Name: Campbellsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-27

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $455.58/cwt on 27 head, down $10.00 from the prior sale. That ranks 19 of 30 comparable sales and sits +14.22 against this barn's trailing median of $441.36.

Average price

$455.58

▼ 10.00 vs prior sale

27 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,367

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$203

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

$43.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.43

vs KY average

−4.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	519	458.82	2,381	25
Medium and Large 2-3	525	415.00	2,179	2thin

One grade step is worth $43.82/cwt here — about $203 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 sale27 hd

455.58

—

KY average16 barns · 613 hd

470.01

−14.43

National average128 barns · 4,767 hd

460.37

−4.79

This barn, trailing median30 sales

441.36

+14.22

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	—	Low	1,411	207.52	2,928	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,265	184.12	2,329	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,504	179.49	2,699	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	999	159.25	1,591	10

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 Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,080	$2,550	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	985	$2,662	2thin

Every lot, as filed

74 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	787	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,581	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,495	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	510.74/cwt	502.50–520.00	1,920	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	401	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,185	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	509.44/cwt	500.00–512.50	2,180	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	401.37/cwt	392.00–412.50	2,059	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	846	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,885	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	626	449.83/cwt	435.00–453.00	2,816	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	371.28/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,450	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	422.39/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,602	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	813	341.66/cwt	340.00–342.00	2,778	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,832	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	418.06/cwt	417.00–432.00	2,467	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	514	465.50/cwt	465.50–465.50	2,393	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	501.24/cwt	500.00–502.50	1,970	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	581.70/cwt	555.00–600.00	1,542	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	384.46/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,180	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	507	430.20/cwt	430.00–431.00	2,181	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	645	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,303	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,936	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	434.74/cwt	421.00–442.00	2,091	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,533	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,802	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1000–1050	1,014	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	3,296	54
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	400	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	665	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,261	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	325.67/cwt	319.00–340.00	2,052	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	372.54/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,384	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	447.73/cwt	442.50–452.50	1,912	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	710	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,428	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,130	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,362	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	835	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,086	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,122	174.90/cwt	168.00–178.00	1,962	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	161.25/cwt	157.00–164.00	1,577	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	938	146.41/cwt	144.00–149.00	1,373	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,286	187.96/cwt	181.00–199.00	2,417	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,206	173.57/cwt	165.00–178.00	2,093	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	950–1000	985	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,256	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	750–800	785	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,672	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	2,714	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,513	177.99/cwt	175.00–180.00	2,693	3
Bulls	—	—	985	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,763	1
Bulls	—	—	1,496	213.22/cwt	206.00–219.00	3,190	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	482	440.75/cwt	437.50–447.00	2,124	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	686	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,428	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,179	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	300–350	310	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,248	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	1150–1200	1,150	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,128	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3Value Added	1100–1150	1,135	249.10/cwt	249.10–249.10	2,827	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	514.91/cwt	502.50–523.00	2,374	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	508.15/cwt	497.00–517.50	2,160	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	415	487.62/cwt	462.50–492.50	2,024	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	657	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,168	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,892	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,691	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	422	536.28/cwt	535.00–537.50	2,263	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,594	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	385.78/cwt	375.00–391.00	2,585	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	562	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,495	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	615	405.69/cwt	403.00–407.00	2,495	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,019	191.98/cwt	170.00–202.00	1,956	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,160	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	1,763	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	460	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	2,404	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	331	547.00/cwt	547.00–547.00	1,811	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	200–250	215	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,398	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	420.42/cwt	410.00–427.00	2,165	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,441	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	437.68/cwt	433.00–441.00	2,342	6
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,265	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	2,662.18/head	2,450.00–2,850.00	2,662	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,510	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	3,262	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,748	2

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 May 27, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 375Last week 536Year ago 460

Slaughter CattleReceipts 43Last week 122Year ago 35

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 70Year ago 2

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	393	500.00–502.50	501.24
3	400–450	425	497.00–517.50	508.15
5	450–500	461	502.50–523.00	514.91
10	500–550	515	410.00–427.00	420.42
15	550–600	590	417.00–432.00	418.06
2	600–650	627	398.00	398.00
8	650–700	690	376.00	376.00
2	750–800	787	328.00	328.00
1	1100–1150	1,130	209.00	209.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	482	437.50–447.00	440.75
1	600–650	645	357.00	357.00
3	650–700	686	354.00	354.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	422	535.00–537.50	536.28
5	550–600	562	444.00	444.00
3	600–650	615	403.00–407.00	405.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	265	555.00–600.00	581.70
2	300–350	340	530.00	530.00
4	350–400	376	502.50–520.00	510.74
13	400–450	427	442.50–452.50	447.73
29	450–500	481	421.00–442.00	434.74
8	500–550	513	392.00–412.50	401.37
11	550–600	567	380.00–400.00	384.46
4	600–650	640	365.00–375.00	372.54
4	650–700	660	360.00–375.00	371.28
1	750–800	790	309.00	309.00
1	850–900	885	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	507	430.00–431.00	430.20
3	700–750	710	342.00	342.00
3	800–850	846	341.00	341.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	490.00	490.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	380.00	380.00
2	450–500	485	390.00	390.00
3	600–650	630	319.00–340.00	325.67
2	650–700	657	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	650.00	650.00
3	300–350	331	547.00	547.00
6	400–450	415	462.50–492.50	487.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	401	545.00	545.00
1	450–500	460	522.50	522.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	542.50	542.50
4	400–450	428	500.00–512.50	509.44
1	450–500	450	480.00	480.00
6	500–550	535	433.00–441.00	437.68
9	600–650	616	410.00–430.00	422.39
3	650–700	670	375.00–391.00	385.78
1	700–750	730	347.00	347.00
2	750–800	785	350.00	350.00
6	800–850	813	340.00–342.00	341.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	514	465.50	465.50
10	600–650	626	435.00–453.00	449.83
54	1000–1050	1,014	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	442.50	442.50
2	500–550	525	415.00	415.00
1	650–700	665	340.00	340.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	402.50	402.50
1	750–800	785	213.00	213.00
1	950–1000	985	229.00	229.00
1	1150–1200	1,150	185.00	185.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
46	1100–1150	1,135	249.10	249.10
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	377.50	377.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	130.00	130.00
3	—	1,122	168.00–178.00	174.90
4	—	978	157.00–164.00	161.25
2	—	938	144.00–149.00	146.41
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,286	181.00–199.00	187.96
4	—	1,206	165.00–178.00	173.57
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,475	184.00	184.00
3	—	1,513	175.00–180.00	177.99
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	179.00	179.00
5	—	1,496	206.00–219.00	213.22

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,080	2,550.00	2,550.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,019	170.00–202.00	191.98
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,510	216.00	216.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	985	2,450.00–2,850.00	2,662.18

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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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

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Blue Grass Stockyards (Wednesday) - Campbellsville, KY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle