Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2021-03-31

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Mar 31
● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
370 head
187 vs last sale 557 531 vs year ago 901 · 58.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
8 vs last sale 48 31 vs year ago 25 · +124.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
7 vs last sale 8 9 vs year ago 6 · +150.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Steer calves were .mostly steady. Heifer calves under 500 lbs 5.00 to 7.00 higher over 500 lbs were 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Moderate supply of calves with good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 5.00 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 $138.08/cwt on 115 head.
Average price
$138.08
115 head · 495 lb average
Value per head Derived
$683
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$35
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$11.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.98
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2505140.3370985
Medium and Large 2-3460131.9260728
Large 1525128.506752thin
One grade step is worth $11.83/cwt here — about $35 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 sale115 hd
138.08
KY average26 barns · 6,291 hd
133.10
+4.98
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
BullsLow1,60792.081,4797thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,56164.201,0027thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16760.3570413
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01152.295298thin

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 2-3378155.26/cwt147.00–163.005872
BullsMedium and Large 2-3780100.00/cwt100.00–100.007801
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2742107.00/cwt107.00–107.007942
BullsMedium and Large 1-2526147.43/cwt141.00–151.5077520
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2280153.05/cwt151.00–160.004294
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2677114.66/cwt114.00–115.007763
BullsMedium and Large 1-2195209.00/cwt209.00–209.004081
BullsMedium and Large 1-2423163.30/cwt160.00–168.006917
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2215176.00/cwt170.00–182.003782
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2367156.65/cwt145.00–161.005756
SteersMedium and Large 1-2775127.00/cwt127.00–127.009841
SteersMedium and Large 1-2443175.37/cwt165.00–183.007773
BullsMedium and Large 1-2471154.81/cwt151.00–166.007298
BullsMedium and Large 1-2358172.69/cwt166.00–179.006188
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2573133.26/cwt129.00–138.007649
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2437150.95/cwt147.00–155.006606
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2195203.00/cwt203.00–203.003961
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2469146.69/cwt142.00–151.5068819
BullsMedium and Large 1-2760110.00/cwt110.00–110.008361
BullsMedium and Large 1-2685133.00/cwt133.00–133.009111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2609152.33/cwt143.00–157.009286
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2836109.89/cwt100.00–113.009194
SteersMedium and Large 1-2532158.44/cwt148.00–162.0084321
SteersMedium and Large 1-2725135.50/cwt125.00–139.0098210
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2619123.29/cwt116.00–129.5076312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2531140.70/cwt133.00–142.5074712
SteersMedium and Large 1-2665141.94/cwt138.00–144.009444
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy460177.00/cwt177.00–177.008141
SteersMedium and Large 1-2580146.72/cwt144.00–151.008516
SteersMedium and Large 1-2275180.00/cwt180.00–180.004952
SteersMedium and Large 1-2396170.00/cwt170.00–170.006733
SteersMedium and Large 1-2910120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0921
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy508159.00/cwt158.00–160.008082
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400190.00/cwt190.00–190.007601
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14252.60/cwt50.00–54.506013
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18071.03/cwt69.50–72.508382
CowsLean 85-90%1,02154.32/cwt52.00–57.005554
CowsLean 85-90%1,17560.50/cwt60.50–60.507111
CowsLean 85-90%94346.86/cwt44.00–48.504423
Bulls1,37783.75/cwt79.00–86.001,1533
Bulls1,59095.29/cwt93.00–98.001,5152
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56062.98/cwt60.00–64.509826
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,3551,385.00/cwt1,385.00–1,385.0018,7671
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,0151,070.00/cwt1,070.00–1,070.0010,8611
HeifersLarge 1485130.00/cwt130.00–130.006311
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56571.50/cwt71.50–71.501,1191
SteersLarge 1666126.00/cwt126.00–126.008393
HeifersLarge 1565127.00/cwt127.00–127.007181
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3322142.34/cwt140.00–144.004585
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3287142.37/cwt141.00–143.004093
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17360.59/cwt58.00–63.507118
Bulls1,968101.37/cwt100.00–103.001,9952
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,405800.00/cwt800.00–800.0011,2401
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,195983.29/cwt860.00–1,060.0011,7503
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3545116.00/cwt116.00–116.006321
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3675109.66/cwt108.00–111.007403
Dairy SteersLarge 378090.81/cwt90.00–91.007085
Dairy SteersLarge 386287.00/cwt87.00–87.007502
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3433140.65/cwt136.00–142.006096
SteersMedium and Large 2-3532134.00/cwt134.00–134.007132
SteersMedium and Large 2-3369169.00/cwt169.00–169.006245
SteersMedium and Large 2-3480141.00/cwt141.00–141.006772
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy500164.00/cwt164.00–164.008201
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy355203.00/cwt203.00–203.007211
SteersMedium and Large 2-3680131.00/cwt131.00–131.008911
SteersMedium and Large 2-3945100.00/cwt100.00–100.009451
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3585124.64/cwt124.00–126.007296
BullsMedium and Large 2-3478142.48/cwt141.00–144.006814
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3370136.43/cwt133.00–140.005053
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3620109.00/cwt109.00–109.006761
BullsMedium and Large 2-3295170.00/cwt170.00–170.005021
BullsMedium and Large 2-3580125.54/cwt121.00–130.007282
BullsMedium and Large 1-2312177.84/cwt171.00–180.005554
BullsMedium and Large 1-2225201.00/cwt201.00–201.004521
SteersMedium and Large 2-3422149.00/cwt149.00–149.006292
SteersMedium and Large 2-3580140.00/cwt140.00–140.008121
BullsMedium and Large 1-2576147.68/cwt140.00–155.008515
BullsMedium and Large 1-2615138.75/cwt128.00–144.008533
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2332152.65/cwt146.00–161.005075
BullsMedium and Large 1-2283190.00/cwt190.00–190.005384

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.