Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2025-05-28

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, May 28
● Final95 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
460 head
180 vs last sale 640 50 vs year ago 510 · 9.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
7 vs last sale 28 28 vs year ago 63 · 44.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
7 vs last sale 9 17 vs year ago 19 · 89.5%
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $340.00/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits 59.63 against this barn's trailing median of $399.63.
Average price
$340.00
56 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,846
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$314
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$80.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.55
vs KY average
+7.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2539347.371,87450
Medium and Large 2553301.501,6662thin
Medium and Large 2-3584267.071,5604thin
One grade step is worth $80.30/cwt here — about $314 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale56 hd
340.00
KY average17 barns · 782 hd
326.44
+13.55
National average127 barns · 6,029 hd
332.69
+7.31
This barn, trailing median31 sales
399.63
−59.63
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
BullsHigh1,520196.172,9817thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,242158.171,96510
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,515150.512,2806thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,099126.681,39210

Every lot, as filed

95 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 1-2350–400390350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3651
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500473354.75/cwt345.00–362.501,6788
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550505322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,6291
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400372405.85/cwt402.50–422.501,5106
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650633311.53/cwt303.00–320.001,9722
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300280397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,1131
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750722299.00/cwt299.00–299.002,1592
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550515355.04/cwt350.00–359.001,82829
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800755306.00/cwt306.00–306.002,3101
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850826271.92/cwt265.00–274.502,2466
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450429355.08/cwt340.00–362.501,5236
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650617301.74/cwt301.00–302.001,8624
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500476372.88/cwt360.00–387.001,7757
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300288415.89/cwt402.50–430.001,1982
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added200–250200530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,0601
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650610318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,9402
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650629360.33/cwt349.00–363.002,26610
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900854273.50/cwt273.50–273.502,3369
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700669297.99/cwt289.00–304.001,99411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950900278.00/cwt278.00–278.002,5027
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600575348.19/cwt347.00–349.002,0025
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750721293.93/cwt290.00–295.502,1197
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350333365.41/cwt357.50–377.501,2173
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450430395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,6992
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy600–650602353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,1252
BullsMedium and Large 1-2800–850800217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,7401
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750705292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,0621
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700660309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,0391
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy500–550516380.60/cwt371.00–387.501,96417
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21000–10501,015197.00/cwt197.00–197.002,0001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400382436.05/cwt427.50–445.001,6667
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450425386.90/cwt380.00–395.001,6444
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600580347.31/cwt333.00–362.502,01414
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy550–600558376.02/cwt370.00–379.002,0983
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450433405.03/cwt400.00–410.001,7542
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550524329.46/cwt320.00–342.501,7265
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400385385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,4821
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450432366.41/cwt365.00–370.001,5837
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350342447.54/cwt427.50–452.501,5315
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy250–300259500.83/cwt485.00–505.001,2975
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy200–250240460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,1041
CowsLean 85-90%1,270110.45/cwt105.00–114.001,4033
CowsLean 85-90%875119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,0411
CowsLean 85-90%1,050136.07/cwt130.00–142.001,4296
CowsBoner 80-85%1,233167.96/cwt164.00–171.002,0713
CowsBoner 80-85%1,246153.97/cwt145.00–159.501,9187
Bulls1,693211.73/cwt204.00–220.003,5854
BullsLarge 1-2550–600585308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,8021
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,520141.52/cwt140.00–143.002,1512
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,470175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,5731
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,527148.34/cwt146.00–150.002,2653
Bulls1,343182.13/cwt180.00–184.002,4462
Bulls1,180162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,9121
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350347382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,3272
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2960203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,9491
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2775207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,6041
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450403410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,6523
BullsMedium 1-2300–350300335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,0051
BullsMedium 1-2700–750700220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5401
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500462335.91/cwt330.00–339.001,5523
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400380335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,2731
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600584267.07/cwt219.00–307.001,5604
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650645265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,7091
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy200–250238484.79/cwt465.00–505.001,1542
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500478365.80/cwt365.00–367.501,7493
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350335350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1731
BullsMedium and Large 2-3750–800760249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,8921
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650–700675290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9581
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550515299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,5401
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550515303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,5601
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400380365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,3871
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600577333.93/cwt320.00–343.001,92715
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700669329.73/cwt329.00–332.002,2064
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300280350.00/cwt350.00–350.009801
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300295362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,0691
HeifersMedium and Large 2800–850830235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,9511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550530386.48/cwt380.00–389.002,04814
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550540362.54/cwt355.00–367.501,9585
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600567355.38/cwt349.00–365.002,0155
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550530315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6701
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700675281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,8971
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450423334.15/cwt332.50–335.001,4133
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added800–850820278.85/cwt278.85–278.852,28767
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added800–850812308.50/cwt308.50–308.502,50564
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500465345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,6042
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600590300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7701
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550–600568282.51/cwt280.00–285.001,6052
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500460309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,4211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650633335.88/cwt330.00–341.002,1268
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400390340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,3261
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500495353.75/cwt352.50–355.001,7512
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450430312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,3441
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3800–850845197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,6651
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650–700665261.16/cwt255.00–267.501,7372
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700680309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,1011

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.