Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2026-06-06

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Sat, Jun 6
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2192
Feeder Cattle receipts
72 head
146 vs last sale 218 60 vs year ago 132 · 45.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
59 vs last sale 69 17 vs year ago 27 · 63.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
75 vs last sale 91 3 vs year ago 19 · 15.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available. Too few receipts for comparison .

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $359.37/cwt on 11 head, down $44.36 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 20 comparable sales and sits 29.39 against this barn's trailing median of $388.77.
Average price
$359.37
44.36 vs prior sale
11 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,936
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$130
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$37.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
50.01
vs KY average
45.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2532372.861,9827thin
Medium and Large 2-3552335.781,8524thin
One grade step is worth $37.08/cwt here — about $130 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

20 sales
435405374344median 388.7701/1003/1404/2506/2008/15
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $421.27, low $357.73, median $388.77 across 20 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 sale11 hd
359.37
KY average25 barns · 1,371 hd
409.38
−50.01
National average170 barns · 11,904 hd
404.76
−45.39
This barn, trailing median20 sales
388.77
−29.39
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
BullsAverage2,155216.004,6551thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,550177.002,7442thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,338170.672,2835thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,095142.021,5552thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,380$2,8501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)860$2,4251thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)955$2,1001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,096$2,7204thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)990$2,1001thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 2-3700–750705363.00/cwt363.00–363.002,5592
BullsMedium and Large 2-3950–1000950247.50/cwt247.50–247.502,3512
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550518350.29/cwt330.00–370.001,8152
SteersMedium and Large 2-3350–400360530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,9081
BullsMedium and Large 2-3800–850800292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,3401
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400–450400500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,0001
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600565360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,0341
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500472374.34/cwt332.50–412.501,7675
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3300–350320490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,5681
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450427505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,1562
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950935307.50/cwt307.50–307.502,8751
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added400–450433530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,2953
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550526375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,9736
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600585321.27/cwt320.00–322.501,8792
SteersMedium and Large 2-3400–450405485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,9641
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2200–250227602.50/cwt602.50–602.501,3682
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600583453.62/cwt450.00–461.002,6453
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550531475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,5222
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2150–200170640.00/cwt640.00–640.001,0881
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550530455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,4121
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650620367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,2791
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350320500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,6001
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750745373.00/cwt373.00–373.002,7791
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400373526.72/cwt520.00–535.001,9653
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650620420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,6041
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500455455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,0702
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400390507.53/cwt505.00–510.001,9792
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450442450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,9892
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650635337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,1431
CowsBoner 80-85%1,363171.12/cwt161.00–181.002,3323
CowsBoner 80-85%1,100145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,5951
CowsLean 85-90%1,095142.02/cwt141.00–143.001,5552
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,415165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,3351
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,685189.00/cwt189.00–189.003,1851
CowsBoner 80-85%1,500195.00/cwt195.00–195.002,9251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3802,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501
Bred CowsMedium 1-29552,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-29701,939.24/head1,825.00–2,050.001,9392
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-29902,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred CowsMedium 1-28602,425.00/head2,425.00–2,425.002,4251
Bulls2,155216.00/cwt216.00–216.004,6551
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600580379.78/cwt367.50–392.502,2032
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550530462.50/cwt462.50–462.502,4511
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350310605.00/cwt605.00–605.001,8761
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,220220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,6841
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0553,400.00/head3,400.00–3,400.003,4001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3903,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6001
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3250–300295300.00/cwt300.00–300.008851
BullsMedium and Large 2-3600–650646390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,5193
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500485424.62/cwt420.00–429.002,0593

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.