Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2026-01-10

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Sat, Jan 10
● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2192
Feeder Cattle receipts
354 head
243 vs last sale 111 354 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
18 vs last sale 37 50 vs year ago 105 · 47.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
6 vs last sale 15 5 vs year ago 4 · +125.0%
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $379.69/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 6 of 20 comparable sales and sits 9.07 against this barn's trailing median of $388.77.
Average price
$379.69
25 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,094
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$134
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$12.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.44
vs KY average
30.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2552380.202,10024
Medium and Large 2-3535367.501,9661thin
One grade step is worth $12.70/cwt here — about $134 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 sale25 hd
379.69
KY average25 barns · 2,158 hd
376.25
+3.44
National average199 barns · 28,725 hd
410.10
−30.41
This barn, trailing median20 sales
388.77
−9.07
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
BullsAverage1,608177.912,8606thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,701153.082,60312
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,378145.442,00419
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,072121.061,29811
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,163202.202,3522thin

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,360$2,8812thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,430$2,4272thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,040$1,7252thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,100$1,2751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,175$2,4252thin

Every lot, as filed

85 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 2-3800–850835255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,1291
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3200–250220375.00/cwt375.00–375.008251
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500477465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,2182
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450436407.57/cwt400.00–412.501,7775
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3250–300277360.00/cwt360.00–360.009973
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800755301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,2732
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850820273.00/cwt273.00–273.002,2391
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650620300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8601
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added850–900884320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,82931
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300270423.00/cwt423.00–423.001,1422
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600573372.54/cwt362.50–383.002,13513
SteersMedium and Large 2-3600–650632320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0222
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650644372.49/cwt370.00–380.002,3994
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550532426.40/cwt421.00–427.002,26810
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550548389.00/cwt389.00–389.002,1323
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500465380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,7671
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550529386.87/cwt377.50–395.002,0479
Dairy HeifersLarge 31100–11501,107165.02/cwt159.00–177.001,8273
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600585395.94/cwt392.50–403.002,3163
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450418451.27/cwt450.00–452.501,8862
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700665371.92/cwt365.00–377.002,4737
Dairy HeifersLarge 3650–700692172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,1942
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550–600596367.52/cwt347.50–377.502,1903
Dairy HeifersLarge 3550–600555225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2491
Dairy HeifersLarge 3950–1000962193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,8575
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400381467.95/cwt460.00–470.001,7835
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy550–600550403.00/cwt403.00–403.002,2171
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400397475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,8864
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350338493.69/cwt487.50–502.501,6697
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy250–300260500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,3001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy500–550520404.92/cwt401.00–407.002,1063
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550520386.69/cwt375.00–399.002,01113
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550522400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0882
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650–700675305.99/cwt305.00–307.002,0652
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400355380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,3491
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450420385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6172
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550535367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,9661
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450428417.76/cwt415.00–420.001,7885
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700678318.98/cwt317.00–321.002,1632
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500465398.52/cwt392.50–405.001,85311
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600576384.54/cwt375.00–392.502,2158
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400365420.09/cwt410.00–430.001,5333
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350–400390365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,4241
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3300–350314396.66/cwt390.00–407.501,2465
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350303477.00/cwt477.00–477.001,4454
BullsMedium and Large 1-2200–250220460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,0121
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350327461.34/cwt455.00–470.001,5094
BullsMedium and Large 1-2950–1000970267.67/cwt267.00–268.002,5963
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650628357.05/cwt345.00–365.002,2425
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350326425.72/cwt415.00–437.501,38810
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650634331.34/cwt319.00–341.002,1018
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400368435.14/cwt421.00–443.001,6016
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added850–900857307.25/cwt307.25–307.252,63339
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650636355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,2584
HeifersSelect and Choice1,163202.20/cwt197.00–207.002,3522
CowsLean 85-90%935102.15/cwt100.00–105.009553
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,708142.15/cwt141.00–144.002,4283
CowsBoner 80-85%1,368138.72/cwt130.00–144.001,8989
CowsLean 85-90%1,129119.47/cwt114.00–122.001,3495
CowsLean 85-90%1,050159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,6701
CowsLean 85-90%1,145134.44/cwt128.00–141.001,5392
CowsBoner 80-85%1,387151.48/cwt146.00–160.002,10110
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,698156.72/cwt149.00–163.002,6619
Bulls1,724183.20/cwt175.00–189.003,1584
Bulls1,375167.32/cwt161.00–172.002,3012
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,1001,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3602,881.30/head2,825.00–2,950.002,8812
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,0551,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0252,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1752,425.00/head2,300.00–2,550.002,4252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4302,426.92/head1,775.00–2,875.002,4272
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy600–650613373.38/cwt372.50–377.002,2895
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500450465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,0932
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy200–250205525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,0761
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750701348.34/cwt345.00–350.002,4423
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450428444.14/cwt425.00–453.001,9017
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450428469.28/cwt460.00–490.002,0098
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300265437.00/cwt437.00–437.001,1581
BullsMedium and Large 2-3300–350310405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,2561
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500485375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8191
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400–450417375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,5642
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350325417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,3572
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500495409.00/cwt409.00–409.002,0251
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500478434.58/cwt433.00–437.002,0775
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550518335.07/cwt320.00–350.001,7362

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.