Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2020-12-09

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Dec 9
● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
563 head
755 vs last sale 1,318 84 vs year ago 479 · +17.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
81 head
47 vs last sale 34 41 vs year ago 40 · +102.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
9 vs last sale 13 8 vs year ago 14 · +57.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Steer and heifer calves were mostly steady. Moderate supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady. 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 $117.16/cwt on 178 head.
Average price
$117.16
178 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$642
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$140
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$7.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.87
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2575119.73689114
Large 1542114.0961812thin
Medium and Large 2-3489112.2454952
One grade step is worth $7.50/cwt here — about $140 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 sale178 hd
117.16
KY average31 barns · 11,381 hd
122.04
−4.87
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
BullsHigh1,66782.471,3759thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45455.9181314
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19252.6462818
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04142.594437thin

Every lot, as filed

80 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 1-2530135.11/cwt125.00–143.0071610
BullsMedium and Large 1-2337168.70/cwt164.00–172.005694
SteersMedium and Large 2-3630119.00/cwt116.00–122.007502
BullsMedium and Large 1-2442148.68/cwt145.00–158.006576
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added573130.00/cwt130.00–130.007454
SteersMedium and Large 1-2681122.05/cwt120.00–127.0083118
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2579119.39/cwt118.00–122.0069110
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2606112.01/cwt109.00–116.006797
BullsMedium and Large 2-3485136.50/cwt132.00–140.006626
BullsMedium and Large 1-2240169.00/cwt169.00–169.004061
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added348190.00/cwt190.00–190.006613
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2881106.00/cwt106.00–106.009343
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2673107.93/cwt106.00–118.007266
HeifersMedium and Large 1-290399.00/cwt99.00–99.008943
BullsMedium and Large 1-2672117.00/cwt117.00–117.007864
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2535124.59/cwt120.00–130.0066725
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added447162.00/cwt162.00–162.007247
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added574146.00/cwt146.00–146.008389
SteersMedium and Large 1-2775124.31/cwt122.00–124.5096313
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added430165.00/cwt165.00–165.007101
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2447126.30/cwt124.00–130.0056513
SteersMedium and Large 1-2420146.00/cwt146.00–146.006131
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added501149.00/cwt149.00–149.007468
BullsMedium and Large 1-2278175.53/cwt170.00–181.004883
SteersMedium and Large 1-2813123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,0003
SteersMedium and Large 1-2577133.00/cwt133.00–133.007672
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2345124.00/cwt124.00–124.004281
SteersMedium and Large 1-2514146.55/cwt140.00–150.0075311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2865114.00/cwt114.00–114.009861
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added467158.68/cwt157.00–161.007417
SteersMedium and Large 1-2627122.44/cwt120.00–126.5076820
SteersMedium and Large 1-2911116.34/cwt116.00–117.001,0606
BullsMedium and Large 1-2738102.53/cwt100.00–105.007572
BullsMedium and Large 1-290597.00/cwt97.00–97.008781
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55759.19/cwt58.50–59.509223
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33059.00/cwt59.00–59.007851
Bulls1,76091.00/cwt91.00–91.001,6022
Bulls1,71384.51/cwt79.00–88.001,4485
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19653.06/cwt50.00–56.0063514
Bulls1,45868.83/cwt67.00–70.001,0042
CowsLean 85-90%1,05243.94/cwt42.00–48.004626
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42655.01/cwt52.50–57.0078411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added605135.00/cwt135.00–135.0081715
BullsMedium and Large 1-2777100.42/cwt95.00–111.007803
BullsLarge 1475128.00/cwt128.00–128.006083
BullsLarge 1586108.50/cwt108.50–108.506364
HeifersLarge 1537114.92/cwt114.00–119.0061711
SteersLarge 1701111.00/cwt111.00–111.007783
BullsMedium and Large 2-3542124.00/cwt124.00–124.006724
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3469114.05/cwt110.00–119.0053515
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13048.57/cwt47.00–49.505493
CowsLean 85-90%97534.50/cwt34.50–34.503361
BullsMedium and Large 1-2378167.92/cwt159.00–175.006357
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy432164.00/cwt164.00–164.007082
SteersMedium and Large 2-3592125.76/cwt125.00–126.007444
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3638106.41/cwt104.00–107.006795
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,418787.33/cwt760.00–820.0011,1643
HeifersLarge 1595105.00/cwt105.00–105.006251
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3338117.15/cwt115.00–120.003968
BullsMedium and Large 2-3597120.50/cwt120.50–120.507192
BullsMedium and Large 2-3345140.00/cwt140.00–140.004831
BullsMedium and Large 2-3635111.51/cwt111.00–112.007084
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3379115.62/cwt110.00–121.004385
SteersMedium and Large 1-2452154.00/cwt154.00–154.006962
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3433110.00/cwt110.00–110.004763
SteersMedium and Large 2-3545129.00/cwt129.00–129.007031
BullsMedium and Large 1-2574124.72/cwt120.00–132.0071611
BullsMedium and Large 1-2618116.73/cwt111.00–120.0072113
SteersMedium and Large 2-3745118.00/cwt118.00–118.008791
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3665103.32/cwt102.50–105.006873
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3576111.63/cwt106.00–115.0064310
SteersMedium and Large 2-3760110.00/cwt110.00–110.008361
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2469126.91/cwt120.00–129.0059523
BullsMedium and Large 1-2465151.08/cwt142.50–158.0070311
BullsMedium and Large 2-3413132.94/cwt130.00–142.005494
BullsMedium and Large 2-3655113.52/cwt101.00–119.507448
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3513107.30/cwt106.00–110.005503
BullsMedium and Large 2-3374142.74/cwt138.00–158.005345
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2714109.98/cwt102.50–112.0078519
SteersMedium and Large 1-2721123.00/cwt123.00–123.0088714

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.