Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2026-04-29

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Apr 29
● Final97 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
620 head
▲ 132 vs last sale 488▼ 84 vs year ago 704 · −11.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 49▲ 11 vs year ago 32 · +34.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 19▲ 2 vs year ago 5 · +40.0%
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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 $433.01/cwt on 77 head, down $5.83 from the prior sale. That ranks 31 of 33 comparable sales and sits +44.19 against this barn's trailing median of $388.82.
Average price
$433.01
▼ 5.83 vs prior sale
77 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,377
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$185
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$63.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.08
vs KY average
+8.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2545439.602,39469
Medium and Large 2-3587376.232,2088thin
One grade step is worth $63.37/cwt here — about $185 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 sale77 hd
433.01
—
KY average27 barns · 1,478 hd
415.93
+17.08
National average166 barns · 11,250 hd
424.07
+8.94
This barn, trailing median33 sales
388.82
+44.19
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—High1,927224.084,3174thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,619183.982,9783thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,218175.522,13726
CowsLean 85-90%Average986153.071,5097thin

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)1,740$3,1501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,075$2,9502thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,100$1,9501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,698$4,0322thin

Every lot

97 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2240590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,4161
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2310615.00/cwt615.00–615.001,9071
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2360595.00/cwt595.00–595.002,1421
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385545.00/cwt545.00–545.002,0981
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3420440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,8481
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425468.88/cwt467.00–470.001,9935
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy441521.00/cwt521.00–521.002,2984
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3473441.15/cwt437.50–447.502,0874
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490475.90/cwt475.00–476.002,33210
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy492548.00/cwt548.00–548.002,6969
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2510449.95/cwt445.00–470.002,2955
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added533539.00/cwt539.00–539.002,8735
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3543422.22/cwt420.00–429.002,2934
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3570426.04/cwt425.00–427.002,4282
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,6312
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623415.94/cwt410.00–421.002,59115
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added630446.50/cwt446.50–446.502,81312
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added666437.00/cwt437.00–437.002,9104
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2681412.18/cwt399.00–415.502,80711
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2726367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,6644
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3735335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,4621
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3760343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,6071
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2780351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,7381
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added785388.00/cwt388.00–388.003,0466
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added821355.13/cwt350.00–366.002,91628
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2865317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,7461
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added930329.50/cwt329.50–329.503,06421
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2Value Added966335.75/cwt335.75–335.753,24358
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2210600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,2602
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2285500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,4251
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2290564.74/cwt550.00–580.001,6382
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2340508.62/cwt502.50–515.001,7294
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2357504.72/cwt490.00–512.501,8023
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3373400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4922
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy382542.54/cwt537.50–545.002,0734
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3405413.58/cwt400.00–427.501,6752
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed410535.00/cwt535.00–535.002,1941
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy411503.27/cwt501.00–512.502,0685
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2429441.62/cwt440.00–445.001,8955
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440467.50/cwt467.50–467.502,0571
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy463489.04/cwt475.00–500.002,26432
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2467458.85/cwt445.00–467.502,14316
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3488425.98/cwt425.00–427.002,0792
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2491437.56/cwt433.00–442.502,1487
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523422.41/cwt415.00–435.002,20916
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added541449.45/cwt447.50–450.002,43213
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added552447.40/cwt440.00–450.002,47035
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571414.36/cwt413.00–420.002,3665
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3587376.23/cwt370.00–390.002,2088
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2624372.45/cwt370.00–378.002,3244
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2655347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,2761
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3675300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0251
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2677364.62/cwt357.50–373.002,46816
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3710301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,1371
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715337.58/cwt335.00–338.002,4147
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2790325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,5681
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added841331.85/cwt330.00–332.002,79165
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2210655.00/cwt655.00–655.001,3761
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2250595.00/cwt595.00–595.001,4881
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy315603.25/cwt600.00–605.001,9003
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2325528.41/cwt520.00–535.001,7173
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2360500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,8002
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2379536.13/cwt525.00–547.502,0326
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3388446.31/cwt437.50–455.001,7322
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3420448.78/cwt447.50–450.001,8852
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2422472.37/cwt467.50–480.001,9933
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2426460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,9605
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy433583.25/cwt575.00–602.502,52510
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy450575.00/cwt575.00–575.002,5884
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2457512.63/cwt495.00–517.002,34310
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2469468.04/cwt457.50–475.002,1955
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3480438.63/cwt427.50–450.002,1052
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3505400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0201
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2522424.00/cwt419.00–430.002,2135
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3570380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,1661
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2571441.12/cwt435.00–445.002,5196
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy588450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,6468
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy625431.60/cwt423.00–442.002,6984
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2664398.55/cwt385.00–399.502,64616
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2753352.64/cwt330.00–355.502,6559
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2912287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,6222
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers650–700Large 3655280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8341
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,778230.71/cwt225.00–236.004,1022
Bulls——2,075217.44/cwt217.00–218.004,5122
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%920146.28/cwt144.00–149.001,3462
Cows—Lean 85-90%996153.23/cwt151.00–155.001,5264
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,075166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,7851
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,147156.41/cwt154.00–162.001,7943
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,191173.42/cwt169.00–178.002,06514
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,283185.15/cwt181.00–200.002,3759
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,580179.00/cwt179.00–179.002,8281
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,638186.47/cwt186.00–187.003,0542
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0752,950.00/head2,950.00–2,950.002,9502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1001,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,7403,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,1501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,6984,032.44/head3,775.00–4,235.004,0322
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2855215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,8381

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.