Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2025-04-23

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Apr 23
● Final97 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
679 head
121 vs last sale 558 241 vs year ago 438 · +55.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
21 vs last sale 34 3 vs year ago 52 · +5.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
8 vs last sale 18 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $323.96/cwt on 50 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits 75.67 against this barn's trailing median of $399.63.
Average price
$323.96
50 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,787
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$360
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$61.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.28
vs KY average
5.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2553326.941,80747
Medium and Large 2515301.001,5501thin
Medium and Large 2-3545265.501,4472thin
One grade step is worth $61.44/cwt here — about $360 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 sale50 hd
323.96
KY average25 barns · 1,445 hd
320.68
+3.28
National average175 barns · 11,256 hd
329.95
−5.99
This barn, trailing median31 sales
399.63
−75.67
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
BullsAverage1,559166.412,59510
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,564151.582,3705thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,180149.021,75825
CowsLean 85-90%Low992131.431,30412

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)997$2,0053thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,243$1,9882thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,245$1,7501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,397$3,2502thin

Every lot, as filed

97 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 1-2Replacement800–850802300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,4062
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500478335.10/cwt327.00–345.001,60213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550513309.38/cwt300.00–319.001,5875
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2900–950928246.92/cwt237.00–257.002,2912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800765243.53/cwt242.00–245.001,8632
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700677274.14/cwt270.00–283.001,8568
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800762292.01/cwt291.00–293.002,2253
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2200–250200410.00/cwt410.00–410.008201
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550533341.26/cwt332.00–348.001,81919
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400380308.67/cwt302.50–315.001,1732
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600585250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4631
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450415305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,2661
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350330330.23/cwt322.50–345.001,0903
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350318370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,1773
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850800230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8401
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600572307.52/cwt297.00–319.001,75914
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21000–10501,035210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,1741
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550515301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,5501
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500463310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4352
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400373355.81/cwt351.00–362.501,3276
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750707232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,6402
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650621282.97/cwt277.00–294.001,75717
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650615344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,1168
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Replacement950–1000955290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,7701
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Replacement900–950915273.00/cwt273.00–273.002,4981
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900862269.00/cwt269.00–269.002,3192
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added800–850821277.99/cwt266.00–282.002,282138
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650621309.23/cwt298.00–328.001,92011
SteersMedium and Large 2-3450–500480339.04/cwt335.00–343.001,6272
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450420429.00/cwt429.00–429.001,8022
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500493410.21/cwt400.00–434.002,02213
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550533362.71/cwt345.00–367.001,9335
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350340445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,5131
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550518391.41/cwt385.00–400.002,0287
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700670322.14/cwt315.00–335.002,1589
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500488358.35/cwt351.00–365.001,7499
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600584355.59/cwt344.00–361.002,07718
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750738296.61/cwt292.00–299.002,18910
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450440389.00/cwt389.00–389.001,7121
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550–600580338.46/cwt337.00–340.001,9632
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added800–850830280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,3241
SteersMedium and Large 2-3650–700673281.50/cwt281.50–281.501,8944
BullsMedium and Large 1-2800–850820238.48/cwt235.00–242.001,9564
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy500–550526370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9469
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy700–750711295.66/cwt295.00–297.002,1023
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400387433.97/cwt427.50–445.001,67917
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350340441.00/cwt441.00–441.001,4993
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy550–600553369.50/cwt369.50–369.502,04312
CowsLean 85-90%1,073113.09/cwt109.00–118.001,2132
CowsLean 85-90%1,027126.26/cwt121.00–134.001,2975
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,531152.73/cwt152.00–154.002,3384
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,695147.00/cwt147.00–147.002,4921
CowsBoner 80-85%1,181155.01/cwt150.00–164.001,83114
CowsLean 85-90%925143.94/cwt137.00–150.001,3315
CowsBoner 80-85%1,215126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,5311
CowsBoner 80-85%1,175142.93/cwt135.00–148.001,67910
Bulls1,529166.03/cwt158.00–174.002,5397
Bulls1,745179.95/cwt176.00–183.503,1402
Bulls1,400142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,9881
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29972,004.60/head1,975.00–2,025.002,0053
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2431,988.07/head1,750.00–2,185.001,9882
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2451,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3973,250.00/head3,250.00–3,250.003,2502
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2980156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,5291
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,110173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,9201
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600579329.27/cwt322.00–332.001,9068
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700670298.79/cwt289.00–314.002,0023
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450435426.58/cwt417.00–448.001,85616
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500489405.99/cwt403.00–407.001,98512
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550540341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,8411
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550520305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,5861
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500485347.47/cwt345.00–350.001,6852
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600565308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,7401
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550523314.35/cwt313.00–315.001,6443
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450425345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,4661
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400350385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,3481
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500465366.94/cwt359.00–380.001,7067
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650617304.12/cwt289.00–319.001,87612
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450425392.75/cwt387.50–402.501,66914
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500454363.37/cwt359.00–382.501,65011
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300265385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,0201
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350320405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,2961
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650–700670277.75/cwt277.50–278.001,8612
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600586336.65/cwt330.00–340.001,9739
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750717278.26/cwt268.00–281.001,9959
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added750–800788279.14/cwt279.10–282.002,20067
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550505281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,4191
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400374415.71/cwt405.00–429.001,5559
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750705287.99/cwt287.00–289.002,0302
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400393337.48/cwt335.00–340.001,3262
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3700–750745211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,5721
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900855255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,1802
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500476323.13/cwt320.00–325.001,5387
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350342427.00/cwt427.00–427.001,4602
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450431370.94/cwt358.00–379.001,59921
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300250345.00/cwt345.00–345.008631
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450423335.55/cwt325.00–350.001,41915

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.