Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2025-10-29

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Oct 29
● Final89 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
377 head
280 vs last sale 657 190 vs year ago 567 · 33.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
3 vs last sale 29 23 vs year ago 49 · 46.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
4 vs last sale 6 6 vs year ago 4 · +150.0%
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Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $385.95/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 2 of 30 comparable sales and sits 55.41 against this barn's trailing median of $441.36.
Average price
$385.95
54 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,020
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$435
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$73.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.90
vs KY average
43.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2524391.372,05049
Medium and Large 2533355.061,8922thin
Medium and Large 2-3508318.001,6153thin
One grade step is worth $73.37/cwt here — about $435 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

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
385.95
KY average24 barns · 1,067 hd
385.05
+0.90
National average179 barns · 33,800 hd
429.72
−43.77
This barn, trailing median30 sales
441.36
−55.41
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
BullsLow1,630178.092,9034thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,595161.272,5734thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,266159.512,01914
CowsLean 85-90%High1,080144.331,5594thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,150$3,1001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,528$2,3663thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,223$1,9762thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)790$1,9001thin

Every lot, as filed

89 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 1-2Value Added500–550515400.58/cwt385.00–413.002,06330
Beef/Dairy SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750720287.00/cwt287.00–287.002,0662
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750702325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2822
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600572330.94/cwt320.00–345.001,8935
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800783335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,62340
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550528372.14/cwt361.00–383.001,96513
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650638319.76/cwt311.00–324.002,0403
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400371366.93/cwt361.00–370.001,3613
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400378400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5122
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400395417.00/cwt417.00–417.001,6471
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700678329.11/cwt325.00–339.002,2317
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350330360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,1881
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21000–10501,007253.00/cwt253.00–253.002,5482
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700690308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,1252
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450429372.45/cwt357.50–381.001,5987
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350320355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,1361
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450417357.23/cwt350.00–365.001,4904
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500474338.46/cwt332.50–345.001,6047
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300275380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,0452
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700676300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0283
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550536349.83/cwt341.00–360.001,8758
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy500–550528372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,9644
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350315413.00/cwt413.00–413.001,3011
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800760280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1281
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750740280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0721
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500487380.61/cwt377.50–382.501,8545
BullsMedium and Large 1-2200–250230370.00/cwt370.00–370.008511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450425403.85/cwt391.00–417.001,7162
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450432409.02/cwt397.00–413.001,7674
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550541338.28/cwt330.00–341.001,8304
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650609326.25/cwt326.00–327.001,9874
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800785299.00/cwt299.00–299.002,3471
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500460401.00/cwt401.00–401.001,8451
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy550–600558369.05/cwt365.00–373.002,0592
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500461392.96/cwt389.00–394.001,81210
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450425402.82/cwt397.50–405.001,7127
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400381399.99/cwt395.00–415.001,5244
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400371437.00/cwt437.00–437.001,6214
CowsLean 85-90%1,195159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,9001
CowsLean 85-90%1,042139.44/cwt135.00–144.001,4533
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,735148.00/cwt148.00–148.002,5681
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,520169.00/cwt169.00–169.002,5691
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,563164.03/cwt163.00–165.002,5642
CowsBoner 80-85%1,233146.61/cwt145.00–148.001,8082
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2231,976.48/head1,600.00–2,300.001,9762
Dairy SteersLarge 3800–850801254.00/cwt254.00–254.002,0355
CowsBoner 80-85%1,397170.06/cwt167.00–173.002,3763
CowsBoner 80-85%1,229158.86/cwt150.00–165.001,9529
Bulls1,485166.59/cwt159.00–173.002,4742
Bulls1,775189.58/cwt187.00–192.003,3652
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650620280.12/cwt272.50–285.001,7373
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350345402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,3892
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1503,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,057190.24/cwt179.00–207.002,0113
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-27901,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,5282,366.09/head2,300.00–2,500.002,3663
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550500311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,5551
BullsMedium and Large 2-3600–650615283.78/cwt282.50–285.001,7452
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450440311.00/cwt305.00–317.001,3682
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500467300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4012
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550530288.13/cwt281.00–303.001,5273
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3200–250200340.00/cwt340.00–340.006801
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650605301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,8211
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3700–750720240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7281
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600583311.55/cwt309.00–315.001,8167
SteersMedium and Large 2-3800–850825270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,2281
SteersMedium and Large 2-3500–550508318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,6153
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400387340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,3162
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550519378.21/cwt369.00–381.001,96318
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600580309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,7922
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450435333.74/cwt332.50–335.001,4522
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300285350.00/cwt350.00–350.009981
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450423340.01/cwt330.00–349.001,4382
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350335349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,1691
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600567375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,1262
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500473341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,6134
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550545325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7711
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550533355.06/cwt352.50–357.501,8922
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650615320.99/cwt319.00–323.001,9743
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600556393.00/cwt393.00–393.002,1854
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600571332.34/cwt321.00–341.001,89815
Beef/Dairy SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900873271.00/cwt271.00–271.002,3663
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650633355.26/cwt354.00–361.002,24911
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450430361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,5521
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650605341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,0633
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700668375.23/cwt359.00–393.002,50714
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2900–950935257.00/cwt257.00–257.002,4031
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500478370.38/cwt359.00–379.001,7707
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650620345.98/cwt331.00–348.002,14512

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.