Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2024-11-06

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Nov 6
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
194 head
373 vs last sale 567 710 vs year ago 904 · 78.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
29 vs last sale 49 50 vs year ago 70 · 71.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
1 vs last sale 4 9 vs year ago 12 · 75.0%
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $240.91/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits 158.71 against this barn's trailing median of $399.63.
Average price
$240.91
36 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,336
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$169
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$22.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.55
vs KY average
17.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2555241.541,34035
Medium and Large 2535219.001,1721thin
One grade step is worth $22.54/cwt here — about $169 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
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 sale36 hd
240.91
KY average24 barns · 1,509 hd
234.37
+6.55
National average194 barns · 18,518 hd
258.39
−17.48
This barn, trailing median31 sales
399.63
−158.71
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
BullsLow1,179139.301,6423thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,535112.811,7324thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,087102.571,1155thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,124101.611,1426thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,225139.001,7031thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,170176.002,0591thin

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,040$1,6001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,220$1,3001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,115$1,1351thin

Every lot, as filed

67 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 1-2Fancy450–500467297.98/cwt290.00–301.001,3925
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3250–300283236.78/cwt236.00–237.506702
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550535219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,1721
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350315280.00/cwt280.00–280.008821
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800758235.50/cwt235.00–236.001,7852
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750720235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6921
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500478273.74/cwt267.00–281.001,3082
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400380295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450418309.79/cwt295.00–332.001,2956
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600580270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5661
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550515251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,2931
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500455250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1381
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700683224.52/cwt223.00–226.001,5332
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450405242.50/cwt242.50–242.509821
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450419270.09/cwt269.00–273.001,1327
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750700201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,4071
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550542256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,3882
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650610250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5251
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2200–250245275.00/cwt275.00–275.006741
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550525232.74/cwt222.00–240.001,2228
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800775198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,5351
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3300–350305207.00/cwt207.00–207.006311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600556276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,5355
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550511281.31/cwt278.00–283.001,4373
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550515241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,2412
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700660244.27/cwt236.00–250.001,6126
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550–600570227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,2941
BullsMedium and Large 2-3600–650620201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,2461
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450416329.84/cwt315.00–338.001,3726
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400365338.75/cwt335.00–340.001,2364
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy500–550526275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4473
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy600–650612256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,5672
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy250–300285325.00/cwt325.00–325.009261
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,225139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,7031
SteersChoice1,170176.00/cwt176.00–176.002,0591
CowsBoner 80-85%1,149102.17/cwt100.00–105.001,1744
CowsLean 85-90%1,170100.95/cwt99.00–102.001,1813
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,515115.41/cwt113.00–119.001,7483
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0441
CowsBoner 80-85%985111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,0931
CowsLean 85-90%963105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0112
Bulls1,210132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,5971
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,595105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,6751
Bulls1,163142.95/cwt142.00–144.001,6632
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0401,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,1151,135.00/head1,135.00–1,135.001,1351
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2201,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
BullsMedium and Large 2-3850–900878175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,5374
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550527261.82/cwt258.00–268.001,3805
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450448292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,3083
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700661228.37/cwt219.00–241.001,5106
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500472232.50/cwt231.00–233.001,0974
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600563257.44/cwt245.00–267.001,4493
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400355270.00/cwt270.00–270.009591
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650600201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,2061
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650628236.57/cwt233.00–240.001,4862
BullsMedium and Large 2-3300–350320255.59/cwt242.50–267.508182
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550510230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1731
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600583214.23/cwt211.00–221.001,2493
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3750–800790184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,4541
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500482230.32/cwt230.00–231.001,1103
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400358264.00/cwt264.00–264.009453
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500462263.84/cwt257.00–270.001,21911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600564260.64/cwt252.00–266.001,47012
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600567227.10/cwt220.00–233.001,28813
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500467248.67/cwt240.00–255.001,1613
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650622275.15/cwt264.00–276.001,71114

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.