Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2025-05-14

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, May 14
● Final111 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
682 head
▼ 77 vs last sale 759▲ 198 vs year ago 484 · +40.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 28▼ 47 vs year ago 95 · −49.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 2▼ 2 vs year ago 13 · −15.4%
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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 $379.82/cwt on 82 head. That ranks 4 of 29 comparable sales and sits −52.30 against this barn's trailing median of $432.12.
Average price
$379.82
82 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,098
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$255
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$67.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.60
vs KY average
−4.78 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2549386.862,12673
Medium and Large 2500347.001,7351thin
Medium and Large 2-3585319.691,8708thin
One grade step is worth $67.17/cwt here — about $255 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale82 hd
379.82
—
KY average27 barns · 1,189 hd
374.23
+5.60
National average159 barns · 12,107 hd
384.60
−4.78
This barn, trailing median29 sales
432.12
−52.30
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—High1,422169.882,41610
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,652156.622,5875thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,136150.871,71419
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,032127.221,31311

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)1,320$2,3501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,043$2,0052thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,300$1,9001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)950$1,3001thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)783$1,8423thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,535$3,1351thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,115$2,6751thin

Every lot

111 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Value Added245500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,2251
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2305400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2201
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy351445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,5624
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428407.05/cwt399.00–413.001,74211
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3445320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4241
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy453440.50/cwt440.50–440.501,99517
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2460350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6101
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480395.21/cwt380.00–400.001,8978
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,7351
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added525397.05/cwt390.00–407.002,08527
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529374.33/cwt360.00–385.001,98012
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added556399.50/cwt399.50–399.502,22112
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3585319.69/cwt319.50–321.001,8708
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2587374.30/cwt350.00–377.002,19722
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added607369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,2404
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620337.75/cwt337.50–338.002,0942
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added669347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,32175
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2689312.22/cwt311.50–321.002,15113
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2705295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,0802
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2769291.32/cwt291.25–292.002,24023
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Fancy912303.00/cwt303.00–303.002,76361
Feeder Cattle · Heifers40 lots · lightest first
Heifers100–150Medium and Large 1-2132575.00/cwt575.00–575.007592
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1-2Fancy155610.48/cwt595.00–625.009462
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1-2175490.86/cwt480.00–500.008592
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy228456.29/cwt452.50–460.001,0402
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2245385.00/cwt385.00–385.009431
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2255435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,1091
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2285384.82/cwt380.00–390.001,0972
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3285355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,0121
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy305410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,2513
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330396.72/cwt395.00–400.001,3093
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2340363.81/cwt360.00–367.501,2372
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3342324.98/cwt322.50–332.501,1114
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2368394.20/cwt385.00–402.501,45119
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy375415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,5561
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,4151
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3387333.41/cwt330.00–335.001,2903
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2408332.75/cwt332.50–333.001,3582
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy418388.62/cwt375.00–397.001,62420
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2434355.37/cwt351.00–357.501,54210
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3435307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,3351
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475328.76/cwt327.50–330.001,5624
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3477281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,3402
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2486351.27/cwt349.00–369.001,70716
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2501338.30/cwt327.50–341.001,6955
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added511357.11/cwt354.00–363.001,8253
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3530285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5111
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added556341.50/cwt341.50–341.501,89912
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3573276.04/cwt260.00–286.001,5824
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578307.73/cwt300.00–315.001,7792
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2588331.72/cwt321.00–335.001,95127
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added601326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,9597
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2608304.32/cwt302.00–305.001,8509
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3635241.16/cwt230.00–252.501,5312
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2665270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7961
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3673238.79/cwt237.50–240.001,6072
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added695307.85/cwt307.85–307.852,14066
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2745266.83/cwt252.50–274.001,9883
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3745200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4901
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2762279.00/cwt279.00–279.002,1264
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2818242.84/cwt233.00–252.501,9862
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1-2192493.22/cwt490.00–500.009473
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2Value Added215528.31/cwt510.00–545.001,1362
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy233478.84/cwt470.00–487.501,1162
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy258468.86/cwt465.00–472.501,2102
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2286392.03/cwt390.00–400.001,1215
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy310449.84/cwt440.00–460.001,3952
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2315426.25/cwt422.50–430.001,3432
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2370387.60/cwt380.00–395.001,4343
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3373342.76/cwt265.00–367.001,2787
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2377407.97/cwt400.00–415.001,5386
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2405355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,4381
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2431370.71/cwt365.00–381.001,5985
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy437404.62/cwt399.00–437.501,7689
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2455380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,7291
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy470437.50/cwt437.50–437.502,0561
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7151
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy512389.91/cwt380.00–392.501,9965
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2515347.61/cwt337.50–365.001,7908
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520316.69/cwt310.00–323.001,6472
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2584335.60/cwt331.00–350.001,9604
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2631327.57/cwt319.00–330.502,0678
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2728285.68/cwt274.00–290.002,0805
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3795227.50/cwt208.00–247.001,8092
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2800230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8401
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2935210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,9641
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,031210.83/cwt200.00–222.002,1744
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers400–450Large 3420187.50/cwt187.50–187.507881
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2395317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,2541
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,236167.72/cwt159.50–177.502,0737
Bulls——1,390187.39/cwt184.00–190.002,6052
Bulls——2,790150.00/cwt150.00–150.004,1851
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%986138.37/cwt135.00–148.001,3644
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,006127.18/cwt120.00–133.001,2795
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,075110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,1831
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,098134.10/cwt131.00–137.001,4722
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,116156.94/cwt155.00–165.001,7519
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,168148.24/cwt141.00–154.001,7318
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,305100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,3051
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,520140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,1281
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,685160.77/cwt156.00–165.002,7094
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1152,675.00/head2,675.00–2,675.002,6751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5353,135.00/head3,135.00–3,135.003,1351
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2817227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,8551
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2915173.03/cwt166.00–179.001,5832
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-29501,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0302,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0551,460.00/head1,460.00–1,460.001,4601
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3001,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3202,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-27831,842.45/head1,825.00–1,875.001,8423

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.