Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2021-04-21

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Apr 21
● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
617 head
69 vs last sale 686 129 vs year ago 488 · +26.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
1 vs last sale 51 24 vs year ago 28 · +85.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
42 head
19 vs last sale 23 31 vs year ago 11 · +281.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Steer and heifer calves were 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Moderate supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Moderate supply of calves with moderate demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.72/cwt on 224 head.
Average price
$134.72
224 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$735
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$105
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$5.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.82
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2561136.15764161
Large 1508131.9567011thin
Medium and Large 2-3504130.8866052
One grade step is worth $5.27/cwt here — about $105 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 sale224 hd
134.72
KY average25 barns · 7,026 hd
136.54
−1.82
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
BullsHigh1,59595.251,5192thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,49361.6292014
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13461.296955thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average99354.535417thin

Every lot, as filed

87 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2492172.46/cwt171.00–177.0084912
BullsMedium and Large 2-3576130.35/cwt125.00–136.007515
BullsMedium and Large 2-3420161.00/cwt161.00–161.006761
BullsMedium and Large 2-3695118.00/cwt118.00–118.008201
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added375188.50/cwt188.50–188.507073
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added440186.00/cwt186.00–186.008182
SteersMedium and Large 1-2770128.50/cwt125.00–133.5098910
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700122.00/cwt122.00–122.008542
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2292170.00/cwt170.00–170.004962
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2805115.00/cwt115.00–115.009261
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy555156.00/cwt156.00–156.008661
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added614154.50/cwt154.50–154.5094912
SteersMedium and Large 1-2707134.29/cwt125.00–139.0094923
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2519139.42/cwt132.00–146.0072420
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2138189.95/cwt189.00–191.002622
BullsMedium and Large 1-2562144.66/cwt141.00–146.508133
BullsMedium and Large 1-2541139.67/cwt136.00–145.007566
BullsMedium and Large 1-2225176.00/cwt176.00–176.003961
BullsMedium and Large 1-2811108.25/cwt108.25–108.2587813
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2666122.00/cwt117.00–126.5081315
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2774117.62/cwt110.00–124.0091015
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2623122.03/cwt120.00–125.5076012
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0571,181.77/cwt1,050.00–1,400.0012,4914
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,250770.00/cwt770.00–770.009,6251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,265760.00/cwt760.00–760.009,6141
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2383151.37/cwt150.00–157.0058011
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,02095.00/cwt95.00–95.009696
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2466147.05/cwt144.00–151.0068519
BullsMedium and Large 1-2710110.00/cwt110.00–110.007812
BullsMedium and Large 1-2447156.00/cwt156.00–156.006972
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-28501,225.00/cwt1,225.00–1,225.0010,4131
SteersMedium and Large 1-2667142.81/cwt137.50–146.509536
SteersMedium and Large 1-2421175.79/cwt170.00–183.007406
SteersMedium and Large 1-2963117.40/cwt117.00–118.001,1315
SteersMedium and Large 1-2866118.28/cwt117.00–122.001,0244
SteersMedium and Large 1-2626143.48/cwt136.50–153.5089843
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added508169.50/cwt169.50–169.508614
CowsLean 85-90%1,00457.74/cwt56.50–59.505804
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,76055.49/cwt52.00–57.509773
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41866.74/cwt66.50–67.009462
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42162.53/cwt60.50–65.508899
Bulls1,51598.00/cwt98.00–98.001,4851
Bulls1,67592.50/cwt92.50–92.501,5491
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29231,263.41/cwt1,150.00–1,375.0011,6612
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1681,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0013,1402
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2933922.92/cwt900.00–950.008,6112
HeifersLarge 1523130.58/cwt129.00–131.506836
HeifersLarge 1470135.50/cwt135.50–135.506374
HeifersLarge 1570126.00/cwt126.00–126.007181
SteersMedium and Large 2-3619132.53/cwt129.50–135.5082013
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3573125.14/cwt123.00–127.507177
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3481136.87/cwt133.00–138.006587
CowsLean 85-90%1,02560.50/cwt60.50–60.506201
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13461.29/cwt58.00–64.006955
CowsLean 85-90%95545.12/cwt40.00–48.504312
BullsMedium and Large 2-3395161.00/cwt161.00–161.006361
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3741105.25/cwt105.00–106.007804
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3620118.31/cwt115.00–122.007343
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2531,003.44/cwt925.00–1,075.0012,5732
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2948880.24/cwt850.00–910.008,3452
Dairy SteersLarge 3318102.00/cwt102.00–102.003243
BullsMedium and Large 1-2610139.93/cwt134.00–142.0085412
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3760105.00/cwt105.00–105.007981
BullsMedium and Large 2-3459152.15/cwt150.00–153.506989
SteersMedium and Large 2-3668127.30/cwt125.00–129.008503
SteersMedium and Large 1-2521152.83/cwt148.00–158.0079616
SteersMedium and Large 1-2564150.61/cwt143.00–157.0084921
SteersMedium and Large 2-3413165.00/cwt165.00–165.006813
SteersMedium and Large 2-3355171.00/cwt171.00–171.006071
SteersMedium and Large 2-3565139.00/cwt139.00–139.007851
SteersMedium and Large 1-2805131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,0552
SteersMedium and Large 1-2385178.00/cwt178.00–178.006852
SteersMedium and Large 1-2195203.00/cwt203.00–203.003961
SteersMedium and Large 2-3755120.00/cwt120.00–120.009061
SteersMedium and Large 2-3470150.00/cwt150.00–150.007052
SteersMedium and Large 2-3530142.21/cwt140.00–144.007545
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2567137.12/cwt132.00–143.0077736
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2190209.00/cwt209.00–209.003971
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2427150.88/cwt145.00–154.0064412
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3390141.94/cwt138.00–146.0055411
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3425136.65/cwt129.00–144.005818
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3528128.67/cwt126.00–132.0067910
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2335151.29/cwt150.00–154.005076
BullsMedium and Large 1-2480161.33/cwt155.00–168.007744
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2940102.00/cwt102.00–102.009591
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1801,340.00/cwt1,340.00–1,340.0015,8122
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3280149.50/cwt149.50–149.504191

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.