Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2023-07-29

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Sat, Jul 29
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2192
Feeder Cattle receipts
171 head
141 vs last sale 312 121 vs year ago 292 · 41.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
53 vs last sale 91 27 vs year ago 65 · 41.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
47 vs last sale 52 11 vs year ago 16 · 68.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available on Feeder Cattle due to noncomparable receipts. Slaughter Cows and Bulls sold mostly steady. Extreme heat limited the movement of livestock.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $210.03/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits 15.90 against this barn's trailing median of $225.93.
Average price
$210.03
63 head · 430 lb average
Value per head Derived
$904
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$479
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$29.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
15.06
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2499221.251,10415thin
Medium and Large 2414215.2289128
Medium and Large 2-3421195.0682016thin
Large 1326191.506254thin
One grade step is worth $29.75/cwt here — about $479 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 sale63 hd
210.03
KY average25 barns · 4,572 hd
225.09
−15.06
This barn, trailing median2 sales
225.93
−15.90
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
BullsAverage1,402121.751,7078thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,556107.921,6794thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,140105.031,19718
CowsLean 85-90%Low99582.528214thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,127$1,1352thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,008$9592thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,005$8501thin

Every lot, as filed

70 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2525218.48/cwt216.00–220.001,1474
HeifersMedium and Large 2655201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,3172
HeifersMedium and Large 2607200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2142
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3720140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0081
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2436229.00/cwt229.00–229.009984
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2620210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3021
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2490221.97/cwt220.00–226.001,0885
HeifersMedium and Large 2331219.34/cwt217.00–228.0072613
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2570209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,1911
HeifersMedium and Large 2378225.68/cwt220.00–231.008532
SteersMedium and Large 2-3307206.00/cwt206.00–206.006322
SteersMedium and Large 2-3520216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,1231
SteersLarge 1465220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0231
SteersLarge 1535190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0171
SteersMedium and Large 1-2830201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,6681
HeifersLarge 1375185.00/cwt185.00–185.006941
SteersMedium and Large 2516229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,1823
SteersMedium and Large 1-2660223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,4721
SteersMedium and Large 2-3620185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1471
SteersMedium and Large 1-2785212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,6641
Dairy SteersLarge 3381176.00/cwt176.00–176.006713
SteersMedium and Large 2440240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0561
SteersMedium and Large 2560218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,2211
Dairy SteersLarge 3240148.65/cwt132.50–157.003573
Dairy SteersLarge 3-4470120.00/cwt120.00–120.005641
Dairy SteersLarge 3-4540109.00/cwt109.00–109.005891
Dairy SteersLarge 3746125.50/cwt125.50–125.509365
Dairy SteersLarge 3562157.00/cwt157.00–157.008822
Dairy SteersLarge 3477157.00/cwt157.00–157.007492
BullsLarge 1515172.50/cwt172.50–172.508881
BullsMedium and Large 1-2436228.00/cwt228.00–228.009943
BullsMedium and Large 1-2346247.50/cwt247.50–247.508563
BullsMedium and Large 1-2605224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,3551
BullsMedium and Large 1-2470221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,0391
BullsLarge 1560161.00/cwt161.00–161.009021
CowsLean 85-90%1,06573.00/cwt73.00–73.007771
CowsLean 85-90%1,03091.00/cwt91.00–91.009371
CowsBoner 80-85%94586.00/cwt86.00–86.008131
CowsLean 85-90%94383.04/cwt82.00–84.007832
Bulls1,291118.95/cwt115.00–123.001,5366
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,618111.90/cwt111.00–113.001,8112
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,493103.93/cwt100.00–108.001,5522
CowsBoner 80-85%1,277115.14/cwt108.00–119.001,4708
CowsBoner 80-85%1,03998.16/cwt91.00–104.001,0209
Bulls1,735130.15/cwt126.00–134.002,2582
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,008958.50/head625.00–1,225.009592
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,005850.00/head850.00–850.008501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1271,135.00/head1,135.00–1,135.001,1352
BullsMedium and Large 1-2366230.00/cwt230.00–230.008423
BullsMedium and Large 1-2520224.42/cwt217.00–231.001,1678
BullsMedium and Large 2-3320202.50/cwt202.50–202.506481
BullsMedium and Large 2-3628184.52/cwt179.00–190.001,1592
BullsMedium and Large 2-3375193.03/cwt172.50–200.007244
BullsMedium and Large 2-3480190.00/cwt190.00–190.009121
HeifersLarge 1265207.50/cwt207.50–207.505501
HeifersLarge 1245202.50/cwt202.50–202.504961
BullsMedium and Large 2578204.08/cwt200.00–206.001,1803
BullsMedium and Large 2420216.76/cwt209.00–222.009104
BullsMedium and Large 2-3720188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,3541
BullsMedium and Large 2471200.00/cwt200.00–200.009425
HeifersMedium and Large 2462209.13/cwt206.00–211.009666
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3463185.38/cwt171.00–199.008582
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3578181.62/cwt177.00–185.001,0503
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3370207.99/cwt205.00–210.007703
BullsMedium and Large 2600201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,2061
HeifersLarge 1420171.00/cwt171.00–171.007181
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3243214.00/cwt214.00–214.005204
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3313207.68/cwt200.00–216.006502
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3640170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0881
HeifersMedium and Large 2413222.19/cwt217.00–225.009183

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.