Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2026-09-02

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Sep 2
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
76 head
▼ 266 vs last sale 342▼ 407 vs year ago 483 · −84.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 23▼ 48 vs year ago 65 · −73.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 14▼ 13 vs year ago 15 · −86.7%
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $316.11/cwt on 18 head, down $13.08 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −82.97 against this barn's trailing median of $399.07.
Average price
$316.11
▼ 13.08 vs prior sale
18 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,690
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$101
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$17.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.06
vs KY average
−15.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2531317.051,68417thin
Medium and Large 2-3595300.001,7851thin
One grade step is worth $17.05/cwt here — about −$101 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

32 sales
453403352302median 399.0701/1403/2505/2007/2209/09
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $438.84, low $316.11, median $399.07 across 32 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 sale18 hd
316.11
—
KY average26 barns · 482 hd
326.16
−10.06
National average157 barns · 5,611 hd
331.52
−15.41
This barn, trailing median32 sales
399.07
−82.97
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
Bulls—Average1,578189.502,9892thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,300143.331,8643thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,663140.512,3372thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,072127.841,3706thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,480157.002,3241thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,627131.932,1463thin

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 Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)890$2,4001thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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
Bulls——1,855198.00/cwt198.00–198.003,6731
Dairy HeifersSelect—1,480157.00/cwt157.00–157.002,3241
Dairy SteersSelect—1,680142.00/cwt142.00–142.002,3861
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,233140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,7262
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,435150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,1531
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,663140.51/cwt140.00–141.002,3372
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650612309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,8912
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650613338.53/cwt336.00–341.002,0754
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600595300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7851
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600570312.84/cwt307.00–320.001,7836
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450425339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,4411
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700690293.00/cwt293.00–293.002,0221
BullsMedium and Large 1-2950–1000950187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,7771
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—8902,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550510319.35/cwt310.00–323.001,62911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2150–200160430.00/cwt430.00–430.006881
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2200–250225385.00/cwt385.00–385.008661
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000990226.00/cwt226.00–226.002,2371
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300268395.96/cwt390.00–402.501,0612
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650605311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,8821
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600575337.90/cwt335.00–341.001,9432
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550535333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,7821
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750718266.73/cwt260.00–270.001,9153
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550506371.93/cwt327.50–380.001,8827
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—955171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,6331
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy200–250202422.50/cwt422.50–422.508532
BullsMedium and Large 1-21050–11001,065217.50/cwt217.50–217.502,3161
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450–500466409.00/cwt409.00–409.001,9064
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy750–800775250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9381
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450440351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,5441
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500470363.00/cwt363.00–363.001,7061
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750710292.01/cwt291.00–293.002,0732
BullsMedium and Large 1-21000–10501,020211.00/cwt211.00–211.002,1521
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300285443.75/cwt440.00–447.501,2652
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2900–950900252.50/cwt252.50–252.502,2731
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700650280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8201
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500472346.40/cwt346.00–347.001,6355
CowsLean 85-90%—953127.55/cwt127.00–128.001,2162
CowsLean 85-90%—1,173138.40/cwt136.00–141.001,6232
CowsLean 85-90%—1,090117.58/cwt114.00–120.001,2822
Bulls——1,300181.00/cwt181.00–181.002,3531
Dairy SteersSelect—1,600126.90/cwt119.00–134.002,0302
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650638282.00/cwt280.00–283.001,7993

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.