Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2020-08-26

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Aug 26
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
254 head
206 vs last sale 460 313 vs year ago 567 · 55.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
4 vs last sale 41 11 vs year ago 48 · 22.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
4 vs last sale 7 1 vs year ago 12 · 8.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Steer and heifer calves under 400 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher over 400 lbs steady to 5.00 lower. Light supply of calves with good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Moderate supply of slaughter cattle with moderate demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.19/cwt on 91 head.
Average price
$134.19
91 head · 491 lb average
Value per head Derived
$658
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$36
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$11.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.96
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2486137.5166865
Medium and Large 2-3502125.8863226
One grade step is worth $11.63/cwt here — about $36 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 sale91 hd
134.19
KY average27 barns · 4,581 hd
131.23
+2.96
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
BullsHigh1,58292.201,4595thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,45569.381,0109thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19866.0079111
CowsLean 85-90%High1,10954.736077thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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 2-3606129.00/cwt129.00–129.007823
SteersMedium and Large 1-2721130.17/cwt126.00–131.509394
SteersMedium and Large 2-3520137.21/cwt135.00–141.007138
SteersMedium and Large 1-2659141.96/cwt136.00–146.009365
SteersMedium and Large 1-2527158.21/cwt157.00–164.0083411
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy320183.50/cwt183.50–183.505874
Bulls1,665108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,7981
BullsMedium and Large 2-3473137.49/cwt135.00–140.006502
BullsMedium and Large 1-2519137.85/cwt130.00–141.507158
BullsMedium and Large 1-2347174.00/cwt174.00–174.006042
Bulls1,55598.33/cwt95.00–101.001,5292
BullsMedium and Large 2-3606123.00/cwt123.00–123.007453
BullsMedium and Large 1-2620128.57/cwt124.00–133.0079711
BullsMedium and Large 1-2678124.50/cwt124.00–125.008442
Bulls1,56878.16/cwt75.00–81.001,2262
BullsMedium and Large 2-3526126.48/cwt120.00–132.006655
BullsMedium and Large 1-2562135.15/cwt129.00–141.0076015
BullsMedium and Large 1-2285174.91/cwt167.00–178.004984
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3440139.67/cwt139.00–140.006153
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2479135.98/cwt133.00–141.0065110
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2270145.96/cwt145.00–147.003942
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3581118.99/cwt116.00–120.006914
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2514130.16/cwt124.00–138.0066911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2669120.22/cwt118.00–121.008044
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3523120.17/cwt117.00–121.006286
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3295141.00/cwt141.00–141.004161
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2326149.06/cwt145.00–158.004866
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3479127.77/cwt120.00–131.006129
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3390134.00/cwt134.00–134.005231
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2731118.36/cwt110.00–120.008656
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy341165.03/cwt162.00–166.005634
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1601,185.00/cwt1,185.00–1,185.0013,7462
BullsMedium and Large 2-3390157.00/cwt157.00–157.006121
BullsMedium and Large 1-2425155.58/cwt152.00–163.006616
BullsMedium and Large 2-3425134.00/cwt134.00–134.005701
BullsMedium and Large 1-2482146.64/cwt145.00–149.007076
BullsLarge 1615122.00/cwt122.00–122.007501
BullsMedium and Large 2-3580117.00/cwt117.00–117.006791
BullsMedium and Large 1-2385174.56/cwt165.00–179.506728
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3625117.00/cwt117.00–117.007311
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2581122.16/cwt121.00–123.007107
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy409159.00/cwt159.00–159.006505
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3660115.00/cwt115.00–115.007591
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2412145.76/cwt143.00–150.006019
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2390147.00/cwt147.00–147.005731
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2960850.00/cwt850.00–850.008,1601
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,170820.00/cwt820.00–820.009,5941
CowsLean 85-90%1,21560.52/cwt60.00–61.007352
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40073.00/cwt73.00–73.001,0221
CowsLean 85-90%1,05553.77/cwt52.00–55.005674
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18665.89/cwt62.00–70.007819
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42061.00/cwt61.00–61.008661
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56872.70/cwt72.00–73.501,1403
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39569.06/cwt67.50–71.509635
CowsLean 85-90%1,11047.00/cwt47.00–47.005221
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10560.00/cwt60.00–60.006631
SteersMedium and Large 2-3440145.00/cwt145.00–145.006381
SteersMedium and Large 1-2575141.00/cwt141.00–141.008111
SteersMedium and Large 2-3485141.00/cwt141.00–141.006841
SteersMedium and Large 1-2396172.68/cwt166.00–176.006843
SteersMedium and Large 2-3573135.67/cwt135.00–136.007773
SteersMedium and Large 1-2630137.24/cwt135.00–138.008654

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.