Name: Campbellsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Saturday. Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $258.76/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −160.94 against this barn's trailing median of $419.71.

Average price

$258.76

21 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,391

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$189

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

$31.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.98

vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	540	267.84	1,445	15thin
Medium and Large 2-3	532	236.08	1,256	6thin

One grade step is worth $31.75/cwt here — about $189 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

21 sales

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 sale21 hd

258.76

—

KY average24 barns · 580 hd

257.78

+0.98

This barn, trailing median21 sales

419.71

−160.94

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	1,799	163.53	2,942	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,587	148.63	2,358	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,387	139.75	1,939	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,018	91.37	930	4thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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 1-2	600–650	600	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,404	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,209	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,402	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	750	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,282	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	255.50/cwt	250.00–261.00	961	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	253.34/cwt	252.00–256.00	1,170	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	488	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,191	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	534	226.72/cwt	190.00–239.00	1,211	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	311	244.16/cwt	238.00–253.00	759	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	269.80/cwt	262.50–273.00	769	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	273.55/cwt	265.00–282.50	884	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	950	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,473	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	686	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,544	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	569	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,428	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,330	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,629	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	245	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	760	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	355	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,012	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	623	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,377	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	532	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,271	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	443	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,096	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	283.03/cwt	282.00–284.00	1,359	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	306.98/cwt	304.00–310.00	1,160	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	805	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,666	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	770	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,579	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	640	232.60/cwt	223.00–236.00	1,489	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	513	236.58/cwt	225.00–257.00	1,214	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,676	143.25/cwt	137.00–150.00	2,401	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	107.73/cwt	104.00–110.00	1,059	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	159.40/cwt	157.00–163.00	2,244	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,457	153.24/cwt	150.00–157.00	2,233	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,377	138.22/cwt	131.00–148.00	1,903	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	114.08/cwt	90.00–126.00	1,452	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	75.00/cwt	65.00–88.00	790	2
Bulls	—	—	2,040	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	3,060	1
Bulls	—	—	1,759	165.79/cwt	156.00–173.00	2,916	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	253.77/cwt	252.00–255.00	1,472	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	273.31/cwt	273.00–274.00	916	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	245	308.00/cwt	296.00–320.00	755	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,724	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,593	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	892	190.96/cwt	188.00–200.00	1,703	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	267.94/cwt	232.00–286.00	1,182	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	272.95/cwt	270.00–276.00	1,433	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	330	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	858	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	469	243.91/cwt	237.00–257.00	1,144	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	282.00/cwt	275.00–289.00	1,043	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,512	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	710	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,164	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	421	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	973	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	705	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,445	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	996	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	235.09/cwt	201.00–268.00	1,340	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	763	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	250.19/cwt	243.00–257.00	926	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,405	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 Aug 17, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 196Last week 76Year ago 238

Slaughter CattleReceipts 83Last week 42Year ago 64

Compared to last Saturday. Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	285	262.50–273.00	269.80
2	300–350	323	265.00–282.50	273.55
6	350–400	376	250.00–261.00	255.50
1	400–450	435	278.00	278.00
3	450–500	462	252.00–256.00	253.34
7	500–550	532	241.00	241.00
1	600–650	600	234.00	234.00
1	650–700	655	214.00	214.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	311	238.00–253.00	244.16
2	350–400	370	243.00–257.00	250.19
3	400–450	421	231.00	231.00
3	450–500	488	244.00	244.00
4	500–550	534	190.00–239.00	226.72
1	600–650	630	223.00	223.00
1	700–750	710	164.00	164.00
1	750–800	750	180.00	180.00
1	950–1000	950	155.00	155.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	443	247.50	247.50
2	500–550	532	239.00	239.00
10	550–600	569	251.00	251.00
3	600–650	623	221.00	221.00
10	650–700	686	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	310.00	310.00
2	450–500	470	283.00	283.00
1	650–700	665	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	245	296.00–320.00	308.00
1	250–300	270	282.50	282.50
3	300–350	335	273.00–274.00	273.31
2	350–400	378	304.00–310.00	306.98
13	400–450	441	232.00–286.00	267.94
2	450–500	480	282.00–284.00	283.03
11	500–550	525	270.00–276.00	272.95
4	550–600	580	252.00–255.00	253.77
4	600–650	638	237.00	237.00
1	700–750	705	226.00	226.00
1	800–850	845	204.00	204.00
4	850–900	892	188.00–200.00	190.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	260.00	260.00
2	350–400	370	275.00–289.00	282.00
1	400–450	415	240.00	240.00
8	450–500	469	237.00–257.00	243.91
4	500–550	513	225.00–257.00	236.58
2	550–600	570	201.00–268.00	235.09
6	600–650	640	223.00–236.00	232.60
1	700–750	705	205.00	205.00
1	750–800	770	205.00	205.00
1	800–850	805	207.00	207.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,676	137.00–150.00	143.25
4	—	1,408	157.00–163.00	159.40
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	983	104.00–110.00	107.73
2	—	1,053	65.00–88.00	75.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,457	150.00–157.00	153.24
30	—	1,377	131.00–148.00	138.22
4	—	1,273	90.00–126.00	114.08
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,040	150.00	150.00
6	—	1,759	156.00–173.00	165.79

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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