Name: Campbellsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Moderate to good demand for feeders. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $372.58/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −68.78 against this barn's trailing median of $441.36.

Average price

$372.58

46 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,000

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$244

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$43.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.83

vs KY average

−46.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	537	380.11	2,042	38
Medium and Large 2-3	534	336.83	1,799	8thin

One grade step is worth $43.28/cwt here — about $244 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

30 sales

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 sale46 hd

372.58

—

KY average22 barns · 875 hd

377.41

−4.83

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

−46.52

This barn, trailing median30 sales

441.36

−68.78

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,811	184.56	3,343	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,388	143.79	1,996	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,273	138.97	1,769	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	942	115.70	1,090	9thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,530	200.50	3,068	2thin
Steers	Prime	Average	615	340.00	2,091	1thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,710	$2,575	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,575	$2,574	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,635	$2,075	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,115	$1,725	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	835	$1,675	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	927	$1,609	3thin

Every lot, as filed

104 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	417	363.90/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,517	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	376.57/cwt	369.00–382.00	1,811	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,230	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,160	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	761	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,291	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	339.55/cwt	330.00–344.00	2,081	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,107	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	230	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	817	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	328.17/cwt	327.50–330.00	2,389	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	832	327.55/cwt	320.50–333.50	2,725	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,988	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	319.98/cwt	313.00–323.00	2,438	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	426.16/cwt	425.00–431.00	1,892	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	556	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,085	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	380.05/cwt	350.00–389.00	2,037	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	511	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,044	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,304	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,502	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	337.87/cwt	331.00–349.00	2,159	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	400	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,592	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	495	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,935	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	862	334.60/cwt	332.00–337.50	2,884	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	640	368.04/cwt	351.00–370.00	2,355	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,843	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,042	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	3,095	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	868	284.08/cwt	255.00–313.00	2,466	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,240	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	256	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	1,073	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	353.51/cwt	344.00–356.00	2,022	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	362.18/cwt	353.00–364.00	1,909	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,526	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	349.07/cwt	347.00–355.00	1,267	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,450	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	344.48/cwt	341.00–348.00	2,112	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	312.43/cwt	311.00–318.00	2,112	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	391.66/cwt	375.00–397.00	2,033	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,394	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	255	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	873	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	392.77/cwt	387.50–394.00	1,929	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	700–750	743	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	2,366	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	360	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,537	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	452	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,794	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	429.01/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,870	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,989	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	398.99/cwt	395.00–402.50	1,289	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	350.88/cwt	347.00–361.00	2,028	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,388	143.79/cwt	139.00–149.00	1,996	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	149.12/cwt	143.00–163.00	1,998	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,217	127.98/cwt	100.00–142.00	1,558	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,360	170.58/cwt	167.00–173.00	2,320	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	902	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	944	117.97/cwt	108.00–126.00	1,114	8
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	835	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	1
Steers	Prime	—	615	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,091	1
Bulls	—	—	1,843	186.15/cwt	168.00–197.00	3,431	10
Heifers	Choice	—	1,530	200.50/cwt	176.00–227.00	3,068	2
Bulls	—	—	1,700	172.78/cwt	170.00–175.00	2,937	3
Bulls	—	—	1,830	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	3,733	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,635	2,075.00/head	2,075.00–2,075.00	2,075	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,038	190.68/cwt	181.00–205.00	1,979	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,710	2,575.00/head	2,575.00–2,575.00	2,575	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,575	2,574.37/head	2,475.00–2,625.00	2,574	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	923	1,764.02/head	1,650.00–1,875.00	1,764	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,190	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	670	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,809	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,894	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	576	343.32/cwt	310.00–352.00	1,978	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	618	308.02/cwt	280.00–337.50	1,904	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	519	331.89/cwt	300.00–363.00	1,723	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	760	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,333	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	730	321.96/cwt	308.00–323.50	2,350	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	273	302.48/cwt	300.00–305.00	826	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	462	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,709	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	1150–1200	1,153	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	3,119	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	223	355.73/cwt	335.00–380.00	793	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,020	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	485	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,001	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	370	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,587	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1000–1050	1,006	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	3,008	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	515	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,900	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	510	317.91/cwt	285.00–380.00	1,621	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	235	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	846	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	706	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,358	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	609	314.99/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,918	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	492	306.84/cwt	280.00–369.00	1,510	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	577	310.10/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,789	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	411	333.29/cwt	287.50–465.00	1,370	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	815	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,078	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	526	339.09/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,784	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	355	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,278	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,816	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	273	358.67/cwt	357.50–360.00	979	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	955	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,316	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	421	318.44/cwt	230.00–355.00	1,341	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	320	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,152	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	650	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,080	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	730	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,168	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	790	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,212	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	349.39/cwt	320.00–377.00	1,677	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	320.56/cwt	300.00–329.00	2,020	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	733	282.94/cwt	281.00–287.00	2,074	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	377	311.44/cwt	287.00–345.00	1,174	7

