Name: Campbellsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher on weaned and preconditioned feeders. Plain quality and unweaned feeders sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and and bulls sold steady .

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $225.39/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −174.24 against this barn's trailing median of $399.63.

Average price

$225.39

32 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,236

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

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

$33.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.29

vs KY average

−11.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	544	233.68	1,271	24
Medium and Large 2-3	562	200.52	1,128	8thin

One grade step is worth $33.16/cwt here — about $143 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 sale32 hd

225.39

—

KY average26 barns · 1,527 hd

234.68

−9.29

National average181 barns · 11,482 hd

237.01

−11.62

This barn, trailing median31 sales

399.63

−174.24

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	1,735	159.57	2,769	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,345	117.54	1,581	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,518	109.22	1,658	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	959	91.81	881	7thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,160	$1,625	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,085	$1,550	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$1,100	1thin

Every lot, as filed

66 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	567	199.88/cwt	191.00–220.00	1,133	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	434	262.52/cwt	261.00–263.00	1,139	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	237.02/cwt	214.00–248.00	1,216	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,213	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	215.99/cwt	214.00–219.00	1,389	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	244.07/cwt	232.50–257.00	1,152	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	907	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	237.17/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,008	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,087	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	305	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	808	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	200	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	405	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	265.40/cwt	259.00–285.00	985	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	875	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,216	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	665	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,397	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	597	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,442	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,279	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,606	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	518	219.24/cwt	187.50–242.00	1,136	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	845	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,513	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	613	214.45/cwt	203.00–226.00	1,315	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	226.60/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,042	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	620	207.56/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,287	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	225.47/cwt	224.00–233.00	1,745	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	242.69/cwt	240.00–248.00	1,611	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	268.63/cwt	262.00–269.00	1,429	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	566	208.67/cwt	201.00–228.00	1,181	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	394	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,162	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	257.50/cwt	250.00–279.00	1,226	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	247.55/cwt	225.00–270.00	1,089	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	266	266.27/cwt	237.50–282.00	708	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	712	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,346	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,180	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	330	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	875	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,057	139.05/cwt	138.00–140.00	1,470	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,414	116.21/cwt	106.00–125.00	1,643	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	92.45/cwt	83.00–100.00	869	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	84.59/cwt	72.00–102.00	782	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,051	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,518	109.22/cwt	104.00–116.00	1,658	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,272	106.16/cwt	101.00–121.00	1,350	5
Bulls	—	—	1,735	159.57/cwt	157.00–162.00	2,769	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	245.99/cwt	220.00–259.00	1,319	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	386	223.43/cwt	220.00–225.00	862	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	236.09/cwt	220.00–246.00	1,353	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	287.21/cwt	255.00–299.00	1,218	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	945	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	305.98/cwt	295.00–312.00	1,117	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	643	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,344	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	202.04/cwt	194.00–215.00	1,081	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	209.02/cwt	208.00–210.00	1,534	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	220.32/cwt	220.00–221.00	1,388	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	218.49/cwt	217.00–220.00	1,431	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	868	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	436	224.73/cwt	190.00–242.00	980	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	466	208.74/cwt	192.00–232.00	973	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	231.61/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,089	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,562	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	202.56/cwt	188.00–208.00	1,367	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	936	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,591	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,344	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,060	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	379	216.39/cwt	180.00–257.50	820	9

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 Sep 18, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 369Last week 540Year ago 498

Slaughter CattleReceipts 43Last week 37Year ago 56

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 4Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	202.50	202.50
1	300–350	305	265.00	265.00
9	350–400	379	180.00–257.50	216.39
13	400–450	436	190.00–242.00	224.73
11	450–500	466	192.00–232.00	208.74
1	500–550	530	205.00	205.00
7	550–600	567	191.00–220.00	199.88
2	600–650	613	203.00–226.00	214.45
1	650–700	665	210.00	210.00
1	800–850	845	179.00	179.00
1	850–900	875	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	434	261.00–263.00	262.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	337	269.00	269.00
10	350–400	371	259.00–285.00	265.40
4	400–450	425	230.00–245.00	237.17
11	450–500	472	232.50–257.00	244.07
14	500–550	513	214.00–248.00	237.02
10	550–600	587	229.00	229.00
5	600–650	643	214.00–219.00	215.99
1	650–700	674	180.00	180.00
1	750–800	770	200.00	200.00
1	800–850	815	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	394	295.00	295.00
2	400–450	432	296.00	296.00
18	500–550	532	262.00–269.00	268.63
14	550–600	597	241.50	241.50
6	650–700	664	240.00–248.00	242.69
1	700–750	730	220.00	220.00
6	750–800	774	224.00–233.00	225.47
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	460	220.00–240.00	226.60
3	500–550	518	187.50–242.00	219.24
7	550–600	566	201.00–228.00	208.67
2	600–650	620	205.00–210.00	207.56
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	310.00	310.00
1	300–350	315	300.00	300.00
12	350–400	365	295.00–312.00	305.98
7	400–450	424	255.00–299.00	287.21
9	450–500	476	250.00–279.00	257.50
14	500–550	536	220.00–259.00	245.99
10	550–600	573	220.00–246.00	236.09
3	600–650	630	220.00–221.00	220.32
2	650–700	655	217.00–220.00	218.49
4	700–750	734	208.00–210.00	209.02
3	750–800	781	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	266	237.50–282.00	266.27
1	300–350	330	265.00	265.00
3	350–400	386	220.00–225.00	223.43
6	400–450	440	225.00–270.00	247.55
7	450–500	470	220.00–240.00	231.61
7	500–550	535	194.00–215.00	202.04
1	550–600	590	200.00	200.00
3	600–650	643	209.00	209.00
5	650–700	675	188.00–208.00	202.56
2	700–750	712	189.00	189.00
3	900–950	936	170.00	170.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,057	138.00–140.00	139.05
22	—	1,414	106.00–125.00	116.21
5	—	1,272	101.00–121.00	106.16
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	940	83.00–100.00	92.45
3	—	925	72.00–102.00	84.59
2	—	1,030	102.00	102.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,518	104.00–116.00	109.22
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,735	157.00–162.00	159.57

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,160	1,625.00	1,625.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	1,100.00	1,100.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,085	1,550.00	1,550.00

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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Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

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

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards (Wednesday) - Campbellsville, KY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle