Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2025-06-21

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Sat, Jun 21
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2192
Feeder Cattle receipts
215 head
18 vs last sale 197 26 vs year ago 241 · 10.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
69 head
25 vs last sale 44 28 vs year ago 41 · +68.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
3 vs last sale 12 16 vs year ago 25 · 64.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Saturday: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $296.34/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits 92.42 against this barn's trailing median of $388.77.
Average price
$296.34
23 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,604
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$124
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2
$29.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
40.94
vs KY average
37.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3530325.001,7231thin
Medium and Large 1-2542295.041,59922
One grade step is worth $29.96/cwt here — about $124 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
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 sale23 hd
296.34
KY average24 barns · 1,321 hd
337.28
−40.94
National average153 barns · 9,567 hd
334.11
−37.77
This barn, trailing median20 sales
388.77
−92.42
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
BullsAverage1,679196.413,2976thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,606155.482,4974thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,428154.042,19942
CowsLean 85-90%Low954133.771,27610

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,160$2,3223thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,330$2,3001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,345$2,0251thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)785$1,8251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,033$1,5182thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,380$2,6251thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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 2-3450–500495372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,8441
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300275419.64/cwt410.00–432.501,1543
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added250–300288443.72/cwt442.50–445.001,2784
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350319449.24/cwt430.00–465.001,43311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600550360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,9802
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950905269.00/cwt269.00–269.002,4341
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500495445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,2031
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700660304.00/cwt304.00–304.002,0064
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300277498.73/cwt455.00–515.001,38112
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500472376.70/cwt370.00–382.501,7786
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600561313.69/cwt311.00–330.001,7607
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400368401.00/cwt401.00–401.001,4763
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750745294.00/cwt294.00–294.002,1901
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600568321.29/cwt301.00–341.001,8254
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650615317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,9501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350315441.61/cwt430.00–452.501,3912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500474347.72/cwt341.00–365.001,6484
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750702290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0362
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450420370.71/cwt360.00–382.501,5572
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550510350.11/cwt329.00–363.001,7865
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750729282.00/cwt282.00–282.002,0569
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800772241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,8612
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450437401.76/cwt401.00–405.001,7565
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3452,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0251
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700681285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,9413
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400388401.24/cwt400.00–402.501,5572
Bulls1,678194.14/cwt186.00–201.003,2584
Bulls1,680200.95/cwt186.00–217.003,3762
CowsLean 85-90%920121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,1131
CowsLean 85-90%958135.19/cwt118.00–149.001,2959
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,606155.48/cwt152.00–158.002,4974
CowsBoner 80-85%1,265136.01/cwt129.00–139.001,7213
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1602,322.41/head2,025.00–2,550.002,3223
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3302,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Dairy SteersLarge 3550–600550265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4581
Dairy SteersLarge 3600–650637243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,5484
CowsBoner 80-85%1,445154.96/cwt143.00–167.002,23938
CowsBoner 80-85%1,255173.00/cwt173.00–173.002,1711
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3250–300270290.00/cwt290.00–290.007831
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400–450445350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5581
BullsMedium and Large 1-2150–200175505.00/cwt505.00–505.008841
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3802,625.00/head2,625.00–2,625.002,6251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-27851,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0331,517.62/head1,350.00–1,675.001,5182
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550530325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7231
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3750–800777274.36/cwt272.50–275.002,1324
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550509342.48/cwt340.00–345.001,7434
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650–700665268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,7821
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650–700650301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,9571
SteersMedium and Large 2-3600–650635280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7781
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650633266.39/cwt260.00–277.001,6863
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3800–850835257.00/cwt257.00–257.002,1461
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500471367.70/cwt351.00–377.001,7324
BullsMedium and Large 2-3700–750705281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,9811
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3200–250245420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,0291
BullsMedium and Large 2-3200–250220370.00/cwt370.00–370.008141
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550533286.34/cwt232.00–339.001,52615
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400350335.00/cwt320.00–350.001,1732
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350–400370382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,4151
BullsMedium and Large 2-3750–800750237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,7781
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650606328.12/cwt320.00–330.001,9887
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450423322.01/cwt255.00–360.001,3626
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700665286.22/cwt285.00–291.001,90310
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3300–350335402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,3482
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550–600558340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8973

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.