Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2021-07-28

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Jul 28
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
267 head
124 vs last sale 391 8 vs year ago 275 · 2.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
24 vs last sale 28 9 vs year ago 61 · 14.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
2 vs last sale 11 6 vs year ago 3 · +200.0%
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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 and bulls were mostly steady. Light supply of calves with moderate demand. 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 $141.55/cwt on 108 head.
Average price
$141.55
108 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$759
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$126
per head · Small 1 over Medium and Large 2-3
$15.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.09
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Small 1495149.007381thin
Medium and Large 1-2561144.0680881
Medium and Large 2-3459133.4261226
One grade step is worth $15.58/cwt here — about $126 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 sale108 hd
141.55
KY average27 barns · 4,420 hd
140.46
+1.09
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
BullsLow1,75998.101,7256thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,66580.001,3321thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48068.801,01812
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,14867.8077911
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,10656.226227thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 2-3378153.63/cwt152.00–155.005813
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2420148.88/cwt147.00–159.0062519
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2380146.50/cwt144.00–149.005572
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2482150.10/cwt148.00–152.007239
SteersMedium and Large 1-2585146.00/cwt145.25–150.0085410
SteersMedium and Large 1-2472167.00/cwt167.00–167.007882
BullsMedium and Large 1-2373163.21/cwt160.00–170.006093
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2609141.59/cwt138.00–142.508625
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2661126.42/cwt125.00–129.008365
BullsMedium and Large 1-2528145.45/cwt140.00–149.007687
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2579141.64/cwt136.00–143.008208
SteersMedium and Large 1-2373174.95/cwt168.00–180.006535
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2510147.67/cwt142.00–151.007533
BullsMedium and Large 1-2185176.00/cwt176.00–176.003261
BullsMedium and Large 1-2635138.97/cwt135.00–143.008822
SteersMedium and Large 1-2420172.97/cwt167.00–175.007264
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added655165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0816
BullsMedium and Large 1-2487168.00/cwt168.00–168.008182
SteersMedium and Large 1-2735137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0071
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added713141.80/cwt141.80–141.801,01113
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2730123.00/cwt123.00–123.008981
HeifersSmall 1Gaunt495149.00/cwt149.00–149.007381
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2880118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,0383
CowsLean 85-90%1,08051.92/cwt50.50–53.505613
CowsLean 85-90%1,12659.44/cwt58.00–61.506694
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46866.87/cwt62.00–71.509829
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51774.60/cwt73.00–76.501,1323
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24373.17/cwt72.50–73.509103
Bulls1,42586.50/cwt86.50–86.501,2331
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added606149.50/cwt149.50–149.5090611
SteersMedium and Large 1-2517152.31/cwt150.00–156.007874
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,353919.98/cwt885.00–985.0012,4473
BullsMedium and Large 1-2850111.00/cwt111.00–111.009441
Bulls1,630108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,7601
Bulls1,87498.52/cwt95.00–101.001,8464
BullsMedium and Large 2-3442149.50/cwt149.50–149.506612
SteersMedium and Large 2-3580137.46/cwt133.00–142.007972
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,66580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,3321
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11365.79/cwt62.50–69.507328
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3538126.07/cwt121.00–131.006782
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3395140.00/cwt140.00–140.005531
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3433135.46/cwt120.00–140.005876
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3486131.46/cwt129.00–134.5063911
BullsMedium and Large 1-2703128.00/cwt127.00–129.009002
BullsMedium and Large 1-2440172.68/cwt170.00–174.007603
BullsMedium and Large 2-3678127.98/cwt126.00–130.008682
BullsMedium and Large 2-3626128.85/cwt121.00–132.008074
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2280157.63/cwt150.00–165.004412
BullsMedium and Large 2-3275150.00/cwt150.00–150.004131
SteersMedium and Large 2-3335155.00/cwt154.00–156.005192
SteersMedium and Large 2-3459149.03/cwt148.75–151.0068417
BullsMedium and Large 1-2582137.96/cwt135.00–149.008035
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3336140.26/cwt140.00–141.004714
SteersMedium and Large 1-2623151.49/cwt150.50–152.509447
BullsMedium and Large 2-3465144.80/cwt139.00–149.006738
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3583128.52/cwt124.00–133.007492
BullsMedium and Large 2-3523141.36/cwt140.00–142.007393
SteersMedium and Large 1-2867136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,1792

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.