Name: Campbellsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-04

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $432.12/cwt on 19 head, down $26.08 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 30 comparable sales and sits −9.23 against this barn's trailing median of $441.36.

Average price

$432.12

▼ 26.08 vs prior sale

19 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,352

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

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

$33.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−28.24

vs KY average

−43.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	543	447.16	2,430	10thin
Medium and Large 2	543	420.50	2,281	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	546	413.97	2,260	7thin

One grade step is worth $33.19/cwt here — about $170 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale19 hd

432.12

—

KY average25 barns · 1,212 hd

460.37

−28.24

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

−43.44

This barn, trailing median30 sales

441.36

−9.23

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	1,459	182.83	2,667	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,228	159.38	1,958	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,985	150.00	2,978	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,005	125.23	1,259	7thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,300	228.40	2,969	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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,270	$3,025	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	755	$2,525	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	885	$2,325	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	900	$1,600	1thin

Every lot, as filed

109 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	250–300	270	502.41/cwt	500.00–505.00	1,357	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	801	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,683	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	561	415.98/cwt	408.00–422.00	2,334	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	476.28/cwt	467.50–480.00	2,019	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	510.68/cwt	495.00–512.50	1,854	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	455	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,457	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	495	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,104	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	888	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	3,019	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	2,649	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,808	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	261	532.93/cwt	520.00–545.00	1,391	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	395.33/cwt	381.00–403.00	2,234	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	693	365.64/cwt	360.00–377.00	2,534	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	315.15/cwt	300.00–317.50	2,430	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	505	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,116	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	719	326.46/cwt	326.00–326.50	2,347	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	317	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,537	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	479.94/cwt	475.00–485.00	1,872	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	444	533.00/cwt	533.00–533.00	2,367	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	821	316.79/cwt	314.00–321.00	2,601	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	856	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,500	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	499.44/cwt	490.00–502.50	1,688	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	668	319.49/cwt	319.00–320.00	2,134	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,045	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,456	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	446.04/cwt	430.00–456.00	2,070	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	491	413.58/cwt	410.00–421.00	2,031	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	352.53/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,182	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,827	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	405	405.12/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,641	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	564	367.96/cwt	362.50–372.50	2,075	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	820	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,763	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	489.76/cwt	487.50–490.00	2,380	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	555	412.79/cwt	410.00–419.00	2,291	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	523	416.91/cwt	415.00–419.00	2,180	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,378	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	1,910	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,121	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	338	422.48/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,428	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	444.46/cwt	442.50–445.00	2,107	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	401.72/cwt	390.00–414.00	2,663	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,857	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,025	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,716	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	544.95/cwt	525.00–548.00	2,005	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,804	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,019	306.75/cwt	306.75–306.75	3,126	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	338.50/cwt	338.50–338.50	2,843	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	342	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,590	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,442	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,846	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	413.63/cwt	397.50–417.50	2,651	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	448.94/cwt	442.50–450.00	2,334	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	536.64/cwt	530.00–547.50	1,717	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	530.06/cwt	515.00–535.00	1,935	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	559	440.50/cwt	440.50–440.50	2,462	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	650–700	673	403.11/cwt	400.00–419.00	2,713	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	322	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,835	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	700–750	735	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,830	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,300	228.40/cwt	218.00–234.00	2,969	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	133.59/cwt	130.00–137.00	1,363	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,084	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,985	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,978	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	158.40/cwt	150.00–165.00	2,051	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	124.86/cwt	122.00–128.00	1,252	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	173.01/cwt	167.00–175.00	2,133	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,174	146.48/cwt	139.00–149.00	1,720	4
Bulls	—	—	1,343	190.79/cwt	186.00–197.00	2,562	2
Bulls	—	—	1,491	167.08/cwt	155.00–176.00	2,491	4
Bulls	—	—	1,510	206.38/cwt	206.00–207.00	3,116	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	3,025.00/head	3,025.00–3,025.00	3,025	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	755	2,525.00/head	2,525.00–2,525.00	2,525	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	885	2,325.00/head	2,325.00–2,325.00	2,325	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,676	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	900	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	428	507.67/cwt	500.00–515.00	2,173	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	465	485.11/cwt	477.50–500.00	2,256	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	518	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,383	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	212	642.50/cwt	642.50–642.50	1,362	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,074	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,199	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	325	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,463	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	349.94/cwt	347.50–352.50	2,373	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	497.50/cwt	485.00–510.00	1,592	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	505	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,742	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	748	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,566	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	725	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,066	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	332.29/cwt	325.00–347.00	2,253	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	404.10/cwt	397.50–415.00	2,130	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	449.14/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,949	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	320	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,664	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	372	525.02/cwt	522.50–530.00	1,953	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	396.71/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,904	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	800–850	811	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,271	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,541	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	460.52/cwt	445.00–472.50	2,151	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	376.45/cwt	369.00–385.00	2,345	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	205	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,333	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	447	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,012	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,553	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	651	357.75/cwt	357.75–357.75	2,329	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	945	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,561	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	418.76/cwt	400.00–428.00	2,207	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	649	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,304	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	429.15/cwt	415.00–440.00	2,056	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,701	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	339.91/cwt	333.00–352.50	2,611	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	492.05/cwt	490.00–492.50	1,796	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	395.81/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,209	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	463	417.07/cwt	405.00–421.00	1,931	4

