Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2020-04-15

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Apr 15
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
413 head
205 vs last sale 208 413 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
11 vs last sale 17 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
15 vs last sale 11 26 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Steer and heifer calves were mostly steady with a limited comparison from last Wednesday. Moderate supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady. light supply of slaughter cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.86/cwt on 163 head.
Average price
$124.86
163 head · 469 lb average
Value per head Derived
$585
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$51
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$13.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.49
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2467127.27594134
Large 1470114.005361thin
Medium and Large 2-3478113.6954428
One grade step is worth $13.58/cwt here — about $51 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 sale163 hd
124.86
KY average26 barns · 3,818 hd
121.37
+3.49
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
BullsLow1,50481.901,2325thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,32759.337873thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16350.225845thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average97845.004402thin

Every lot, as filed

74 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added565150.42/cwt148.00–151.0085019
SteersMedium and Large 1-2716117.77/cwt112.00–122.0084310
SteersMedium and Large 1-2520136.50/cwt131.00–145.007105
SteersMedium and Large 1-2374152.64/cwt150.00–158.005714
SteersLarge 1795100.00/cwt100.00–100.007951
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15551.78/cwt48.00–55.005984
CowsLean 85-90%97845.00/cwt45.00–45.004402
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19544.00/cwt44.00–44.005261
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,32759.33/cwt57.00–61.007873
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3427118.29/cwt115.00–121.005053
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3360122.50/cwt122.50–122.504412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added507131.00/cwt131.00–131.0066412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2426131.14/cwt124.00–136.0055922
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2609112.67/cwt103.00–116.0068612
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2312132.24/cwt130.50–140.004136
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2787102.00/cwt102.00–102.008032
HeifersLarge 1470114.00/cwt114.00–114.005361
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3586110.21/cwt109.00–111.006465
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3546110.00/cwt109.50–111.006013
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3470111.43/cwt108.00–115.005242
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3285121.00/cwt121.00–121.003451
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2564120.56/cwt115.00–121.5068022
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2284139.61/cwt130.00–142.5039613
BullsMedium and Large 1-2471144.01/cwt135.00–149.0067813
BullsMedium and Large 1-2630127.81/cwt125.00–136.008055
BullsLarge 1660108.00/cwt108.00–108.007131
BullsMedium and Large 2-3438132.50/cwt130.00–138.005805
BullsMedium and Large 2-3335135.35/cwt134.00–140.004534
BullsMedium and Large 2-3570122.00/cwt122.00–122.006951
BullsMedium and Large 1-2584133.44/cwt124.00–139.0077913
BullsMedium and Large 1-2655122.98/cwt114.00–127.008065
BullsMedium and Large 1-2712102.00/cwt102.00–102.007262
BullsMedium and Large 2-3467129.80/cwt125.00–132.006064
BullsMedium and Large 2-3625107.00/cwt107.00–107.006691
BullsMedium and Large 1-2525133.81/cwt124.00–140.0070319
BullsMedium and Large 1-2414148.62/cwt145.00–150.006158
BullsMedium and Large 1-2227148.60/cwt145.00–164.003375
Bulls1,14579.00/cwt79.00–79.009051
Bulls1,59482.62/cwt80.50–84.001,3174
BullsMedium and Large 2-3510123.81/cwt121.00–128.006314
BullsMedium and Large 2-3285140.00/cwt140.00–140.003993
BullsMedium and Large 2-3390133.00/cwt133.00–133.005191
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4201,210.00/cwt1,210.00–1,210.0017,1822
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,244852.52/cwt850.00–860.0010,6054
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2475122.35/cwt119.00–130.005814
HeifersMedium and Large 1-280097.00/cwt97.00–97.007761
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3238136.00/cwt136.00–136.003244
HeifersMedium and Large 2-362090.98/cwt90.00–92.005642
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3323120.33/cwt116.00–125.003892
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added404140.00/cwt140.00–140.005668
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2519121.49/cwt117.00–126.5063118
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2376138.88/cwt133.00–141.505226
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2217138.99/cwt136.00–142.003026
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2710110.00/cwt110.00–110.007812
HeifersMedium and Large 2-368998.01/cwt97.00–99.006754
SteersMedium and Large 2-3615120.00/cwt120.00–120.007382
SteersMedium and Large 2-3685120.00/cwt120.00–120.008221
SteersMedium and Large 2-3300145.00/cwt145.00–145.004351
SteersMedium and Large 1-2653133.99/cwt132.00–135.0087515
SteersMedium and Large 1-2561136.00/cwt136.00–136.007635
SteersMedium and Large 1-2455156.72/cwt153.00–158.007134
SteersMedium and Large 1-2315157.00/cwt157.00–157.004951
SteersLarge 1510124.00/cwt124.00–124.006321
SteersMedium and Large 2-3465135.75/cwt135.00–136.006314
SteersMedium and Large 2-3705110.00/cwt110.00–110.007761
SteersMedium and Large 2-3355146.00/cwt146.00–146.005181
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added535149.29/cwt146.00–149.5079916
SteersMedium and Large 1-2615137.00/cwt132.00–141.008435
SteersMedium and Large 1-2426149.66/cwt145.00–153.006385
SteersMedium and Large 1-284590.00/cwt90.00–90.007611
SteersLarge 1580127.00/cwt127.00–127.007371
SteersMedium and Large 2-3546128.62/cwt128.50–129.007024
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550120.00/cwt120.00–120.006602
SteersMedium and Large 2-3400135.00/cwt135.00–135.005401

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.