Name: Campbellsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-04

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $296.64/cwt on 93 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −144.72 against this barn's trailing median of $441.36.

Average price

$296.64

93 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,638

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$483

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

$97.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.54

vs KY average

−28.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	552	298.39	1,648	91
Medium and Large 2-3	510	232.50	1,186	1thin
Medium 1-2	580	201.00	1,166	1thin

One grade step is worth $97.39/cwt here — about $483 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

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 sale93 hd

296.64

—

KY average18 barns · 1,002 hd

298.18

−1.54

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

−28.73

This barn, trailing median30 sales

441.36

−144.72

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	—	Low	1,493	147.67	2,205	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,341	119.23	1,599	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,500	115.46	1,732	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,023	106.67	1,091	29
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,220	164.00	2,001	1thin

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	910	$1,550	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	750	$1,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,400	$2,200	1thin

Every lot, as filed

108 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 1-2	400–450	435	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,088	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	564	278.54/cwt	266.00–285.00	1,571	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	514	278.73/cwt	270.00–283.00	1,433	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	310	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,163	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	455	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,451	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	559	306.02/cwt	292.00–316.50	1,711	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	933	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,249	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	283.79/cwt	270.00–289.00	1,070	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	255.67/cwt	245.00–264.00	1,232	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,085	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	2,089	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	606	261.14/cwt	258.00–266.00	1,583	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	664	251.32/cwt	247.00–253.00	1,669	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	717	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,685	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	231.00/cwt	230.00–232.00	1,305	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	233.46/cwt	228.00–242.00	1,454	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	204.10/cwt	200.00–208.00	1,572	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	258.75/cwt	257.50–260.00	1,022	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	213.57/cwt	210.00–219.00	1,551	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	284.34/cwt	282.50–285.00	910	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	233.46/cwt	225.00–239.00	1,557	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	807	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,796	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	896	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,846	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	249.90/cwt	237.00–254.00	1,454	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	250.60/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,298	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	578	224.15/cwt	221.00–227.50	1,296	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	670	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,367	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	235.97/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,133	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	257.00/cwt	253.50–270.00	1,737	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	272.55/cwt	260.00–282.00	1,573	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	258.16/cwt	251.00–260.00	1,637	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	289.75/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,379	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	427	341.15/cwt	330.00–353.00	1,457	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	838	248.95/cwt	248.95–248.95	2,086	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	239.89/cwt	239.00–244.50	2,003	18
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	580	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,166	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	244.02/cwt	234.00–245.00	1,906	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	272.84/cwt	260.00–284.00	1,462	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	240.42/cwt	235.00–247.00	1,767	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	887	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,951	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	510	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,186	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	990	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	854	248.75/cwt	248.75–248.75	2,124	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,439	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,534	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,070	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	2,151	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	530	298.49/cwt	295.50–326.00	1,582	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	619	282.49/cwt	282.00–283.00	1,749	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	672	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,512	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	415	335.87/cwt	298.00–357.50	1,394	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	334	354.14/cwt	340.00–372.50	1,183	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	491	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,522	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	622	259.76/cwt	253.00–275.00	1,616	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	500	295.00/cwt	283.00–319.00	1,475	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	800–850	820	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,845	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,220	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,001	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,383	110.24/cwt	105.00–114.00	1,525	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	129.61/cwt	127.00–132.00	1,650	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,348	119.63/cwt	115.00–124.00	1,613	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	79.89/cwt	62.50–89.00	639	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	997	96.38/cwt	91.00–104.00	961	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,091	127.20/cwt	120.00–138.00	1,388	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,128	113.13/cwt	107.00–118.00	1,276	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	115.46/cwt	114.00–117.00	1,732	2
Bulls	—	—	1,135	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,521	1
Bulls	—	—	2,030	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	3,350	1
Bulls	—	—	1,315	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,894	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	557	271.48/cwt	270.00–273.00	1,512	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	473	319.14/cwt	285.00–347.00	1,510	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	700–750	735	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,749	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	255.00/cwt	247.00–269.00	1,469	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	240.11/cwt	228.00–245.00	1,640	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	381	354.93/cwt	331.00–367.00	1,352	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,138	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	283	310.27/cwt	300.00–320.00	878	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,015	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,797	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	260.75/cwt	251.00–271.00	1,348	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,628	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	650–700	650	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,612	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	509	221.74/cwt	217.50–225.00	1,129	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	910	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,866	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	240	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	606	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	421	282.92/cwt	277.00–294.00	1,191	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	285	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	905	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	340	304.31/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,035	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	354	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,179	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	474	281.34/cwt	269.00–296.00	1,334	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	338	235.54/cwt	230.00–241.00	796	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	239.51/cwt	239.00–240.00	1,341	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	250	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,207	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	715	189.81/cwt	181.00–199.00	1,357	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	367	240.14/cwt	220.00–245.00	881	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	673	203.78/cwt	202.50–205.00	1,371	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	238.21/cwt	230.00–243.00	1,484	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,492	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	405	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	881	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,206	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,245	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,284	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	227.75/cwt	227.00–228.00	1,749	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,419	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	245	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	735	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	222.57/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,603	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	299.26/cwt	290.00–307.00	1,098	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	267.76/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,285	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 Dec 4, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 903Last week 1,050Year ago 440

