Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2025-07-30

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Jul 30
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
73 head
92 vs last sale 165 180 vs year ago 253 · 71.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
9 vs last sale 13 27 vs year ago 49 · 55.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
3 vs last sale 1 1 vs year ago 5 · 20.0%
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $336.91/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits 62.71 against this barn's trailing median of $399.63.
Average price
$336.91
5 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,823
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$447
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$68.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.21
vs KY average
10.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2547350.521,9164thin
Medium and Large 2-3520282.501,4691thin
One grade step is worth $68.01/cwt here — about $447 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale5 hd
336.91
KY average26 barns · 752 hd
338.12
−1.21
National average149 barns · 6,369 hd
347.50
−10.59
This barn, trailing median31 sales
399.63
−62.71
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
BullsAverage1,600197.003,1521thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,296163.212,11611
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,512163.152,4666thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,059147.301,5593thin

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 Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,060$2,9001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)965$2,5501thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)950$2,4001thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,050$3,0001thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,520174.98/cwt174.00–176.002,6602
CowsLean 85-90%1,060152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,6111
CowsBoner 80-85%1,304156.90/cwt150.00–161.002,0466
CowsBoner 80-85%1,287170.79/cwt166.00–181.002,1985
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,565145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,2691
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,488161.32/cwt155.00–166.002,4003
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450445407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,8131
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy250–300256410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,0503
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2900–950930287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,6741
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400380382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,4541
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500487380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8512
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500458381.24/cwt380.00–382.501,7464
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600566337.61/cwt327.50–345.001,9114
SteersMedium and Large 1-21050–11001,091264.00/cwt264.00–264.002,8803
BullsMedium and Large 1-2200–250235380.00/cwt380.00–380.008931
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350330402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,3281
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350320427.50/cwt427.50–427.501,3681
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400370358.75/cwt352.50–365.001,3272
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450405352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,4281
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500475344.95/cwt340.00–350.001,6392
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650645312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,0161
Beef/Dairy SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550535230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2311
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550532335.74/cwt330.00–340.001,7863
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600557344.02/cwt340.00–346.001,9163
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600595337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,0081
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550520282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,4691
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850840280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,3521
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500492396.00/cwt396.00–396.001,9482
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400360400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4401
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300295379.00/cwt379.00–379.001,1181
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700655326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,1351
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3250–300275340.00/cwt340.00–340.009351
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350343373.74/cwt372.50–375.001,2822
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400360362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,3051
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450435387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,6861
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,0503,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450425395.07/cwt390.00–400.001,6799
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600595317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,8891
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500450307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,3842
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500495321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,5891
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550515370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9061
CowsLean 85-90%1,058144.95/cwt141.00–149.001,5342
Bulls1,600197.00/cwt197.00–197.003,1521
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy500–550505352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,7803
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29502,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,0602,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29652,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501

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.