Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2021-12-15

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Dec 15
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
556 head
64 vs last sale 620 324 vs year ago 232 · +139.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
63 head
30 vs last sale 33 5 vs year ago 68 · 7.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
9 vs last sale 19 13 vs year ago 15 · +86.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Steer calves were steady to 3.00 higher. Heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher. Moderate supply of calves with good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were 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 $133.07/cwt on 220 head.
Average price
$133.07
220 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$715
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$83
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$18.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.83
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2536134.36720200
Medium and Large 2-3560121.4468016thin
Large 1551115.506364thin
One grade step is worth $18.86/cwt here — about $83 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 sale220 hd
133.07
KY average24 barns · 6,988 hd
134.91
−1.83
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
BullsHigh1,56682.321,2898thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41852.5474514
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23550.196207thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05944.0046612

Every lot, as filed

74 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 2-3400130.00/cwt130.00–130.005201
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3845112.00/cwt112.00–112.009462
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3710116.00/cwt116.00–116.008242
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2724118.50/cwt118.50–118.508587
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2230151.00/cwt151.00–151.003471
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2612127.32/cwt124.00–136.0077920
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3328127.48/cwt125.00–130.004182
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2437139.61/cwt134.00–144.006106
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2482137.55/cwt130.00–144.5066364
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added528174.71/cwt172.50–179.0092215
SteersLarge 1562130.00/cwt130.00–130.007312
SteersLarge 1523135.00/cwt135.00–135.007062
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2380138.44/cwt132.00–146.005268
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2670124.73/cwt122.00–127.508364
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2579133.35/cwt129.50–139.5077265
SteersMedium and Large 1-2711136.72/cwt130.00–140.009723
SteersMedium and Large 2-3633135.50/cwt135.50–135.508584
SteersMedium and Large 1-2483172.68/cwt169.00–174.508343
SteersMedium and Large 1-2672140.00/cwt140.00–140.009412
SteersLarge 1497167.25/cwt167.25–167.258317
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added423192.24/cwt190.50–195.508136
SteersMedium and Large 1-2538168.15/cwt160.50–172.009053
SteersMedium and Large 1-2433179.45/cwt176.00–183.007777
SteersMedium and Large 1-2865129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,1161
Dairy SteersLarge 347097.00/cwt97.00–97.004562
SteersMedium and Large 2-3591138.50/cwt138.50–138.508193
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,2151
SteersMedium and Large 1-2625151.16/cwt144.00–155.5094533
SteersMedium and Large 1-2594161.00/cwt161.00–161.0095613
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350180.00/cwt180.00–180.006302
SteersMedium and Large 1-2758133.99/cwt130.00–136.001,0163
BullsMedium and Large 1-2558151.30/cwt150.50–152.508445
BullsMedium and Large 1-2519161.87/cwt150.00–165.0084022
BullsMedium and Large 1-2635132.60/cwt127.00–138.0084219
BullsMedium and Large 1-2322183.00/cwt179.00–186.005893
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy387199.00/cwt199.00–199.007702
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy527168.50/cwt168.50–168.508887
CowsLean 85-90%99941.95/cwt40.00–43.004195
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45053.38/cwt50.00–55.5077412
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23550.19/cwt48.00–52.506207
CowsLean 85-90%1,10245.46/cwt44.00–46.005017
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,22347.50/cwt47.00–48.005812
Bulls1,71095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,6251
Bulls1,53288.00/cwt87.00–90.001,3483
Bulls1,55574.88/cwt70.00–82.001,1644
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,195900.00/cwt900.00–900.0010,7551
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,290810.00/cwt810.00–810.0010,4491
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,420913.70/cwt890.00–950.0012,9753
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,200700.00/cwt700.00–700.008,4001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2470175.69/cwt170.00–181.0082611
BullsLarge 1453147.50/cwt147.50–147.506683
BullsMedium and Large 1-2745121.00/cwt121.00–121.009011
BullsMedium and Large 2-3741116.50/cwt116.50–116.508633
BullsMedium and Large 2-3512146.22/cwt145.00–147.007494
BullsMedium and Large 2-3490160.00/cwt160.00–160.007841
BullsMedium and Large 2-3587137.79/cwt135.00–151.008097
BullsMedium and Large 1-2384170.00/cwt170.00–170.006534
BullsMedium and Large 1-2820110.00/cwt110.00–110.009023
BullsLarge 1360160.28/cwt150.00–170.005772
BullsLarge 1685114.00/cwt114.00–114.007811
BullsMedium and Large 1-2295193.00/cwt193.00–193.005691
BullsMedium and Large 1-2792117.00/cwt117.00–117.009272
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3535122.57/cwt119.00–126.006562
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3620118.75/cwt117.00–120.007364
BullsMedium and Large 1-2694130.00/cwt130.00–130.009028
BullsMedium and Large 1-2429181.39/cwt170.00–187.007786
BullsMedium and Large 2-3600114.00/cwt114.00–114.006841
HeifersLarge 1592116.00/cwt116.00–116.006872
HeifersLarge 1510115.00/cwt115.00–115.005872
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy420147.00/cwt147.00–147.006173
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2522135.84/cwt127.00–142.5070922
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3380127.43/cwt125.00–130.004842
BullsMedium and Large 2-3370174.00/cwt174.00–174.006441
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3485127.00/cwt127.00–127.006161

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.