Slaughter CattleReceipts 71Last week 44Year ago 60

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 6Year ago 11

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	320	282.50–285.00	284.34
6	350–400	377	270.00–289.00	283.79
2	400–450	435	250.00	250.00
12	450–500	482	245.00–264.00	255.67
9	500–550	518	245.00–255.00	250.60
22	550–600	582	237.00–254.00	249.90
12	600–650	623	228.00–242.00	233.46
9	650–700	667	225.00–239.00	233.46
5	700–750	726	210.00–219.00	213.57
2	750–800	770	200.00–208.00	204.10
14	800–850	807	222.50	222.50
3	850–900	896	206.00	206.00
1	900–950	910	205.00	205.00
1	1050–1100	1,085	192.50	192.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	514	270.00–283.00	278.73
22	550–600	564	266.00–285.00	278.54
45	600–650	606	258.00–266.00	261.14
7	650–700	664	247.00–253.00	251.32
8	700–750	717	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	257.50–260.00	258.75
2	550–600	565	230.00–232.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	252.50	252.50
2	300–350	338	230.00–241.00	235.54
3	450–500	480	230.00–239.00	235.97
5	500–550	509	217.50–225.00	221.74
2	550–600	578	221.00–227.50	224.15
2	650–700	670	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	317.50	317.50
9	300–350	340	300.00–310.00	304.31
15	350–400	354	333.00	333.00
15	400–450	421	277.00–294.00	282.92
32	450–500	474	269.00–296.00	281.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	375.00	375.00
6	400–450	427	330.00–353.00	341.15
1	450–500	455	319.00	319.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	530	295.50–326.00	298.49
57	550–600	559	292.00–316.50	306.02
4	600–650	619	282.00–283.00	282.49
65	800–850	838	248.95	248.95
40	850–900	854	248.75	248.75
60	900–950	933	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	476	270.00–295.00	289.75
10	500–550	536	260.00–284.00	272.84
7	550–600	577	260.00–282.00	272.55
6	600–650	634	251.00–260.00	258.16
75	650–700	676	253.50–270.00	257.00
4	700–750	735	235.00–247.00	240.42
11	750–800	781	234.00–245.00	244.02
18	800–850	835	239.00–244.50	239.89
2	850–900	887	220.00	220.00
1	1050–1100	1,070	201.00	201.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	201.00	201.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	225.00	225.00
1	500–550	510	232.50	232.50
2	650–700	672	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	615	234.00	234.00
1	650–700	650	236.00	236.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	334	340.00–372.50	354.14
20	350–400	381	331.00–367.00	354.93
12	400–450	415	298.00–357.50	335.87
21	450–500	473	285.00–347.00	319.14
3	500–550	500	283.00–319.00	295.00
6	550–600	557	270.00–273.00	271.48
5	600–650	622	253.00–275.00	259.76
1	650–700	650	248.00	248.00
1	700–750	735	238.00	238.00
1	800–850	820	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
41	450–500	491	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	300.00	300.00
2	250–300	283	300.00–320.00	310.27
3	350–400	367	290.00–307.00	299.26
2	400–450	410	277.50	277.50
9	450–500	480	260.00–270.00	267.76
4	500–550	517	251.00–271.00	260.75
8	550–600	576	247.00–269.00	255.00
9	600–650	623	230.00–243.00	238.21
6	650–700	683	228.00–245.00	240.11
2	700–750	720	220.00–225.00	222.57
4	750–800	768	227.00–228.00	227.75
1	800–850	835	195.00	195.00
1	1000–1050	1,015	177.00	177.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	280.00	280.00
1	450–500	475	254.00	254.00
1	500–550	535	240.00	240.00
2	550–600	560	239.00–240.00	239.51
1	600–650	645	220.00	220.00
1	700–750	735	203.00	203.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	367	220.00–245.00	240.14
1	400–450	405	217.50	217.50
1	500–550	530	227.50	227.50
1	550–600	590	211.00	211.00
2	650–700	673	202.50–205.00	203.78
2	700–750	715	181.00–199.00	189.81

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	164.00	164.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,383	105.00–114.00	110.24
8	—	1,273	127.00–132.00	129.61
17	—	1,348	115.00–124.00	119.63
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	800	62.50–89.00	79.89
6	—	997	91.00–104.00	96.38
8	—	1,091	120.00–138.00	127.20
9	—	1,128	107.00–118.00	113.13
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,500	114.00–117.00	115.46
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	134.00	134.00
1	—	2,030	165.00	165.00
1	—	1,315	144.00	144.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	750	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	910	1,550.00	1,550.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,400	2,200.00	2,200.00

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

Steers · 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

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How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards (Wednesday) - Campbellsville, KY

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