Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2025-12-03

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Dec 3
● Final93 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
445 head
246 vs last sale 691 458 vs year ago 903 · 50.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
5 vs last sale 40 26 vs year ago 71 · 36.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
3 vs last sale 11 5 vs year ago 3 · +166.7%
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Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $383.49/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 2 of 30 comparable sales and sits 57.87 against this barn's trailing median of $441.36.
Average price
$383.49
51 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,146
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$432
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$68.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.99
vs KY average
45.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2560385.632,16049
Medium and Large 2560345.001,9321thin
Medium and Large 2-3545317.001,7281thin
One grade step is worth $68.63/cwt here — about $432 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

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 sale51 hd
383.49
KY average19 barns · 722 hd
386.47
−2.99
National average190 barns · 23,426 hd
429.15
−45.66
This barn, trailing median30 sales
441.36
−57.87
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
BullsLow1,618186.973,02612
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,629166.442,7125thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,328150.391,9979thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,010131.581,32911

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,376$2,5304thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,355$2,0001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,220$1,8751thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,260$1,8501thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,270$2,7501thin

Every lot, as filed

93 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 Added650–700665354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,3549
SteersMedium and Large 1-21150–12001,155249.00/cwt249.00–249.002,8764
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450422343.92/cwt337.50–349.001,4517
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650635371.00/cwt371.00–371.002,3566
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added850–900860332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,85559
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800769323.40/cwt307.50–325.002,48730
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500479339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,6247
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350328383.66/cwt380.00–387.501,2582
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900860285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,4511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950915287.00/cwt287.00–287.002,6262
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750724294.80/cwt287.50–307.002,1347
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600578359.60/cwt351.00–367.002,0783
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550529338.42/cwt335.00–340.001,79010
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800788296.00/cwt296.00–296.002,3325
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300255400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0201
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850830261.00/cwt261.00–261.002,1661
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350300402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,2081
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600575343.61/cwt337.00–344.001,97623
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600576310.30/cwt307.00–313.001,7874
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700659308.81/cwt302.00–315.002,0357
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650641327.49/cwt324.00–331.002,0996
BullsMedium and Large 1-2950–1000965180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,7371
BullsMedium and Large 1-2150–200180455.00/cwt455.00–455.008192
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450427397.93/cwt392.50–403.001,6996
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2100–150135500.00/cwt500.00–500.006751
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650623320.46/cwt311.00–330.001,9962
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy200–250240420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,0081
BullsMedium and Large 1-2850–900885237.00/cwt237.00–237.002,0971
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800775279.00/cwt279.00–279.002,1621
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750728270.73/cwt261.00–280.001,9712
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy500–550517351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,8154
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400395446.59/cwt443.00–449.001,7645
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400376417.43/cwt415.00–425.001,5704
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,2702,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500460379.00/cwt379.00–379.001,7436
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450442419.00/cwt419.00–419.001,8522
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350310457.00/cwt457.00–457.001,4171
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550513321.05/cwt320.00–323.001,6473
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450423420.82/cwt415.00–427.001,7802
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400365409.00/cwt409.00–409.001,4931
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,687170.92/cwt167.00–175.002,8833
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,543159.71/cwt155.00–164.002,4642
Bulls1,478161.81/cwt155.00–170.002,3923
Bulls1,733210.82/cwt203.00–215.003,6543
CowsBoner 80-85%1,227133.06/cwt130.00–137.001,6333
CowsLean 85-90%1,017123.32/cwt122.00–124.001,2543
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3552,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2201,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8751
CowsLean 85-90%865145.30/cwt143.00–147.001,2572
CowsLean 85-90%1,055131.13/cwt125.00–139.001,3836
CowsBoner 80-85%1,378159.05/cwt155.00–164.002,1926
Bulls1,631187.62/cwt175.00–195.003,0606
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550515295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,5191
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3300–350330303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,0001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3762,530.04/head2,025.00–3,000.002,5304
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500466373.00/cwt373.00–373.001,7383
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450415395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,6391
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2601,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
BullsMedium and Large 2-3600–650615277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,7071
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500450307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,3821
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500475334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,5871
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650637291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,8542
SteersMedium and Large 2-3500–550545317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,7281
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600590299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,7641
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3750–800750229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,7181
SteersMedium and Large 2-3450–500495308.00/cwt295.00–321.001,5252
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450435300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3051
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600570290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6531
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650610300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8301
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450440347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,5271
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350305370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,1291
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600567312.30/cwt307.50–315.001,7715
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500465313.39/cwt310.00–317.001,4572
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350–400350320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1201
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400355335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,1891
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600560345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,9321
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550510317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,6171
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500487353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,7192
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added750–800790338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,6707
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650–700660285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700683330.37/cwt327.00–337.002,2563
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600570387.56/cwt384.00–388.002,20927
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550543387.00/cwt387.00–387.002,10119
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750706341.50/cwt341.50–341.502,41115
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550534364.00/cwt364.00–364.001,94412
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300288335.97/cwt335.00–337.009682
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650625336.44/cwt333.00–340.002,1032
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400380400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5201
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600563347.36/cwt346.00–348.501,95637
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500467401.00/cwt401.00–401.001,8732
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750735315.58/cwt311.00–324.002,3203
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850823297.56/cwt293.00–309.002,4494
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400373349.52/cwt349.00–350.001,3042

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.