Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2025-10-25

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Sat, Oct 25
● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2192
Feeder Cattle receipts
239 head
20 vs last sale 219 37 vs year ago 276 · 13.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
13 vs last sale 63 6 vs year ago 56 · 10.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
1 vs last sale 20 8 vs year ago 13 · +61.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Saturday: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold unevenly steady . Quality of feeder offering ranged from average to plain. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $327.14/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits 92.57 against this barn's trailing median of $419.71.
Average price
$327.14
30 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,767
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$130
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$35.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
35.08
vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2531343.831,82616thin
Medium and Large 2-3551308.061,69614thin
One grade step is worth $35.77/cwt here — about $130 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 sale30 hd
327.14
KY average26 barns · 712 hd
362.22
−35.08
This barn, trailing median21 sales
419.71
−92.57
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
BullsLow1,566188.962,9596thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,494159.992,3905thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,269155.221,97017
CowsLean 85-90%Average996126.441,2599thin

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)1,253$2,6132thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,225$2,2522thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,168$2,2382thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,375$2,2142thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,145$1,9942thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)805$1,8501thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,330$3,0532thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,420$2,9001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)995$1,8382thin

Every lot, as filed

86 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2252,252.24/head2,200.00–2,300.002,2522
Dairy SteersLarge 3700–750735277.00/cwt277.00–277.002,0362
Dairy SteersLarge 3800–850817270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,2065
Dairy SteersLarge 3350–400370207.50/cwt207.50–207.507681
Dairy SteersLarge 3600–650644306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,97110
Dairy SteersLarge 3400–450417272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,1362
Bred CowsMedium 1-28551,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
CowsLean 85-90%1,000123.43/cwt121.00–125.001,2342
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500493361.24/cwt360.00–362.501,7812
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400–450441312.39/cwt300.00–325.001,3784
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750730310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2631
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500461349.33/cwt330.00–370.001,6104
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500474309.07/cwt280.00–340.001,4656
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600555337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,8701
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650610260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5861
BullsMedium and Large 2-3300–350330380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2541
SteersMedium and Large 2-3400–450420347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,4571
BullsMedium and Large 2-3750–800775207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,6041
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350–400385366.00/cwt366.00–366.001,4091
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3700–750710307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,1801
BullsMedium and Large 2-3250–300272343.26/cwt293.00–375.009343
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600567307.26/cwt280.00–341.001,7427
BullsMedium and Large 2-3800–850805241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,9401
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650–700673292.25/cwt285.00–300.001,9672
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550–600570319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,8181
BullsMedium and Large 2-3600–650630280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7641
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550534308.86/cwt300.00–325.001,6497
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600570275.00/cwt235.00–315.001,5682
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450418315.05/cwt250.00–355.001,3178
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400370333.34/cwt315.00–347.001,2333
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3800–850815251.00/cwt251.00–251.002,0461
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550515345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,7771
SteersMedium and Large 2-3500–550540322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,7421
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3752,214.18/head1,475.00–2,650.002,2142
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4202,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4802,925.00/head2,925.00–2,925.002,9251
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-28051,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2910140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,2741
CowsBoner 80-85%1,239160.79/cwt152.00–166.001,99210
Bulls1,475174.54/cwt174.00–175.002,5742
Bulls1,145218.00/cwt218.00–218.002,4961
HeifersLarge 1-2300–350333305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,0163
Dairy HeifersLarge 3550–600570185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0551
CowsLean 85-90%995145.48/cwt140.00–149.001,4484
CowsLean 85-90%995103.06/cwt80.00–114.001,0253
CowsBoner 80-85%1,765172.00/cwt172.00–172.003,0361
CowsBoner 80-85%1,236143.13/cwt132.00–147.001,7696
Bulls1,767188.89/cwt185.00–193.003,3383
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,494159.99/cwt155.00–164.002,3905
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1451,994.49/head1,575.00–2,300.001,9942
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-27551,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800752299.00/cwt299.00–299.002,2482
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2532,613.32/head2,600.00–2,625.002,6132
BullsMedium and Large 1-2800–850845270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,2821
BullsMedium and Large 1-2150–200155456.94/cwt440.00–475.007082
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2352,275.00/head2,275.00–2,275.002,2751
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,3303,052.63/head2,500.00–3,500.003,0532
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600565352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,9921
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400370373.30/cwt360.00–380.001,3818
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400368354.59/cwt350.00–359.001,3052
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450418360.79/cwt355.00–367.501,5085
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500471363.32/cwt357.50–370.001,71112
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600595330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9642
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550521363.10/cwt350.00–369.001,8927
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450417340.40/cwt300.00–381.001,4195
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650627319.11/cwt315.00–325.002,0016
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500467358.61/cwt355.00–361.001,6753
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350310319.00/cwt319.00–319.009891
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550522345.81/cwt327.50–370.001,80514
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300270405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,0941
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700666317.71/cwt317.00–318.002,1167
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550533362.74/cwt362.50–363.001,9332
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750740313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,3163
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700663349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,3143
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300278362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,0083
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650622345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,1465
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800755309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,3331
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850835307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,5632
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350330400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3203
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350340365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450400400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6004
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3250–300250305.00/cwt305.00–305.007631
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2150–200180425.00/cwt425.00–425.007651
SteersMedium and Large 2-3600–650637326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,0772
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3300–350328310.30/cwt280.00–330.001,0183
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650631321.40/cwt315.00–325.002,0287

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.