Name: Campbellsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-25

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $458.20/cwt on 52 head, up $2.51 from the prior sale. That ranks 22 of 30 comparable sales and sits +16.85 against this barn's trailing median of $441.36.

Average price

$458.20

▲ 2.51 vs prior sale

52 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,554

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$225

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

$32.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.25

vs KY average

−28.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	558	459.45	2,563	50
Medium and Large 2	548	427.00	2,338	2thin

One grade step is worth $32.45/cwt here — about $225 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

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 sale52 hd

458.20

—

KY average25 barns · 1,204 hd

471.45

−13.25

National average172 barns · 11,832 hd

487.02

−28.82

This barn, trailing median30 sales

441.36

+16.85

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	1,915	200.00	3,830	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,578	161.05	2,541	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,303	155.03	2,020	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,064	136.09	1,447	8thin

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)	1,510	$2,750	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,025	$2,500	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	890	$2,461	2thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	805	$3,850	1thin

Every lot, as filed

97 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	640	319.00/cwt	315.00–323.00	2,042	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	985	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,487	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	486.32/cwt	480.00–492.50	2,077	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	753	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,334	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	988	329.95/cwt	329.95–329.95	3,260	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,087	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	524.70/cwt	519.00–526.00	1,973	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	235	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,175	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	578	417.86/cwt	417.00–418.00	2,415	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	446.06/cwt	431.00–450.00	2,092	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	408.62/cwt	400.00–417.00	2,166	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	621	368.22/cwt	362.50–371.00	2,287	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	325.22/cwt	323.00–326.00	2,634	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	413	567.00/cwt	566.00–575.00	2,342	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	450	543.00/cwt	543.00–543.00	2,444	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,359	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	735	398.23/cwt	398.00–399.00	2,927	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	516	483.73/cwt	472.50–492.50	2,496	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	515	433.79/cwt	427.00–441.00	2,234	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	426.32/cwt	425.00–433.00	2,741	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	680	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,584	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	889	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	3,014	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,880	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	448.71/cwt	442.00–462.50	2,589	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	760	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,679	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	381.77/cwt	381.00–382.50	2,749	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,394	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	674	414.60/cwt	414.60–414.60	2,794	70
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,351	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	459.51/cwt	455.00–460.00	2,348	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	502.50/cwt	495.00–517.50	2,447	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	814	368.59/cwt	366.00–370.20	3,000	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	620	459.92/cwt	455.00–463.00	2,852	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3Value Added	1000–1050	1,029	257.90/cwt	257.90–257.90	2,654	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	408.01/cwt	395.00–411.00	2,779	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,317	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	753	376.00/cwt	375.00–377.00	2,831	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	540	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,607	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,697	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	877	347.25/cwt	347.25–347.25	3,045	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	578	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,803	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	412.51/cwt	410.00–423.00	2,318	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	324.37/cwt	315.00–337.00	2,524	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	435	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,480	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	333	638.05/cwt	630.00–675.00	2,125	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	526	496.00/cwt	496.00–496.00	2,609	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,323	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,083	141.57/cwt	141.00–142.00	1,533	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,578	161.05/cwt	160.00–162.00	2,541	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,566	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	173.46/cwt	167.00–185.00	2,243	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	107.70/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,129	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	174.10/cwt	172.00–176.00	1,793	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,324	156.31/cwt	151.00–162.00	2,070	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	139.55/cwt	133.00–147.00	1,776	3
Bulls	—	—	1,915	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	3,830	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,665	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	2,461.03/head	2,425.00–2,500.00	2,461	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,510	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	3,850.00/head	3,850.00–3,850.00	3,850	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	625	421.02/cwt	419.00–423.00	2,631	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	541.35/cwt	530.00–567.00	2,041	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	407.50/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,571	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,295	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,623	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	552	438.32/cwt	435.00–440.00	2,420	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	585	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,296	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	538	406.61/cwt	392.50–415.00	2,188	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,665	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,979	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	367	591.02/cwt	581.00–610.00	2,169	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	503.81/cwt	500.00–507.50	2,418	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	405	508.05/cwt	500.00–517.00	2,058	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,775	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	389.38/cwt	385.00–392.50	2,663	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	541.60/cwt	541.00–550.00	2,361	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,964	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	516.35/cwt	510.00–532.50	2,380	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	325	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,381	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	329	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,744	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	595	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,969	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	355	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,935	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,332	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	484	465.48/cwt	450.00–475.00	2,253	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,072	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	930	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	504.77/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,641	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,079	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	487	416.97/cwt	415.00–421.00	2,031	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	878	282.84/cwt	275.00–291.00	2,483	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	740	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,220	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	426	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	1,862	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	345.84/cwt	333.00–349.00	2,372	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	399.00/cwt	377.50–404.50	2,310	14

