Name: Campbellsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Saturday: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder offering was mostly unweaned. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher . Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $423.31/cwt on 26 head, down $6.47 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 14 of 21 comparable sales and sits +3.60 against this barn's trailing median of $419.71.

Average price

$423.31

▼ 6.47 vs prior sale

26 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,290

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

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

$24.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.61

vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	542	429.07	2,325	20
Medium and Large 2-3	538	404.10	2,174	6thin

One grade step is worth $24.98/cwt here — about $151 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

21 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $440.96, low $347.47, median $419.71 across 21 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 sale26 hd

423.31

—

KY average27 barns · 597 hd

438.92

−15.61

This barn, trailing median21 sales

419.71

+3.60

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	—	High	1,650	221.00	3,647	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,615	178.94	2,889	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,332	168.02	2,238	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,075	150.36	1,616	5thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,369	211.00	2,889	1thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,080	$3,575	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,430	$2,925	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,145	$2,034	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	823	$2,130	2thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,070	$2,856	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,370	$3,375	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	800	$2,875	1thin

Every lot, as filed

77 lots · USDA AMS · Blue Grass Stockyards (Saturday) - 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	650–700	695	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,572	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,884	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	470.00/cwt	467.50–475.00	2,275	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	438.85/cwt	415.00–449.00	2,225	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	422.55/cwt	410.00–431.00	2,387	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	558	396.39/cwt	387.00–410.00	2,212	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	750–800	788	268.90/cwt	245.00–281.00	2,119	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 3	850–900	863	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,477	3
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	550–600	555	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,271	1
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	450–500	455	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,365	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	845	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,848	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,864	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	950–1000	972	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,343	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	436	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,755	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	250–300	263	448.27/cwt	425.00–455.00	1,179	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	300–350	343	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,423	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	514	371.34/cwt	340.00–410.00	1,909	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	938	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,955	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,166	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	409.58/cwt	407.00–415.00	2,564	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	356	552.09/cwt	544.00–560.00	1,965	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	1,903	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	680	287.85/cwt	240.00–335.00	1,957	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	930	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,790	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	527.00/cwt	527.00–527.00	2,213	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,430	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	320	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,760	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,633	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	240	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,464	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,691	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,233	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	375	430.02/cwt	360.00–530.00	1,613	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,171	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	430.39/cwt	423.00–440.00	2,057	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	411.92/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,142	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	442	415.76/cwt	325.00–435.00	1,838	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	474	388.16/cwt	361.00–413.00	1,840	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	355.06/cwt	330.00–381.00	2,059	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	745	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,257	1
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,369	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,889	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,375	189.70/cwt	182.00–198.00	2,608	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	150.36/cwt	143.00–156.00	1,616	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,185	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,860	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,715	191.56/cwt	184.00–199.00	3,285	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,593	172.22/cwt	150.00–183.00	2,743	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,284	144.38/cwt	128.00–158.00	1,854	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,338	171.03/cwt	145.00–190.00	2,288	19
Bulls	—	—	1,900	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	4,256	1
Bulls	—	—	1,400	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	3,052	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	735	1,860.00/head	1,860.00–1,860.00	1,860	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,370	3,375.00/head	3,375.00–3,375.00	3,375	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,122	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	2,278	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,430	2,925.00/head	2,925.00–2,925.00	2,925	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	2,033.73/head	1,750.00–2,325.00	2,034	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	3,575.00/head	3,575.00–3,575.00	3,575	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	800	2,875.00/head	2,875.00–2,875.00	2,875	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	2,856.31/head	2,775.00–2,925.00	2,856	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	645	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,193	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	293	469.91/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,377	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	509.20/cwt	490.00–540.00	2,134	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	362	517.69/cwt	460.00–560.00	1,874	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	327	518.63/cwt	470.00–555.00	1,696	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	830	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,698	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	709	360.78/cwt	345.00–370.00	2,558	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	572.34/cwt	540.00–645.00	1,545	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	522.99/cwt	380.00–675.00	3,248	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	334	557.16/cwt	475.00–590.00	1,861	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	518	411.80/cwt	409.00–417.00	2,133	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	486	454.80/cwt	452.50–457.00	2,210	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	407	464.70/cwt	460.00–467.00	1,891	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	472.52/cwt	467.50–480.00	1,796	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,063	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,252	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	418	467.19/cwt	460.00–475.00	1,953	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	772	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,463	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	318	435.71/cwt	405.00–470.00	1,386	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 (Saturday) - Campbellsville, KY

