Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2026-08-01

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Sat, Aug 1
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2192
Feeder Cattle receipts
174 head
▲ 65 vs last sale 109▼ 51 vs year ago 225 · −22.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 56▼ 2 vs year ago 35 · −5.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 10▼ 5 vs year ago 10 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Saturday: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold unevenly steady on a light test. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $372.73/cwt on 8 head, up $10.90 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 11 of 23 comparable sales and sits −40.47 against this barn's trailing median of $413.19.
Average price
$372.73
▲ 10.90 vs prior sale
8 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,015
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$144
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$10.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.64
vs KY average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2547375.382,0516thin
Medium and Large 2-3523364.781,9082thin
One grade step is worth $10.60/cwt here — about $144 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 sale8 hd
372.73
—
KY average23 barns · 294 hd
369.08
+3.64
This barn, trailing median23 sales
413.19
−40.47
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

23 sales
455408361314median 413.1903/1404/2506/2009/2610/31
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $440.96, low $327.75, median $413.19 across 23 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—High1,572222.723,50218
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,270175.002,2231thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,300174.252,26613
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,002149.201,4955thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,390$2,9501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,125$2,8101thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,010$3,1251thin

Every lot

60 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2400500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,0001
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2510415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,1173
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3540350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8903
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2595389.00/cwt389.00–389.002,3152
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3610367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,2391
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2713343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,4463
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2200560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,1201
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2300450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,3501
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3325400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3001
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2385442.50/cwt442.50–442.501,7041
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3410423.00/cwt423.00–423.001,7342
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,8492
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3470360.36/cwt342.50–380.001,6943
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480402.51/cwt402.51–402.511,9321
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2515360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8542
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3530320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6961
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,9481
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3585311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,8191
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3625333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,0811
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725300.99/cwt300.00–302.002,1822
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2218600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,3082
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2275535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,4711
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2320425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,3601
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3330400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3201
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2365545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,9891
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3371471.31/cwt400.00–500.001,7494
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2410510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,0911
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3421441.07/cwt370.00–495.001,8574
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2460407.00/cwt407.00–407.001,8721
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3473408.70/cwt380.00–447.001,9333
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2521380.02/cwt362.00–389.001,9803
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3523364.78/cwt350.00–380.001,9082
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2572370.73/cwt362.50–380.002,1213
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3624334.82/cwt312.50–343.002,0894
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2645350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2582
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3660377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,4921
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2710355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,5211
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3723333.69/cwt311.00–357.502,4132
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3840290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,4362
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers8 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers400–450Large 3442367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,6242
Dairy Steers450–500Large 3485371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,7994
Dairy Steers500–550Large 3508363.00/cwt363.00–363.001,8443
Dairy Steers550–600Large 3576347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,9997
Dairy Steers900–950Large 3928223.52/cwt211.00–240.002,07418
Dairy Steers1000–1050Large 31,041178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,85312
Dairy Steers1050–1100Large 31,066241.45/cwt205.00–242.502,57436
Dairy Steers1350–1400Large 31,380205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,8291
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,553210.99/cwt200.00–226.003,2776
Bulls——1,582228.59/cwt224.00–229.003,61612
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%835137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,1441
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,010160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,6161
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,055149.66/cwt115.00–183.001,5793
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,225150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,8381
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,270175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,2231
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,275175.48/cwt163.00–188.002,23711
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,655185.00/cwt185.00–185.003,0621
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1252,810.00/head2,810.00–2,810.002,8101
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3902,950.00/head2,950.00–2,950.002,9501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0103,125.00/head3,125.00–3,125.003,1251
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2790219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,7301

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.