Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2025-11-22

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Sat, Nov 22
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2192
Feeder Cattle receipts
154 head
667 vs last sale 821 78 vs year ago 232 · 33.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
61 head
17 vs last sale 44 12 vs year ago 49 · +24.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
21 vs last sale 39 5 vs year ago 13 · +38.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Saturday: Feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady. Average to plain quality feeders sold steady to 5.00 lower. Demand for feeders was uneven.. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $316.88/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits 71.89 against this barn's trailing median of $388.77.
Average price
$316.88
12 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,768
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$112
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$37.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.34
vs KY average
40.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2548329.251,8038thin
Medium and Large 2-3579292.131,6914thin
One grade step is worth $37.12/cwt here — about $112 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale12 hd
316.88
KY average25 barns · 1,246 hd
325.22
−8.34
National average188 barns · 19,415 hd
356.89
−40.01
This barn, trailing median20 sales
388.77
−71.89
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
BullsAverage1,620183.222,96813
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,698149.002,5302thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,350137.301,85330
CowsLean 85-90%Low904110.529997thin

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)1,615$2,8251thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,270$2,0751thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,112$2,8502thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)952$2,3587
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)995$2,0501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,210$1,9751thin

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
Dairy SteersLarge 31100–11501,115205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,2861
Dairy SteersLarge 3400–450447205.00/cwt205.00–205.009162
Beef/Dairy HeifersLarge 2-3450–500470325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5281
Beef/Dairy HeifersLarge 2-3400–450420275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1551
Beef/Dairy HeifersLarge 2-3350–400390292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,1411
CowsBoner 80-85%1,495154.00/cwt154.00–154.002,3021
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500467350.08/cwt347.50–351.001,6358
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2702,075.00/head2,075.00–2,075.002,0751
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,1122,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8502
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29952,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29522,358.16/head1,975.00–2,500.002,3587
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,6152,825.00/head2,825.00–2,825.002,8251
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400355300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0652
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3700–750710285.03/cwt275.00–290.002,0243
SteersMedium and Large 2-3900–950915283.00/cwt283.00–283.002,5891
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3250–300255390.00/cwt390.00–390.009951
BullsMedium and Large 2-3300–350345307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,0611
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500463285.21/cwt220.00–314.001,3218
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350–400362332.90/cwt300.00–381.001,2053
Beef/Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400370235.00/cwt235.00–235.008701
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550500312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,5631
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600579292.13/cwt285.00–307.501,6914
BullsMedium and Large 2-31050–11001,055187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,9731
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450431280.89/cwt247.50–310.001,2116
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350328335.84/cwt333.00–339.001,1022
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500463312.03/cwt295.00–330.001,4452
BullsMedium and Large 2-3900–950930192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,7901
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600562336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,8887
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600588291.63/cwt280.00–302.501,7153
CowsBoner 80-85%1,228113.68/cwt99.00–121.001,3963
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500490314.17/cwt300.00–317.001,5396
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,698149.00/cwt149.00–149.002,5302
CowsLean 85-90%80078.84/cwt77.50–80.006312
CowsLean 85-90%945123.19/cwt114.00–130.001,1645
Bulls1,620183.22/cwt134.00–200.002,96813
CowsBoner 80-85%1,358139.38/cwt124.00–153.001,89326
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600577320.59/cwt295.00–329.001,8507
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300280382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,0711
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400363343.67/cwt340.00–347.501,2482
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2101,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9751
BullsMedium and Large 1-2150–200195400.00/cwt400.00–400.007801
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900850311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,6441
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700680317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,1561
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400374376.34/cwt355.00–395.001,4088
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600553330.43/cwt327.00–331.001,8277
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350330342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,1301
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400370392.00/cwt392.00–392.001,4501
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450440380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,6721
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450422344.62/cwt340.00–347.001,4546
Beef/Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300285253.00/cwt253.00–253.007212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550510321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,6371
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450435367.77/cwt357.50–373.001,6003
BullsMedium and Large 2-3700–750740283.00/cwt283.00–283.002,0943
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400–450435287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,2514
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550535329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,7602
BullsMedium and Large 2-3250–300273322.84/cwt310.00–335.008812
BullsMedium and Large 2-3850–900857241.00/cwt241.00–241.002,0652
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700666313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,08510
BullsMedium and Large 2-3200–250245305.00/cwt305.00–305.007471

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.