Name: Campbellsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Steer and bull calves steady to 3.00 lower. Heifer calves 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Light supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows steady on a light test. Slaughter bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher on a light test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.62/cwt on 121 head.

Average price

$127.62

121 head · 499 lb average

Value per head Derived

$637

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$42

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$15.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.55

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	479	130.68	626	96
Large 1	540	119.00	643	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	578	115.59	669	23

One grade step is worth $15.09/cwt here — about −$42 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale121 hd

127.62

—

KY average27 barns · 5,199 hd

127.06

+0.55

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,380	79.18	1,093	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,320	63.00	832	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,080	56.01	605	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,000	40.00	400	2thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,180	115.10	1,358	43

Every lot, as filed

57 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards (Wednesday) - Campbellsville, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	142.51/cwt	142.00–143.00	731	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	592	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	144.06/cwt	142.00–146.00	818	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	129.24/cwt	125.00–130.00	929	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	138.86/cwt	130.00–140.50	860	27
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,180	115.10/cwt	115.10–115.10	1,358	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	685	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	829	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	787	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	970	2
Heifers	Large 1	—	555	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	655	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	499	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	755	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	815	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	825	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	891	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	840	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	943	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,075	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	487	122.30/cwt	119.00–128.00	596	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	420	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	124.96/cwt	122.00–128.00	657	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	584	116.39/cwt	115.00–117.50	680	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	126.12/cwt	121.50–128.50	728	18
Heifers	Large 1	—	525	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	630	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	134.09/cwt	133.00–138.00	559	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	120.79/cwt	119.00–122.00	768	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	133.73/cwt	130.00–138.00	631	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	109.02/cwt	108.00–109.50	741	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	114.62/cwt	111.00–120.00	590	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	131.14/cwt	129.00–132.00	493	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	936	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	367	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	435	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	457	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	335	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	751	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	641	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	750	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	149.92/cwt	149.50–152.00	612	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	146.36/cwt	145.00–149.00	707	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	490	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,080	56.01/cwt	52.00–59.00	605	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,200	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	732	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	402	142.51/cwt	138.00–144.00	573	4
Bulls	—	—	1,460	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,343	1
Bulls	—	—	1,655	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,490	1
Bulls	—	—	1,203	67.36/cwt	65.00–70.00	810	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	268	137.57/cwt	135.00–140.00	369	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	381	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	533	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	462	148.75/cwt	148.75–148.75	687	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	512	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	819	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	160.37/cwt	160.00–161.00	768	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	908	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	817	118.69/cwt	116.00–120.00	970	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	661	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	684	76
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	589	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	121.97/cwt	120.00–123.00	873	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	691	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	123.50/cwt	123.00–124.00	757	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	518	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	755	1

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Blue Grass Stockyards (Wednesday) - Campbellsville, KY

Wed Feb 5, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 375Last week 392Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 62Last week 35Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	513	142.00–143.00	142.51
2	—	387	153.00	153.00
2	—	568	142.00–146.00	144.06
25	—	719	125.00–130.00	129.24
27	—	619	130.00–140.50	138.86
2	—	770	126.00	126.00
3	—	943	114.00	114.00
8	—	479	160.00–161.00	160.37
4	—	683	133.00	133.00
3	—	817	116.00–120.00	118.69
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	121.00	121.00
1	—	715	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	512	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	118.00	118.00
1	—	525	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	128.00	128.00
1	—	755	108.00	108.00
1	—	825	108.00	108.00
3	—	487	119.00–128.00	122.30
9	—	584	115.00–117.50	116.39
3	—	680	108.00–109.50	109.02
5	—	515	111.00–120.00	114.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	730	115.00	115.00
5	—	323	130.00	130.00
6	—	526	122.00–128.00	124.96
18	—	577	121.50–128.50	126.12
8	—	417	133.00–138.00	134.09
10	—	636	119.00–122.00	120.79
11	—	472	130.00–138.00	133.73
22	—	376	129.00–132.00	131.14
1	—	290	157.50	157.50
2	—	235	142.50	142.50
2	—	662	113.50	113.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	462	148.75	148.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	641	117.00	117.00
1	—	340	144.00	144.00
4	—	402	138.00–144.00	142.51
2	—	268	135.00–140.00	137.57
3	—	381	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	408	149.50–152.00	149.92
6	—	483	145.00–149.00	146.36
5	—	368	160.00	160.00
3	—	716	120.00–123.00	121.97
3	—	516	134.00	134.00
2	—	613	123.00–124.00	123.50
2	—	345	150.00	150.00
1	—	555	136.00	136.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	661	103.50	103.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,180	115.10	115.10
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,440	65.00	65.00
1	—	1,200	61.00	61.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	38.00	38.00
1	—	1,035	42.00	42.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,080	52.00–59.00	56.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	92.00	92.00
1	—	1,655	90.00	90.00
2	—	1,203	65.00–70.00	67.36

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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