Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2020-12-23

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Dec 23
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
98 head
134 vs last sale 232 98 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
40 vs last sale 68 28 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 steady on a light test. Slaughter cows were 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 10.00 higher. Light supply of slaughter cattle with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.48/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$119.48
29 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$616
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$118
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$15.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.02
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2522122.7764123
Medium and Large 2-3489106.855236thin
One grade step is worth $15.91/cwt here — about $118 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 sale29 hd
119.48
KY average12 barns · 1,559 hd
123.50
−4.02
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage2,030102.352,0783thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,20455.426675thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13152.925998thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99645.794567thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11753.48/cwt50.00–56.005977
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23049.00/cwt49.00–49.006031
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35359.70/cwt56.00–62.008083
CowsBreaker 75-80%98049.00/cwt49.00–49.004802
CowsLean 85-90%99847.25/cwt44.00–49.004726
CowsLean 85-90%98537.00/cwt37.00–37.003641
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425126.42/cwt121.00–128.005379
SteersMedium and Large 1-2510130.00/cwt130.00–130.006631
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650128.00/cwt128.00–128.008322
BullsMedium and Large 2-377090.00/cwt90.00–90.006931
HeifersMedium and Large 2-361698.53/cwt97.00–100.006074
BullsMedium and Large 2-3438125.53/cwt120.00–131.005502
BullsMedium and Large 2-3695110.00/cwt110.00–110.007651
BullsMedium and Large 1-2555132.00/cwt132.00–132.007331
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300141.00/cwt141.00–141.004231
BullsMedium and Large 1-270397.35/cwt96.00–100.006843
BullsMedium and Large 1-278692.00/cwt92.00–92.007233
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2330123.00/cwt123.00–123.004061
BullsMedium and Large 1-2630130.00/cwt130.00–130.008193
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450121.00/cwt121.00–121.005451
BullsMedium and Large 2-3590110.00/cwt110.00–110.006491
Bulls1,84598.00/cwt98.00–98.001,8081
Bulls2,123104.52/cwt104.00–105.002,2192
Dairy SteersLarge 3209105.00/cwt105.00–105.0021910
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2537125.00/cwt125.00–125.006712
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3195127.00/cwt127.00–127.002481
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3275120.00/cwt120.00–120.003301
Dairy SteersLarge 3435100.00/cwt100.00–100.004353
Dairy SteersLarge 3267105.00/cwt105.00–105.0028010
Dairy SteersLarge 3332108.00/cwt108.00–108.0035912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2554125.99/cwt125.00–127.006984
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2715110.00/cwt110.00–110.007872
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2671116.98/cwt114.00–120.007854

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.