Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2025-10-08

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Oct 8
● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
170 head
230 vs last sale 400 183 vs year ago 353 · 51.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
38 head
8 vs last sale 30 13 vs year ago 25 · +52.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
4 vs last sale 8 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $345.31/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits 80.09 against this barn's trailing median of $425.40.
Average price
$345.31
3 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,831
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$389
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$89.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.08
vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2515405.002,0861thin
Medium and Large 2-3538315.471,6972thin
One grade step is worth $89.53/cwt here — about $389 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

26 sales
475428381334median 425.4001/0703/0404/2906/1708/19
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $461.15, low $347.85, median $425.40 across 26 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 sale3 hd
345.31
KY average25 barns · 507 hd
343.24
+2.08
This barn, trailing median26 sales
425.40
−80.09
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
BullsAverage1,945187.583,6483thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,657143.022,3694thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,304141.931,85112
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,077132.051,42215
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,315221.002,9061thin

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)730$9122thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,015$1,8251thin

Every lot, as filed

85 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800795307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,4411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650625331.06/cwt318.00–340.002,0694
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400371347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,2873
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700650335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,1781
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450413347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,4333
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450445387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,7241
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650605365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,2081
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350330329.89/cwt327.50–332.501,0892
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2150–200165500.00/cwt500.00–500.008251
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350310385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,1941
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750740300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2201
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750705289.00/cwt289.00–289.002,0371
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600568348.56/cwt329.00–369.001,9806
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600580335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,9432
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2200–250210392.50/cwt392.50–392.508241
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500480350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6801
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600562397.00/cwt397.00–397.002,2312
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900870318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,7671
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800765299.00/cwt299.00–299.002,2871
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350305378.75/cwt370.00–387.501,1552
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700675325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1941
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400380385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,4631
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2900–950925265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,4511
BullsMedium and Large 1-2850–900860237.00/cwt237.00–237.002,0381
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450412417.00/cwt417.00–417.001,7182
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300285384.25/cwt381.00–387.501,0952
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450414387.28/cwt371.00–393.001,6034
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650618341.61/cwt337.00–351.002,1113
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650630329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,0732
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500460413.75/cwt412.50–415.001,9032
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700683309.80/cwt309.00–310.002,1165
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500482378.53/cwt373.00–390.001,8255
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750731298.50/cwt295.00–305.002,1824
BullsMedium and Large 1-2800–850820253.00/cwt253.00–253.002,0751
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450433371.45/cwt360.00–382.501,6082
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400398421.00/cwt421.00–421.001,6764
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,560149.50/cwt149.00–150.002,3322
CowsBoner 80-85%1,286134.20/cwt129.00–137.001,7264
CowsLean 85-90%1,063124.57/cwt120.00–127.001,3244
CowsBoner 80-85%1,135174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,9751
CowsLean 85-90%1,128150.21/cwt147.00–153.001,6942
CowsLean 85-90%1,081137.94/cwt130.00–145.001,4917
CowsLean 85-90%1,040108.24/cwt104.00–113.001,1262
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,753136.54/cwt128.00–143.002,3942
CowsBoner 80-85%1,345145.39/cwt142.00–152.001,9556
CowsBoner 80-85%1,300120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,5601
HeifersSelect and Choice1,315221.00/cwt221.00–221.002,9061
Bulls1,945187.58/cwt180.00–193.003,6483
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2860167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,4361
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0151,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8251
HeifersMedium 1-2250–300295315.00/cwt315.00–315.009291
HeifersMedium 1-2500–550536288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,5443
Bred CowsMedium 2730911.64/head800.00–1,000.009122
HeifersLarge 1-2300–350345265.00/cwt265.00–265.009141
BullsMedium and Large 2-3250–300265345.00/cwt345.00–345.009141
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500480315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,5122
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy500–550515405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,0861
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350327400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3082
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400373420.72/cwt402.50–429.001,5693
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450439415.91/cwt412.50–417.001,8264
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3750–800785255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,0021
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650–700685265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8151
SteersMedium and Large 2-3500–550502325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6322
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3250–300270320.00/cwt320.00–320.008641
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350–400383342.48/cwt340.00–345.001,3122
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400–450440313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,3772
BullsMedium and Large 2-3700–750735240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7641
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550538315.47/cwt310.00–321.001,6972
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300280365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,0221
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700680317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,1561
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650620270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6741
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400370310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1471
SteersMedium and Large 2-3650–700665295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,9621
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600570280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5961
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700651357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,32413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550503399.00/cwt399.00–399.002,0074
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3300–350335319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,0691
BullsMedium and Large 2-3300–350300335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,0051
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400350352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,2341
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500489357.08/cwt357.00–357.501,7466
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550531371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,9705
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550520365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,8981
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500480327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,5703
BullsMedium and Large 2-3850–900860195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,6771
Beef/Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400380270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0261

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.