Name: Campbellsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold unevenly steady . Exception of unweaned light weight feeders sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $284.73/cwt on 95 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −156.63 against this barn's trailing median of $441.36.

Average price

$284.73

95 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,591

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$195

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$30.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.66

vs KY average

−26.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	561	290.46	1,629	77
Medium and Large 2-3	551	260.19	1,434	18thin

One grade step is worth $30.27/cwt here — about $195 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $492.00, low $376.40, median $441.36 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale95 hd

284.73

—

KY average24 barns · 1,026 hd

294.39

−9.66

National average173 barns · 11,586 hd

310.76

−26.03

This barn, trailing median30 sales

441.36

−156.63

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,403	142.92	2,005	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,260	119.48	1,506	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,740	116.76	2,032	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	827	93.00	769	2thin

Every lot, as filed

67 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	248	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	626	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	935	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,038	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	263.14/cwt	261.00–270.00	1,766	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	262.56/cwt	250.00–272.50	1,129	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	280.64/cwt	271.00–284.00	1,740	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	841	236.85/cwt	236.85–236.85	1,992	59
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	268.69/cwt	218.00–285.00	994	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	874	229.02/cwt	226.00–230.25	2,002	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,244	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	265.54/cwt	261.00–312.50	998	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	235.72/cwt	232.00–237.00	1,584	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	246.29/cwt	237.50–249.00	1,298	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	764	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,971	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	277.48/cwt	269.00–286.00	1,487	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	707	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,601	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	233.29/cwt	226.00–238.00	1,379	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	239.80/cwt	232.00–244.00	1,494	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,473	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	284.50/cwt	284.50–284.50	1,314	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	811	224.25/cwt	224.25–224.25	1,819	61
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,277	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,375	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,587	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	555	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,643	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	286.22/cwt	279.00–287.50	1,692	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,452	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	306.33/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,354	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,613	150.46/cwt	136.00–164.00	2,427	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,277	119.01/cwt	110.00–130.00	1,520	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	804	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	844	1
Bulls	—	—	1,403	142.92/cwt	129.50–157.00	2,005	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	689	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	974	107.03/cwt	105.00–109.50	1,042	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,524	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,215	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	382	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,366	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	265.08/cwt	262.00–268.00	1,254	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	680	241.75/cwt	241.75–241.75	1,644	53
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,740	116.76/cwt	110.00–124.00	2,032	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	572	259.79/cwt	233.00–269.00	1,486	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,257	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	783	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,793	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	765	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,408	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	745	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,490	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	681	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,832	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	225	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	591	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	315	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	693	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	285	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	770	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	290	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	834	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,100	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	725	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,660	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	645	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,522	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	682	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,616	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	201.02/cwt	200.00–202.00	1,266	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	608	247.12/cwt	235.00–278.00	1,502	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	545	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,292	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	484	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,283	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,175	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	509	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,328	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	325	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	934	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	569	240.69/cwt	235.00–261.00	1,370	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	458	264.21/cwt	257.50–271.00	1,210	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	915	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,739	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	581	242.83/cwt	242.00–249.00	1,411	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	450	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,490	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	247.92/cwt	246.50–255.00	1,775	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	628	299.19/cwt	294.00–302.00	1,879	10

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Blue Grass Stockyards (Wednesday) - Campbellsville, KY

Wed Apr 3, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 691Last week 511Year ago 900

Slaughter CattleReceipts 47Last week 68Year ago 39

Compared to last Wednesday: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold unevenly steady . Exception of unweaned light weight feeders sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	248	252.50	252.50
1	250–300	290	287.50	287.50
1	300–350	325	287.50	287.50
4	350–400	370	218.00–285.00	268.69
2	450–500	458	257.50–271.00	264.21
2	500–550	545	237.00	237.00
5	550–600	569	235.00–261.00	240.69
1	600–650	645	236.00	236.00
1	900–950	915	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	307.50	307.50
6	400–450	442	300.00–312.50	306.33
5	450–500	456	280.00	280.00
2	500–550	515	267.00	267.00
1	550–600	575	265.00	265.00
1	600–650	640	248.00	248.00
1	650–700	685	212.00	212.00
12	700–750	707	226.50	226.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	382	357.50	357.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	250.00	250.00
6	500–550	509	261.00	261.00
12	550–600	572	233.00–269.00	259.79
7	600–650	608	235.00–278.00	247.12
1	700–750	725	229.00	229.00
3	750–800	783	229.00	229.00
1	900–950	935	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	315.00	315.00
46	450–500	462	284.50	284.50
13	500–550	536	269.00–286.00	277.48
19	550–600	591	279.00–287.50	286.22
4	600–650	620	271.00–284.00	280.64
7	650–700	671	261.00–270.00	263.14
6	700–750	716	246.50–255.00	247.92
59	800–850	841	236.85	236.85
24	850–900	874	226.00–230.25	229.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	331.00	331.00
45	550–600	555	296.00	296.00
10	600–650	628	294.00–302.00	299.19
22	650–700	681	269.00	269.00
67	750–800	764	258.00	258.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	376	261.00–312.50	265.54
5	400–450	430	250.00–272.50	262.56
2	450–500	473	262.00–268.00	265.08
8	500–550	527	237.50–249.00	246.29
16	550–600	591	226.00–238.00	233.29
14	600–650	623	232.00–244.00	239.80
8	650–700	672	232.00–237.00	235.72
7	750–800	775	190.00	190.00
61	800–850	811	224.25	224.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	581	242.00–249.00	242.83
53	650–700	680	241.75	241.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	262.50	262.50
1	250–300	285	270.00	270.00
1	300–350	315	220.00	220.00
1	400–450	415	265.00	265.00
5	450–500	484	265.00	265.00
1	500–550	535	235.00	235.00
2	600–650	630	200.00–202.00	201.02
2	650–700	682	237.00	237.00
1	700–750	745	200.00	200.00
1	750–800	765	184.00	184.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,613	136.00–164.00	150.46
26	—	1,277	110.00–130.00	119.01
4	—	974	105.00–109.50	107.03
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	804	105.00	105.00
1	—	850	81.00	81.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,740	110.00–124.00	116.76
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,403	129.50–157.00	142.92

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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