Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2025-08-13

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Aug 13
● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
364 head
376 vs last sale 740 257 vs year ago 621 · 41.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
17 vs last sale 33 0 vs year ago 50 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
4 vs last sale 4 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $362.50/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 5 of 31 comparable sales and sits 37.12 against this barn's trailing median of $399.63.
Average price
$362.50
44 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,958
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$170
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$33.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.81
vs KY average
+11.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2540364.001,96542
Medium and Large 2543331.001,7962thin
One grade step is worth $33.00/cwt here — about $170 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 sale44 hd
362.50
KY average25 barns · 1,248 hd
357.69
+4.81
National average152 barns · 8,349 hd
350.81
+11.69
This barn, trailing median31 sales
399.63
−37.12
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
BullsHigh1,697212.883,6127thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,571162.782,55710
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,233161.191,98818
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,033134.941,39310
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,738162.692,8284thin

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 (2-4 yrs)940$2,3251thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,137$2,2253thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)580$1,3501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,465$3,3751thin

Every lot, as filed

86 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 1-2350–400385435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,6751
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400380385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,4632
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600568370.04/cwt367.00–385.002,1027
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650610343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,0921
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700674329.37/cwt320.00–335.502,22017
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350305435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,3271
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy500–550530372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,9721
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550535350.01/cwt344.50–365.001,87317
BullsMedium and Large 1-21050–11001,065230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,4501
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800772290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,2392
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650615368.71/cwt360.00–377.002,2682
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500475404.18/cwt401.00–407.501,9202
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650639331.24/cwt330.00–335.002,1174
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600586337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,9754
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350325401.25/cwt400.00–402.501,3042
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650623348.51/cwt347.00–350.002,17118
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850816290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,36616
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600578353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,0409
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550505362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,8311
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350330472.62/cwt457.50–485.001,5608
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750730330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,4091
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500472388.16/cwt385.00–398.001,8325
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650622336.62/cwt327.00–341.002,0949
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700679346.25/cwt329.00–352.002,35129
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450407461.31/cwt440.00–472.501,8783
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350335440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,4741
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500493422.57/cwt415.00–424.002,0836
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400390463.75/cwt460.00–467.501,8092
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000975237.00/cwt237.00–237.002,3111
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy250–300275460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,2651
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450423386.24/cwt385.00–387.501,6342
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy200–250235515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,2101
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500471400.91/cwt399.00–403.001,8886
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700675316.58/cwt313.00–320.002,1372
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy200–250220441.00/cwt441.00–441.009701
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450410430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,7631
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450429407.55/cwt400.00–415.001,7488
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,570150.49/cwt150.00–151.002,3632
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,572178.47/cwt174.00–181.002,8063
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,570158.29/cwt155.00–165.002,4855
CowsLean 85-90%1,000128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,2802
CowsBoner 80-85%1,088148.57/cwt140.00–154.001,6164
CowsBoner 80-85%1,261161.09/cwt155.00–168.002,03110
CowsBoner 80-85%1,309174.05/cwt172.00–177.002,2784
CowsLean 85-90%1,127148.43/cwt146.00–151.001,6735
CowsLean 85-90%897117.08/cwt116.00–118.001,0503
Dairy SteersSelect1,738162.69/cwt154.00–169.002,8284
Bulls1,716219.33/cwt214.00–224.003,7645
Bulls1,648196.77/cwt190.00–203.003,2432
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1372,225.44/head1,625.00–2,500.002,2253
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2965230.95/cwt226.00–236.002,2292
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4653,375.00/head3,375.00–3,375.003,3751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-39402,325.00/head2,325.00–2,325.002,3251
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-25801,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
BullsMedium 1-2550–600590271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,5991
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3700–750723265.36/cwt250.00–280.001,9192
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350–400360322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,1591
HeifersMedium and Large 2-31050–11001,095180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,9711
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550500332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,6601
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500480364.00/cwt364.00–364.001,7471
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400373429.90/cwt415.00–445.001,6042
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550538312.49/cwt310.00–315.001,6812
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650640285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8241
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600570339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,9321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500486388.18/cwt375.00–395.001,88710
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500475349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,6581
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600585330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9311
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550525347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,8241
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600580349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,0241
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450425352.21/cwt340.00–365.001,4972
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21050–11001,050224.00/cwt224.00–224.002,3521
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750730305.20/cwt303.00–307.502,2282
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700685325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2261
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750713320.29/cwt315.00–323.002,2843
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550515383.83/cwt381.00–385.001,97712
SteersMedium and Large 1-2200–250235450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,0581
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added800–850830320.75/cwt320.75–320.752,66223
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550518410.44/cwt404.00–415.002,12614
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550500390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,9501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added300–350303505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,5308
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600562376.00/cwt376.00–376.002,1139
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800760319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,4241
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750722321.33/cwt317.00–324.002,3203
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600582405.58/cwt391.00–410.502,36035
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700662369.38/cwt365.00–377.002,44510
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900895280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,5062

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.