Name: Campbellsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Steer and heifer calves under 500 lbs mostly steady over 500 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Light supply of feeders with moderate demand. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were steady. 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 $119.34/cwt on 104 head.

Average price

$119.34

104 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$627

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$17

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

$33.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.02

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	491	125.13	615	85
Large 1	588	104.67	616	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	692	91.35	632	16thin

One grade step is worth $33.78/cwt here — about −$17 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

119.34

—

KY average28 barns · 7,085 hd

120.36

−1.02

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	—	Average	1,599	86.58	1,384	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,404	51.96	729	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,229	49.45	607	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,067	37.98	405	5thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	747	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	153.37/cwt	144.00–162.00	649	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	446	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	745	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	128.81/cwt	125.00–130.50	693	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	116.01/cwt	114.00–118.00	700	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	123.87/cwt	120.00–127.00	608	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	123.89/cwt	120.00–125.50	882	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	126.58/cwt	122.00–131.00	770	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	555	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	816	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	785	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	436	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	584	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	616	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	119.98/cwt	118.00–122.00	630	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	128.48/cwt	120.00–133.00	727	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	529	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	551	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	358	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	508	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	142.00/cwt	136.00–143.00	748	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	873	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	117.09/cwt	114.00–119.00	671	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	628	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	284	140.49/cwt	135.00–145.00	399	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	503	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	34.00/cwt	34.00–34.00	356	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	43.95/cwt	43.00–45.00	481	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,273	47.19/cwt	42.50–51.50	601	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,421	52.60/cwt	50.00–54.50	747	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	49.15/cwt	46.50–53.00	599	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	42.50/cwt	42.50–42.50	567	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	108.82/cwt	106.00–111.00	723	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	672	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	405	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	701	1
Bulls	Large 1	—	480	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	658	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	655	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	629	1
Heifers	Large 1	—	555	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	605	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	777	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	862	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	577	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	704	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	54.25/cwt	54.00–54.50	663	2
Bulls	—	—	1,599	86.58/cwt	83.50–88.00	1,384	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	817	74.50/cwt	74.50–74.50	609	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	145.03/cwt	143.00–146.00	706	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	473	109.76/cwt	104.00–115.00	519	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	698	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	718	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	9,375	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	637	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	462	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	113.92/cwt	111.00–117.00	711	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	980	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	774	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	481	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	735	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	603	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	649	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	315	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	460	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	123.01/cwt	121.00–124.00	508	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	577	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	125.54/cwt	124.00–127.00	477	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	131.55/cwt	129.00–134.00	766	5

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 Dec 16, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 232Last week 563Year ago 299

Slaughter CattleReceipts 68Last week 81Year ago 28

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 22Year ago 13

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	705	106.00	106.00
2	—	423	144.00–162.00	153.37
7	—	538	125.00–130.50	128.81
2	—	603	114.00–118.00	116.01
2	—	762	103.00	103.00
4	—	566	120.00–133.00	128.48
1	—	350	151.00	151.00
1	—	335	150.00	150.00
1	—	690	104.00	104.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	137.00	137.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	105.00	105.00
1	—	630	103.00	103.00
1	—	315	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	446	167.00	167.00
4	—	555	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	712	120.00–125.50	123.89
10	—	608	122.00–131.00	126.58
2	—	422	146.00	146.00
5	—	330	167.00	167.00
7	—	527	136.00–143.00	142.00
5	—	690	126.50	126.50
1	—	390	161.00	161.00
3	—	487	143.00–146.00	145.03
5	—	582	129.00–134.00	131.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	777	111.00	111.00
2	—	577	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	491	120.00–127.00	123.87
6	—	525	118.00–122.00	119.98
11	—	573	114.00–119.00	117.09
4	—	284	135.00–145.00	140.49
10	—	664	106.00–111.00	108.82
1	—	715	94.00	94.00
6	—	624	111.00–117.00	113.92
6	—	413	121.00–124.00	123.01
2	—	380	124.00–127.00	125.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	436	134.00	134.00
7	—	358	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	96.00	96.00
2	—	555	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	817	74.50	74.50
2	—	473	104.00–115.00	109.76
1	—	620	100.00	100.00
1	—	590	108.00	108.00
1	—	385	120.00	120.00
2	—	980	79.00	79.00
1	—	415	116.00	116.00
1	—	735	82.00	82.00
1	—	520	111.00	111.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,048	34.00	34.00
2	—	1,095	43.00–45.00	43.95
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,273	42.50–51.50	47.19
15	—	1,421	50.00–54.50	52.60
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,218	46.50–53.00	49.15
1	—	1,335	42.50	42.50
2	—	1,223	54.00–54.50	54.25
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,599	83.50–88.00	86.58

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,250	750.00	750.00

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