Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2020-09-12

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Sat, Sep 12
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2192
Feeder Cattle receipts
400 head
204 vs last sale 196 131 vs year ago 269 · +48.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
10 vs last sale 62 0 vs year ago 52 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
74 head
72 vs last sale 146 66 vs year ago 8 · +825.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Saturday: Steer and bull calves were mostly steady. Heifer calves steady to 3.00 lower. Moderate supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows mostly steady. Slaughter bulls 2.00 lower. Moderate supply of slaughter cattle moderate demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.13/cwt on 117 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits 101.79 against this barn's trailing median of $225.93.
Average price
$124.13
117 head · 516 lb average
Value per head Derived
$640
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$14
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$12.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.24
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2507127.2064581
Medium and Large 2-3533117.3762534
Large 1573115.006582thin
One grade step is worth $12.20/cwt here — about −$14 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale117 hd
124.13
KY average20 barns · 3,014 hd
128.37
−4.24
This barn, trailing median2 sales
225.93
−101.79
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
BullsLow1,52989.071,3625thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19361.647358thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40660.3184814
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07056.266023thin

Every lot, as filed

76 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Dairy SteersLarge 365389.65/cwt85.00–90.0058515
Dairy SteersLarge 358298.00/cwt98.00–98.0057013
Dairy SteersLarge 353498.05/cwt93.00–100.005247
Dairy SteersLarge 3256100.00/cwt100.00–100.002564
Dairy SteersLarge 384085.00/cwt85.00–85.007143
Dairy SteersLarge 361596.00/cwt96.00–96.005903
Dairy SteersLarge 379587.00/cwt87.00–87.006922
Dairy SteersLarge 3100122.50/cwt122.50–122.501231
SteersMedium and Large 2-3488139.16/cwt138.00–141.006796
SteersMedium and Large 2-3420156.00/cwt156.00–156.006551
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3737106.00/cwt106.00–106.007812
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3590118.00/cwt118.00–118.006961
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3385129.00/cwt129.00–129.004971
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2517126.35/cwt120.00–131.5065324
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2481128.49/cwt125.00–132.0061813
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425131.68/cwt127.00–136.0056012
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2628118.89/cwt115.00–123.0074710
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2565121.87/cwt119.00–126.006899
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2384141.88/cwt131.00–147.005457
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2657114.68/cwt112.00–116.007533
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2270144.63/cwt141.00–148.003912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2740108.00/cwt108.00–108.007991
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3675109.03/cwt107.00–110.007363
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3638108.64/cwt103.00–112.006933
BullsMedium and Large 1-2245169.00/cwt169.00–169.004141
BullsLarge 1590115.00/cwt115.00–115.006791
CowsLean 85-90%1,07056.26/cwt54.00–59.006023
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42460.75/cwt58.00–64.5086511
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,29354.77/cwt54.50–55.007082
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43066.50/cwt66.50–66.509511
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17660.95/cwt58.00–64.007177
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31066.50/cwt66.50–66.508711
Bulls1,40786.70/cwt86.00–87.001,2203
Bulls1,71392.62/cwt91.00–94.001,5872
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,005790.00/cwt790.00–790.007,9401
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,315885.00/cwt885.00–885.0011,6381
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,145900.00/cwt900.00–900.0010,3051
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,228994.47/cwt900.00–1,200.0012,2124
BullsMedium and Large 1-2612122.01/cwt120.00–124.007477
BullsMedium and Large 1-2373158.49/cwt153.00–164.005914
BullsMedium and Large 1-2717110.00/cwt110.00–110.007892
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450150.00/cwt150.00–150.006751
SteersMedium and Large 1-2512151.36/cwt142.00–154.0077511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2717137.64/cwt130.00–138.5098710
SteersMedium and Large 1-2759131.27/cwt127.00–132.009967
SteersMedium and Large 1-2583137.18/cwt136.00–143.008006
SteersMedium and Large 1-2469157.24/cwt157.00–158.007374
SteersMedium and Large 1-2607144.02/cwt140.00–146.008743
SteersMedium and Large 1-2435163.48/cwt162.00–165.007112
SteersMedium and Large 1-2670134.00/cwt134.00–134.008981
SteersLarge 1575120.00/cwt120.00–120.006901
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3524117.42/cwt114.00–120.0061510
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3483121.59/cwt120.00–123.005879
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3428121.99/cwt120.00–125.005225
HeifersLarge 1620113.00/cwt113.00–113.007011
HeifersLarge 1525117.00/cwt117.00–117.006141
BullsMedium and Large 2-3480137.76/cwt131.00–143.0066110
BullsMedium and Large 2-3581117.52/cwt110.00–126.006837
BullsMedium and Large 2-3521121.13/cwt115.00–130.006314
BullsMedium and Large 2-3627117.01/cwt115.00–120.007343
BullsMedium and Large 2-3438142.34/cwt140.00–146.006233
BullsMedium and Large 2-3765106.00/cwt106.00–106.008112
BullsMedium and Large 2-3717110.00/cwt110.00–110.007892
BullsMedium and Large 2-3385140.00/cwt140.00–140.005392
BullsMedium and Large 2-3328140.00/cwt140.00–140.004592
BullsMedium and Large 2-3245158.00/cwt158.00–158.003871
BullsMedium and Large 1-2562131.11/cwt127.00–135.0073713
BullsMedium and Large 1-2519143.41/cwt133.00–149.0074412
BullsMedium and Large 1-2428158.35/cwt150.00–166.006789
BullsMedium and Large 1-2327164.03/cwt160.00–167.005368
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2945630.00/cwt630.00–630.005,9541
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3321,053.16/cwt1,000.00–1,135.0014,0287
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5031,451.54/cwt1,310.00–1,575.0021,8172
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4631,219.90/cwt1,100.00–1,310.0017,8472
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,6051,575.00/cwt1,575.00–1,575.0025,2791
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,2501,350.00/cwt1,350.00–1,350.0016,8751

How this sale compares

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.