Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2021-04-14

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Apr 14
● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
686 head
47 vs last sale 639 273 vs year ago 413 · +66.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
10 vs last sale 41 45 vs year ago 6 · +750.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
19 vs last sale 4 3 vs year ago 26 · 11.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Steer calves were mostly steady. Heifer calves were 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Moderate supply of calves with good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were 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 $140.64/cwt on 277 head.
Average price
$140.64
277 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$778
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$158
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$5.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.82
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2570141.38807228
Medium and Large 2-3470137.4464642
Large 1477135.866487thin
One grade step is worth $5.52/cwt here — about $158 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 sale277 hd
140.64
KY average26 barns · 7,624 hd
139.82
+0.82
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
BullsLow1,66796.001,6003thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,52865.139959thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18664.5076516
CowsLean 85-90%High1,09356.446179thin

Every lot, as filed

82 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2643132.75/cwt122.00–135.2585410
BullsMedium and Large 2-3582134.00/cwt134.00–134.007802
SteersMedium and Large 1-2820130.07/cwt126.00–131.001,06729
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2711121.14/cwt117.50–123.008613
BullsMedium and Large 1-2571147.29/cwt142.00–152.0084120
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2275160.00/cwt160.00–160.004401
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2515142.69/cwt137.00–146.5073525
BullsMedium and Large 1-2525150.78/cwt150.00–153.007924
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2381155.26/cwt150.00–164.0059214
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2192168.00/cwt168.00–168.003232
BullsMedium and Large 1-2426165.58/cwt160.00–171.507057
SteersMedium and Large 1-2687142.49/cwt137.00–149.5097921
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2680129.74/cwt123.00–135.0088218
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650135.00/cwt135.00–135.008782
SteersMedium and Large 1-2338192.01/cwt190.00–194.006492
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2426155.45/cwt151.00–165.5066216
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,059109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,1545
SteersMedium and Large 1-2431184.84/cwt183.00–187.007977
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added563170.50/cwt170.00–171.009608
SteersMedium and Large 1-2373190.19/cwt176.00–194.007097
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added733129.50/cwt129.50–129.5094920
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added655152.50/cwt152.50–152.509992
SteersMedium and Large 1-2871120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0454
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added517173.21/cwt169.00–175.008958
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added662152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,0065
BullsMedium and Large 1-2358178.62/cwt172.00–182.506398
BullsMedium and Large 1-2335171.00/cwt171.00–171.005731
SteersMedium and Large 1-2473179.95/cwt177.00–185.0085117
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added636135.31/cwt134.60–138.5086144
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy455180.00/cwt180.00–180.008191
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy435169.14/cwt168.00–170.007367
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added619157.70/cwt157.50–158.0097615
SteersMedium and Large 1-2724138.71/cwt137.00–140.251,00436
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2477154.24/cwt147.00–163.5073617
SteersMedium and Large 1-2568162.29/cwt148.00–165.009228
CowsLean 85-90%1,08064.00/cwt64.00–64.006911
Bulls1,35090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,2151
Bulls2,045103.00/cwt103.00–103.002,1061
Bulls1,60595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,5251
CowsLean 85-90%1,09856.99/cwt53.50–60.006267
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28559.25/cwt59.00–59.507612
HeifersLarge 1680116.00/cwt116.00–116.007891
HeifersLarge 1350145.00/cwt145.00–145.005081
BullsLarge 1500143.00/cwt143.00–143.007151
CowsLean 85-90%1,07545.00/cwt45.00–45.004841
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40059.50/cwt59.50–59.508331
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54465.83/cwt62.50–70.501,0168
SteersMedium and Large 1-2540161.97/cwt160.00–163.0087513
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy537159.00/cwt159.00–159.008542
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17163.82/cwt61.00–67.5074710
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17468.84/cwt68.00–69.508084
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,285770.00/cwt770.00–770.009,8951
SteersLarge 1446163.50/cwt163.50–163.507294
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3520130.00/cwt130.00–130.006761
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3573130.99/cwt130.00–133.007513
HeifersLarge 1435140.00/cwt140.00–140.006094
HeifersLarge 1570130.00/cwt130.00–130.007411
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3635110.00/cwt110.00–110.006992
SteersMedium and Large 1-2633152.33/cwt150.00–153.5096413
SteersMedium and Large 2-3481166.51/cwt166.00–167.008014
SteersMedium and Large 2-3372170.00/cwt170.00–170.006322
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,323977.73/cwt900.00–1,060.0012,9352
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,073770.96/cwt730.00–800.008,2722
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3481138.76/cwt134.50–144.0066719
SteersMedium and Large 2-3565150.00/cwt150.00–150.008481
BullsMedium and Large 2-3341171.24/cwt171.00–172.005844
BullsMedium and Large 2-3505136.00/cwt136.00–136.006871
BullsMedium and Large 2-3755112.00/cwt112.00–112.008461
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3655121.00/cwt121.00–121.007931
BullsMedium and Large 2-3434152.72/cwt150.00–160.006634
BullsMedium and Large 2-3375159.73/cwt150.00–167.005994
SteersMedium and Large 2-3405164.00/cwt164.00–164.006641
BullsMedium and Large 1-2476169.85/cwt165.00–172.0080818
SteersMedium and Large 2-3625136.46/cwt135.00–138.008532
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3428144.34/cwt142.00–149.006186
BullsMedium and Large 1-2830115.00/cwt115.00–115.009552
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2780125.00/cwt125.00–125.009759
SteersMedium and Large 2-3685132.00/cwt132.00–132.009041
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2320151.42/cwt148.00–155.004855
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3388140.60/cwt139.00–147.0054610
BullsMedium and Large 2-3480155.35/cwt151.00–161.007465
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2572141.97/cwt136.00–146.5081237

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.