Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2025-06-04

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Jun 4
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
316 head
144 vs last sale 460 105 vs year ago 421 · 24.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
7 vs last sale 35 11 vs year ago 39 · 28.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
2 vs last sale 2 3 vs year ago 1 · +300.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold mostly steady. Active trading on feeders. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $330.76/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits 68.86 against this barn's trailing median of $399.63.
Average price
$330.76
23 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,810
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$126
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$27.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.07
vs KY average
7.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2545340.331,85315thin
Medium and Large 2-3552312.831,7278thin
One grade step is worth $27.50/cwt here — about $126 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 sale23 hd
330.76
KY average25 barns · 1,468 hd
336.83
−6.07
National average164 barns · 13,536 hd
338.24
−7.48
This barn, trailing median31 sales
399.63
−68.86
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
BullsHigh1,671200.803,3556thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,575160.472,5272thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,366145.781,99213
CowsLean 85-90%Average965127.001,2261thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,210190.002,2991thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,245$2,2501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,090$1,6001thin

Every lot, as filed

71 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2200–250208508.43/cwt500.00–517.501,0582
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700663317.97/cwt307.50–320.002,10813
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400–450424347.89/cwt285.00–398.001,4756
BullsMedium and Large 2-3700–750724266.23/cwt263.00–271.001,9285
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550500360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650603337.59/cwt336.00–340.002,0365
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350308431.98/cwt429.00–435.001,3302
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600571348.96/cwt348.00–350.001,9934
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550543388.00/cwt388.00–388.002,10711
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750733305.55/cwt301.00–307.002,2404
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750702320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2462
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350310352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,0931
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600571352.81/cwt340.00–369.002,0157
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2200–250247477.50/cwt477.50–477.501,1792
SteersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000995260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,5871
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500492345.26/cwt340.00–353.001,6995
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450434370.71/cwt347.00–375.001,6097
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750715291.00/cwt291.00–291.002,0811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600576337.75/cwt331.00–346.001,9458
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700650283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,8401
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400364392.57/cwt380.00–401.001,4295
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650611319.86/cwt311.00–323.001,9544
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550510340.48/cwt330.00–349.001,7366
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550505380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,9194
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500480352.66/cwt345.00–360.001,6932
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750730267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,9491
SteersMedium and Large 1-2250–300250425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,0631
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550531357.59/cwt345.00–370.001,8995
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy500–550504400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0166
Bulls1,707209.19/cwt202.00–217.003,5713
Bulls1,635192.40/cwt181.00–201.003,1463
CowsLean 85-90%965127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,2261
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,575160.47/cwt158.00–162.002,5272
CowsBoner 80-85%1,396151.79/cwt144.00–157.002,1198
HeifersChoice1,210190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,2991
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0901,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400380413.60/cwt410.00–417.501,5722
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added750–800773286.25/cwt286.25–286.252,21370
Dairy SteersLarge 3450–500450300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3501
CowsBoner 80-85%1,259127.71/cwt117.00–137.001,6084
CowsBoner 80-85%1,560170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,6521
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550535317.79/cwt275.00–331.001,7004
SteersMedium and Large 2-3650–700670295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,9771
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400390344.82/cwt300.00–373.001,3455
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450418397.80/cwt393.00–399.001,6635
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2798209.48/cwt202.00–217.001,6722
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2452,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
BullsMedium and Large 2-3300–350340387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,3181
SteersMedium and Large 2-3700–750730296.00/cwt296.00–296.002,1611
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650638275.92/cwt269.00–283.001,7602
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500479339.16/cwt331.00–363.001,6258
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650–700685282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,9321
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600569307.87/cwt265.00–342.001,7524
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500480360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7281
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350–400370399.18/cwt397.50–401.001,4772
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3250–300285370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,0551
SteersMedium and Large 2-3800–850845288.00/cwt288.00–288.002,4341
BullsMedium and Large 2-3600–650620331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,0521
SteersMedium and Large 2-3600–650620326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,0212
SteersMedium and Large 1-2200–250235425.00/cwt425.00–425.009991
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500477368.79/cwt367.50–380.001,75918
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3800–850845254.00/cwt254.00–254.002,1461
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450422339.64/cwt307.50–377.001,4336
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600577322.87/cwt290.00–371.001,8635
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700686321.03/cwt320.50–330.002,20217
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400375389.60/cwt380.00–400.001,4612
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450415452.50/cwt452.50–452.501,8781
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550514339.16/cwt301.00–381.001,7435
BullsMedium and Large 2-3950–1000966201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,9423
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650625347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,17212
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added450–500455400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8201

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.