Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2024-08-10

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Sat, Aug 10
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2192
Feeder Cattle receipts
76 head
78 vs last sale 154 149 vs year ago 225 · 66.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
39 vs last sale 81 14 vs year ago 56 · 25.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
6 vs last sale 11 11 vs year ago 16 · 68.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Too few receipts for trends today.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $257.75/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits 161.96 against this barn's trailing median of $419.71.
Average price
$257.75
4 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,389
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$112
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$27.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.72
vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2535264.671,4163thin
Medium and Large 2-3550237.001,3041thin
One grade step is worth $27.67/cwt here — about $112 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

21 sales
455414374333median 419.7101/0302/2804/1805/3008/15
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $440.96, low $347.47, median $419.71 across 21 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale4 hd
257.75
KY average26 barns · 415 hd
253.03
+4.72
This barn, trailing median21 sales
419.71
−161.96
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
BullsAverage1,762165.092,9093thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,462143.672,1003thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,302138.791,80829
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,049106.791,1205thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,715$2,6351thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500487239.97/cwt215.00–251.001,1694
BullsMedium and Large 2-3850–900895170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5221
BullsMedium and Large 2-3900–950945174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,6441
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650–700665218.07/cwt215.00–221.001,4502
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400–450437244.96/cwt241.00–251.001,0704
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550525272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,4282
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550520277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,4401
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500485291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,4113
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350342285.00/cwt285.00–285.009752
SteersMedium and Large 2-3450–500490224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,0981
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600585231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,3512
HeifersMedium and Large 2-31000–10501,015132.96/cwt130.00–136.001,3502
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500475230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0931
Dairy SteersLarge 3500–550513223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,1443
Dairy SteersLarge 3450–500470226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,0622
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450420262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,1001
SteersMedium and Large 2-3600–650625236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,4751
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3300–350315260.00/cwt260.00–260.008192
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700675225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5191
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3750–800778185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4391
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750705234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,6501
BullsMedium and Large 2-3700–750705188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,3251
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650625228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,4251
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650611215.88/cwt208.00–220.001,3193
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550525257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,3491
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,703140.00/cwt139.00–141.002,3842
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33574.00/cwt74.00–74.009881
CowsLean 85-90%96080.00/cwt80.00–80.007681
CowsBoner 80-85%1,283137.65/cwt124.00–153.001,76622
CowsBreaker 75-80%980151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,4801
CowsLean 85-90%988127.08/cwt125.00–129.501,2562
CowsLean 85-90%1,15599.90/cwt79.00–123.501,1542
CowsBoner 80-85%1,368153.76/cwt147.00–167.002,1036
Bulls1,978169.13/cwt168.00–170.003,3452
Bulls1,330157.00/cwt157.00–157.002,0881
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2745180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3411
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,7152,635.00/head2,635.00–2,635.002,6351
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500480277.99/cwt276.00–281.001,3348
BullsMedium and Large 1-2850–900880200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7601
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600550237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,3041
BullsMedium and Large 2-3300–350345202.50/cwt202.50–202.506991
BullsMedium and Large 2-3600–650640232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,4881
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700673226.33/cwt226.00–227.001,5233
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550505199.11/cwt188.00–210.001,0062
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3700–750713173.84/cwt137.00–212.001,2392
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750725227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,6461
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450405291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,1792
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800760199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,5121
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600555250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3881
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400363263.67/cwt252.50–275.009572
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600560245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3721

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.