Name: Campbellsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-17

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $245.67/cwt on 67 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −153.95 against this barn's trailing median of $399.63.

Average price

$245.67

67 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,351

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$201

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

$32.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.73

vs KY average

−18.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	552	251.01	1,385	56
Medium and Large 2-3	542	218.51	1,184	11thin

One grade step is worth $32.50/cwt here — about $201 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $438.84, low $342.27, median $399.63 across 31 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 sale67 hd

245.67

—

KY average25 barns · 1,521 hd

251.40

−5.73

National average180 barns · 13,997 hd

264.52

−18.85

This barn, trailing median31 sales

399.63

−153.95

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,609	155.32	2,499	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,587	131.02	2,079	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,239	120.86	1,497	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	938	107.21	1,006	11
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	High	1,435	134.00	1,923	1thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Low	1,225	122.00	1,495	1thin
Heifers	Select	Average	998	121.27	1,210	2thin
Steers	Select	High	1,035	183.00	1,894	1thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,105	170.00	1,879	2thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	840	$935	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	780	$1,050	1thin

Every lot, as filed

97 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
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	488	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,318	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	237.66/cwt	230.00–252.00	1,238	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	915	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,455	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	300.92/cwt	287.50–310.00	1,131	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	268.03/cwt	265.00–276.00	1,257	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	286.72/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,055	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	239.67/cwt	234.00–243.50	1,373	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	290.14/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,242	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	277.72/cwt	269.00–287.00	1,611	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	231.74/cwt	225.00–234.00	1,465	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,625	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	294.04/cwt	277.50–302.50	941	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	811	203.57/cwt	190.00–204.50	1,651	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	677	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,652	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	941	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	1,661	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	727	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	1,828	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	274.84/cwt	266.00–279.00	1,828	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,766	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	744	212.59/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,582	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	258.16/cwt	258.00–260.00	1,474	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,327	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	857	211.35/cwt	211.35–211.35	1,811	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	503	286.50/cwt	286.50–286.50	1,441	4
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,342	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	264.74/cwt	264.00–266.00	1,496	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	301.05/cwt	300.00–302.50	1,273	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,582	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,585	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,419	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	475	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,458	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	371	321.26/cwt	312.00–332.50	1,192	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,730	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	285.59/cwt	281.00–287.00	1,231	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,654	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	271.74/cwt	262.00–282.00	1,410	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	881	218.48/cwt	217.00–220.00	1,925	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	237.61/cwt	233.00–240.00	1,497	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	930	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,953	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	280	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	896	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	431	319.87/cwt	317.50–323.00	1,379	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	935.00/head	935.00–935.00	935	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,938	1
Bulls	—	—	1,360	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,727	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,126	105.78/cwt	101.00–110.00	1,191	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,093	93.48/cwt	93.00–94.00	1,022	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	120.09/cwt	112.00–123.00	1,523	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	132.29/cwt	125.00–149.00	1,704	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	928	102.51/cwt	100.00–105.00	951	2
Steers	Select	—	1,035	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,894	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,274	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	116.68/cwt	114.00–119.00	1,135	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	84.62/cwt	71.00–91.00	753	3
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,225	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,495	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,605	134.03/cwt	133.00–135.00	2,151	2
Bulls	—	—	1,726	167.04/cwt	157.00–189.00	2,883	8
Bulls	—	—	1,511	145.96/cwt	140.00–154.00	2,205	7
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,105	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,879	2
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,435	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,923	1
Heifers	Select	—	998	121.27/cwt	121.00–121.50	1,210	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	439	324.13/cwt	320.00–336.00	1,423	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	289.39/cwt	279.00–300.00	1,331	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	406	301.94/cwt	297.00–307.00	1,226	8
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	575	257.25/cwt	240.00–266.00	1,479	3
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	695	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,543	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	617	197.50/cwt	185.00–211.00	1,219	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,128	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	325	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	813	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	308	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	970	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	483	312.78/cwt	310.00–313.00	1,511	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	332	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,062	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	562	223.74/cwt	223.00–224.00	1,257	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	472	235.57/cwt	230.00–247.50	1,112	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,025	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,435	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	880	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,408	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	720	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,577	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	422	244.25/cwt	238.00–251.00	1,031	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	330	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	833	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	215.52/cwt	196.00–220.00	1,142	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	524	242.09/cwt	240.00–242.50	1,269	6
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	705	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,199	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	215	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	564	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	518	235.21/cwt	231.00–241.00	1,218	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	740	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,317	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,134	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	596	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	1,499	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	255.29/cwt	254.50–260.00	1,261	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,179	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	595	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,392	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	256.63/cwt	252.50–261.00	937	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	692	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	1,740	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,726	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	527	277.97/cwt	271.00–282.00	1,465	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,128	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	667	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	1,524	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	635	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,524	1

