Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2024-09-11

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Sep 11
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
540 head
24 vs last sale 564 305 vs year ago 845 · 36.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
4 vs last sale 41 37 vs year ago 74 · 50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
1 vs last sale 5 41 vs year ago 45 · 91.1%
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Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $240.91/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits 200.45 against this barn's trailing median of $441.36.
Average price
$240.91
22 head · 579 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,394
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$136
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$17.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
21.39
vs KY average
27.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2581243.261,41319thin
Medium and Large 2-3565226.001,2773thin
One grade step is worth $17.26/cwt here — about $136 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales
506458410362median 441.3612/1703/0405/0606/2408/19
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 sale22 hd
240.91
KY average23 barns · 1,024 hd
262.30
−21.39
National average178 barns · 13,815 hd
268.20
−27.29
This barn, trailing median30 sales
441.36
−200.45
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
BullsAverage1,624146.402,3777thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,662122.612,0374thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,290120.051,54911
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,024106.981,09514

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)1,320$1,6751thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,055$1,3001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)930$9851thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)860$1,3251thin

Every lot, as filed

79 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 1-2Value Added800–850824237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,95766
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550521207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,0783
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350345225.71/cwt225.00–237.0077915
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550527217.64/cwt210.00–231.001,14712
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700678212.62/cwt207.00–214.001,44210
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500487226.91/cwt221.00–230.001,10521
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600582217.72/cwt212.00–222.001,26712
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600556237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,3185
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550519247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,28211
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400370217.00/cwt217.00–217.008031
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450429229.13/cwt222.50–233.009838
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3700–750708187.27/cwt182.00–190.001,3263
SteersMedium and Large 2-3600–650600211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,2661
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400365272.50/cwt272.50–272.509952
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500473212.42/cwt201.00–217.001,0057
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3800–850800179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,4321
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750730227.73/cwt210.00–230.001,66216
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650–700650181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,1771
SteersMedium and Large 2-3800–850817201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,6422
SteersMedium and Large 1-2250–300285241.00/cwt241.00–241.006871
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800765220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6831
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650610251.50/cwt251.50–251.501,53418
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400386249.00/cwt249.00–249.009613
SteersMedium and Large 2-3650–700655200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3101
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550–600565226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,2773
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700665241.38/cwt240.00–247.001,60511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850830221.34/cwt218.00–222.001,83712
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500476240.49/cwt235.00–250.001,14511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600581243.26/cwt230.00–251.001,41319
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650642233.01/cwt230.00–239.001,4966
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900850210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,78510
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450435230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0011
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350300255.00/cwt255.00–255.007651
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600555219.67/cwt216.00–220.001,21925
BullsMedium and Large 2-3600–650619200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2386
BullsMedium and Large 2-3200–250200240.00/cwt240.00–240.004801
BullsMedium and Large 2-3750–800785182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,4299
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450410261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,0702
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400350272.50/cwt272.50–272.509541
CowsBoner 80-85%1,415108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,5281
CowsLean 85-90%903104.35/cwt102.00–107.009422
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,630115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,8751
CowsBoner 80-85%1,301122.14/cwt120.00–126.501,5894
CowsBoner 80-85%1,274113.51/cwt110.00–117.001,4464
CowsBoner 80-85%1,238135.00/cwt133.00–137.001,6712
CowsLean 85-90%875134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,1731
CowsLean 85-90%1,073114.97/cwt111.00–119.501,2348
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,672125.14/cwt124.00–126.002,0923
CowsLean 85-90%1,02378.42/cwt70.00–84.008023
Bulls1,784151.63/cwt148.00–156.002,7054
Bulls1,410139.42/cwt139.00–140.001,9663
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3201,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2930985.00/head985.00–985.009851
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-28601,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0551,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350332248.08/cwt242.50–263.0082421
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650–700650186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,2092
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600588194.52/cwt189.00–200.001,1442
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650625231.74/cwt227.00–233.001,4487
BullsMedium and Large 1-2200–250249269.00/cwt269.00–269.006706
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750728210.77/cwt205.00–214.001,5345
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400378248.28/cwt242.00–255.009382
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450420232.19/cwt225.00–243.009756
BullsMedium and Large 2-3900–950920172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,5821
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550535202.17/cwt189.00–210.001,08210
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500471223.99/cwt223.00–230.001,0557
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700661216.57/cwt215.00–229.001,43222
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750730216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,57713
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850825184.93/cwt181.00–193.001,5263
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550526227.35/cwt220.00–230.001,1967
BullsMedium and Large 2-3700–750725184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,3341
BullsMedium and Large 2-3950–1000960171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,6421
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350–400378216.29/cwt200.00–222.508184
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650630224.96/cwt222.00–227.501,41730
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400377223.60/cwt220.00–230.008436
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300270248.63/cwt237.00–253.006714
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000990178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,7621
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600565205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1581
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy250–300252262.00/cwt262.00–262.006604

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.