Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2025-11-01

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Sat, Nov 1
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2192
Feeder Cattle receipts
157 head
157 vs last sale 0 157 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
74 vs last sale 0 74 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
10 vs last sale 0 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Saturday: Feeder offering was mostly unweaned and plainer quality making comparisons difficult. Demand was moderate to good relative to recent market volatility. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $346.25/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits 73.46 against this barn's trailing median of $419.71.
Average price
$346.25
2 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,913
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$79
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$17.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.61
vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2550355.001,9531thin
Medium and Large 2-3555337.501,8731thin
One grade step is worth $17.50/cwt here — about $79 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

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 sale2 hd
346.25
KY average25 barns · 610 hd
336.64
+9.61
This barn, trailing median21 sales
419.71
−73.46
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
BullsLow1,732188.433,26312
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,623157.652,5598thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,311150.201,96923
CowsLean 85-90%High1,034115.561,19511

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)Aged (>8 yrs)1,312$2,4751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,400$2,4502thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,232135.72/cwt125.00–148.001,6729
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,520149.00/cwt149.00–149.002,2651
Bulls1,620179.00/cwt179.00–179.002,9001
Bulls1,746189.30/cwt180.00–199.003,3057
CowsLean 85-90%1,100137.00/cwt136.00–138.001,5072
CowsLean 85-90%90895.74/cwt80.00–107.008693
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700657346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,2732
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550525401.00/cwt401.00–401.002,1054
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350–400386329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,2703
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600585301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,7611
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650620319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,9782
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450435387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,6862
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400–450440319.79/cwt300.00–360.001,4073
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500478347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,6613
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350340380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2921
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600550355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9531
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600555337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,8731
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650–700655277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,8141
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550–600560308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,7251
SteersMedium and Large 2-3450–500471341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,6061
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650637321.97/cwt312.00–324.002,0516
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550535321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,7171
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500483350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6914
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500475310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4731
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650645270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7421
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650–700655290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9001
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600587316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,8554
BullsMedium and Large 2-3300–350305330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0071
Dairy SteersLarge 31050–11001,067195.00/cwt195.00–195.002,0815
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3122,475.00/head2,475.00–2,475.002,4751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4002,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4502
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500470381.00/cwt381.00–381.001,7911
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750741329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,4383
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500485365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7702
Bulls1,702193.02/cwt169.00–204.003,2853
Bulls1,835178.00/cwt178.00–178.003,2661
CowsBoner 80-85%1,384158.85/cwt150.00–166.002,19813
CowsBoner 80-85%1,070168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,7981
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,638158.89/cwt151.00–164.002,6037
CowsLean 85-90%1,075118.32/cwt110.00–129.001,2726

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.