Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2025-02-12

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Feb 12
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
67 head
▼ 595 vs last sale 662▼ 392 vs year ago 459 · −85.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 48 vs last sale 61▼ 72 vs year ago 85 · −84.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 10▲ 1 vs year ago 1 · +100.0%
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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 $278.99/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −153.14 against this barn's trailing median of $432.12.
Average price
$278.99
3 head · 574 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,600
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$163
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$14.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−23.59
vs KY average
−59.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2583283.981,6562thin
Medium and Large 2-3555269.001,4931thin
One grade step is worth $14.98/cwt here — about $163 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 sale3 hd
278.99
—
KY average21 barns · 600 hd
302.58
−23.59
National average155 barns · 9,244 hd
338.67
−59.68
This barn, trailing median29 sales
432.12
−153.14
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—Low1,513133.752,0232thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,600129.472,0722thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,188122.431,4542thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,118107.731,2047thin

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 (5-8 yrs)1,130$1,9001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,350$1,5001thin

Every lot

36 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330300.00/cwt300.00–300.009902
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2345315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,0871
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3355242.50/cwt240.00–245.008612
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2388328.37/cwt325.00–329.001,2746
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,2881
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4211
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3490274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,3431
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3555269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,4931
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2583283.98/cwt280.00–288.001,6562
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617264.02/cwt260.00–270.001,6293
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added642283.50/cwt283.50–283.501,8207
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2800224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,7921
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3215271.00/cwt271.00–271.005831
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3300250.00/cwt250.00–250.007501
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2388284.96/cwt280.00–290.001,1068
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480281.73/cwt281.00–282.501,3522
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2583253.48/cwt250.00–257.001,4782
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630243.23/cwt240.00–245.001,5328
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720218.06/cwt215.00–221.001,5702
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2780217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,6931
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2920180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,6562
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2310306.00/cwt301.00–311.009492
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2380291.53/cwt289.00–294.001,1082
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2568261.23/cwt260.00–262.501,4842
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2620249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,5441
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2750236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,7701
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2-3985168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,6551
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,035117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,2161
Bulls——1,990150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,9851
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97875.80/cwt74.00–78.007412
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,110121.01/cwt120.00–123.001,3434
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,188122.43/cwt121.00–124.001,4542
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,430118.50/cwt118.50–118.501,6951
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,600129.47/cwt128.00–131.002,0722
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1301,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3501,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001

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.