Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2020-02-12

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Feb 12
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
328 head
47 vs last sale 375 328 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
36 vs last sale 62 26 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
18 vs last sale 0 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Steer and bulls calves under 600 lbs steady to 3.00 higher over 600 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Heifer calves steady to 3.00 lower. Light supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.48/cwt on 97 head.
Average price
$124.48
97 head · 509 lb average
Value per head Derived
$634
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$4
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$9.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.28
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2510125.5264185
Medium and Large 2-3460117.715427thin
Large 1554116.406455thin
One grade step is worth $9.12/cwt here — about −$4 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 sale97 hd
124.48
KY average26 barns · 3,491 hd
125.77
−1.28
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
BullsAverage2,13285.891,8313thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,48463.869486thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,11855.746238thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low92848.374494thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,138112.501,28042

Every lot, as filed

65 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2365129.14/cwt125.00–133.004716
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2705104.00/cwt104.00–104.007331
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy642109.00/cwt109.00–109.007002
SteersMedium and Large 1-2641124.50/cwt124.00–125.007984
SteersMedium and Large 1-2708125.48/cwt121.00–127.0088814
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added420166.00/cwt166.00–166.0069712
SteersMedium and Large 2-3436142.52/cwt140.00–150.006214
SteersSelect and Choice1,138112.50/cwt112.50–112.501,28042
SteersMedium and Large 1-2335150.00/cwt150.00–150.005031
SteersMedium and Large 1-2428164.00/cwt164.00–164.007023
SteersMedium and Large 1-2773121.00/cwt121.00–121.009355
SteersMedium and Large 1-2576140.08/cwt130.00–143.5080716
SteersMedium and Large 2-3320145.00/cwt145.00–145.004641
SteersMedium and Large 1-2360165.00/cwt165.00–165.005941
SteersMedium and Large 1-2492157.27/cwt155.00–159.507744
SteersMedium and Large 1-2685124.75/cwt124.50–125.008556
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added508160.00/cwt160.00–160.008133
SteersMedium and Large 2-3350150.00/cwt150.00–150.005251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,5121,019.21/cwt810.00–1,140.0015,4106
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2940740.00/cwt740.00–740.006,9561
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,375981.42/cwt860.00–1,125.0013,4952
Dairy SteersLarge 344791.00/cwt91.00–91.004079
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy727102.00/cwt102.00–102.007422
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2555121.98/cwt120.00–123.006773
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2420128.76/cwt125.00–131.005419
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2528126.03/cwt120.00–131.0066526
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3355120.00/cwt120.00–120.004261
BullsLarge 1365142.50/cwt142.50–142.505201
BullsLarge 1705110.00/cwt110.00–110.007762
BullsMedium and Large 1-2825103.00/cwt103.00–103.008501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2481149.97/cwt142.00–154.007214
BullsMedium and Large 1-2426154.80/cwt147.00–160.006598
BullsMedium and Large 2-3320139.19/cwt136.00–142.004452
Bulls2,09584.34/cwt82.00–86.001,7672
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2925990.00/cwt990.00–990.009,1581
SteersMedium and Large 1-2545144.00/cwt144.00–144.007851
CowsLean 85-90%94841.99/cwt40.00–44.003982
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48365.53/cwt64.50–66.509722
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48563.02/cwt61.50–63.509364
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23061.51/cwt61.00–62.007572
CowsLean 85-90%90854.75/cwt54.50–55.004972
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08053.82/cwt51.00–56.505816
BullsMedium and Large 2-3360143.04/cwt140.00–146.005152
BullsMedium and Large 1-2635118.87/cwt115.00–126.0075510
BullsMedium and Large 1-2507129.27/cwt126.00–139.006554
BullsMedium and Large 1-2576130.66/cwt130.00–131.007533
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy403161.67/cwt161.00–162.006523
BullsLarge 1665115.00/cwt115.00–115.007651
Bulls2,20589.00/cwt89.00–89.001,9621
BullsMedium and Large 2-3295140.38/cwt135.00–143.004143
BullsMedium and Large 2-3455139.00/cwt139.00–139.006321
BullsMedium and Large 1-2379157.79/cwt148.00–167.005986
BullsMedium and Large 1-2339154.49/cwt154.00–155.005244
BullsMedium and Large 1-2170160.00/cwt160.00–160.002721
BullsLarge 1490130.00/cwt130.00–130.006372
HeifersLarge 1310120.00/cwt120.00–120.003721
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3545116.00/cwt116.00–116.006321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added503135.00/cwt135.00–135.006791
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2657116.29/cwt108.00–118.5076411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2293146.00/cwt146.00–146.004284
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2625117.00/cwt117.00–117.007311
HeifersLarge 1615115.50/cwt115.50–115.507104
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3497117.00/cwt117.00–117.005814
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3335120.00/cwt120.00–120.004021
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2476129.01/cwt125.00–131.0061419

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.