Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2024-12-04

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Dec 4
● Final108 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
903 head
▼ 147 vs last sale 1,050▲ 463 vs year ago 440 · +105.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 44▲ 11 vs year ago 60 · +18.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 6▼ 8 vs year ago 11 · −72.7%
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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $296.64/cwt on 93 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −135.49 against this barn's trailing median of $432.12.
Average price
$296.64
93 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,638
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$483
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 1-2
$97.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.54
vs KY average
−28.73 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2552298.391,64891
Medium and Large 2-3510232.501,1861thin
Medium 1-2580201.001,1661thin
One grade step is worth $97.39/cwt here — about $483 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale93 hd
296.64
—
KY average18 barns · 1,002 hd
298.18
−1.54
National average187 barns · 33,494 hd
325.37
−28.73
This barn, trailing median29 sales
432.12
−135.49
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

29 sales
506455404352median 432.1203/0404/2906/1708/1210/21
Steers 500–600 lb: high $492.00, low $366.47, median $432.12 across 29 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—Low1,493147.672,2053thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,341119.231,59935
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,500115.461,7322thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,023106.671,09129
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,220164.002,0011thin

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)Young (2-4 yrs)910$1,5501thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)750$1,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,400$2,2001thin

Every lot

108 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 1-2Fancy310375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,1631
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy427341.15/cwt330.00–353.001,4576
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3440225.00/cwt225.00–225.009901
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy455319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,4511
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476289.75/cwt270.00–295.001,3795
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3510232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,1861
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added530298.49/cwt295.50–326.001,58217
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536272.84/cwt260.00–284.001,46210
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added559306.02/cwt292.00–316.501,71157
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577272.55/cwt260.00–282.001,5737
Steers550–600Medium 1-2580201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,1661
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2615234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,4391
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added619282.49/cwt282.00–283.001,7494
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2634258.16/cwt251.00–260.001,6376
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2650236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,5341
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3672225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5122
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2676257.00/cwt253.50–270.001,73775
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2735240.42/cwt235.00–247.001,7674
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2781244.02/cwt234.00–245.001,90611
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2835239.89/cwt239.00–244.502,00318
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added838248.95/cwt248.95–248.952,08665
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added854248.75/cwt248.75–248.752,12440
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2887220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,9512
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added933241.00/cwt241.00–241.002,24960
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,070201.00/cwt201.00–201.002,1511
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3240252.50/cwt252.50–252.506061
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy285317.50/cwt317.50–317.509051
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2320284.34/cwt282.50–285.009104
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3338235.54/cwt230.00–241.007962
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy340304.31/cwt300.00–310.001,0359
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy354333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,17915
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2377283.79/cwt270.00–289.001,0706
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2395258.75/cwt257.50–260.001,0222
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy421282.92/cwt277.00–294.001,19115
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0882
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy474281.34/cwt269.00–296.001,33432
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3480235.97/cwt230.00–239.001,1333
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2482255.67/cwt245.00–264.001,23212
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3509221.74/cwt217.50–225.001,1295
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added514278.73/cwt270.00–283.001,4336
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518250.60/cwt245.00–255.001,2989
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added564278.54/cwt266.00–285.001,57122
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565231.00/cwt230.00–232.001,3052
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3578224.15/cwt221.00–227.501,2962
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582249.90/cwt237.00–254.001,45422
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added606261.14/cwt258.00–266.001,58345
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623233.46/cwt228.00–242.001,45412
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added664251.32/cwt247.00–253.001,6697
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667233.46/cwt225.00–239.001,5579
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3670204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,3672
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added717235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6858
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2726213.57/cwt210.00–219.001,5515
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2770204.10/cwt200.00–208.001,5722
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2807222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,79614
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2896206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,8463
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2910205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,8661
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,085192.50/cwt192.50–192.502,0891
Feeder Cattle · Bulls36 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2245300.00/cwt300.00–300.007351
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2250280.00/cwt280.00–280.007001
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2283310.27/cwt300.00–320.008782
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy334354.14/cwt340.00–372.501,18311
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2367299.26/cwt290.00–307.001,0983
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3367240.14/cwt220.00–245.008816
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy381354.93/cwt331.00–367.001,35220
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3405217.50/cwt217.50–217.508811
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2410277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,1382
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy415335.87/cwt298.00–357.501,39412
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy473319.14/cwt285.00–347.001,51021
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,2071
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2480267.76/cwt260.00–270.001,2859
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added491310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,52241
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy500295.00/cwt283.00–319.001,4753
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2517260.75/cwt251.00–271.001,3484
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3530227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,2061
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2535240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2841
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy557271.48/cwt270.00–273.001,5126
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2560239.51/cwt239.00–240.001,3412
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2576255.00/cwt247.00–269.001,4698
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3590211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,2451
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy622259.76/cwt253.00–275.001,6165
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2623238.21/cwt230.00–243.001,4849
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2645220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4191
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fancy650248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,6121
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3673203.78/cwt202.50–205.001,3712
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2683240.11/cwt228.00–245.001,6406
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3715189.81/cwt181.00–199.001,3572
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2720222.57/cwt220.00–225.001,6032
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fancy735238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,7491
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2735203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,4921
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2768227.75/cwt227.00–228.001,7494
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2Fancy820225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,8451
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2835195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,6281
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,015177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,7971
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,220164.00/cwt164.00–164.002,0011
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,135134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,5211
Bulls——1,315144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,8941
Bulls——2,030165.00/cwt165.00–165.003,3501
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80079.89/cwt62.50–89.006396
Cows—Lean 85-90%99796.38/cwt91.00–104.009616
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,091127.20/cwt120.00–138.001,3888
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,128113.13/cwt107.00–118.001,2769
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,273129.61/cwt127.00–132.001,6508
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,348119.63/cwt115.00–124.001,61317
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,383110.24/cwt105.00–114.001,52510
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,500115.46/cwt114.00–117.001,7322
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-27501,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29101,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4002,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001

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.