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 17, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 534Last week 970Year ago 450

Slaughter CattleReceipts 66Last week 77Year ago 13

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 4Year ago 76

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	488	270.00	270.00
3	550–600	575	240.00–266.00	257.25
1	650–700	695	222.00	222.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	277.50–302.50	294.04
3	350–400	373	302.50	302.50
3	400–450	428	285.00–300.00	290.14
2	450–500	485	300.00	300.00
4	500–550	503	286.50	286.50
28	550–600	580	269.00–287.00	277.72
1	600–650	610	283.00	283.00
23	650–700	665	266.00–279.00	274.84
1	800–850	810	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	727	251.50	251.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	432	273.00	273.00
1	500–550	535	248.00	248.00
12	550–600	571	258.00–260.00	258.16
5	650–700	692	251.50	251.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	332	320.00	320.00
11	400–450	439	320.00–336.00	324.13
13	450–500	483	310.00–313.00	312.78
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	240.00	240.00
6	500–550	524	240.00–242.50	242.09
1	600–650	635	240.00	240.00
5	650–700	667	228.50	228.50
1	700–750	720	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	376	287.50–310.00	300.92
7	400–450	431	281.00–287.00	285.59
24	450–500	469	265.00–276.00	268.03
8	500–550	521	230.00–252.00	237.66
31	550–600	573	234.00–243.50	239.67
13	600–650	632	225.00–234.00	231.74
1	650–700	660	215.00	215.00
10	700–750	744	210.00–215.00	212.59
3	750–800	763	213.00	213.00
16	800–850	811	190.00–204.50	203.57
1	850–900	855	185.00	185.00
5	900–950	941	176.50	176.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	527	271.00–282.00	277.97
16	650–700	677	244.00	244.00
64	850–900	857	211.35	211.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	280	320.00	320.00
5	300–350	308	315.00	315.00
12	350–400	371	312.00–332.50	321.26
8	400–450	406	297.00–307.00	301.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	262.50	262.50
1	300–350	325	250.00	250.00
2	350–400	365	252.50–261.00	256.63
6	400–450	422	238.00–251.00	244.25
3	450–500	472	230.00–247.50	235.57
7	500–550	530	196.00–220.00	215.52
4	550–600	562	223.00–224.00	223.74
5	600–650	617	185.00–211.00	197.50
1	700–750	740	178.00	178.00
1	850–900	880	160.00	160.00
1	1000–1050	1,025	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	494	254.50–260.00	255.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	305	300.00	300.00
3	350–400	368	285.00–290.00	286.72
5	400–450	423	300.00–302.50	301.05
2	450–500	460	279.00–300.00	289.39
2	500–550	519	262.00–282.00	271.74
8	550–600	565	264.00–266.00	264.74
3	600–650	630	233.00–240.00	237.61
1	650–700	695	228.00	228.00
2	700–750	732	226.00	226.00
1	750–800	790	219.00	219.00
4	850–900	881	217.00–220.00	218.48
1	900–950	930	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	431	317.50–323.00	319.87
1	450–500	475	307.00	307.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	252.50	252.50
5	500–550	518	231.00–241.00	235.21
1	550–600	595	234.00	234.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	270.00	270.00
4	550–600	596	251.50	251.50
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	220.00	220.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	705	170.00	170.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	780	1,050.00	1,050.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	840	935.00	935.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	125.00	125.00
2	—	1,605	133.00–135.00	134.03
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,126	101.00–110.00	105.78
2	—	1,093	93.00–94.00	93.48
9	—	1,268	112.00–123.00	120.09
12	—	1,288	125.00–149.00	132.29
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	928	100.00–105.00	102.51
1	—	930	137.00	137.00
5	—	973	114.00–119.00	116.68
3	—	890	71.00–91.00	84.62
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	127.00	127.00
8	—	1,726	157.00–189.00	167.04
7	—	1,511	140.00–154.00	145.96
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,035	183.00	183.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,105	170.00	170.00
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,225	122.00	122.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,435	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	998	121.00–121.50	121.27

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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Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards (Wednesday) - Campbellsville, KY

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