Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2026-06-20

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Sat, Jun 20
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2192
Feeder Cattle receipts
148 head
45 vs last sale 193 67 vs year ago 215 · 31.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
77 vs last sale 110 36 vs year ago 69 · 52.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
82 vs last sale 93 2 vs year ago 9 · +22.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Saturday; Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $395.11/cwt on 15 head, down $7.57 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 20 comparable sales and sits +6.35 against this barn's trailing median of $388.77.
Average price
$395.11
7.57 vs prior sale
15 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,172
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$30
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$13.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
18.73
vs KY average
16.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2543402.952,1896thin
Medium and Large 2-3554389.892,1599thin
One grade step is worth $13.07/cwt here — about $30 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale15 hd
395.11
KY average25 barns · 1,154 hd
413.84
−18.73
National average169 barns · 9,451 hd
411.50
−16.39
This barn, trailing median20 sales
388.77
+6.35
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
BullsHigh1,644212.513,4944thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,315160.642,11220
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,858160.132,9752thin
CowsLean 85-90%High986139.131,3718thin

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)1,018$2,8252thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,470$4,1751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,530$3,8251thin

Every lot, as filed

63 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 1-2300–350340575.00/cwt575.00–575.001,9551
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450420415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,7431
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550535419.00/cwt419.00–419.002,2421
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400380535.00/cwt535.00–535.002,0331
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800790347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,7454
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added400–450405486.00/cwt486.00–486.001,9682
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450413482.50/cwt482.50–482.501,9933
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500487439.00/cwt439.00–439.002,1382
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750740357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,6421
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700692383.50/cwt383.50–383.502,6547
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450420460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,9321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400373465.08/cwt462.50–467.501,7352
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600560393.93/cwt372.50–402.002,2064
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550510421.00/cwt420.00–422.002,1472
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2200–250225600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,3501
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500483415.08/cwt410.00–420.002,0052
BullsMedium and Large 1-2850–900890230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,0471
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650610355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,1661
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650645370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,3871
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850820298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,4441
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700690325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2431
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550515430.98/cwt430.00–435.002,2205
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450425477.50/cwt477.50–477.502,0291
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400385565.00/cwt565.00–565.002,1751
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600575410.64/cwt402.00–413.002,3615
CowsLean 85-90%1,003157.13/cwt155.00–159.001,5762
CowsLean 85-90%980133.13/cwt130.00–140.001,3056
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,858160.13/cwt157.00–163.002,9752
CowsBoner 80-85%1,374142.16/cwt125.00–159.001,9536
CowsBoner 80-85%1,289168.56/cwt160.00–176.002,17314
Bulls1,860220.00/cwt220.00–220.004,0921
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0182,825.00/head2,825.00–2,825.002,8252
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4704,175.00/head4,175.00–4,175.004,1751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5303,825.00/head3,825.00–3,825.003,8251
HeifersMedium 2-3400–450445422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,8801
Bulls1,460196.00/cwt196.00–196.002,8621
Bulls1,628217.01/cwt216.00–218.003,5332
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3300–350315530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,6701
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3950–1000980414.00/cwt414.00–414.004,0571
SteersMedium and Large 2-3650–700655388.00/cwt387.00–390.002,5413
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550534418.76/cwt417.00–420.002,2364
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350332590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,9592
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy300–350325605.00/cwt605.00–605.001,9661
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450424445.08/cwt427.50–449.001,8876
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550536413.19/cwt408.00–420.002,2155
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600576360.76/cwt360.00–361.002,0784
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400369420.36/cwt340.00–457.001,5514
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3800–850810289.49/cwt289.00–290.002,3452
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650640334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,1381
SteersMedium and Large 2-3400–450440325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4301
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550533405.53/cwt400.00–411.002,1612
BullsMedium and Large 2-3600–650600389.00/cwt389.00–389.002,3341
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500466403.25/cwt401.00–410.001,8794
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500478378.94/cwt322.50–432.501,8112
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400–450423426.67/cwt402.50–450.001,8052
SteersMedium and Large 2850–900865340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,9411
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750705353.55/cwt347.00–360.002,4932
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350312569.47/cwt555.00–575.001,7774
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350–400375487.50/cwt475.00–500.001,8282
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3750–800775311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,4101
SteersMedium and Large 2-3750–800760348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,6451
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750733338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,47811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600590428.00/cwt428.00–428.002,5253

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.