,160$1,6251thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,085$1,5501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)900$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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2394295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,16214
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2432296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,2792
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3460226.60/cwt220.00–240.001,0423
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3518219.24/cwt187.50–242.001,1363
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532268.63/cwt262.00–269.001,42918
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3566208.67/cwt201.00–228.001,1817
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2597241.50/cwt241.50–241.501,44214
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3620207.56/cwt205.00–210.001,2872
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2664242.69/cwt240.00–248.001,6116
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2730220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6061
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2774225.47/cwt224.00–233.001,7456
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3200202.50/cwt202.50–202.504051
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3305265.00/cwt265.00–265.008081
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2337269.00/cwt269.00–269.009075
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2371265.40/cwt259.00–285.0098510
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3379216.39/cwt180.00–257.508209
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425237.17/cwt230.00–245.001,0084
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added434262.52/cwt261.00–263.001,1394
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3436224.73/cwt190.00–242.0098013
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3466208.74/cwt192.00–232.0097311
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472244.07/cwt232.50–257.001,15211
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2513237.02/cwt214.00–248.001,21614
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3530205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0871
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3567199.88/cwt191.00–220.001,1337
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2587229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,34410
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3613214.45/cwt203.00–226.001,3152
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2643215.99/cwt214.00–219.001,3895
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3665210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3971
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2674180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2131
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2770200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5401
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2815130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0601
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3845179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,5131
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3875139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,2161
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2-3266266.27/cwt237.50–282.007085
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2280310.00/cwt310.00–310.008681
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2315300.00/cwt300.00–300.009451
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3330265.00/cwt265.00–265.008751
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2365305.98/cwt295.00–312.001,11712
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3386223.43/cwt220.00–225.008623
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2424287.21/cwt255.00–299.001,2187
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3440247.55/cwt225.00–270.001,0896
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3470231.61/cwt220.00–240.001,0897
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2476257.50/cwt250.00–279.001,2269
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3535202.04/cwt194.00–215.001,0817
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2536245.99/cwt220.00–259.001,31914
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2573236.09/cwt220.00–246.001,35310
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3590200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1801
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2630220.32/cwt220.00–221.001,3883
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3643209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,3443
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2655218.49/cwt217.00–220.001,4312
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3675202.56/cwt188.00–208.001,3675
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3712189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,3462
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2734209.02/cwt208.00–210.001,5344
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2781200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5623
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2-3936170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5913
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,735159.57/cwt157.00–162.002,7692
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92584.59/cwt72.00–102.007823
Cows—Lean 85-90%94092.45/cwt83.00–100.008692
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,030102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,0512
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,057139.05/cwt138.00–140.001,4704
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,272106.16/cwt101.00–121.001,3505
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,414116.21/cwt106.00–125.001,64322
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,518109.22/cwt104.00–116.001,6582
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29001,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0851,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1601,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6251

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.