Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2024-04-24

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Apr 24
● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
438 head
96 vs last sale 534 64 vs year ago 374 · +17.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
14 vs last sale 66 24 vs year ago 28 · +85.7%
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $257.44/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits 142.18 against this barn's trailing median of $399.63.
Average price
$257.44
51 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,391
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$161
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$31.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.18
vs KY average
12.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2540260.571,40646
Medium and Large 2-3545228.651,2465thin
One grade step is worth $31.93/cwt here — about $161 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

31 sales
453411370328median 399.6312/1703/0404/2906/2408/19
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 sale51 hd
257.44
KY average25 barns · 1,760 hd
260.62
−3.18
National average178 barns · 11,596 hd
270.19
−12.75
This barn, trailing median31 sales
399.63
−142.18
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
BullsHigh1,622150.522,44211
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,587123.591,9616thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,223123.091,50524
CowsLean 85-90%Low877103.0990410
HeifersChoiceAverage1,380156.002,1531thin

Every lot, as filed

84 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800778230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7895
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500475282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,3401
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550517288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,4892
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700676272.55/cwt265.00–280.001,84224
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900884223.25/cwt223.25–223.251,97417
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600553268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,4824
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750713229.64/cwt223.00–233.001,6373
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750723244.51/cwt243.50–246.501,7689
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550530250.81/cwt240.00–263.001,32914
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400390278.86/cwt270.00–280.001,0888
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350322279.57/cwt270.00–285.009007
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650623280.65/cwt270.00–286.001,7483
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650630239.58/cwt237.00–241.001,50911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850823190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5644
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450419278.86/cwt269.00–288.001,16816
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600583298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,7374
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400397302.49/cwt300.00–310.001,2014
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700659242.09/cwt239.00–243.501,59514
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300285300.00/cwt300.00–300.008553
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650633235.60/cwt227.00–244.001,4912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500470272.34/cwt264.00–279.001,28018
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21000–10501,040161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,6741
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600590252.57/cwt251.00–262.001,49011
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800751217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,63310
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600573267.62/cwt266.00–271.001,5338
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450425283.50/cwt280.00–287.001,2052
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750740218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,6131
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500495300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4851
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350305291.00/cwt291.00–291.008881
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400379300.99/cwt295.00–310.001,1415
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy600–650600263.50/cwt256.00–271.001,5812
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy500–550513297.90/cwt291.00–305.001,5282
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full650–700655214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,4021
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400383325.48/cwt320.00–335.001,2473
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550526283.48/cwt280.00–289.001,4918
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700675231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,5596
CowsBoner 80-85%1,156105.79/cwt103.50–110.001,2235
CowsBoner 80-85%1,259128.71/cwt125.00–136.001,62016
CowsLean 85-90%947101.88/cwt92.00–107.009653
CowsLean 85-90%872117.53/cwt116.00–120.501,0254
CowsLean 85-90%81385.06/cwt67.00–98.006923
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,587123.59/cwt121.00–129.001,9616
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450435351.06/cwt342.00–354.001,5279
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400368330.29/cwt320.00–341.001,2152
CowsBoner 80-85%1,142121.98/cwt120.00–124.001,3933
Bulls1,885166.32/cwt165.00–168.003,1353
Bulls1,524144.59/cwt139.00–151.002,2048
HeifersChoice1,380156.00/cwt156.00–156.002,1531
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3250–300275250.00/cwt250.00–250.006881
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600570220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2542
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450419338.53/cwt320.00–348.001,41811
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500481316.12/cwt312.00–323.001,52110
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450415291.89/cwt290.00–293.001,21111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy200–250240317.50/cwt317.50–317.507621
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3800–850825179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,4771
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450430244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,0491
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3750–800758192.50/cwt191.00–194.001,4592
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500483243.01/cwt241.00–245.001,1742
BullsMedium and Large 2-3750–800750207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,5531
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550500236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,1801
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500490227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,1121
BullsMedium and Large 2-3300–350345237.00/cwt237.00–237.008181
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550528234.41/cwt221.00–243.001,2383
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3300–350325249.54/cwt240.00–260.008112
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650–700675201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,3572
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400373253.44/cwt250.00–260.009453
SteersMedium and Large 2-3700–750700177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,2391
SteersMedium and Large 2-3650–700650234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,5211
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550–600557229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,2762
SteersMedium and Large 2-31000–10501,005134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,3471
SteersMedium and Large 2-3250–300275232.50/cwt232.50–232.506391
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400395275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0861
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600588254.02/cwt250.00–256.001,4944
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450405262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,0631
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600580264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,5311
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400355260.00/cwt260.00–260.009231
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350330260.00/cwt260.00–260.008581
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700690260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7941
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added850–900869237.85/cwt237.85–237.852,06762
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750732252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,8452
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550512272.04/cwt267.00–278.501,39317
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650609258.17/cwt254.00–259.001,5726
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550523304.75/cwt300.00–314.001,5948
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650609298.87/cwt289.00–305.001,8205

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.