Name: Campbellsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.24/cwt on 76 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −107.69 against this barn's trailing median of $225.93.

Average price

$118.24

76 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$619

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$64

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

$6.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.98

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	528	119.33	631	63
Medium and Large 2-3	501	112.92	566	13thin

One grade step is worth $6.41/cwt here — about $64 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 sale76 hd

118.24

—

KY average28 barns · 7,912 hd

123.21

−4.98

This barn, trailing median2 sales

225.93

−107.69

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,666	80.89	1,348	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,438	54.64	786	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,166	51.57	601	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,280	45.18	578	3thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	141.21/cwt	139.00–146.00	606	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	810	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	117.55/cwt	114.00–121.00	723	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	137.83/cwt	133.00–143.00	659	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	122.30/cwt	120.00–126.00	581	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	120.93/cwt	110.00–124.00	890	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	959	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	743	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	121.98/cwt	120.00–125.00	677	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	316	129.51/cwt	125.00–134.00	409	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	844	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	145.21/cwt	140.00–149.00	706	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	103.99/cwt	102.00–106.00	788	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	520	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	110.75/cwt	107.00–112.00	727	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	118.41/cwt	110.00–122.00	612	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	119.33/cwt	118.00–120.00	979	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	155.15/cwt	150.00–158.00	604	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	785	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	111.04/cwt	107.00–116.00	682	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	861	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	767	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	400	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	117.92/cwt	110.00–122.00	667	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,058	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	134.58/cwt	134.00–136.00	703	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	6,928	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	830.00/cwt	830.00–830.00	10,002	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	125.95/cwt	120.00–131.00	671	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	157.50/cwt	157.00–158.00	540	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	454	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	122.94/cwt	119.00–128.50	775	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,280	45.18/cwt	44.00–47.00	578	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,527	58.73/cwt	57.50–61.00	897	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	53.27/cwt	50.00–57.00	750	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	51.44/cwt	49.00–53.00	601	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	945	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	435	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	54.94/cwt	54.00–56.00	695	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	230	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	230	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	484	97.96/cwt	90.00–99.00	474	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	384	108.37/cwt	106.00–112.00	416	11
Bulls	Large 1	—	615	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	677	1
Bulls	Large 1	—	488	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	586	3
Bulls	Large 1	—	740	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	725	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,940	871.33/cwt	850.00–925.00	16,904	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,295	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	9,713	1
Bulls	—	—	1,212	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	921	2
Bulls	—	—	1,893	83.33/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,577	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	634	99.73/cwt	85.00–104.50	632	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	325	100.37/cwt	94.00–102.00	326	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	738	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	472	114.91/cwt	110.00–119.00	542	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,014	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	842	21
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	679	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	638	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,238	825.96/cwt	800.00–850.00	10,225	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	700	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	819	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	462	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	696	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	696	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	860.09/cwt	800.00–900.00	9,461	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	7,480	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	400	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	536	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	533	124.32/cwt	117.00–128.00	663	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	586	107.89/cwt	105.00–114.00	632	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	154.53/cwt	149.00–157.00	640	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	628	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	691	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	685	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	754	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	423	133.96/cwt	132.00–135.00	567	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	600	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	630	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	185	171.54/cwt	170.00–173.00	317	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	554	114.40/cwt	111.00–116.00	634	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	332	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	465	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	584	121.56/cwt	120.00–124.00	710	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	500	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	595	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	611	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	458	1

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.

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

Blue Grass Stockyards (Saturday) - Campbellsville, KY

Sat Dec 5, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 356Last week 162Year ago 554

Slaughter CattleReceipts 88Last week 59Year ago 72

Replacement CattleReceipts 70Last week 14Year ago 14

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	429	139.00–146.00	141.21
1	—	675	120.00	120.00
12	—	615	114.00–121.00	117.55
7	—	478	133.00–143.00	137.83
3	—	555	120.00–125.00	121.98
2	—	758	102.00–106.00	103.99
6	—	389	150.00–158.00	155.15
7	—	533	120.00–131.00	125.95
2	—	343	157.00–158.00	157.50
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	110.00	110.00
3	—	488	120.00	120.00
1	—	740	98.00	98.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	696	100.00	100.00
1	—	400	134.00	134.00
2	—	628	110.00	110.00
5	—	554	111.00–116.00	114.40
4	—	332	140.00	140.00
3	—	500	119.00	119.00
3	—	470	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	475	120.00–126.00	122.30
1	—	1,020	94.00	94.00
4	—	316	125.00–134.00	129.51
3	—	800	105.50	105.50
5	—	433	120.00	120.00
4	—	656	107.00–112.00	110.75
13	—	517	110.00–122.00	118.41
12	—	614	107.00–116.00	111.04
1	—	710	108.00	108.00
3	—	288	139.00	139.00
6	—	566	110.00–122.00	117.92
1	—	360	126.00	126.00
2	—	185	170.00–173.00	171.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	472	110.00–119.00	114.91
1	—	385	120.00	120.00
3	—	586	105.00–114.00	107.89
1	—	600	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	736	110.00–124.00	120.93
1	—	590	126.00	126.00
6	—	486	140.00–149.00	145.21
3	—	820	118.00–120.00	119.33
1	—	660	119.00	119.00
1	—	755	114.00	114.00
1	—	980	108.00	108.00
7	—	522	134.00–136.00	134.58
17	—	630	119.00–128.50	122.94
4	—	414	149.00–157.00	154.53
1	—	305	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	119.00	119.00
3	—	533	117.00–128.00	124.32
1	—	685	110.00	110.00
3	—	423	132.00–135.00	133.96
1	—	480	130.00	130.00
9	—	584	120.00–124.00	121.56
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	230	100.00	100.00
10	—	484	90.00–99.00	97.96
11	—	384	106.00–112.00	108.37
4	—	634	85.00–104.50	99.73
6	—	325	94.00–102.00	100.37
21	—	1,014	83.00	83.00
11	—	679	94.00	94.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	815	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,205	830.00	830.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,940	850.00–925.00	871.33
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,295	750.00	750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,100	800.00–900.00	860.09
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	880	850.00	850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,238	800.00–850.00	825.96

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,280	44.00–47.00	45.18
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,527	57.50–61.00	58.73
15	—	1,408	50.00–57.00	53.27
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,168	49.00–53.00	51.44
1	—	945	46.00	46.00
2	—	1,265	54.00–56.00	54.94
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,212	76.00	76.00
4	—	1,893	80.00–86.00	83.33

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.

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Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards (Saturday) - Campbellsville, KY

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle