Name: Campbellsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Saturday: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower on a light test. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady .

Groups of 20 head or more:

45 hd 1160 lbs 166.50 Holstein Steers

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $250.07/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −138.70 against this barn's trailing median of $388.77.

Average price

$250.07

11 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,364

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$196

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

$45.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.06

vs KY average

−48.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	534	275.05	1,469	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	555	229.26	1,272	6thin

One grade step is worth $45.79/cwt here — about $196 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

20 sales

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 sale11 hd

250.07

—

KY average25 barns · 1,922 hd

273.14

−23.06

National average192 barns · 21,303 hd

298.86

−48.79

This barn, trailing median20 sales

388.77

−138.70

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	1,745	152.71	2,665	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,486	126.61	1,881	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	945	106.00	1,002	2thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,385	$2,136	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	940	$1,925	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,440	$2,185	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,620	$2,150	1thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	623	268.06/cwt	263.00–273.00	1,670	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	310	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	853	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	515	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,172	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,324	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	284.45/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,399	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	315.34/cwt	292.50–335.00	993	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,646	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,216	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,691	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,414	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	240.74/cwt	239.00–242.50	1,704	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	585	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,404	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	970	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,940	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	1050–1100	1,086	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	2,177	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	257.86/cwt	252.50–260.00	1,715	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	281.81/cwt	272.50–285.00	1,480	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	950–1000	957	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,732	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	1150–1200	1,160	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,931	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,010	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,778	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,748	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	620	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,432	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	281.94/cwt	281.00–285.00	1,506	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	401	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,207	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	483	273.57/cwt	260.00–281.00	1,321	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	587	232.88/cwt	222.50–249.00	1,367	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,075	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	930	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,569	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,500	129.40/cwt	119.00–136.00	1,941	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,326	113.02/cwt	110.00–117.00	1,499	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,735	139.83/cwt	139.00–140.50	2,426	2
Bulls	—	—	1,745	152.71/cwt	151.00–154.00	2,665	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,385	2,135.97/head	1,925.00–2,350.00	2,136	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,620	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,440	2,185.00/head	2,185.00–2,185.00	2,185	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,312	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	230.14/cwt	224.00–249.00	1,323	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,245	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	852	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,670	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	343	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,142	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	301.91/cwt	287.00–312.00	1,395	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	616	234.76/cwt	234.00–235.00	1,446	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	287.33/cwt	280.00–291.00	1,322	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,044	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	770	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,656	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	253.30/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,550	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	285	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	713	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	922	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,107	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 Feb 8, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 232Last week 256Year ago 311

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 129Year ago 66

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 8Year ago 44

Compared to last Saturday: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower on a light test. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady .

Groups of 20 head or more:

45 hd 1160 lbs 166.50 Holstein Steers

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	275.00	275.00
3	550–600	585	240.00	240.00
2	600–650	623	263.00–273.00	268.06
2	950–1000	970	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	320.00	320.00
2	500–550	545	302.00	302.00
2	700–750	708	239.00–242.50	240.74
1	1000–1050	1,010	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	250.00	250.00
1	400–450	410	270.00	270.00
3	450–500	460	280.00–291.00	287.33
2	500–550	515	227.50	227.50
4	550–600	575	224.00–249.00	230.14
4	600–650	616	234.00–235.00	234.76
1	750–800	770	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	312.50	312.50
4	300–350	315	292.50–335.00	315.34
1	350–400	360	290.00	290.00
7	400–450	427	310.00	310.00
9	450–500	492	275.00–290.00	284.45
4	500–550	525	272.50–285.00	281.81
1	550–600	570	248.00	248.00
7	650–700	665	252.50–260.00	257.86
1	750–800	755	224.00	224.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	950–1000	957	181.00	181.00
19	1050–1100	1,086	200.50	200.50
45	1150–1200	1,160	166.50	166.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	343	333.00	333.00
1	350–400	380	327.50	327.50
3	400–450	401	301.00	301.00
5	450–500	462	287.00–312.00	301.91
4	500–550	534	281.00–285.00	281.94
3	600–650	612	250.00–260.00	253.30
1	700–750	710	221.00	221.00
1	750–800	770	227.00	227.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	483	260.00–281.00	273.57
5	550–600	587	222.50–249.00	232.88
2	600–650	620	231.00	231.00
2	850–900	852	196.00	196.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	112.00	112.00
1	—	930	100.00	100.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,500	119.00–136.00	129.40
4	—	1,326	110.00–117.00	113.02
2	—	1,735	139.00–140.50	139.83
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,745	151.00–154.00	152.71

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	940	1,925.00	1,925.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,385	1,925.00–2,350.00	2,135.97
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,620	2,150.00	2,150.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,440	2,185.00	2,185.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	965	136.00	136.00

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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Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards (Saturday) - Campbellsville, KY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle