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Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Name: Campbellsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Dec 3

● Final93 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212

← Nov 19Dec 3Dec 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

445 head

▼ 246 vs last sale 691▼ 458 vs year ago 903 · −50.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

45 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 40▼ 26 vs year ago 71 · −36.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

8 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 11▲ 5 vs year ago 3 · +166.7%

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $383.49/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 6 of 29 comparable sales and sits −48.64 against this barn's trailing median of $432.12.

Average price

$383.49

51 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,146

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$432

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$68.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.99

vs KY average

−45.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	560	385.63	2,160	49
Medium and Large 2	560	345.00	1,932	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	545	317.00	1,728	1thin

One grade step is worth $68.63/cwt here — about $432 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 sale51 hd

383.49

—

KY average19 barns · 722 hd

386.47

−2.99

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

−45.66

This barn, trailing median29 sales

432.12

−48.64

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,618	186.97	3,026	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,629	166.44	2,712	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,328	150.39	1,997	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,010	131.58	1,329	11

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,376	$2,530	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,355	$2,000	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,220	$1,875	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,260	$1,850	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,270	$2,750	1thin

Every lot

93 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	300	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,208	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	310	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	1,417	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,520	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	442	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	1,852	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	467	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,873	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	487	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,719	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	495	308.00/cwt	295.00–321.00	1,525	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	543	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,101	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	545	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,728	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,932	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	570	387.56/cwt	384.00–388.00	2,209	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	359.60/cwt	351.00–367.00	2,078	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	336.44/cwt	333.00–340.00	2,103	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	635	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,356	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	665	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,354	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	330.37/cwt	327.00–337.00	2,256	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	706	341.50/cwt	341.50–341.50	2,411	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	315.58/cwt	311.00–324.00	2,320	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	769	323.40/cwt	307.50–325.00	2,487	30
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	790	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,670	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	823	297.56/cwt	293.00–309.00	2,449	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	860	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,855	59
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	860	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,451	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	915	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,626	2
Steers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1-2	1,155	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,876	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	100–150	Medium and Large 1-2	135	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	675	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	288	335.97/cwt	335.00–337.00	968	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	330	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,000	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,189	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	373	349.52/cwt	349.00–350.00	1,304	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	376	417.43/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,570	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	415	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,639	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	343.92/cwt	337.50–349.00	1,451	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	435	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,305	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	450	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,382	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	313.39/cwt	310.00–317.00	1,457	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	466	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,738	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,624	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,617	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	338.42/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,790	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	534	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,944	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	563	347.36/cwt	346.00–348.50	1,956	37
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	312.30/cwt	307.50–315.00	1,771	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	570	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,653	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	343.61/cwt	337.00–344.00	1,976	23
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	637	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,854	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	641	327.49/cwt	324.00–331.00	2,099	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	659	308.81/cwt	302.00–315.00	2,035	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	660	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,881	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	724	294.80/cwt	287.50–307.00	2,134	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	750	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,718	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	788	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,332	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	830	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,166	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls	150–200	Medium and Large 1-2	180	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	819	2
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	240	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,008	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	255	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,020	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	305	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,129	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	328	383.66/cwt	380.00–387.50	1,258	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	350	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,120	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	365	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,493	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	395	446.59/cwt	443.00–449.00	1,764	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	423	420.82/cwt	415.00–427.00	1,780	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	397.93/cwt	392.50–403.00	1,699	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,527	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,743	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	475	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,587	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	513	321.05/cwt	320.00–323.00	1,647	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	515	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,519	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	517	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,815	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	310.30/cwt	307.00–313.00	1,787	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	590	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,764	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,830	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	615	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,707	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	320.46/cwt	311.00–330.00	1,996	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	728	270.73/cwt	261.00–280.00	1,971	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	775	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,162	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	885	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,097	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	965	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,737	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,478	161.81/cwt	155.00–170.00	2,392	3
Bulls	—	—	1,631	187.62/cwt	175.00–195.00	3,060	6
Bulls	—	—	1,733	210.82/cwt	203.00–215.00	3,654	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	865	145.30/cwt	143.00–147.00	1,257	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,017	123.32/cwt	122.00–124.00	1,254	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,055	131.13/cwt	125.00–139.00	1,383	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,227	133.06/cwt	130.00–137.00	1,633	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,378	159.05/cwt	155.00–164.00	2,192	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,543	159.71/cwt	155.00–164.00	2,464	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,687	170.92/cwt	167.00–175.00	2,883	3
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,270	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,220	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,260	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,355	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,376	2,530.04/head	2,025.00–3,000.00	2,530	4

