Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2021-12-22

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Dec 22
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
143 head
413 vs last sale 556 45 vs year ago 98 · +45.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
36 vs last sale 63 1 vs year ago 28 · 3.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
6 vs last sale 28 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Steer and heifers were steady to 3.00 higher on a light test. Light supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were not well tested. 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 $141.33/cwt on 54 head.
Average price
$141.33
54 head · 415 lb average
Value per head Derived
$586
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$13
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$17.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.79
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2409143.6158747
Medium and Large 2-3456126.015747thin
One grade step is worth $17.61/cwt here — about $13 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 sale54 hd
141.33
KY average17 barns · 2,883 hd
137.54
+3.79
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35964.508768thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,12862.807084thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03546.784845thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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 1-2Fancy335217.00/cwt217.00–217.007271
BullsLarge 1375169.00/cwt169.00–169.006341
BullsLarge 1485148.00/cwt148.00–148.007181
BullsLarge 1237170.00/cwt170.00–170.004032
BullsMedium and Large 1-2255188.00/cwt188.00–188.004791
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600125.00/cwt125.00–125.007502
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3440127.52/cwt126.00–129.005612
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2377146.18/cwt137.00–150.0055116
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3390129.00/cwt129.00–129.005031
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2324148.77/cwt143.00–154.004824
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3260129.00/cwt129.00–129.003351
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy315221.00/cwt221.00–221.006961
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2235155.00/cwt155.00–155.003641
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2481135.06/cwt133.00–137.006504
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2532132.01/cwt130.00–133.007024
SteersMedium and Large 1-2420194.00/cwt194.00–194.008151
SteersMedium and Large 1-2475181.45/cwt177.00–186.008622
SteersMedium and Large 2-3510148.00/cwt148.00–148.007551
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3595120.00/cwt120.00–120.007142
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2640125.00/cwt125.00–125.008005
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3470129.00/cwt129.00–129.006061
BullsMedium and Large 2-3510145.00/cwt145.00–145.007401
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20568.00/cwt68.00–68.008191
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,34959.62/cwt56.00–64.008045
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37572.64/cwt70.00–75.009993
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10261.06/cwt59.00–63.006733
CowsLean 85-90%1,04045.00/cwt45.00–45.004682
CowsLean 85-90%1,03247.97/cwt47.00–49.004953
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,195775.00/cwt775.00–775.009,2611
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,095825.00/cwt825.00–825.009,0342
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1731,009.84/cwt1,000.00–1,025.0011,8453
BullsMedium and Large 1-2170201.00/cwt201.00–201.003421
BullsMedium and Large 1-2510159.39/cwt154.00–165.008132
BullsMedium and Large 1-2705115.00/cwt115.00–115.008111
BullsMedium and Large 2-3290150.00/cwt150.00–150.004351
BullsMedium and Large 2-3370157.67/cwt145.00–171.005834
BullsMedium and Large 2-3311168.69/cwt168.00–170.005253
BullsMedium and Large 1-2585149.00/cwt149.00–149.008724
BullsMedium and Large 1-2677125.00/cwt125.00–125.008462
BullsMedium and Large 1-2495171.00/cwt171.00–171.008461
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550147.00/cwt147.00–147.008091
BullsMedium and Large 1-2426168.74/cwt165.00–170.007198
BullsMedium and Large 2-3437148.69/cwt146.00–154.006503
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2431142.36/cwt141.00–146.006145
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2281156.97/cwt154.00–161.004418

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.