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 Mar 4, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 656Last week 758Year ago 382

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 30Year ago 76

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 6Year ago 8

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	500.00–505.00	502.41
2	300–350	317	485.00	485.00
2	350–400	390	475.00–485.00	479.94
1	400–450	420	435.00	435.00
3	450–500	491	410.00–421.00	413.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	505	419.00	419.00
14	550–600	561	408.00–422.00	415.98
20	650–700	651	357.75	357.75
12	700–750	719	326.00–326.50	326.46
3	800–850	801	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	261	520.00–545.00	532.93
4	300–350	338	490.00–502.50	499.44
18	350–400	363	495.00–512.50	510.68
10	400–450	434	440.00–460.00	449.14
14	450–500	464	430.00–456.00	446.04
34	500–550	527	397.50–415.00	404.10
15	550–600	565	381.00–403.00	395.33
4	600–650	619	350.00–355.00	352.53
9	650–700	678	325.00–347.00	332.29
10	750–800	771	300.00–317.50	315.15
4	800–850	821	314.00–321.00	316.79
4	850–900	856	292.00	292.00
1	1000–1050	1,045	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	460.00	460.00
2	400–450	405	395.00–415.00	405.12
6	450–500	480	390.00–400.00	396.71
7	550–600	564	362.50–372.50	367.96
2	650–700	668	319.00–320.00	319.49
1	700–750	725	285.00	285.00
1	800–850	820	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	650.00	650.00
1	300–350	320	520.00	520.00
3	350–400	372	522.50–530.00	525.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	800–850	811	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	545.00	545.00
4	300–350	320	530.00–547.50	536.64
4	350–400	365	515.00–535.00	530.06
12	400–450	424	467.50–480.00	476.28
8	450–500	467	445.00–472.50	460.52
11	500–550	527	400.00–428.00	418.76
3	550–600	558	390.00–400.00	395.81
11	600–650	623	369.00–385.00	376.45
2	650–700	678	347.50–352.50	349.94
3	700–750	748	343.00	343.00
9	750–800	768	333.00–352.50	339.91
1	900–950	945	271.00	271.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	212	642.50	642.50
2	300–350	322	570.00	570.00
8	400–450	428	500.00–515.00	507.67
6	450–500	465	477.50–500.00	485.11
3	500–550	518	460.00	460.00
25	550–600	559	440.50	440.50
6	650–700	673	400.00–419.00	403.11
1	700–750	735	385.00	385.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	485.00–510.00	497.50
6	350–400	365	490.00–492.50	492.05
2	400–450	447	450.00	450.00
20	450–500	479	415.00–440.00	429.15
8	500–550	525	395.00	395.00
1	550–600	575	382.50	382.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	450.00	450.00
1	400–450	420	405.00	405.00
4	450–500	463	405.00–421.00	417.07
1	500–550	505	345.00	345.00
5	600–650	649	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	444	533.00	533.00
2	450–500	455	540.00	540.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	420.00–425.00	422.48
1	400–450	410	430.00	430.00
1	450–500	495	425.00	425.00
2	500–550	523	415.00–419.00	416.91
5	550–600	555	410.00–419.00	412.79
3	650–700	693	360.00–377.00	365.64
1	1000–1050	1,025	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	530.00	530.00
1	300–350	320	565.00	565.00
8	350–400	368	525.00–548.00	544.95
1	400–450	400	477.50	477.50
10	450–500	486	487.50–490.00	489.76
7	500–550	520	442.50–450.00	448.94
3	550–600	598	443.00	443.00
45	600–650	641	397.50–417.50	413.63
15	650–700	663	390.00–414.00	401.72
16	750–800	762	368.00	368.00
13	800–850	840	338.50	338.50
37	850–900	888	340.00	340.00
2	900–950	915	311.00	311.00
35	1000–1050	1,019	306.75	306.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	342	465.00	465.00
1	400–450	415	447.50	447.50
9	450–500	474	442.50–445.00	444.46
1	500–550	505	420.00	420.00
1	550–600	580	421.00	421.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,300	218.00–234.00	228.40
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,020	130.00–137.00	133.59
1	—	985	110.00	110.00
4	—	1,003	122.00–128.00	124.86
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,985	150.00	150.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,295	150.00–165.00	158.40
4	—	1,233	167.00–175.00	173.01
4	—	1,174	139.00–149.00	146.48
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,343	186.00–197.00	190.79
4	—	1,491	155.00–176.00	167.08
2	—	1,510	206.00–207.00	206.38

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,270	3,025.00	3,025.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	755	2,525.00	2,525.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	885	2,325.00	2,325.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	1,600.00	1,600.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	615	272.50	272.50

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

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Campbellsville Livestock Auction

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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Every lot, as filed

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Blue Grass Stockyards (Wednesday) - Campbellsville, KY

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