Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2025-08-27

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Aug 27
● Final109 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
747 head
▲ 578 vs last sale 169▲ 674 vs year ago 73 · +923.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
61 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 38▲ 19 vs year ago 42 · +45.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 4▲ 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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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 $399.15/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 8 of 29 comparable sales and sits −32.97 against this barn's trailing median of $432.12.
Average price
$399.15
54 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,265
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$276
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$53.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.54
vs KY average
−10.15 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2567405.082,29548
Medium and Large 2574351.682,0196thin
One grade step is worth $53.40/cwt here — about $276 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 sale54 hd
399.15
—
KY average24 barns · 1,036 hd
399.69
−0.54
National average152 barns · 8,476 hd
409.30
−10.15
This barn, trailing median29 sales
432.12
−32.97
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—Low1,656202.933,36013
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,698172.502,9282thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,279164.602,10528
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,059140.471,48814
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,190189.002,2491thin

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)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,263$3,0402thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,085$3,0001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,203$2,8163thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,296$2,6827
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)975$2,6001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,214$2,4888
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,238$2,3452thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,110$1,5601thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)845$2,1042thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,575$3,3351thin

Every lot

109 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2335450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,5081
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy370505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,8691
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy429476.09/cwt467.50–500.002,0424
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476426.69/cwt425.00–431.002,0314
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8381
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3490340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6661
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522371.86/cwt360.00–385.001,9416
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added541405.53/cwt395.00–408.002,1945
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2574351.68/cwt350.00–352.502,0196
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added576414.24/cwt391.00–423.002,38634
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2591367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,1693
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619365.30/cwt360.00–377.002,26119
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added630380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,3943
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fancy659414.75/cwt414.75–414.752,73333
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2660340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2441
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2661347.90/cwt344.00–355.002,30010
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added673390.97/cwt380.00–401.002,63166
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720348.71/cwt337.00–355.002,51124
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2776347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,6937
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2804335.33/cwt330.00–336.252,6967
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2850340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,8901
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added874355.75/cwt355.75–355.753,10960
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2970292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,8322
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2235420.00/cwt420.00–420.009871
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2270397.00/cwt397.00–397.001,0721
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3285316.14/cwt310.00–322.509012
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2325409.00/cwt405.00–412.501,3293
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2335381.00/cwt381.00–381.001,2761
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2350422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,4791
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy357477.42/cwt441.00–484.001,70425
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3367300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1012
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,6281
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3435325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4142
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy443413.50/cwt412.00–417.001,8327
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473386.57/cwt380.00–397.501,8289
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475368.25/cwt362.50–372.501,7493
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy479410.86/cwt409.00–413.001,9688
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3495323.50/cwt323.50–323.501,6011
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2510325.10/cwt320.00–330.001,6582
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added518380.50/cwt380.00–382.501,9715
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520365.35/cwt351.00–373.001,90019
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added570379.58/cwt367.50–386.002,16422
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570341.60/cwt341.00–345.001,9477
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,9193
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2611323.24/cwt317.50–330.001,9754
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2612346.36/cwt337.50–357.502,1206
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added620372.07/cwt367.00–374.502,30712
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added674369.75/cwt369.00–374.002,49247
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2674343.29/cwt329.00–346.002,3147
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added704359.03/cwt351.00–367.002,5288
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2705306.00/cwt306.00–306.002,1571
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3720295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,1241
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2739344.11/cwt325.00–347.002,54311
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2765332.46/cwt329.00–335.002,5437
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added937320.25/cwt320.25–320.253,00159
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2940267.00/cwt267.00–267.002,5102
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,050223.00/cwt223.00–223.002,3421
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1-2158512.50/cwt512.50–512.508102
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2Fancy225515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,1592
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2273465.14/cwt460.00–470.001,2702
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy315500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,5751
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy378519.17/cwt490.00–522.001,96219
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,5981
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3425355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,5091
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy432465.98/cwt442.50–495.002,0137
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2433405.34/cwt400.00–411.001,7552
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy458452.66/cwt442.50–462.502,0732
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2483411.56/cwt400.00–430.001,9888
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3485335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6252
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2496391.27/cwt387.50–392.501,9414
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy523392.33/cwt380.00–398.002,0526
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2537367.55/cwt357.00–376.001,9747
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2540342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,8473
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2574342.99/cwt339.00–352.501,9698
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2582361.75/cwt355.00–375.002,1059
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy618357.67/cwt357.00–358.002,2109
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2622342.08/cwt329.00–349.002,1286
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2677336.63/cwt327.00–350.002,2798
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2680312.54/cwt310.00–315.002,1252
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2705301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,1221
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2708327.29/cwt322.00–330.002,3173
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2765310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,3721
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2766335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,5663
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2802295.01/cwt285.00–300.002,3663
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers750–800Large 3777262.00/cwt262.00–262.002,0362
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers200–250Large 3220251.00/cwt251.00–251.005521
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,190189.00/cwt189.00–189.002,2491
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,298187.40/cwt187.00–188.002,4323
Bulls——1,754205.57/cwt194.00–210.003,6068
Bulls——1,798215.64/cwt211.00–220.003,8772
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%755109.00/cwt109.00–109.008231
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,031145.50/cwt142.00–150.001,5006
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,080160.80/cwt158.00–163.001,7372
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,146132.60/cwt120.00–139.001,5205
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,215143.98/cwt139.00–152.001,7493
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,281163.57/cwt155.50–169.002,09518
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,300176.07/cwt172.00–185.002,2897
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,635170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,7801
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,760175.00/cwt175.00–175.003,0801
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5753,335.00/head3,335.00–3,335.003,3351
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29752,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0853,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1101,560.00/head1,560.00–1,560.001,5601
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2032,815.65/head2,525.00–3,100.002,8163
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2142,487.57/head1,800.00–3,300.002,4888
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2382,345.00/head2,225.00–2,450.002,3452
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2633,040.10/head2,675.00–3,300.003,0402
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2962,682.40/head1,850.00–3,375.002,6827
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28452,103.55/head2,000.00–2,200.002,1042

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.