Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2023-08-23

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Aug 23
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
82 head
239 vs last sale 321 303 vs year ago 385 · 78.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
44 vs last sale 74 3 vs year ago 33 · 9.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
1 vs last sale 5 1 vs year ago 5 · +20.0%
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $192.31/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$192.31
38 head · 502 lb average
Value per head Derived
$966
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$172
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$39.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
33.50
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2498203.701,01527
Medium and Large 2-3513164.3484311thin
One grade step is worth $39.37/cwt here — about $172 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 sale38 hd
192.31
KY average25 barns · 3,964 hd
225.81
−33.50
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
BullsHigh1,775128.502,2812thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24699.141,2365thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,80095.001,7101thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,11192.361,02620

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,013$1,0692thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)930$9672thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)985$1,2101thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,020$1,8001thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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 1-2580179.00/cwt178.00–180.001,0382
BullsMedium and Large 1-2526186.67/cwt180.00–194.009826
BullsMedium and Large 1-2440213.00/cwt213.00–213.009371
BullsMedium and Large 1-2620193.90/cwt188.00–200.001,2022
BullsMedium and Large 1-2326227.50/cwt227.50–227.507423
BullsMedium and Large 1-2278207.16/cwt200.00–215.005762
SteersMedium and Large 2-3455133.00/cwt133.00–133.006051
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2687175.00/cwt171.00–180.001,2023
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2477207.16/cwt205.50–212.009886
SteersMedium and Large 1-2580214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,2411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2523199.07/cwt197.00–201.001,0412
SteersMedium and Large 2-3500172.00/cwt172.00–172.008601
SteersMedium and Large 1-2425212.53/cwt209.00–217.509034
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5201
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3425172.50/cwt170.00–175.007332
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2557193.98/cwt189.00–203.001,0808
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3335175.00/cwt175.00–175.005861
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2313221.24/cwt215.00–232.506923
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3480174.43/cwt166.00–199.008374
BullsMedium and Large 2-3513159.94/cwt152.00–174.008203
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3570164.00/cwt164.00–164.009351
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3765143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0941
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,80095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,7101
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30092.00/cwt92.00–92.001,1961
CowsLean 85-90%1,115104.26/cwt104.00–104.501,1622
CowsLean 85-90%1,61570.50/cwt70.50–70.501,1391
CowsLean 85-90%1,20887.38/cwt86.50–89.001,0563
Bulls1,955130.00/cwt130.00–130.002,5421
CowsBoner 80-85%1,233100.93/cwt97.00–103.001,2444
CowsLean 85-90%1,05493.29/cwt90.00–99.5098314
Bulls1,595127.00/cwt127.00–127.002,0261
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29851,210.00/head1,210.00–1,210.001,2101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0131,068.77/head975.00–1,150.001,0692
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2930967.22/head960.00–975.009672
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0201,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3815126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0271
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3385157.00/cwt157.00–157.006041
BullsMedium and Large 1-2680173.74/cwt170.00–175.001,1814
BullsMedium and Large 1-2383220.00/cwt220.00–220.008433
BullsMedium and Large 1-2473188.68/cwt186.00–190.008923
BullsMedium and Large 2-3368182.02/cwt179.00–185.006702
SteersMedium and Large 1-2670191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,2801
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2379226.12/cwt222.00–227.508574
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2538204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,0983

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.