Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2025-04-09

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Apr 9
● Final100 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
452 head
267 vs last sale 719 518 vs year ago 970 · 53.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
1 vs last sale 45 31 vs year ago 77 · 40.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
11 vs last sale 0 7 vs year ago 4 · +175.0%
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Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $353.27/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits 88.09 against this barn's trailing median of $441.36.
Average price
$353.27
16 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,869
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$196
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$40.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.76
vs KY average
1.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2529355.821,88115thin
Medium and Large 2535315.001,6851thin
One grade step is worth $40.82/cwt here — about $196 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 sale16 hd
353.27
KY average19 barns · 483 hd
339.51
+13.76
National average175 barns · 9,187 hd
354.30
−1.03
This barn, trailing median30 sales
441.36
−88.09
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
BullsHigh1,871161.923,0305thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,286146.081,87822
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,520136.982,0835thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,021117.011,1949thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,437173.002,4862thin
HeifersChoiceHigh1,145209.002,3931thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHigh1,208195.672,3642thin

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)1,075$1,9501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,115$1,9001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,030$1,8251thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,163$1,7752thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)885$1,7501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,158$1,7472thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,070$1,7001thin
BullsN/AYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,590$2,7001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)835$1,9251thin

Every lot, as filed

100 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 1-2700–750720258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,8581
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700683270.54/cwt267.00–274.001,8482
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700675247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,6711
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy200–250210367.50/cwt367.50–367.507721
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650–700680212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,4451
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500466336.86/cwt325.00–347.501,5709
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550526308.99/cwt301.00–315.001,6254
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850809236.52/cwt220.00–240.001,9136
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900875233.00/cwt233.00–233.002,0392
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600566279.12/cwt277.50–281.001,5805
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300250320.00/cwt320.00–320.008001
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400360390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,4041
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300290343.69/cwt340.00–347.509972
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450423344.99/cwt342.50–347.501,4592
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650635258.33/cwt251.00–262.001,6403
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400372335.70/cwt320.00–345.001,2496
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600579304.00/cwt297.50–312.001,76021
SteersMedium and Large 2-3650–700675225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5191
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700650280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8201
SteersMedium and Large 2-3850–900870215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,8711
SteersMedium and Large 2-3600–650630247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,5591
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350335315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,0551
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500496381.00/cwt381.00–381.001,8904
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750740245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,8131
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750720290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0885
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700688306.98/cwt305.00–313.002,1124
SteersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000970222.70/cwt213.00–232.002,1602
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800789259.00/cwt259.00–259.002,0449
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550535315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6851
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350300342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,0281
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400393369.97/cwt365.00–375.001,4542
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800755280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1141
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550526336.89/cwt330.00–342.001,7727
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450440405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,7823
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850847263.97/cwt247.50–266.002,2369
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650622317.25/cwt301.00–320.001,9737
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950935235.67/cwt222.00–240.002,2044
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added850–900857280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,40062
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750741297.52/cwt296.00–303.002,20537
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650630267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,6851
Dairy SteersLarge 3Value Added850–900854219.90/cwt219.90–219.901,87862
Dairy HeifersLarge 3350–400370215.00/cwt215.00–215.007961
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550531372.38/cwt368.00–385.001,9778
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900870253.00/cwt253.00–253.002,2011
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800773268.00/cwt268.00–268.002,0724
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500473354.97/cwt340.00–360.001,6794
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650615295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,8141
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy200–250225400.00/cwt400.00–400.009001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450426388.72/cwt372.50–422.501,6563
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy600–650612325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9894
HeifersChoice1,145209.00/cwt209.00–209.002,3931
HeifersSelect and Choice1,208195.67/cwt193.00–198.002,3642
CowsLean 85-90%1,080131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,4151
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,430127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,8161
Bulls2,265173.50/cwt173.50–173.503,9301
CowsBoner 80-85%1,312139.27/cwt130.00–145.001,8277
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,437173.00/cwt173.00–173.002,4862
CowsLean 85-90%1,070111.34/cwt108.00–114.001,1912
CowsLean 85-90%90795.49/cwt80.00–103.008663
CowsBoner 80-85%1,285123.21/cwt117.00–129.001,5832
CowsBoner 80-85%1,272153.26/cwt148.00–160.001,94913
CowsLean 85-90%1,082137.66/cwt135.00–140.001,4893
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,563130.95/cwt130.00–132.002,0472
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,523148.00/cwt148.00–148.002,2542
Bulls1,773159.03/cwt152.00–165.002,8204
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1151,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0701,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0301,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1631,775.00/head1,775.00–1,775.001,7752
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-28851,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0751,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1581,747.30/head1,600.00–1,875.001,7472
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-28351,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9251
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,5902,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700655298.22/cwt288.00–300.001,9537
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500475290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3781
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350340360.07/cwt355.00–365.001,2242
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350305322.50/cwt322.50–322.509841
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450440290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2761
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650635231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,4671
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3700–750720217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,5661
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3250–300280300.00/cwt300.00–300.008401
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550523337.73/cwt330.00–342.001,76610
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400360326.70/cwt322.50–330.001,1763
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500468358.27/cwt357.00–359.001,6778
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450415356.59/cwt351.00–381.001,4808
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650605285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7241
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750705270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,90419
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500455310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4111
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450415332.56/cwt330.00–335.001,3802
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750700270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8901
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400373371.66/cwt362.50–380.001,3862
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy700–750747293.00/cwt293.00–293.002,1892
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550515312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,6091
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600582287.67/cwt282.50–291.001,6746
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500475371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,76213
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy550–600555352.75/cwt327.00–359.001,95810
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700695279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,9391
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350320331.25/cwt330.00–332.501,0602
BullsMedium and Large 1-2200–250225387.50/cwt387.50–387.508721

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.