Sale reports / Kentucky / Campbellsville Livestock Auction / 2026-10-21

Campbellsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Campbellsville, Kentucky · Wed, Oct 21
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2212
Feeder Cattle receipts
409 head
▼ 142 vs last sale 551▼ 248 vs year ago 657 · −37.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 40▼ 4 vs year ago 29 · −13.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 25▼ 1 vs year ago 6 · −16.7%
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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $350.99/cwt on 93 head, up $32.68 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 34 comparable sales and sits −38.09 against this barn's trailing median of $389.08.
Average price
$350.99
▲ 32.68 vs prior sale
93 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,994
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$349
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$45.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.57
vs KY average
−26.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2569352.462,00590
Medium and Large 2-3540306.791,6573thin
One grade step is worth $45.67/cwt here — about $349 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale93 hd
350.99
—
KY average27 barns · 1,453 hd
347.42
+3.57
National average186 barns · 22,034 hd
377.02
−26.03
This barn, trailing median34 sales
389.08
−38.09
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales
453403352302median 389.0802/2504/2206/2408/2610/28
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $438.84, low $316.11, median $389.08 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Average1,643166.502,7352thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,303127.801,6658thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,680124.212,0875thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,142103.391,1816thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,355191.002,5881thin

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)Young (2-4 yrs)965$2,6751thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,465$2,4282thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,285$2,2001thin

Every lot, as filed

76 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy325559.96/cwt555.00–562.501,8203
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3350380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,3301
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,8191
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2427442.43/cwt435.00–445.001,8894
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy454481.20/cwt457.50–495.002,1856
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2482428.99/cwt421.00–435.002,0683
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added531428.33/cwt421.00–431.002,27412
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3545375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0441
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2567392.00/cwt392.00–392.002,2232
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3590352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,0801
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2661348.13/cwt340.00–359.002,3015
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added678368.86/cwt368.00–371.002,5017
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2735319.54/cwt313.00–326.002,3492
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2808322.30/cwt320.00–325.002,60413
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2902306.00/cwt306.00–306.002,7602
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1-2155535.00/cwt535.00–535.008291
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2260446.00/cwt445.00–447.001,1602
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3273390.55/cwt380.00–400.001,0663
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2305432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,3191
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy340457.50/cwt457.50–457.501,5561
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy365460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,6791
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370414.81/cwt405.00–430.001,5355
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423402.85/cwt395.00–412.501,7045
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3478353.17/cwt350.00–360.001,6883
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481390.05/cwt382.50–392.501,8767
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added511360.27/cwt359.00–362.001,8417
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527345.31/cwt335.00–352.001,82013
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3535310.19/cwt300.00–320.001,6602
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3550300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6501
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577327.09/cwt317.00–337.001,88722
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added585364.89/cwt347.00–367.752,13548
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added613343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,1036
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629305.00/cwt300.00–315.001,9189
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2661324.90/cwt317.00–326.002,14814
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3673275.36/cwt270.00–281.001,8532
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added729345.85/cwt345.85–345.852,52171
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3730270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9711
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2733290.24/cwt280.00–300.002,12719
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2-3995212.50/cwt212.50–212.502,1141
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy258575.73/cwt550.00–600.001,4852
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2280402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,1271
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3305380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,1591
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy350525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,8381
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2390465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,8142
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2405461.00/cwt461.00–461.001,8671
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy420532.50/cwt532.50–532.502,2372
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420420.90/cwt417.00–425.001,7682
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy457472.50/cwt472.50–472.502,1595
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2462458.06/cwt449.00–465.002,1163
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3495387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,9181
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy500450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,2502
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3505350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7681
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2533389.69/cwt383.00–397.002,0777
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy562392.78/cwt390.00–394.002,20710
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2581355.14/cwt351.00–360.002,0635
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3647301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,9472
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2672331.47/cwt321.00–337.002,22710
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2770300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3101
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2800270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,1601
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2888285.82/cwt280.00–290.002,5383
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2945242.50/cwt242.50–242.502,2921
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,045217.00/cwt217.00–217.002,2682
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers550–600Medium and Large 3550225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2381
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,355191.00/cwt191.00–191.002,5881
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,525158.00/cwt158.00–158.002,4101
Bulls——1,760175.00/cwt175.00–175.003,0801
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%900100.00/cwt100.00–100.009001
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09093.03/cwt91.00–95.001,0142
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,135153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,7371
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,140110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,2541
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,258111.43/cwt110.00–114.001,4023
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,358126.56/cwt120.00–132.001,7196
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,680124.21/cwt120.00–127.002,0875
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29652,675.00/head2,675.00–2,675.002,6751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2852,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4652,428.07/head2,400.00–2,450.002,4282

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.