Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2020-10-07

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Oct 7
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
467 head
87 vs last sale 554 254 vs year ago 721 · 35.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
31 vs last sale 71 36 vs year ago 76 · 47.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
11 vs last sale 18 13 vs year ago 20 · 65.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Steer and bull calves 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Heifer calves steady to 2.00 lower. Moderate supply of calves with light demand. Slaughter cows were mostly steady. Slaughter bulls 5.00 lower. Light 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 $121.58/cwt on 156 head.
Average price
$121.58
156 head · 507 lb average
Value per head Derived
$616
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$74
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$9.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.79
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2518123.56640118
Medium and Large 2-3469115.5354234
Large 1495114.505664thin
One grade step is worth $9.06/cwt here — about $74 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 sale156 hd
121.58
KY average26 barns · 5,833 hd
125.37
−3.79
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
BullsAverage1,70082.571,4045thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,47955.6482311
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10452.535808thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01448.754946thin

Every lot, as filed

66 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 1-2467132.06/cwt130.00–136.006178
SteersMedium and Large 1-2529136.69/cwt131.00–140.0072310
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2518125.68/cwt120.00–130.0065127
SteersMedium and Large 1-2575130.13/cwt126.00–140.0074819
BullsMedium and Large 2-3480126.50/cwt124.00–129.006072
BullsMedium and Large 2-3220130.00/cwt130.00–130.002861
BullsMedium and Large 2-3572114.99/cwt111.00–120.006588
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2370130.00/cwt130.00–130.004811
BullsMedium and Large 1-2571129.81/cwt120.00–135.007417
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3365121.00/cwt121.00–121.004422
SteersMedium and Large 2-3580122.40/cwt119.00–126.007103
SteersMedium and Large 2-3630119.00/cwt119.00–119.007502
SteersMedium and Large 1-2366147.10/cwt145.00–151.005383
BullsMedium and Large 2-3413128.16/cwt127.00–129.005296
BullsMedium and Large 2-3386127.40/cwt124.00–133.004926
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10953.18/cwt50.00–55.005907
Bulls1,72386.54/cwt85.50–87.501,4912
CowsLean 85-90%1,01848.36/cwt48.00–49.004923
BullsMedium and Large 1-2781108.07/cwt105.00–108.508448
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3195113.00/cwt113.00–113.002201
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3610109.00/cwt109.00–109.006652
Bulls1,68579.92/cwt77.00–81.501,3473
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06548.00/cwt48.00–48.005111
CowsLean 85-90%87044.00/cwt44.00–44.003831
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,57557.50/cwt57.50–57.509061
CowsLean 85-90%1,08051.72/cwt51.50–52.005592
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46955.45/cwt51.50–57.5081510
BullsMedium and Large 2-3547119.00/cwt119.00–119.006512
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3330117.54/cwt115.00–120.003882
SteersMedium and Large 2-3538123.51/cwt121.00–126.006642
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3578113.46/cwt109.00–116.0065610
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3434118.20/cwt116.00–119.005136
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3250127.00/cwt127.00–127.003181
BullsLarge 1655114.00/cwt114.00–114.007471
BullsLarge 1470131.00/cwt131.00–131.006161
BullsLarge 1380129.00/cwt129.00–129.004901
SteersLarge 1665120.00/cwt120.00–120.007981
HeifersLarge 1455110.00/cwt110.00–110.005011
HeifersLarge 1508116.00/cwt115.00–118.005893
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3245121.00/cwt121.00–121.002961
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3468115.39/cwt113.00–119.005408
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3520105.00/cwt105.00–105.005461
BullsMedium and Large 2-3603112.67/cwt110.00–114.006793
BullsMedium and Large 2-3345139.00/cwt139.00–139.004801
BullsMedium and Large 2-3290132.00/cwt132.00–132.003831
SteersMedium and Large 1-2805113.00/cwt113.00–113.009101
BullsMedium and Large 1-2616122.21/cwt118.50–125.0075320
BullsMedium and Large 1-2715118.42/cwt107.00–122.0084712
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1851,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0011,8501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2422135.63/cwt130.00–141.0057216
BullsMedium and Large 1-2688119.60/cwt118.00–120.008235
SteersMedium and Large 1-2707124.32/cwt121.00–127.5087911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2328125.11/cwt122.00–130.004104
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2613121.00/cwt121.00–121.007423
BullsMedium and Large 1-284599.00/cwt99.00–99.008372
SteersMedium and Large 1-2672120.19/cwt120.00–121.008085
SteersMedium and Large 1-2480134.00/cwt134.00–134.006431
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2712117.16/cwt116.00–119.008348
BullsMedium and Large 1-2310136.00/cwt136.00–136.004221
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2660117.00/cwt117.00–117.007722
BullsMedium and Large 1-2529128.09/cwt123.00–133.0067829
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2579120.46/cwt117.00–127.5069728
SteersMedium and Large 1-2630130.00/cwt130.00–130.008197
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2468124.23/cwt121.00–127.0058133
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2412129.16/cwt122.00–132.0053212
BullsMedium and Large 1-2395138.00/cwt138.00–138.005452

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.