Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2022-03-23

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Mar 23
● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
434 head
164 vs last sale 270 123 vs year ago 557 · 22.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
33 vs last sale 55 40 vs year ago 48 · +83.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
2 vs last sale 10 4 vs year ago 8 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Steer and heifer calves were steady to 2.00 higher. Moderate supply of calves with good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady. Heavy 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 $151.72/cwt on 154 head.
Average price
$151.72
154 head · 499 lb average
Value per head Derived
$757
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$87
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$23.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.19
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2500155.22776118
Medium and Large 2-3469141.6466431
Large 1657131.508645thin
One grade step is worth $23.72/cwt here — about −$87 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 sale154 hd
151.72
KY average24 barns · 6,834 hd
148.53
+3.19
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
BullsLow1,900118.962,2607thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16781.6695322
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43480.201,15018
CowsLean 85-90%High96570.5468126

Every lot, as filed

86 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 2-3413143.98/cwt143.00–145.005952
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3661118.00/cwt118.00–118.007803
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2641140.00/cwt140.00–140.008973
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2326176.69/cwt171.00–180.0057610
SteersLarge 1437175.00/cwt175.00–175.007652
SteersLarge 1842135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,13711
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2530154.46/cwt144.00–158.0081924
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2463155.63/cwt151.00–160.0072117
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2375170.98/cwt170.00–174.006417
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2712128.91/cwt126.00–134.0091811
SteersMedium and Large 2-3470160.00/cwt160.00–160.007521
SteersMedium and Large 2-3531146.69/cwt144.00–155.007794
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2252171.00/cwt171.00–171.004314
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2683137.50/cwt137.50–137.509393
SteersMedium and Large 2-3581145.84/cwt133.00–155.008474
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added552183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,0102
SteersMedium and Large 1-2825137.52/cwt136.00–139.001,1352
SteersMedium and Large 2-3375170.00/cwt170.00–170.006381
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2560146.00/cwt146.00–146.008181
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2418160.82/cwt150.00–165.0067217
SteersMedium and Large 1-2574162.00/cwt162.00–162.009305
SteersMedium and Large 2-3418166.50/cwt166.00–167.006962
SteersMedium and Large 1-2510162.00/cwt162.00–162.008261
SteersMedium and Large 1-2389184.22/cwt180.00–191.007174
SteersMedium and Large 2-3235187.50/cwt187.50–187.504411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2325200.00/cwt200.00–200.006501
SteersMedium and Large 1-2887126.10/cwt124.00–139.001,1197
SteersMedium and Large 1-2662146.03/cwt145.00–152.009677
SteersMedium and Large 1-2779142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,1065
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added485204.00/cwt204.00–204.0098915
SteersMedium and Large 2-3615140.50/cwt140.00–142.008644
SteersMedium and Large 1-2638156.86/cwt150.00–161.001,0015
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added526190.09/cwt184.50–194.001,0005
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added410216.00/cwt216.00–216.008861
SteersLarge 1673135.76/cwt134.50–136.509148
SteersMedium and Large 1-2469180.39/cwt170.00–190.008464
SteersMedium and Large 1-2907131.50/cwt131.50–131.501,1932
BullsMedium and Large 1-2480165.32/cwt165.00–166.007946
BullsMedium and Large 1-2534164.11/cwt159.00–166.008769
BullsMedium and Large 1-2377178.41/cwt175.00–180.006733
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed368211.00/cwt211.00–211.007764
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy428203.49/cwt202.00–208.008718
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy312200.00/cwt200.00–200.006242
CowsLean 85-90%1,00777.84/cwt77.50–78.007843
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43581.72/cwt77.00–84.501,17310
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43874.23/cwt70.00–77.001,0676
CowsLean 85-90%99371.61/cwt67.00–75.5071118
CowsLean 85-90%83962.29/cwt59.00–65.005235
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42090.50/cwt90.50–90.501,2852
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21374.45/cwt73.00–75.509035
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20190.81/cwt87.00–100.001,0914
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13881.62/cwt77.50–86.5092913
Bulls1,305101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,3181
Bulls1,959120.66/cwt119.50–122.002,3644
Bulls2,080124.53/cwt124.00–125.002,5902
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,5501,260.00/cwt1,260.00–1,260.0019,5301
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,125850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,5631
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3781,024.41/cwt1,000.00–1,050.0014,1162
BullsMedium and Large 1-2334180.35/cwt175.00–195.006025
BullsMedium and Large 2-3320170.00/cwt170.00–170.005441
BullsMedium and Large 2-3690123.00/cwt123.00–123.008492
BullsMedium and Large 2-3588145.48/cwt140.00–151.008552
BullsMedium and Large 1-2710137.49/cwt136.00–139.009762
BullsMedium and Large 1-2580167.66/cwt162.50–171.0097210
BullsMedium and Large 2-3532143.99/cwt140.00–146.007663
BullsMedium and Large 2-3373169.57/cwt165.00–174.006325
BullsMedium and Large 1-2423174.04/cwt169.00–181.0073610
BullsMedium and Large 2-3460160.49/cwt160.00–161.007382
BullsMedium and Large 1-2215195.00/cwt195.00–195.004191
BullsMedium and Large 1-2612141.22/cwt140.50–144.008645
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3250171.00/cwt171.00–171.004281
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added403170.49/cwt168.00–171.006876
HeifersLarge 1657131.50/cwt131.50–131.508645
BullsMedium and Large 2-3295181.00/cwt181.00–181.005341
BullsMedium and Large 1-2755125.00/cwt125.00–125.009441
BullsMedium and Large 2-3432156.11/cwt150.00–160.006749
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3584134.64/cwt134.00–136.007868
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3319158.60/cwt157.00–165.005069
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2809116.62/cwt115.00–119.009435
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2769126.20/cwt124.00–133.009704
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy135239.14/cwt219.00–262.503232
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3355140.00/cwt140.00–140.004971
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3490152.00/cwt152.00–152.007451
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3515130.23/cwt127.00–140.006716
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2955117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,1172
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2178181.00/cwt181.00–181.003222

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.