Name: Campbellsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to light test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $215.04/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −10.88 against this barn's trailing median of $225.93.

Average price

$215.04

41 head · 509 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,095

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$76

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

$33.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.10

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	499	222.40	1,109	32
Medium and Large 2-3	547	188.86	1,033	9thin

One grade step is worth $33.54/cwt here — about $76 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 sale41 hd

215.04

—

KY average25 barns · 6,880 hd

232.14

−17.10

This barn, trailing median2 sales

225.93

−10.88

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	—	Average	1,535	125.39	1,925	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,332	106.24	1,415	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,025	72.58	744	4thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	473	193.67/cwt	173.00–215.00	916	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,270	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	230	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	460	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	979	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	811	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	240	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	578	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	602	210.79/cwt	206.00–212.00	1,269	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	225.45/cwt	220.00–228.00	978	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,190	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	224.75/cwt	221.00–229.00	1,041	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	222.46/cwt	220.00–225.00	756	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,104	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	568	188.16/cwt	151.00–225.00	1,069	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	426	218.31/cwt	183.00–223.00	930	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	518	221.89/cwt	201.00–238.00	1,149	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	1,411	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	663	161.21/cwt	136.00–187.00	1,069	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,580	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	2,022	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	893	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	236.36/cwt	235.00–237.00	903	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,241	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	244.67/cwt	243.00–245.00	1,067	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,320	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	800	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,320	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,154	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	547	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,182	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,291	105.28/cwt	97.00–112.00	1,359	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,475	112.18/cwt	105.00–115.00	1,655	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,076	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	79.65/cwt	71.00–89.00	824	2
Bulls	—	—	1,439	120.99/cwt	95.00–130.00	1,741	4
Bulls	—	—	1,920	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	2,746	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	806	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	518	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 Sep 2, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 102Last week 69Year ago 293

Slaughter CattleReceipts 34Last week 22Year ago 28

No trends available due to light test.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	173.00–215.00	193.67
3	—	635	200.00	200.00
1	—	230	200.00	200.00
1	—	515	190.00	190.00
2	—	663	136.00–187.00	161.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	602	206.00–212.00	210.79
6	—	434	220.00–228.00	225.45
5	—	529	225.00	225.00
7	—	463	221.00–229.00	224.75
2	—	340	220.00–225.00	222.46
4	—	658	214.50	214.50
3	—	382	235.00–237.00	236.36
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	335	242.00	242.00
1	—	240	241.00	241.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	178.00	178.00
2	—	568	151.00–225.00	188.16
8	—	426	183.00–223.00	218.31
4	—	518	201.00–238.00	221.89
2	—	650	203.00	203.00
2	—	800	165.00	165.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,580	128.00	128.00
2	—	375	238.00	238.00
4	—	766	162.00	162.00
6	—	436	243.00–245.00	244.67
2	—	475	243.00	243.00
2	—	547	216.00	216.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,291	97.00–112.00	105.28
5	—	1,475	105.00–115.00	112.18
1	—	1,195	90.00	90.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,035	71.00–89.00	79.65
1	—	995	81.00	81.00
1	—	1,035	50.00	50.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,439	95.00–130.00	120.99
1	—	1,920	143.00	143.00

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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