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Blue Grass Stockyards (Wednesday) - Campbellsville, KY

Wed Nov 5, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 738Last week 377Year ago 194

Slaughter CattleReceipts 63Last week 26Year ago 20

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 10Year ago 3

Compared to last Wednesday: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Moderate to good demand for feeders. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	350.00	350.00
7	400–450	417	340.00–375.00	363.90
2	450–500	462	370.00	370.00
7	500–550	526	330.00–350.00	339.09
1	550–600	590	321.00	321.00
4	600–650	618	280.00–337.50	308.02
1	650–700	670	270.00	270.00
10	700–750	730	308.00–323.50	321.96
1	750–800	760	307.00	307.00
2	850–900	868	255.00–313.00	284.08
14	1150–1200	1,153	270.50	270.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	326	400.00	400.00
1	350–400	385	390.00	390.00
5	400–450	444	425.00–431.00	426.16
2	450–500	485	380.00	380.00
21	500–550	536	350.00–389.00	380.05
4	550–600	573	347.00	347.00
9	600–650	639	331.00–349.00	337.87
11	700–750	728	327.50–330.00	328.17
25	750–800	762	313.00–323.00	319.98
22	800–850	832	320.50–333.50	327.55
2	1000–1050	1,042	297.00	297.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	429.00	429.00
1	450–500	485	412.50	412.50
8	500–550	511	400.00	400.00
5	550–600	556	375.00	375.00
19	600–650	640	351.00–370.00	368.04
48	700–750	706	334.00	334.00
126	850–900	862	332.00–337.50	334.60
21	1000–1050	1,006	299.00	299.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	355.00	355.00
1	250–300	255	342.50	342.50
2	300–350	320	387.50	387.50
4	350–400	363	347.00–355.00	349.07
1	400–450	410	340.00	340.00
11	450–500	481	369.00–382.00	376.57
7	500–550	527	353.00–364.00	362.18
29	550–600	572	344.00–356.00	353.51
17	600–650	613	330.00–344.00	339.55
1	650–700	675	320.00	320.00
5	700–750	717	311.00	311.00
3	750–800	761	301.00	301.00
3	850–900	865	292.00	292.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	400	398.00	398.00
14	450–500	495	391.00	391.00
4	500–550	515	369.00	369.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	452	397.00	397.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	223	335.00–380.00	355.73
2	250–300	273	300.00–305.00	302.48
1	300–350	340	300.00	300.00
7	350–400	377	287.00–345.00	311.44
9	400–450	421	230.00–355.00	318.44
2	450–500	480	320.00–377.00	349.39
8	500–550	519	300.00–363.00	331.89
5	550–600	576	310.00–352.00	343.32
13	600–650	630	300.00–329.00	320.56
2	650–700	650	320.00	320.00
3	700–750	730	297.00	297.00
6	750–800	790	280.00	280.00
1	950–1000	955	242.50	242.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	256	419.00	419.00
3	300–350	323	395.00–402.50	398.99
2	350–400	367	395.00	395.00
5	400–450	436	425.00–430.00	429.01
5	450–500	491	387.50–394.00	392.77
11	500–550	519	375.00–397.00	391.66
7	550–600	578	347.00–361.00	350.88
20	600–650	613	341.00–348.00	344.48
15	650–700	676	311.00–318.00	312.43
11	700–750	729	289.00	289.00
2	750–800	762	261.00	261.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	427.00	427.00
4	700–750	743	318.50	318.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	360.00	360.00
2	250–300	273	357.50–360.00	358.67
1	300–350	320	360.00	360.00
1	350–400	355	360.00	360.00
8	400–450	411	287.50–465.00	333.29
6	450–500	492	280.00–369.00	306.84
3	500–550	510	285.00–380.00	317.91
8	550–600	577	300.00–330.00	310.10
4	600–650	609	300.00–320.00	314.99
1	650–700	675	269.00	269.00
3	700–750	733	281.00–287.00	282.94
1	800–850	815	255.00	255.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,388	139.00–149.00	143.79
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,340	143.00–163.00	149.12
15	—	1,217	100.00–142.00	127.98
2	—	1,360	167.00–173.00	170.58
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	925	97.50	97.50
8	—	944	108.00–126.00	117.97
Steers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	340.00	340.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,843	168.00–197.00	186.15
3	—	1,700	170.00–175.00	172.78
1	—	1,830	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,530	176.00–227.00	200.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	835	1,675.00	1,675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	923	1,650.00–1,875.00	1,764.02
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,635	2,075.00	2,075.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,115	1,725.00	1,725.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,710	2,575.00	2,575.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,575	2,475.00–2,625.00	2,574.37
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	935	1,300.00	1,300.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,038	181.00–205.00	190.68

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

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How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards (Wednesday) - Campbellsville, KY

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