Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2025-02-22

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Sat, Feb 22
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2192
Feeder Cattle receipts
89 head
22 vs last sale 67 261 vs year ago 350 · 74.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
110 head
94 vs last sale 16 5 vs year ago 115 · 4.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
13 vs last sale 2 34 vs year ago 49 · 69.4%
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Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $266.59/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits 153.11 against this barn's trailing median of $419.71.
Average price
$266.59
5 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,459
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$126
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$35.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.88
vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2537280.651,5073thin
Medium and Large 2-3563245.501,3812thin
One grade step is worth $35.15/cwt here — about $126 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 sale5 hd
266.59
KY average11 barns · 85 hd
267.47
−0.88
This barn, trailing median21 sales
419.71
−153.11
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
BullsHigh1,961171.973,3727thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,728150.512,60013
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,406145.372,04455
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,173122.591,43826
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,403175.082,4562thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,145$2,6501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,645$2,3001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,430$1,9751thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,010$1,7434thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,020$1,7001thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,430$2,2751thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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 2-3550–600590240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4161
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350347303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,0512
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450408326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,3305
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550535251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,3431
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550523283.48/cwt282.00–285.001,4832
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500475268.13/cwt265.00–271.001,2742
BullsMedium and Large 1-2800–850821203.98/cwt200.00–206.001,6753
BullsMedium and Large 2200–250235300.00/cwt300.00–300.007051
CowsBoner 80-85%1,421140.37/cwt133.00–145.001,99523
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400379330.07/cwt321.00–334.001,25112
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900865220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,9031
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750710237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,6831
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600565285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6101
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800768236.69/cwt230.00–246.001,8183
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550505267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,3511
Dairy SteersLarge 3700–750723210.50/cwt210.50–210.501,5227
Dairy SteersLarge 3600–650647224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,4497
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600568249.40/cwt240.00–263.001,4177
BullsMedium and Large 2-3250–300285290.00/cwt290.00–290.008271
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500490298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,4603
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750720230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6562
SteersMedium and Large 2-3700–750745218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,6241
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450417278.14/cwt271.00–280.001,1605
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350341311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,0613
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650646240.42/cwt240.00–240.501,5536
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700663245.02/cwt240.00–250.001,6242
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600565275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5541
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700650269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,7491
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650630259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,6321
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,4302,275.00/head2,275.00–2,275.002,2751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,6452,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1452,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,0201,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4301,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0101,743.03/head1,650.00–1,775.001,7434
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2953169.90/cwt162.00–183.001,6196
Bulls1,981176.12/cwt170.00–181.003,4895
Bulls1,910161.58/cwt160.00–163.003,0862
CowsLean 85-90%1,209117.71/cwt116.00–119.001,4234
CowsLean 85-90%1,165126.50/cwt120.00–133.001,47411
CowsBoner 80-85%1,394151.40/cwt146.00–166.002,11129
CowsBoner 80-85%1,410125.50/cwt120.00–129.001,7703
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,688151.69/cwt146.00–160.002,56111
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,945144.00/cwt144.00–144.002,8012
HeifersSelect and Choice1,403175.08/cwt171.00–179.002,4562
CowsLean 85-90%1,09089.83/cwt85.00–102.009794
CowsLean 85-90%1,214137.94/cwt136.00–141.001,6757

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.