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 Feb 25, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 758Last week 1,012Year ago 672

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 37Year ago 74

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 9Year ago 11

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	425.00	425.00
4	400–450	426	437.00	437.00
3	450–500	487	415.00–421.00	416.97
1	550–600	595	331.00	331.00
2	600–650	640	315.00–323.00	319.00
1	700–750	740	300.00	300.00
2	850–900	878	275.00–291.00	282.84
1	900–950	930	260.00	260.00
1	950–1000	985	252.50	252.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	500.00	500.00
2	300–350	325	500.00–510.00	504.77
5	350–400	376	519.00–526.00	524.70
4	400–450	427	480.00–492.50	486.32
7	450–500	469	431.00–450.00	446.06
11	500–550	530	400.00–417.00	408.62
14	550–600	579	377.50–404.50	399.00
1	600–650	605	345.00	345.00
7	650–700	686	333.00–349.00	345.84
1	700–750	745	313.00	313.00
3	750–800	753	310.00	310.00
12	800–850	810	323.00–326.00	325.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	500–550	515	427.00–441.00	433.79
21	550–600	578	417.00–418.00	417.86
3	600–650	621	362.50–371.00	368.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	329	530.00	530.00
1	350–400	355	545.00	545.00
16	400–450	405	500.00–517.00	508.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	385.00	385.00
7	550–600	560	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	516	472.50–492.50	483.73
7	550–600	578	485.00	485.00
8	600–650	620	455.00–463.00	459.92
70	650–700	674	414.60	414.60
17	700–750	735	398.00–399.00	398.23
106	800–850	814	366.00–370.20	368.59
59	850–900	877	347.25	347.25
52	950–1000	988	329.95	329.95
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	400.00	400.00
1	450–500	470	400.00	400.00
1	650–700	680	380.00	380.00
1	750–800	760	352.50	352.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	413	566.00–575.00	567.00
1	450–500	450	543.00	543.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	475.00	475.00
1	500–550	540	429.00	429.00
1	550–600	555	425.00	425.00
1	600–650	600	399.00	399.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	487	495.00–517.50	502.50
10	500–550	511	455.00–460.00	459.51
28	550–600	577	442.00–462.50	448.71
6	600–650	643	425.00–433.00	426.32
7	650–700	681	395.00–411.00	408.01
2	700–750	720	381.00–382.50	381.77
2	750–800	753	375.00–377.00	376.00
1	800–850	805	335.00	335.00
6	850–900	889	339.00	339.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
51	1000–1050	1,029	257.90	257.90
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	297.50	297.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	590.00	590.00
1	300–350	330	595.00	595.00
7	350–400	377	530.00–567.00	541.35
17	400–450	436	541.00–550.00	541.60
7	450–500	461	510.00–532.50	516.35
2	500–550	510	450.00	450.00
8	550–600	562	410.00–423.00	412.51
4	600–650	631	400.00–410.00	407.50
4	650–700	684	385.00–392.50	389.38
3	750–800	778	315.00–337.00	324.37
1	850–900	865	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	333	630.00–675.00	638.05
3	350–400	367	581.00–610.00	591.02
2	400–450	435	570.00	570.00
21	500–550	526	496.00	496.00
3	550–600	552	435.00–440.00	438.32
2	600–650	625	419.00–423.00	421.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	450.00	450.00
1	400–450	435	455.00	455.00
8	450–500	484	450.00–475.00	465.48
4	500–550	538	392.50–415.00	406.61
1	550–600	585	392.50	392.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	500.00	500.00
4	450–500	480	500.00–507.50	503.81

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,093	121.00	121.00
2	—	1,083	141.00–142.00	141.57
2	—	1,048	105.00–110.00	107.70
2	—	1,030	172.00–176.00	174.10
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,578	160.00–162.00	161.05
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,305	120.00	120.00
4	—	1,293	167.00–185.00	173.46
6	—	1,324	151.00–162.00	156.31
3	—	1,273	133.00–147.00	139.55
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,915	200.00	200.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	905	184.00	184.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	890	2,425.00–2,500.00	2,461.03
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,510	2,750.00	2,750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,025	2,500.00	2,500.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	805	3,850.00	3,850.00

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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How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards (Wednesday) - Campbellsville, KY

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