Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2025-07-23

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Jul 23
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
165 head
407 vs last sale 572 290 vs year ago 455 · 63.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
20 vs last sale 33 87 vs year ago 100 · 87.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
0 vs last sale 1 18 vs year ago 19 · 94.7%
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $333.55/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits 66.07 against this barn's trailing median of $399.63.
Average price
$333.55
26 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,868
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$186
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$40.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.08
vs KY average
6.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2560335.931,88224
Medium and Large 2545315.001,7171thin
Medium and Large 2-3575295.001,6961thin
One grade step is worth $40.93/cwt here — about $186 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

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 sale26 hd
333.55
KY average24 barns · 1,173 hd
338.63
−5.08
National average146 barns · 6,788 hd
340.18
−6.63
This barn, trailing median31 sales
399.63
−66.07
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
BullsHigh1,912211.614,0453thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,359161.342,1935thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,003150.181,5073thin

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 Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)905$1,9751thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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 1-2500–550531331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,7584
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500478342.27/cwt337.00–347.501,6364
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400383366.79/cwt361.00–379.001,4053
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750713293.49/cwt292.00–295.002,0932
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700685337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,3088
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650630303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,9091
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700675304.13/cwt302.50–307.002,0533
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400370397.88/cwt395.00–401.001,4722
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600576333.98/cwt325.00–341.001,9248
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500461377.64/cwt370.00–381.001,7416
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800750319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,3931
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450422375.73/cwt373.00–377.501,5865
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550523373.38/cwt371.00–375.001,9535
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850845307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,5943
BullsMedium and Large 1-2900–950900197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,7731
BullsMedium and Large 1-2200–250245372.50/cwt372.50–372.509131
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700675325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1941
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650615303.66/cwt300.00–312.501,8685
CowsBoner 80-85%1,415172.00/cwt172.00–172.002,4341
CowsBoner 80-85%1,345158.67/cwt155.00–163.002,1344
CowsLean 85-90%950132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,2541
CowsLean 85-90%1,030159.27/cwt154.00–164.001,6402
Bulls1,885219.92/cwt217.00–223.004,1452
Bulls1,965195.00/cwt195.00–195.003,8321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy700–750730251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,8321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450418382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,5994
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy700–750708303.00/cwt303.00–303.002,1454
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy200–250220420.91/cwt417.50–425.009262
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy250–300250422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,0561
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29051,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9751
SteersMedium and Large 2-3700–750720272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,9621
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650630287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,8081
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600575295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,6961
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350300340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,0201
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400360351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,2641
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550505282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,4271
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550545315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,7171
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650611351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,1458
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550523353.01/cwt350.00–359.001,8466
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350345390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3461
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750738310.35/cwt309.00–310.502,29013
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500485300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4551
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450445391.00/cwt391.00–391.001,7401
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650631331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,0898
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600585330.19/cwt321.00–333.001,93214
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450429355.71/cwt342.50–361.001,52611
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600558357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,9923
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400380365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,3871
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550529330.42/cwt321.00–341.001,7484

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.