Sale reports / Kentucky / Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction / 2019-06-11

Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Smiths Grove, Kentucky · Tue, Jun 11
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2199
← earliestJun 11Jun 18
Feeder Cattle receipts
17 head
17 vs last sale 0 17 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
485 head
485 vs last sale 0 485 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
278 head
278 vs last sale 0 278 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter bulls and a large volume of slaughter cows were not reported in the body of the report due to technical issues. Average Dress Bulls sold from 85.00-92.00/cwt; High Dress 93.00-107.00/cwt; Low Dress 74.00-83.00/cwt. High Dressing breaking and boning cows sold from 70.00-77.00/cwt.

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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,58562.749947thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,23656.3269622
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01046.7547222

Every lot, as filed

32 lots · USDA AMS · Farmers Regional Livestock Auction of Glasgow Dairy Auction - Smiths Grove, KY
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,73054.00/cwt54.00–54.009341
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22851.49/cwt48.00–54.0063212
CowsLean 85-90%95641.61/cwt35.00–45.003988
Dairy SteersLarge 344394.00/cwt94.00–94.004165
Dairy SteersLarge 334892.00/cwt92.00–92.003209
Dairy SteersLarge 3175180.00/cwt180.00–180.003153
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred110.00/cwt110.00–110.001
Bred CowsCommon550.00/cwt550.00–550.001
Bred CowsCommonCrossbred650.00/cwt650.00–650.001
Springer HeifersApproved1,025.00/cwt950.00–1,100.002
Springer HeifersApprovedBrown Swiss1,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.001
Baby Bull CalvesN/A36.00/cwt10.00–70.0010
Baby Bull CalvesN/ABeef Cross186.67/cwt140.00–270.003
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A46.67/cwt40.00–50.003
Bred CowsCommon510.00/cwt510.00–510.001
Bred CowsSupreme600.00/cwt600.00–600.001
Open HeifersApproved275260.00/cwt260.00–260.007151
Open HeifersApproved675600.00/cwt600.00–600.004,0504
Open HeifersApproved330340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1225
Open HeifersApproved733620.83/cwt610.00–675.004,5516
Open HeifersMedium850575.00/cwt575.00–575.004,8881
Open HeifersMedium325240.00/cwt240.00–240.007803
Springer HeifersCommon722.50/cwt550.00–800.0010
Springer HeifersMedium920.00/cwt875.00–975.005
Fresh/Milking CowsCommon825.00/cwt825.00–825.001
Fresh/Milking CowsCommonCrossbred750.00/cwt750.00–750.001
Fresh/Milking CowsMedium875.00/cwt875.00–875.001
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25659.77/cwt57.00–62.007516
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56661.81/cwt60.00–64.009684
CowsLean 85-90%1,04149.69/cwt47.00–52.0051714
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55068.97/cwt68.00–70.001,0692
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22865.64/cwt64.00–70.008064

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.