Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2026-01-03

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Sat, Jan 3
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2192
Feeder Cattle receipts
111 head
32 vs last sale 79 212 vs year ago 323 · 65.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
26 vs last sale 63 11 vs year ago 48 · 22.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
0 vs last sale 15 9 vs year ago 6 · +150.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to Christmas Holidays.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $324.67/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits 64.10 against this barn's trailing median of $388.77.
Average price
$324.67
3 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,786
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$44
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$8.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
45.11
vs KY average
70.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2550330.001,8151thin
Medium and Large 2-3550322.001,7712thin
One grade step is worth $8.00/cwt here — about $44 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 sale3 hd
324.67
KY average2 barns · 162 hd
369.77
−45.11
National average24 barns · 3,641 hd
394.70
−70.03
This barn, trailing median20 sales
388.77
−64.10
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
BullsAverage2,007201.144,0366thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,242148.241,84123
CowsLean 85-90%Average995128.501,2795thin

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)1,185$2,4001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,225$2,2001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,140$2,2001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,130$2,1751thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,210$2,0432thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,125$1,9751thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,100$2,8251thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)780$2,2501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,150$2,4251thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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 1-2200–250230419.00/cwt419.00–419.009641
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450433386.75/cwt384.00–392.501,6753
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500478388.41/cwt370.00–397.501,8574
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600590320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8881
BullsMedium and Large 1-2150–200160400.00/cwt400.00–400.006401
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550545313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,7061
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350317414.74/cwt400.00–427.001,3154
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450420360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5121
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3200–250210302.50/cwt302.50–302.506351
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600555331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,8371
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3750–800765271.00/cwt271.00–271.002,0731
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3700–750700295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,0651
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650616319.58/cwt316.00–327.001,9696
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400380431.48/cwt415.00–465.001,6407
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500480359.57/cwt350.00–364.001,7263
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650–700683272.99/cwt271.00–275.001,8652
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3300–350315354.92/cwt322.00–390.001,1182
SteersMedium and Large 2-3500–550530343.00/cwt333.00–353.001,8182
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550–600585347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,0331
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450418452.10/cwt427.00–477.501,8902
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3250–300283324.60/cwt275.00–370.009192
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3850–900885242.50/cwt242.50–242.502,1461
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3800–850810262.50/cwt262.50–262.502,1261
Beef/Dairy HeifersLarge 2-3300–350322380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2242
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600595320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9041
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500455385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,7521
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650625330.34/cwt329.00–331.002,0653
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350300439.00/cwt439.00–439.001,3171
BullsMedium and Large 1-2200–250205350.00/cwt350.00–350.007181
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300295432.00/cwt432.00–432.001,2741
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600550330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8151
BullsMedium and Large 2-3200–250230420.00/cwt420.00–420.009661
BullsMedium and Large 2-3300–350305217.00/cwt217.00–217.006621
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400372423.78/cwt419.00–427.501,5763
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700677325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2004
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450440431.68/cwt419.00–435.001,8997
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550518358.20/cwt353.00–365.001,8558
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550547332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,8162
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400–450400381.00/cwt381.00–381.001,5241
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500455390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,7751
BullsMedium and Large 2-3600–650600300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8002
BullsMedium and Large 2-3800–850835272.50/cwt272.50–272.502,2751
BullsMedium and Large 2-3950–1000950260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,4701
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1502,425.00/head2,425.00–2,425.002,4251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1852,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2252,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2102,043.23/head2,000.00–2,075.002,0432
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1251,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1302,175.00/head2,175.00–2,175.002,1751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1402,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred HeifersMedium 1-27802,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,1002,825.00/head2,825.00–2,825.002,8251
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,070190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,0331
Bulls2,010196.59/cwt182.00–208.003,9513
Bulls2,003205.69/cwt203.00–208.004,1203
CowsBoner 80-85%1,241150.88/cwt129.00–167.001,87215
CowsBoner 80-85%1,160171.90/cwt169.00–175.001,9942
CowsBoner 80-85%1,272133.77/cwt128.00–140.001,7026
CowsLean 85-90%993117.37/cwt100.00–129.001,1654
CowsLean 85-90%1,005173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,7391

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.