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Blue Grass Stockyards (Wednesday) - Campbellsville, KY

Wed Dec 3, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 445Last week 691Year ago 903

Slaughter CattleReceipts 45Last week 40Year ago 71

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 11Year ago 3

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	543	387.00	387.00
27	550–600	570	384.00–388.00	387.56
6	600–650	635	371.00	371.00
9	650–700	665	354.00	354.00
15	700–750	706	341.50	341.50
7	750–800	790	338.00	338.00
59	850–900	860	332.00	332.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	402.50	402.50
1	350–400	380	400.00	400.00
2	450–500	467	401.00	401.00
3	550–600	578	351.00–367.00	359.60
2	600–650	625	333.00–340.00	336.44
3	650–700	683	327.00–337.00	330.37
3	700–750	735	311.00–324.00	315.58
30	750–800	769	307.50–325.00	323.40
4	800–850	823	293.00–309.00	297.56
1	850–900	860	285.00	285.00
2	900–950	915	287.00	287.00
4	1150–1200	1,155	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	457.00	457.00
2	400–450	442	419.00	419.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	495	295.00–321.00	308.00
1	500–550	545	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	487	353.00	353.00
1	550–600	560	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	100–150	135	500.00	500.00
2	350–400	373	349.00–350.00	349.52
7	400–450	422	337.50–349.00	343.92
7	450–500	479	339.00	339.00
10	500–550	529	335.00–340.00	338.42
23	550–600	575	337.00–344.00	343.61
6	600–650	641	324.00–331.00	327.49
7	650–700	659	302.00–315.00	308.81
7	700–750	724	287.50–307.00	294.80
5	750–800	788	296.00	296.00
1	800–850	830	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	376	415.00–425.00	417.43
1	400–450	415	395.00	395.00
3	450–500	466	373.00	373.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	303.00	303.00
1	400–450	435	300.00	300.00
1	450–500	450	307.00	307.00
1	550–600	570	290.00	290.00
2	600–650	637	291.00	291.00
1	650–700	660	285.00	285.00
1	750–800	750	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	288	335.00–337.00	335.97
1	350–400	355	335.00	335.00
2	450–500	465	310.00–317.00	313.39
1	500–550	510	317.00	317.00
5	550–600	567	307.50–315.00	312.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	534	364.00	364.00
37	550–600	563	346.00–348.50	347.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	180	455.00	455.00
1	250–300	255	400.00	400.00
2	300–350	328	380.00–387.50	383.66
1	350–400	365	409.00	409.00
6	400–450	427	392.50–403.00	397.93
6	450–500	460	379.00	379.00
3	500–550	513	320.00–323.00	321.05
4	550–600	576	307.00–313.00	310.30
2	600–650	623	311.00–330.00	320.46
2	700–750	728	261.00–280.00	270.73
1	750–800	775	279.00	279.00
1	850–900	885	237.00	237.00
1	950–1000	965	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	420.00	420.00
5	350–400	395	443.00–449.00	446.59
2	400–450	423	415.00–427.00	420.82
4	500–550	517	351.00	351.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	320.00	320.00
1	450–500	475	334.00	334.00
1	500–550	515	295.00	295.00
1	550–600	590	299.00	299.00
1	600–650	615	277.50	277.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	370.00	370.00
1	400–450	440	347.00	347.00
1	600–650	610	300.00	300.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,270	2,750.00	2,750.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,355	2,000.00	2,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,220	1,875.00	1,875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,376	2,025.00–3,000.00	2,530.04
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,260	1,850.00	1,850.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,687	167.00–175.00	170.92
2	—	1,543	155.00–164.00	159.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,227	130.00–137.00	133.06
6	—	1,378	155.00–164.00	159.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,017	122.00–124.00	123.32
2	—	865	143.00–147.00	145.30
6	—	1,055	125.00–139.00	131.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,478	155.00–170.00	161.81
3	—	1,733	203.00–215.00	210.82
6	—	1,631	175.00–195.00	187.62

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.