Name: Campbellsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-28

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $219.25/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −180.37 against this barn's trailing median of $399.63.

Average price

$219.25

4 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,252

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$21

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

$18.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.62

vs KY average

−22.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	530	233.00	1,235	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	585	214.67	1,256	3thin

One grade step is worth $18.33/cwt here — about −$21 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

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 sale4 hd

219.25

—

KY average26 barns · 920 hd

240.87

−21.62

National average160 barns · 7,566 hd

241.88

−22.63

This barn, trailing median31 sales

399.63

−180.37

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	—	High	1,787	169.97	3,037	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,308	139.68	1,826	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,447	139.09	2,013	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,161	121.30	1,408	9thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,298	162.24	2,106	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,308	172.71	2,259	2thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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	500–550	505	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,025	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	950	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	206.00/cwt	201.00–211.00	1,215	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	897	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	700	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,120	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	402	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,118	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	585	214.67/cwt	214.00–215.00	1,256	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,187	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	403	236.54/cwt	230.00–243.00	953	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	910	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,602	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	282	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	702	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	925	1
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3	300–350	305	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	427	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	231.69/cwt	227.00–235.00	853	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	295	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	661	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	320	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	672	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	830	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,606	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,410	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	852	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,761	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,235	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,423	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,577	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	232.60/cwt	229.00–239.00	1,105	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,298	162.24/cwt	160.00–165.00	2,106	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,370	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,699	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,237	147.12/cwt	145.50–149.00	1,820	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	149.18/cwt	146.50–152.00	2,171	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,424	138.20/cwt	131.00–142.00	1,968	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,620	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	2,041	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,308	172.71/cwt	170.00–176.00	2,259	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	139.13/cwt	131.00–144.50	1,837	12
Bulls	—	—	1,820	173.95/cwt	169.00–179.00	3,166	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,176	127.60/cwt	124.00–133.50	1,501	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,170	81.50/cwt	81.50–81.50	954	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,223	1
Bulls	—	—	1,720	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	2,786	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,317	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,161	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	176.65/cwt	176.00–178.00	1,369	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,035	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,252	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,425	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	237.65/cwt	236.00–241.00	1,248	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,587	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	432	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,084	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	680	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,360	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	268.46/cwt	262.00–275.00	1,055	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	238.81/cwt	232.00–246.00	1,106	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,346	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	700	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,365	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 Aug 28, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 73Last week 515Year ago 733

Slaughter CattleReceipts 42Last week 47Year ago 62

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	200.00	200.00
1	500–550	505	203.00	203.00
2	550–600	590	201.00–211.00	206.00
1	650–700	680	200.00	200.00
1	700–750	700	160.00	160.00
1	1000–1050	1,035	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	260.00	260.00
2	350–400	393	262.00–275.00	268.46
2	400–450	402	278.00	278.00
1	450–500	450	258.00	258.00
3	500–550	525	236.00–241.00	237.65
1	550–600	570	231.00	231.00
1	600–650	635	212.00	212.00
3	750–800	775	176.00–178.00	176.65
1	800–850	805	177.00	177.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	463	232.00–246.00	238.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	224.00	224.00
1	300–350	320	210.00	210.00
1	400–450	415	200.00	200.00
3	550–600	585	214.00–215.00	214.67
1	700–750	700	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	282	249.00	249.00
7	350–400	368	227.00–235.00	231.69
2	400–450	403	230.00–243.00	236.54
3	450–500	475	229.00–239.00	232.60
1	500–550	530	233.00	233.00
3	650–700	671	212.00	212.00
3	700–750	730	216.00	216.00
1	800–850	835	190.00	190.00
1	850–900	855	206.00	206.00
1	900–950	910	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	432	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	247.00	247.00
1	350–400	370	250.00	250.00
2	450–500	460	258.00	258.00
3	550–600	578	244.00	244.00
1	700–750	730	220.00	220.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	305	140.00	140.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,298	160.00–165.00	162.24
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,370	124.00	124.00
3	—	1,237	145.50–149.00	147.12
12	—	1,320	131.00–144.50	139.13
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,455	146.50–152.00	149.18
8	—	1,424	131.00–142.00	138.20
1	—	1,620	126.00	126.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,176	124.00–133.50	127.60
1	—	1,170	81.50	81.50
1	—	1,045	117.00	117.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,308	170.00–176.00	172.71
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,820	169.00–179.00	173.95
1	—	1,720	162.00	162.00

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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