Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2024-09-28

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Sat, Sep 28
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2192
Feeder Cattle receipts
29 head
758 vs last sale 787 402 vs year ago 431 · 93.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
15 vs last sale 63 1 vs year ago 47 · +2.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
42 vs last sale 50 8 vs year ago 16 · 50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to very light receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $224.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits 164.77 against this barn's trailing median of $388.77.
Average price
$224.00
1 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,198
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
6.16
vs KY average
16.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2535224.001,1981thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

20 sales
435405374344median 388.7701/1003/1404/2506/2008/15
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $421.27, low $357.73, median $388.77 across 20 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 sale1 hd
224.00
KY average25 barns · 1,265 hd
230.16
−6.16
National average173 barns · 10,203 hd
240.09
−16.09
This barn, trailing median20 sales
388.77
−164.77
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
BullsAverage2,355147.003,4621thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,517119.351,81131
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,741112.041,9515thin
CowsLean 85-90%High97891.008902thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,288$1,6734thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,160$1,3001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)980$1,8751thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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 1-2250–300290274.83/cwt265.00–285.007972
BullsMedium and Large 2-3600–650637190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2102
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500463230.51/cwt230.00–231.001,0672
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600565236.22/cwt220.00–245.001,3353
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450430260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1181
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3750–800765220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6831
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650623227.98/cwt226.00–230.001,4202
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450410245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0051
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800770215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,6561
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550535224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,1981
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3300–350310260.00/cwt260.00–260.008061
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450400220.00/cwt220.00–220.008801
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450400249.00/cwt249.00–249.009961
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400350257.00/cwt257.00–257.009003
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500462227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,0492
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2501,672.27/head1,625.00–1,725.001,6723
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1601,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,4001,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29801,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8751
Bulls2,355147.00/cwt147.00–147.003,4621
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33097.82/cwt90.00–105.001,3014
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,741112.04/cwt105.00–117.001,9515
CowsBoner 80-85%1,558122.14/cwt110.00–187.001,90326
CowsBoner 80-85%1,200133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,5961
CowsLean 85-90%1,090112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,2211
CowsLean 85-90%86570.00/cwt70.00–70.006061

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.