Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2025-06-14

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Sat, Jun 14
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2192
Feeder Cattle receipts
197 head
65 vs last sale 132 70 vs year ago 127 · +55.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
17 vs last sale 27 19 vs year ago 63 · 30.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
7 vs last sale 19 6 vs year ago 6 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady to firm. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to firm.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $341.60/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits 47.17 against this barn's trailing median of $388.77.
Average price
$341.60
31 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,852
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$107
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$31.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.33
vs KY average
+0.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2538347.751,87225
Medium and Large 2-3559315.961,7656thin
One grade step is worth $31.79/cwt here — about $107 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale31 hd
341.60
KY average24 barns · 1,294 hd
343.93
−2.33
National average161 barns · 10,769 hd
340.92
+0.68
This barn, trailing median20 sales
388.77
−47.17
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
BullsHigh1,570191.553,00810
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,484157.032,3306thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,214155.051,88222
CowsLean 85-90%Average946120.241,1376thin

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)Aged (>8 yrs)1,227$2,3002thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)970$2,5251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,270$2,9251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,295$2,7501thin

Every lot, as filed

72 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 1-2Value Added550–600570372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,1204
BullsMedium and Large 2-3700–750725267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,9361
SteersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000970259.00/cwt259.00–259.002,5121
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700650361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,3471
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450410415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,7021
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850805279.00/cwt279.00–279.002,2461
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400387425.06/cwt400.00–437.501,6456
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650–700691299.00/cwt299.00–299.002,0663
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650613361.63/cwt330.00–393.002,2172
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350325430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,3981
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550515362.71/cwt347.50–367.501,86811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750710295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,0951
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450420387.00/cwt387.00–387.001,6251
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550500375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8755
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550534349.43/cwt340.00–359.001,86622
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600570335.46/cwt332.50–337.001,9123
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700681309.69/cwt307.00–311.002,1093
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650611323.27/cwt320.00–330.001,9753
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350330406.01/cwt387.00–440.001,3406
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700680325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2102
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850800265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,1201
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500478356.86/cwt352.50–361.001,7062
BullsMedium and Large 1-2150–200165630.00/cwt630.00–630.001,0401
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400366428.04/cwt400.00–465.001,5676
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650620313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,9411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400391397.52/cwt392.50–400.001,5544
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500478370.70/cwt362.00–375.001,7727
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450417402.38/cwt365.50–430.001,6787
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy250–300290467.50/cwt467.50–467.501,3561
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300275440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,2101
CowsBoner 80-85%1,193173.30/cwt168.00–177.002,0673
CowsBoner 80-85%1,220152.95/cwt141.00–167.001,86618
Bulls1,930207.09/cwt201.00–213.003,9972
Bulls1,508192.76/cwt175.00–205.002,9077
CowsLean 85-90%946120.24/cwt110.00–135.001,1376
CowsBoner 80-85%1,160138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,6011
Beef/Dairy SteersLarge 2-3550–600573367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,1035
Dairy SteersLarge 3550–600580285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6532
Beef/Dairy SteersLarge 2-3500–550515340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7511
Beef/Dairy SteersLarge 2-3750–800760217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,6531
Bulls1,285152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,9531
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,484157.03/cwt149.00–166.002,3306
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2702,925.00/head2,925.00–2,925.002,9251
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800750297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,2281
Dairy SteersLarge 3700–750735202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,4881
Dairy SteersLarge 3500–550516328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,6926
Dairy SteersLarge 3400–450411332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,36511
Beef/Dairy HeifersLarge 2-3650–700665235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5631
SteersMedium and Large 2-3850–900870245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,1321
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450425338.75/cwt320.00–357.501,4402
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2813151.55/cwt145.00–159.001,2322
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29702,525.00/head2,525.00–2,525.002,5251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2272,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2952,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
SteersMedium and Large 2-3500–550540337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,8231
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550500359.00/cwt359.00–359.001,7952
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400395320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2641
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3750–800753249.19/cwt217.00–279.001,8763
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600588294.44/cwt278.00–300.001,7314
SteersMedium and Large 2-3400–450410373.00/cwt373.00–373.001,5293
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600590320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8881
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400–450420342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,4391
BullsMedium and Large 2-3850–900890239.00/cwt239.00–239.002,1271
BullsMedium and Large 2-3600–650625310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9381
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650613256.94/cwt230.00–285.001,5752
BullsMedium and Large 2-3250–300270330.00/cwt330.00–330.008911
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350–400378403.68/cwt370.00–442.501,5264
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500461353.09/cwt349.00–357.501,6285
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500483364.81/cwt360.00–375.001,7623
BullsMedium and Large 2-3950–1000965230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,2201
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600595345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,0531
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added450–500456368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,6784

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.