Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2020-09-23

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Sep 23
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
245 head
41 vs last sale 286 237 vs year ago 482 · 49.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
8 vs last sale 32 27 vs year ago 67 · 40.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
3 vs last sale 8 11 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 on a light test. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were mostly steady. Light supply of all classes with moderate demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.16/cwt on 80 head.
Average price
$127.16
80 head · 572 lb average
Value per head Derived
$728
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$143
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$8.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.17
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2579127.8874173
Medium and Large 2-3500119.575987thin
One grade step is worth $8.31/cwt here — about $143 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 sale80 hd
127.16
KY average24 barns · 5,200 hd
127.33
−0.17
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
BullsAverage1,78192.621,6509thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,32461.708178thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17557.4967611
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,22346.905745thin

Every lot, as filed

53 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2725115.00/cwt115.00–115.008341
Bulls1,78893.54/cwt88.00–98.001,6725
BullsMedium and Large 2-3695115.68/cwt113.00–117.008043
BullsMedium and Large 1-2680132.13/cwt127.00–132.5089815
BullsMedium and Large 1-2357151.00/cwt151.00–151.005394
BullsMedium and Large 2-3427132.04/cwt130.00–141.0056411
BullsMedium and Large 2-3390141.00/cwt141.00–141.005501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2524127.97/cwt124.00–134.006714
Bulls1,69582.96/cwt81.00–84.001,4062
BullsMedium and Large 2-3580124.00/cwt124.00–124.007191
BullsMedium and Large 1-2628123.52/cwt121.00–125.007764
BullsLarge 1352139.00/cwt139.00–139.004892
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2556122.00/cwt122.00–122.006783
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2420126.00/cwt126.00–126.005291
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3700108.00/cwt108.00–108.007561
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2772115.35/cwt111.00–118.008913
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2227133.00/cwt133.00–133.003022
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3383123.52/cwt121.00–126.004732
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2618117.73/cwt115.00–121.507285
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3570118.66/cwt117.00–120.006763
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2481127.35/cwt124.50–132.0061314
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2517126.90/cwt124.00–132.0065614
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2735117.01/cwt115.00–119.008602
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added702132.25/cwt132.25–132.2592825
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2361136.00/cwt136.00–136.004913
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2260135.00/cwt135.00–135.003511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2535144.28/cwt140.00–147.007725
SteersMedium and Large 2-3615123.00/cwt123.00–123.007561
SteersMedium and Large 1-2667131.72/cwt126.00–133.0087913
SteersMedium and Large 2-3542120.00/cwt120.00–120.006502
SteersMedium and Large 2-3370151.00/cwt151.00–151.005591
SteersMedium and Large 2-3415137.00/cwt137.00–137.005691
SteersMedium and Large 2-3490133.00/cwt133.00–133.006521
SteersMedium and Large 1-2580138.00/cwt138.00–138.008001
SteersMedium and Large 1-2810130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0533
BullsMedium and Large 2-3745108.00/cwt108.00–108.008051
BullsMedium and Large 1-2571128.17/cwt125.00–130.007325
BullsLarge 1592121.00/cwt121.00–121.007162
BullsMedium and Large 2-3333141.48/cwt141.00–142.004712
BullsMedium and Large 1-2418145.74/cwt144.00–147.506096
BullsMedium and Large 1-2320143.00/cwt143.00–143.004581
Bulls1,850100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,8502
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3325126.00/cwt126.00–126.004101
Dairy SteersLarge 368087.00/cwt87.00–87.005922
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,090690.00/cwt690.00–690.007,5211
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52065.50/cwt65.50–65.509961
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,29661.16/cwt57.00–62.507937
CowsLean 85-90%1,27842.54/cwt42.00–43.005442
CowsLean 85-90%1,18749.81/cwt48.50–52.005913
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08054.23/cwt54.00–54.505862
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19658.22/cwt56.00–60.506969
BullsMedium and Large 2-3495129.67/cwt129.00–131.006423
BullsMedium and Large 1-2474144.77/cwt139.00–146.006869

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.