Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2022-10-12

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Oct 12
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
445 head
160 vs last sale 285 206 vs year ago 239 · +86.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
25 vs last sale 62 14 vs year ago 23 · +60.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
7 vs last sale 0 0 vs year ago 7 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Steer and heifer calves were mostly steady. Moderate supply of calves with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Light supply of cows with light demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.04/cwt on 227 head.
Average price
$150.04
227 head · 588 lb average
Value per head Derived
$882
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$257
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$32.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.04
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2593153.75911201
Medium and Large 2-3553121.4767121
Large 1540121.206545thin
One grade step is worth $32.55/cwt here — about $257 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 sale227 hd
150.04
KY average25 barns · 5,079 hd
143.00
+7.04
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
BullsAverage1,49789.241,3366thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23166.508199thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53965.251,00410
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,19558.607006thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,200$8001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,065$6901thin

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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2557146.89/cwt134.00–148.0081840
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2532150.08/cwt134.00–153.5079817
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3675120.67/cwt120.00–121.008153
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3530127.11/cwt124.50–130.006747
HeifersLarge 1627120.00/cwt120.00–120.007522
SteersMedium and Large 2-3488160.11/cwt132.00–164.007818
SteersMedium and Large 2-3523146.61/cwt138.00–151.007673
SteersMedium and Large 2-3417145.00/cwt145.00–145.0060510
SteersMedium and Large 1-2703145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0195
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added639164.50/cwt164.50–164.501,05188
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2630138.16/cwt130.00–141.5087010
SteersMedium and Large 1-2681154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,0498
SteersMedium and Large 1-2320190.00/cwt190.00–190.006081
SteersMedium and Large 1-2932147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,37014
SteersMedium and Large 2-3553155.00/cwt155.00–155.008573
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2368132.30/cwt131.00–135.004876
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3466123.04/cwt121.00–126.005735
SteersMedium and Large 1-2583166.16/cwt153.00–170.009699
SteersMedium and Large 2-3285161.00/cwt161.00–161.004592
SteersMedium and Large 1-2515161.00/cwt161.00–161.008292
SteersMedium and Large 1-2390190.00/cwt190.00–190.007411
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350125.00/cwt125.00–125.004382
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added657146.00/cwt146.00–146.0095913
BullsMedium and Large 1-2317186.00/cwt186.00–186.005902
BullsMedium and Large 1-2570136.00/cwt136.00–136.007751
BullsLarge 1475133.00/cwt133.00–133.006321
BullsLarge 1395136.00/cwt136.00–136.005371
BullsLarge 1680116.50/cwt116.50–116.507925
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy503174.00/cwt174.00–174.008755
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23166.50/cwt63.00–70.008199
CowsLean 85-90%1,53054.00/cwt54.00–54.008261
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49466.94/cwt64.00–69.001,0008
CowsLean 85-90%1,12859.52/cwt57.00–63.006715
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,71858.47/cwt58.00–59.001,0052
Bulls1,38098.15/cwt95.00–101.001,3542
Bulls1,44876.72/cwt69.00–88.001,1113
Bulls1,875109.00/cwt109.00–109.002,0441
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,200800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,065690.00/head690.00–690.006901
BullsMedium and Large 2-3395130.00/cwt130.00–130.005141
BullsMedium and Large 2-3624116.91/cwt111.00–122.007309
BullsMedium and Large 1-2815119.00/cwt119.00–119.0097015
BullsMedium and Large 2-3445136.00/cwt136.00–136.006051
BullsMedium and Large 2-3840115.00/cwt115.00–115.009661
BullsMedium and Large 1-2490177.16/cwt167.00–179.008686
HeifersLarge 1440115.00/cwt115.00–115.005061
BullsMedium and Large 1-2722118.40/cwt115.00–120.0085511
BullsMedium and Large 2-3577125.25/cwt119.00–130.007233
BullsMedium and Large 1-2370188.97/cwt188.00–190.006994
BullsMedium and Large 2-3666118.67/cwt115.00–125.007908
BullsMedium and Large 2-3460143.37/cwt135.00–155.006604
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3711108.46/cwt106.00–116.007714
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2317142.00/cwt142.00–142.004502
BullsMedium and Large 1-2661136.00/cwt136.00–136.008993
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400182.00/cwt182.00–182.007283
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2671137.19/cwt130.00–142.0092111
HeifersLarge 1502125.50/cwt125.50–125.506302
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2465152.41/cwt146.00–156.0070914

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.