Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2025-06-25

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Jun 25
● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
483 head
80 vs last sale 403 93 vs year ago 390 · +23.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
20 vs last sale 48 34 vs year ago 62 · 54.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
5 vs last sale 4 1 vs year ago 8 · +12.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. There was moderate demand for feeder classes. Extreme heat in the area restricting demand and movement of cattle. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower. No test on slaughter bulls. There was moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $353.41/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits 87.95 against this barn's trailing median of $441.36.
Average price
$353.41
54 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,932
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$341
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$58.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.63
vs KY average
16.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2549358.531,96948
Medium and Large 2519318.751,6544thin
Medium and Large 2-3543300.001,6282thin
One grade step is worth $58.53/cwt here — about $341 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 sale54 hd
353.41
KY average24 barns · 560 hd
364.04
−10.63
National average140 barns · 6,212 hd
369.58
−16.17
This barn, trailing median30 sales
441.36
−87.95
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
BullsHigh1,675206.003,4511thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,202151.931,82611
CowsLean 85-90%Low938128.401,2043thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage980190.001,8621thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceHigh1,415200.002,8301thin

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)875$1,0501thin

Every lot, as filed

87 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 1-2350–400395347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,3731
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350305371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,1321
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650603330.10/cwt316.00–330.751,99123
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300271354.80/cwt350.00–360.009624
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600581316.66/cwt308.00–322.001,8406
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550534370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9766
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500461358.74/cwt352.50–365.001,6544
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500467348.04/cwt341.00–356.001,62514
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750732268.30/cwt261.00–279.001,9643
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550538339.05/cwt336.50–341.001,82414
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650605282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,7091
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400385373.31/cwt370.00–375.001,4373
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450425344.67/cwt337.50–348.001,4654
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700676317.50/cwt314.00–321.002,1466
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550536306.23/cwt300.00–320.001,64111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added800–850823305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,51010
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300288385.20/cwt377.50–392.501,1092
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550519318.75/cwt318.00–321.001,6544
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450421368.11/cwt362.50–370.001,5504
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700661350.50/cwt350.50–350.502,31716
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650615319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,96213
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added950–1000962292.95/cwt292.95–292.952,81858
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600583327.47/cwt327.00–328.001,90940
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350330367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,2131
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650634322.93/cwt320.00–328.002,04726
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added750–800765314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,4021
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600571369.98/cwt363.00–379.002,11320
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650614302.58/cwt301.00–303.001,8585
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350310387.00/cwt387.00–387.001,2001
SteersMedium and Large 2-3650–700675252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,7041
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450425325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3811
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500481323.16/cwt320.00–325.001,5544
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650643349.23/cwt340.00–350.002,24613
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650640280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7922
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550500282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,4131
SteersMedium and Large 2-3750–800795283.00/cwt283.00–283.002,2501
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450435362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,5771
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700655290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9001
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450400330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3201
BullsMedium and Large 1-2150–200175430.00/cwt430.00–430.007531
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900880230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,0241
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2900–950910211.23/cwt207.50–215.001,9222
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450431375.94/cwt371.00–387.501,6208
SteersMedium and Large 1-2150–200175515.00/cwt515.00–515.009011
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800770269.00/cwt269.00–269.002,0711
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350322390.91/cwt387.50–395.001,2593
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2200–250235360.00/cwt360.00–360.008461
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550517354.17/cwt350.00–363.001,83116
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700680267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,8191
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850835280.50/cwt280.00–281.002,3422
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850810230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8631
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700675287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,9371
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000950205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,9481
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750719315.01/cwt314.00–317.502,2657
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-28751,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500470365.42/cwt359.00–371.001,7179
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700676312.68/cwt310.00–325.002,11423
SteersMedium and Large 1-21050–11001,070240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,5681
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400360355.00/cwt350.00–360.001,2782
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600577320.48/cwt317.00–325.001,8496
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350335383.00/cwt383.00–383.001,2837
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500465380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,7671
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450440400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7602
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800755281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,1223
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600572290.30/cwt285.00–300.001,6615
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,060198.00/cwt198.00–198.002,0991
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550–600560300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6801
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600582285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6592
SteersMedium and Large 2-3600–650630200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2601
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350305425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,2962
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350347409.00/cwt409.00–409.001,4194
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400368383.00/cwt383.00–383.001,4095
Bulls1,675206.00/cwt206.00–206.003,4511
Dairy SteersLarge 3650–700693156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,0815
Dairy SteersLarge 3450–500487225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0962
SteersMedium and Large 2-3500–550525300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5751
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400–450445275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2241
SteersMedium and Large 2-3400–450445292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,2991
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400375343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,2862
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3250–300275325.00/cwt325.00–325.008941
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500491313.76/cwt312.50–314.001,5416
SteersSelect and Choice1,415200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,8301
HeifersSelect and Choice980190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,8621
CowsBoner 80-85%1,243167.54/cwt165.00–170.002,0832
CowsLean 85-90%938128.40/cwt127.00–130.001,2043
CowsBoner 80-85%1,175156.94/cwt155.00–160.001,8443
CowsBoner 80-85%1,202144.23/cwt140.00–149.001,7346

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.