Sat Apr 25, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 280Last week 147Year ago 186

Slaughter CattleReceipts 64Last week 45Year ago 90

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 18Year ago 9

Compared to last Saturday: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder offering was mostly unweaned. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher . Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	270	540.00–645.00	572.34
7	300–350	334	475.00–590.00	557.16
10	350–400	362	460.00–560.00	517.69
16	400–450	419	490.00–540.00	509.20
7	450–500	484	467.50–475.00	470.00
8	500–550	507	415.00–449.00	438.85
12	550–600	565	410.00–431.00	422.55
4	600–650	621	380.00–675.00	522.99
2	650–700	695	370.00	370.00
4	700–750	709	345.00–370.00	360.78
2	750–800	790	365.00	365.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	293	460.00–480.00	469.91
3	300–350	327	470.00–555.00	518.63
2	400–450	418	460.00–475.00	467.19
4	450–500	486	452.50–457.00	454.80
3	500–550	518	409.00–417.00	411.80
3	550–600	558	387.00–410.00	396.39
2	600–650	645	340.00	340.00
2	750–800	772	319.00	319.00
1	800–850	830	325.00	325.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	263	425.00–455.00	448.27
5	300–350	343	415.00	415.00
5	400–450	436	402.50	402.50
3	750–800	788	245.00–281.00	268.90
2	950–1000	972	241.00	241.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	850–900	863	287.00	287.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	555	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	550.00	550.00
1	800–850	845	337.00	337.00
2	900–950	930	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	645.00	645.00
4	350–400	356	544.00–560.00	552.09
1	400–450	420	527.00	527.00
1	450–500	495	437.50	437.50
1	500–550	540	450.00	450.00
3	600–650	626	407.00–415.00	409.58
5	650–700	682	386.00	386.00
2	800–850	830	345.00	345.00
3	900–950	938	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	405.00–470.00	435.71
11	350–400	375	360.00–530.00	430.02
7	400–450	442	325.00–435.00	415.76
5	450–500	474	361.00–413.00	388.16
7	500–550	514	340.00–410.00	371.34
2	550–600	580	330.00–381.00	355.06
2	650–700	680	240.00–335.00	287.85
1	700–750	745	303.00	303.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	610.00	610.00
1	300–350	345	490.00	490.00
3	350–400	380	467.50–480.00	472.52
3	400–450	407	460.00–467.00	464.70
6	450–500	478	423.00–440.00	430.39
5	500–550	520	400.00–430.00	411.92
1	550–600	585	385.00	385.00
2	600–650	615	353.00	353.00
2	650–700	660	312.50	312.50
1	750–800	770	290.00	290.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,369	211.00	211.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,375	182.00–198.00	189.70
7	—	1,284	128.00–158.00	144.38
19	—	1,338	145.00–190.00	171.03
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,075	143.00–156.00	150.36
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,185	157.00	157.00
6	—	1,715	184.00–199.00	191.56
8	—	1,593	150.00–183.00	172.22
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,900	224.00	224.00
1	—	1,400	218.00	218.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	735	1,860.00	1,860.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	910	2,400.00	2,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,370	3,375.00	3,375.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	2,875.00	2,875.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,122	203.00	203.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,430	2,925.00	2,925.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,145	1,750.00–2,325.00	2,033.73
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,080	3,575.00	3,575.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,070	2,775.00–2,925.00	2,856.31

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

Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · 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 (Saturday) - Campbellsville, KY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle