Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2025-05-28

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, May 28
● Final95 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
460 head
▼ 180 vs last sale 640▼ 50 vs year ago 510 · −9.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 28▼ 28 vs year ago 63 · −44.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 9▼ 17 vs year ago 19 · −89.5%
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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 $340.00/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 7 of 33 comparable sales and sits −48.83 against this barn's trailing median of $388.82.
Average price
$340.00
56 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,846
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$314
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$80.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.55
vs KY average
+7.31 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2539347.371,87450
Medium and Large 2553301.501,6662thin
Medium and Large 2-3584267.071,5604thin
One grade step is worth $80.30/cwt here — about $314 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale56 hd
340.00
—
KY average17 barns · 782 hd
326.44
+13.55
National average127 barns · 6,029 hd
332.69
+7.31
This barn, trailing median33 sales
388.82
−48.83
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—High1,520196.172,9817thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,242158.171,96510
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,515150.512,2806thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,099126.681,39210

Every lot

95 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2280350.00/cwt350.00–350.009801
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy342447.54/cwt427.50–452.501,5315
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy403410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,6523
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,6992
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2465345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,6042
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added530386.48/cwt380.00–389.002,04814
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2540362.54/cwt355.00–367.501,9585
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2567355.38/cwt349.00–365.002,0155
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3568282.51/cwt280.00–285.001,6052
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added629360.33/cwt349.00–363.002,26610
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2633335.88/cwt330.00–341.002,1268
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2669329.73/cwt329.00–332.002,2064
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2722299.00/cwt299.00–299.002,1592
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2755306.00/cwt306.00–306.002,3101
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added812308.50/cwt308.50–308.502,50564
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2900278.00/cwt278.00–278.002,5027
Feeder Cattle · Heifers40 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Value Added200530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,0601
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy240460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,1041
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2280397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,1131
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2295362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,0691
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2333365.41/cwt357.50–377.501,2173
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2335350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1731
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy347382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,3272
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3380335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,2731
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy385385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,4821
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2390350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3651
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,3261
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423334.15/cwt332.50–335.001,4133
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2429355.08/cwt340.00–362.501,5236
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3430312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,3441
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy432366.41/cwt365.00–370.001,5837
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3460309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,4211
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2462335.91/cwt330.00–339.001,5523
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473354.75/cwt345.00–362.501,6788
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy478365.80/cwt365.00–367.501,7493
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2505322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,6291
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added515355.04/cwt350.00–359.001,82829
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,5601
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added575348.19/cwt347.00–349.002,0025
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577333.93/cwt320.00–343.001,92715
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3584267.07/cwt219.00–307.001,5604
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2590300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7701
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added610318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,9402
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617301.74/cwt301.00–302.001,8624
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3645265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,7091
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3665261.16/cwt255.00–267.501,7372
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2669297.99/cwt289.00–304.001,99411
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2675281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,8971
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added680309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,1011
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added721293.93/cwt290.00–295.502,1197
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added820278.85/cwt278.85–278.852,28767
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2826271.92/cwt265.00–274.502,2466
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2830235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,9511
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3845197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,6651
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2854273.50/cwt273.50–273.502,3369
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,015197.00/cwt197.00–197.002,0001
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy238484.79/cwt465.00–505.001,1542
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy259500.83/cwt485.00–505.001,2975
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2288415.89/cwt402.50–430.001,1982
Bulls300–350Medium 1-2300335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,0051
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2372405.85/cwt402.50–422.501,5106
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2380365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,3871
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy382436.05/cwt427.50–445.001,6667
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2425386.90/cwt380.00–395.001,6444
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy433405.03/cwt400.00–410.001,7542
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2476372.88/cwt360.00–387.001,7757
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2495353.75/cwt352.50–355.001,7512
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3515299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,5401
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy516380.60/cwt371.00–387.501,96417
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2524329.46/cwt320.00–342.501,7265
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6701
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy558376.02/cwt370.00–379.002,0983
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2580347.31/cwt333.00–362.502,01414
Bulls550–600Large 1-2585308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,8021
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy602353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,1252
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2633311.53/cwt303.00–320.001,9722
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2660309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,0391
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3675290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9581
Bulls700–750Medium 1-2700220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5401
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2705292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,0621
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3760249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,8921
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2800217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,7401
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,180162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,9121
Bulls——1,343182.13/cwt180.00–184.002,4462
Bulls——1,693211.73/cwt204.00–220.003,5854
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%875119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,0411
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,050136.07/cwt130.00–142.001,4296
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,233167.96/cwt164.00–171.002,0713
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,246153.97/cwt145.00–159.501,9187
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,270110.45/cwt105.00–114.001,4033
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,470175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,5731
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,520141.52/cwt140.00–143.002,1512
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,527148.34/cwt146.00–150.002,2653
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2775207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,6041
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2960203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,9491

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.