Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2022-11-16

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Nov 16
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
283 head
273 vs last sale 556 72 vs year ago 355 · 20.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
69 head
22 vs last sale 47 20 vs year ago 49 · +40.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
7 vs last sale 0 1 vs year ago 6 · +16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday : Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.36/cwt on 116 head.
Average price
$140.36
116 head · 482 lb average
Value per head Derived
$676
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$76
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$18.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.95
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2479146.7970375
Medium and Large 2-3487128.6062741
One grade step is worth $18.19/cwt here — about $76 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 sale116 hd
140.36
KY average23 barns · 6,812 hd
148.31
−7.95
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
BullsLow1,60792.851,4924thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,51472.261,0944thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,28671.8592429
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05857.686102thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,098$9382thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)990$8412thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,150$1,1751thin

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
BullsMedium and Large 2-3610126.00/cwt126.00–126.007691
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3562131.42/cwt125.00–135.007395
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3519132.49/cwt120.00–138.006885
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3800110.00/cwt110.00–110.008801
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2360145.48/cwt140.00–150.005248
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3690115.67/cwt115.00–116.007983
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3374129.79/cwt120.00–136.0048510
SteersMedium and Large 1-2616147.70/cwt145.00–153.009103
SteersMedium and Large 1-2575161.00/cwt161.00–161.009262
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3713119.00/cwt118.00–120.008482
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2605145.50/cwt145.50–145.508806
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2735122.50/cwt122.50–122.509003
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2487151.31/cwt140.00–156.0073715
SteersMedium and Large 2-3532153.50/cwt153.50–153.508172
SteersMedium and Large 2-3460140.00/cwt140.00–140.006441
SteersMedium and Large 2-3566137.50/cwt137.50–137.507783
SteersMedium and Large 1-2541169.73/cwt163.00–172.009184
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2525143.24/cwt140.00–146.007527
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3485135.27/cwt124.00–141.006563
SteersMedium and Large 1-2370175.00/cwt175.00–175.006481
SteersMedium and Large 1-2710148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,0543
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2562140.14/cwt138.00–143.007887
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3342135.38/cwt131.00–140.004635
BullsMedium and Large 1-2718119.68/cwt115.00–129.008593
BullsMedium and Large 1-2410180.46/cwt177.00–184.007402
BullsMedium and Large 1-2385179.21/cwt171.00–187.006902
BullsMedium and Large 1-2551144.00/cwt144.00–144.007933
BullsMedium and Large 1-2242183.00/cwt183.00–183.004432
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy452178.45/cwt178.00–178.5080733
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16357.89/cwt57.00–61.006735
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29677.94/cwt74.50–81.501,01014
CowsLean 85-90%1,05857.68/cwt51.50–64.006102
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51578.00/cwt78.00–78.001,1821
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51370.35/cwt66.50–74.501,0643
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33470.31/cwt65.00–76.5093810
Bulls1,59080.50/cwt80.50–80.501,2801
Bulls1,61296.97/cwt90.00–104.001,5633
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,048111.74/cwt93.00–115.001,17115
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2990840.53/head800.00–875.008412
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,098937.93/head925.00–950.009382
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1501,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,1751
BullsMedium and Large 1-2530155.00/cwt155.00–155.008222
BullsMedium and Large 2-3686117.19/cwt114.00–125.008044
BullsMedium and Large 2-3515133.38/cwt120.00–146.006872
BullsMedium and Large 2-3478148.21/cwt140.00–156.007082
BullsMedium and Large 2-3740120.00/cwt120.00–120.008885
BullsMedium and Large 2-3579134.81/cwt124.00–141.007814
BullsMedium and Large 1-2660134.00/cwt134.00–134.008841
BullsMedium and Large 2-3900100.00/cwt100.00–100.009001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2463163.51/cwt162.00–165.007572
BullsMedium and Large 1-2601138.00/cwt138.00–138.008293
BullsMedium and Large 2-3385125.00/cwt125.00–125.004811
BullsMedium and Large 2-3345145.00/cwt145.00–145.005001
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3425130.45/cwt120.00–137.005545
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3623112.66/cwt101.00–125.007022
BullsMedium and Large 2-3429149.11/cwt125.00–159.006406
BullsMedium and Large 1-2334180.45/cwt171.00–184.0060312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2423150.06/cwt144.00–152.0063529

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.