Name: Campbellsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Steer and heifer calves were mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Light supply of of all classes of cattle with moderate demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.49/cwt on 104 head.

Average price

$122.49

104 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$637

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$36

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

$9.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.72

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	515	125.93	649	66
Large 1	530	118.00	625	7thin
Medium and Large 2-3	528	116.16	613	31

One grade step is worth $9.78/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 sale104 hd

122.49

—

KY average27 barns · 4,924 hd

128.21

−5.72

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	1,595	90.90	1,450	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,388	63.63	883	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,150	61.20	704	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,045	48.14	503	3thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Large 1	—	475	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	580	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	144.46/cwt	140.00–146.00	670	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	120.26/cwt	120.00–121.00	517	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	118.41/cwt	115.00–120.00	727	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	775	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	856	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	813	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,043	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	865	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	133.99/cwt	133.00–136.00	753	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	845	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	997	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	463	137.95/cwt	136.00–140.00	639	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	140.00/cwt	139.00–141.00	722	5
Steers	Large 1	—	625	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	769	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	513	130.50/cwt	130.00–131.00	669	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	607	131.48/cwt	124.00–135.00	798	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,059	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	829	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	428	130.84/cwt	122.00–140.00	560	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	121.71/cwt	120.00–126.00	746	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	168.56/cwt	164.00–170.00	438	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	127.00/cwt	123.00–131.00	597	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	132.86/cwt	129.00–143.00	759	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	156.99/cwt	154.00–158.00	667	4
Bulls	—	—	1,845	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,845	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	583	126.22/cwt	125.00–127.50	736	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	136.75/cwt	132.00–139.00	734	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	105.49/cwt	105.00–106.00	766	4
Bulls	—	—	1,720	96.49/cwt	96.00–97.00	1,660	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	605	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	696	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	510	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	157.50/cwt	153.00–161.00	578	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	633	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	690	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	125.20/cwt	122.00–128.00	656	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	137.71/cwt	135.00–139.00	399	3
Heifers	Large 1	—	475	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	561	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	113.93/cwt	110.00–120.00	661	8
Bulls	—	—	1,470	85.83/cwt	81.00–88.00	1,262	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	108.47/cwt	105.00–112.00	738	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	355	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	462	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	150.28/cwt	145.00–158.00	688	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	535	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	510	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	612	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	115.38/cwt	113.50–120.00	777	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	797	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	709	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	635	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	755.43/cwt	740.00–770.00	9,292	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,147	62.10/cwt	58.00–64.50	712	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,420	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	15,620	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,388	63.63/cwt	60.50–65.00	883	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	870.00/cwt	870.00–870.00	10,179	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	48.14/cwt	47.00–50.00	503	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	126.98/cwt	124.00–131.00	616	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	396	140.33/cwt	140.00–141.00	556	3
Heifers	Large 1	—	508	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	599	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	469	119.72/cwt	115.00–123.00	561	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	350	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	434	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	115.30/cwt	110.00–117.00	770	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	570	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	673	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	107.48/cwt	106.00–109.00	715	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	134.75/cwt	128.00–140.00	566	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	225	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	317	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	522	118.65/cwt	117.00–121.00	619	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	123.57/cwt	121.00–126.00	698	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	776	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 Sep 16, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 286Last week 279Year ago 270

Slaughter CattleReceipts 32Last week 43Year ago 49

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 23Year ago 7

Compared to last Wednesday: Steer and heifer calves were mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Light supply of of all classes of cattle with moderate demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	122.00	122.00
2	—	625	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	464	140.00–146.00	144.46
2	—	685	125.00	125.00
2	—	767	136.00	136.00
3	—	562	133.00–136.00	133.99
5	—	516	139.00–141.00	140.00
6	—	607	124.00–135.00	131.48
1	—	890	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	122.00	122.00
1	—	650	125.00	125.00
1	—	715	121.00	121.00
1	—	845	118.00	118.00
2	—	463	136.00–140.00	137.95
2	—	513	130.00–131.00	130.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	430	120.00–121.00	120.26
4	—	633	109.00	109.00
8	—	580	110.00–120.00	113.93
9	—	469	115.00–123.00	119.72
1	—	350	124.00	124.00
2	—	665	106.00–109.00	107.48
3	—	522	117.00–121.00	118.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	614	115.00–120.00	118.41
13	—	524	122.00–128.00	125.20
3	—	290	135.00–139.00	137.71
14	—	485	124.00–131.00	126.98
3	—	396	140.00–141.00	140.33
4	—	668	110.00–117.00	115.30
7	—	420	128.00–140.00	134.75
1	—	225	141.00	141.00
10	—	565	121.00–126.00	123.57
1	—	725	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	118.00	118.00
3	—	508	118.00	118.00
3	—	570	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	782	106.00	106.00
10	—	613	120.00–126.00	121.71
4	—	260	164.00–170.00	168.56
11	—	571	129.00–143.00	132.86
4	—	425	154.00–158.00	156.99
19	—	537	132.00–139.00	136.75
4	—	726	105.00–106.00	105.49
7	—	367	153.00–161.00	157.50
9	—	458	145.00–158.00	150.28
2	—	332	161.00	161.00
9	—	673	113.50–120.00	115.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	122.00–140.00	130.84
2	—	470	123.00–131.00	127.00
2	—	583	125.00–127.50	126.22
2	—	605	115.00	115.00
1	—	340	150.00	150.00
2	—	680	105.00–112.00	108.47
1	—	355	130.00	130.00
1	—	510	120.00	120.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	797	89.00	89.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,845	100.00	100.00
2	—	1,720	96.00–97.00	96.49
4	—	1,470	81.00–88.00	85.83
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	54.00	54.00
8	—	1,147	58.00–64.50	62.10
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,388	60.50–65.00	63.63
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,045	47.00–50.00	48.14

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,230	740.00–770.00	755.43
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,420	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,170	870.00	870.00

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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Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards (Wednesday) - Campbellsville, KY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle