Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2022-08-03

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Aug 3
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
278 head
5 vs last sale 283 41 vs year ago 319 · 12.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
18 vs last sale 32 17 vs year ago 33 · +51.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
2 vs last sale 2 3 vs year ago 7 · 42.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Steer and bull calves were 5.00 higher. Heifer calves were mostly steady. Light supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows were steady to 3.00 higher. 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 $163.51/cwt on 127 head.
Average price
$163.51
127 head · 573 lb average
Value per head Derived
$937
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$220
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$20.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.13
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2582164.85959118
Large 1336150.005043thin
Medium and Large 2-3514144.037406thin
One grade step is worth $20.82/cwt here — about $220 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 sale127 hd
163.51
KY average25 barns · 4,528 hd
159.38
+4.13
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
BullsLow1,561115.621,8058thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,35883.901,13913
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17075.658857thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,06660.7564712

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,005$7601thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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 1-2656154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,01010
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2330166.50/cwt165.00–167.005494
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3590145.00/cwt145.00–145.008561
BullsMedium and Large 2-3570145.00/cwt145.00–145.008271
SteersLarge 1751140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0513
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3665137.00/cwt137.00–137.009111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added651174.50/cwt174.50–174.501,13648
HeifersLarge 1336150.00/cwt150.00–150.005043
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added770155.25/cwt155.25–155.251,1957
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2465170.00/cwt170.00–170.007911
SteersMedium and Large 1-2455188.00/cwt188.00–188.008551
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3478146.08/cwt141.00–151.006982
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2525157.72/cwt150.00–167.5082826
SteersMedium and Large 1-2445174.00/cwt174.00–174.007741
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added538187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,0097
SteersMedium and Large 1-2570162.27/cwt160.00–167.009253
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3435145.00/cwt145.00–145.006312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2573154.46/cwt151.00–156.008856
Dairy SteersLarge 3770110.00/cwt110.00–110.008474
SteersMedium and Large 1-2515167.00/cwt167.00–167.008601
BullsLarge 1370175.00/cwt175.00–175.006481
BullsLarge 1420150.00/cwt150.00–150.006301
BullsMedium and Large 1-2225181.00/cwt181.00–181.004071
BullsMedium and Large 1-2713140.00/cwt140.00–140.009986
BullsMedium and Large 1-2376183.27/cwt176.00–188.006894
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy440194.00/cwt194.00–194.008541
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52074.00/cwt74.00–74.001,1251
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40088.50/cwt88.00–89.501,2395
CowsLean 85-90%1,16870.50/cwt70.50–70.508232
CowsLean 85-90%1,21363.33/cwt60.50–68.007684
Bulls1,20591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,0971
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,30582.02/cwt78.00–85.001,0707
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15373.42/cwt71.00–78.008476
CowsLean 85-90%93355.77/cwt51.00–59.005206
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27589.00/cwt89.00–89.001,1351
Bulls1,768128.27/cwt126.50–130.002,2682
Bulls1,549115.48/cwt110.00–120.001,7895
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,005760.00/head760.00–760.007601
BullsMedium and Large 1-2626160.20/cwt155.00–165.001,0034
BullsMedium and Large 1-2474180.40/cwt176.00–188.008558
BullsMedium and Large 2-3530156.00/cwt156.00–156.008271
BullsMedium and Large 1-2335186.00/cwt186.00–186.006232
BullsMedium and Large 1-2685141.98/cwt139.00–146.009734
BullsMedium and Large 1-2780130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0141
BullsMedium and Large 2-3475167.94/cwt165.00–171.007982
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2642155.00/cwt155.00–155.009952
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2255170.00/cwt170.00–170.004342
BullsMedium and Large 1-2513170.75/cwt167.00–178.008764
BullsMedium and Large 1-2415184.01/cwt175.00–190.0076411
BullsMedium and Large 1-2565169.43/cwt160.00–175.0095710
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2370162.86/cwt158.00–166.006035
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2423160.18/cwt152.00–165.006787

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.