Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2025-04-12

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Sat, Apr 12
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2192
Feeder Cattle receipts
160 head
108 vs last sale 52 230 vs year ago 390 · 59.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
21 vs last sale 10 175 vs year ago 206 · 85.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
0 vs last sale 4 37 vs year ago 41 · 90.2%
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $300.28/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits 88.48 against this barn's trailing median of $388.77.
Average price
$300.28
16 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,621
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$251
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$40.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.24
vs KY average
16.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2525310.051,62811thin
Medium and Large 2588281.001,6524thin
Medium and Large 2-3510270.001,3771thin
One grade step is worth $40.05/cwt here — about $251 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

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 sale16 hd
300.28
KY average23 barns · 808 hd
310.52
−10.24
National average178 barns · 10,561 hd
316.55
−16.27
This barn, trailing median20 sales
388.77
−88.48
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
BullsLow1,854159.912,9654thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,717146.942,5233thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,381126.971,7548thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,021120.861,23413

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)1,335$1,8751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)950$1,8001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,130$1,6751thin

Every lot, as filed

73 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500485397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,9281
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450415422.00/cwt422.00–422.001,7513
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850805241.51/cwt240.00–243.001,9442
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400378356.58/cwt352.50–365.001,3483
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850810242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,9601
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550510340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7341
SteersMedium and Large 2-3750–800770195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5021
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650631312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,9693
Dairy SteersLarge 3350–400365255.00/cwt255.00–255.009311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500497381.74/cwt379.00–390.001,8974
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800755281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,1221
Dairy SteersLarge 3400–450435312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,3591
Dairy SteersLarge 3300–350310257.00/cwt257.00–257.007971
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600567326.30/cwt321.00–330.001,8506
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550505368.29/cwt360.00–372.501,8603
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500497382.78/cwt361.00–390.001,9024
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450420376.58/cwt362.50–390.001,5822
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450420404.43/cwt399.00–410.001,6992
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy150–200160497.50/cwt497.50–497.507961
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400375412.37/cwt402.50–422.501,5462
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500465402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,8721
CowsBoner 80-85%1,382122.24/cwt118.00–125.001,6895
CowsLean 85-90%98385.80/cwt81.00–89.008432
CowsLean 85-90%970110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0671
CowsLean 85-90%1,064126.58/cwt120.00–132.001,3478
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,725140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,4151
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,713150.41/cwt147.00–153.002,5772
CowsBoner 80-85%1,380134.86/cwt131.00–141.001,8613
Bulls1,810147.00/cwt147.00–147.002,6611
CowsLean 85-90%915138.49/cwt138.00–139.001,2672
Bulls2,100174.00/cwt174.00–174.003,6541
Bulls1,753159.31/cwt157.00–161.002,7932
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000965205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,9781
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650620293.60/cwt280.00–300.001,8205
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900870228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,9841
BullsMedium and Large 1-2900–950925206.01/cwt205.00–207.001,9062
BullsMedium and Large 2-3600–650630267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,6851
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400380373.83/cwt367.50–380.001,4212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy250–300265420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,1131
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400350382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,3391
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450424354.58/cwt352.50–355.001,5036
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650–700678212.58/cwt205.00–220.001,4412
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500470260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2221
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500467310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4484
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650620320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9844
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700699267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,8665
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300295380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,1211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650623267.37/cwt264.00–271.001,6662
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550525310.05/cwt302.50–314.001,62811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350340367.50/cwt357.50–377.501,2502
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450441340.24/cwt322.50–343.001,5007
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy200–250223429.90/cwt417.50–447.509594
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350313406.66/cwt400.00–412.501,2733
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650615225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3841
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550510270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3771
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600588281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,6524
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700679292.03/cwt287.00–300.001,9835
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2960157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,5071
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29501,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3351,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1301,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550540361.28/cwt350.00–367.001,9513
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350308422.58/cwt415.00–442.501,3025
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400375332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,2471
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy250–300270460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,2421
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450429331.96/cwt325.00–335.001,4244
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy200–250213443.62/cwt440.00–447.009452
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800780240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8721
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600587316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,8552
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600595260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5471
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550545260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4171
BullsMedium and Large 1-2950–1000985195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,9211
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy700–750730270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9713

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.