Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2025-10-04

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Sat, Oct 4
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2192
Feeder Cattle receipts
131 head
135 vs last sale 266 197 vs year ago 328 · 60.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
30 vs last sale 43 18 vs year ago 31 · 58.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
16 vs last sale 24 2 vs year ago 6 · +33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to light receipts.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $335.48/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits 84.22 against this barn's trailing median of $419.71.
Average price
$335.48
13 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,820
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$206
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$42.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
13.94
vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2539358.121,9306thin
Medium and Large 2-3545316.081,7247thin
One grade step is worth $42.04/cwt here — about $206 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale13 hd
335.48
KY average24 barns · 761 hd
349.42
−13.94
This barn, trailing median21 sales
419.71
−84.22
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
BullsLow1,695191.303,2433thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,307144.851,8944thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,063124.121,3192thin

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)1,605$2,5001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,108$1,8882thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)945$1,6001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)890$2,3501thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)900$1,7501thin

Every lot, as filed

59 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400387294.36/cwt283.00–300.001,1393
Bulls1,235178.00/cwt178.00–178.002,1981
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450403363.66/cwt350.00–370.001,4664
CowsBoner 80-85%1,328140.80/cwt138.00–145.001,8703
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850821300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,4635
CowsBoner 80-85%1,245157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,9551
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1081,888.15/head1,875.00–1,900.001,8882
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29451,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,170175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,0481
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-28902,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29001,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400365405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,4781
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650618292.71/cwt289.00–300.001,8093
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3100–150145615.00/cwt615.00–615.008921
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3700–750720276.72/cwt272.50–281.001,9922
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3850–900880267.50/cwt267.50–267.502,3541
SteersMedium and Large 2-3450–500475360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7101
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3300–350345300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0351
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500465331.25/cwt315.00–357.001,5403
CowsLean 85-90%1,063124.12/cwt117.00–131.001,3192
Bulls1,925197.95/cwt191.00–205.003,8112
Beef/Dairy SteersLarge 2-3500–550525265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3911
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300295410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,2101
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750745299.00/cwt299.00–299.002,2281
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650605319.68/cwt319.00–323.001,9346
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350310395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,2251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,6052,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550516365.68/cwt355.00–370.001,8874
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500475322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,5322
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400370367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,3581
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450430372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,6021
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600585343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,0072
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700693314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,1766
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750710292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,0771
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800790320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,5281
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400360375.35/cwt362.50–387.501,3512
BullsMedium and Large 1-2200–250235418.14/cwt401.00–427.009833
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550523362.68/cwt351.00–367.501,8976
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550527318.39/cwt305.00–323.001,6784
BullsMedium and Large 2-3600–650619299.33/cwt285.00–307.001,8534
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500472329.38/cwt320.00–350.001,5556
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600565315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,7801
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650642308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,9772
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550–600555330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8321
BullsMedium and Large 2-3750–800795210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6701
BullsMedium and Large 2-3250–300295360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,0621
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3750–800773257.26/cwt247.00–268.001,9892
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700663311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,0623
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500452380.51/cwt380.00–382.501,7205
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450428281.28/cwt272.50–290.001,2044
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350–400392365.36/cwt362.50–371.001,4323
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600570313.00/cwt285.00–327.001,7843
SteersMedium and Large 2-3850–900875313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,7391
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400–450435327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,4221
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650–700685285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,9521
BullsMedium and Large 2-3800–850835265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,2131
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550510340.00/cwt335.00–345.001,7342
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600588281.45/cwt221.00–320.001,6555
SteersMedium and Large 2-3800–850808302.46/cwt290.00–315.002,4442

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.