Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2024-09-25

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Sep 25
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
285 head
84 vs last sale 369 115 vs year ago 400 · 28.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
4 vs last sale 43 19 vs year ago 58 · 32.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
1 vs last sale 9 1 vs year ago 7 · +14.3%
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Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $231.15/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits 210.20 against this barn's trailing median of $441.36.
Average price
$231.15
12 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,280
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$191
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$27.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
31.39
vs KY average
43.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2565249.261,4084thin
Medium and Large 2-3548222.101,2178thin
One grade step is worth $27.16/cwt here — about $191 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

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 sale12 hd
231.15
KY average25 barns · 987 hd
262.54
−31.39
National average169 barns · 10,664 hd
274.29
−43.14
This barn, trailing median30 sales
441.36
−210.20
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
BullsAverage1,573146.742,3089thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,578114.651,8098thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,307111.421,45610
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,093103.251,12910

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,300$1,5767

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700665216.54/cwt214.00–219.001,4402
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3300–350330230.00/cwt230.00–230.007591
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450440221.51/cwt220.00–223.009754
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500465212.46/cwt201.00–219.009883
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600575221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,2711
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500467233.47/cwt225.00–241.001,09020
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400350231.00/cwt231.00–231.008091
SteersMedium and Large 2-3400–450435240.46/cwt237.00–247.501,0463
SteersMedium and Large 2-3650–700690189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,3041
SteersMedium and Large 2-3450–500495214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,0591
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550516202.78/cwt193.00–211.001,0468
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650620222.51/cwt221.00–224.001,3802
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450435243.13/cwt225.00–249.001,0585
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850840200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6801
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600570188.68/cwt188.00–190.001,0753
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650–700673182.71/cwt171.00–194.001,2302
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450423270.74/cwt268.00–272.001,1453
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600565249.26/cwt240.00–258.001,4084
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350342282.00/cwt282.00–282.009642
SteersMedium and Large 2-3500–550531225.89/cwt214.00–230.001,1994
SteersMedium and Large 2-3600–650618212.59/cwt209.00–220.001,3143
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added900–950926224.85/cwt224.85–224.852,08259
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550–600565218.31/cwt211.00–223.001,2334
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400394273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,0766
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750710235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6691
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700662239.37/cwt239.00–239.501,5854
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850800225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,8003
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500488261.08/cwt242.50–264.501,2746
BullsMedium and Large 2-3750–800767175.45/cwt165.00–184.001,3463
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500478226.10/cwt221.00–230.001,0813
BullsMedium and Large 2-3700–750720182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,3101
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy650–700667230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5343
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450430277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,1911
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,591115.10/cwt113.00–120.501,8314
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37894.81/cwt92.00–98.001,3062
CowsBoner 80-85%1,359109.15/cwt104.00–112.001,4834
CowsBoner 80-85%1,255125.50/cwt125.50–125.501,5751
CowsBoner 80-85%1,208120.83/cwt116.00–124.501,4603
CowsLean 85-90%1,113107.63/cwt102.00–111.001,1983
CowsLean 85-90%1,063121.71/cwt119.50–123.501,2943
CowsLean 85-90%1,10186.11/cwt70.00–99.009484
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,490102.45/cwt100.00–105.001,5272
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,638125.96/cwt125.00–127.002,0632
Bulls1,688149.93/cwt144.00–158.002,5316
Bulls1,343140.36/cwt139.00–142.001,8853
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450434254.50/cwt254.50–254.501,1055
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3001,576.29/head1,425.00–1,800.001,5767
BullsMedium and Large 1-2800–850818175.51/cwt175.00–176.001,4362
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350320267.50/cwt267.50–267.508562
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600566227.66/cwt220.00–233.001,2897
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550517228.61/cwt221.00–240.001,18217
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350–400380220.00/cwt220.00–220.008361
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700680204.54/cwt200.00–210.001,3917
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650–700655190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2451
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550540210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1341
BullsMedium and Large 2-3600–650622178.23/cwt167.00–190.001,1095
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450428247.08/cwt242.00–255.001,0584
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750726196.58/cwt190.00–200.001,4273
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400375260.66/cwt260.00–261.009773
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550537213.39/cwt209.00–235.001,14621
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800755199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,5021
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400375217.50/cwt217.50–217.508161
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600586190.76/cwt190.00–191.001,1184
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650615201.99/cwt201.00–203.001,2422
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750735194.01/cwt193.00–195.001,4262
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300250255.00/cwt255.00–255.006381

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.