Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2026-06-20

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Sat, Jun 20
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2192
Feeder Cattle receipts
148 head
▼ 45 vs last sale 193▼ 67 vs year ago 215 · −31.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 77 vs last sale 110▼ 36 vs year ago 69 · −52.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 82 vs last sale 93▲ 2 vs year ago 9 · +22.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Saturday; Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $395.11/cwt on 15 head, down $7.57 from the prior sale. That ranks 19 of 25 comparable sales and sits +25.42 against this barn's trailing median of $369.70.
Average price
$395.11
▼ 7.57 vs prior sale
15 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,172
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$30
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$13.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−18.73
vs KY average
−16.39 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2543402.952,1896thin
Medium and Large 2-3554389.892,1599thin
One grade step is worth $13.07/cwt here — about $30 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 sale15 hd
395.11
—
KY average25 barns · 1,154 hd
413.84
−18.73
National average169 barns · 9,451 hd
411.50
−16.39
This barn, trailing median25 sales
369.70
+25.42
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

25 sales
429386342299median 369.7003/0704/2506/2709/1910/31
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $415.11, low $312.72, median $369.70 across 25 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—High1,644212.513,4944thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,315160.642,11220
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,858160.132,9752thin
CowsLean 85-90%High986139.131,3718thin

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)1,018$2,8252thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,470$4,1751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,530$3,8251thin

Every lot

63 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards (Saturday) - 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy325605.00/cwt605.00–605.001,9661
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2340575.00/cwt575.00–575.001,9551
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2413482.50/cwt482.50–482.501,9933
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3440325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4301
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487439.00/cwt439.00–439.002,1382
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2515430.98/cwt430.00–435.002,2205
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2590428.00/cwt428.00–428.002,5253
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3655388.00/cwt387.00–390.002,5413
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added692383.50/cwt383.50–383.502,6547
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2705353.55/cwt347.00–360.002,4932
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2740357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,6421
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3760348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,6451
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2790347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,7454
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2865340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,9411
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2225600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,3501
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3315530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,6701
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3369420.36/cwt340.00–457.001,5514
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2373465.08/cwt462.50–467.501,7352
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added405486.00/cwt486.00–486.001,9682
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,9321
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3424445.08/cwt427.50–449.001,8876
Heifers400–450Medium 2-3445422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,8801
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3466403.25/cwt401.00–410.001,8794
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2483415.08/cwt410.00–420.002,0052
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2510421.00/cwt420.00–422.002,1472
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3536413.19/cwt408.00–420.002,2155
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2560393.93/cwt372.50–402.002,2064
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3576360.76/cwt360.00–361.002,0784
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2610355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,1661
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3640334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,1381
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2690325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2431
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added733338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,47811
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3775311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,4101
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3810289.49/cwt289.00–290.002,3452
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2820298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,4441
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2-3980414.00/cwt414.00–414.004,0571
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2312569.47/cwt555.00–575.001,7774
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2332590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,9592
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3375487.50/cwt475.00–500.001,8282
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2380535.00/cwt535.00–535.002,0331
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2385565.00/cwt565.00–565.002,1751
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,7431
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3423426.67/cwt402.50–450.001,8052
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2425477.50/cwt477.50–477.502,0291
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3478378.94/cwt322.50–432.501,8112
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3533405.53/cwt400.00–411.002,1612
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2534418.76/cwt417.00–420.002,2364
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2535419.00/cwt419.00–419.002,2421
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2575410.64/cwt402.00–413.002,3615
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3600389.00/cwt389.00–389.002,3341
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2645370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,3871
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2890230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,0471
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,460196.00/cwt196.00–196.002,8621
Bulls——1,628217.01/cwt216.00–218.003,5332
Bulls——1,860220.00/cwt220.00–220.004,0921
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%980133.13/cwt130.00–140.001,3056
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,003157.13/cwt155.00–159.001,5762
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,289168.56/cwt160.00–176.002,17314
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,374142.16/cwt125.00–159.001,9536
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,858160.13/cwt157.00–163.002,9752
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0182,825.00/head2,825.00–2,825.002,8252
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4704,175.00/head4,175.00–4,175.004,1751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5303,825.00/head3,825.00–3,825.003,8251

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.