Name: Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-06-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-25

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	1,547	84.50	1,307	40
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,598	59.57	952	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,253	55.98	701	145
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	969	46.20	448	90

Every lot, as filed

42 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	278	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	217	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	672	64.33/cwt	63.00–65.00	432	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	433	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	303	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	348	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	237	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	248	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	186	11
Bulls	—	—	1,691	93.73/cwt	93.00–96.00	1,585	4
Bulls	—	—	1,475	76.68/cwt	71.00–81.00	1,131	13
Bulls	—	—	1,562	87.31/cwt	82.00–92.00	1,364	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,286	64.65/cwt	63.00–70.00	831	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	46.69/cwt	41.00–51.00	594	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	56.18/cwt	52.00–62.00	694	89
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	718	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,614	64.92/cwt	64.00–68.00	1,048	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,598	57.49/cwt	53.00–62.00	919	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	54.97/cwt	53.00–59.00	542	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	913	37.47/cwt	33.00–41.00	342	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	979	46.47/cwt	42.00–52.00	455	62
Fresh/Milking Cows	Approved	—	—	1,390.63/cwt	1,300.00–1,450.00	—	8
Fresh/Milking Cows	Common	—	—	822.50/cwt	650.00–1,050.00	—	36
Fresh/Milking Cows	Medium	—	—	1,172.06/cwt	1,075.00–1,275.00	—	17
Fresh/Milking Cows	Supreme	—	—	1,562.50/cwt	1,500.00–1,625.00	—	6
Baby Bull Calves	N/A	—	—	35.15/cwt	10.00–80.00	—	33
Baby Bull Calves	N/AJersey	—	—	15.00/cwt	10.00–30.00	—	8
Baby Bull Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	—	55.00/cwt	50.00–60.00	—	2
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	152.00/cwt	90.00–250.00	—	5
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	—	53.33/cwt	30.00–80.00	—	6
Baby Heifer Calves	N/AJersey	—	—	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	—	1
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	—	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	—	1
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	150.00/cwt	140.00–170.00	—	3
Bred Cows	Common	—	—	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	—	1
Bred Cows	Common	—	—	762.50/cwt	750.00–775.00	—	2
Bred Cows	Common	—	—	687.50/cwt	575.00–800.00	—	2
Bred Heifers	Common	—	—	596.79/cwt	510.00–675.00	—	14
Bred Heifers	Common	—	—	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	—	1
Open Heifers	Common	—	325	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	455	1
Open Heifers	Medium	—	725	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	3,516	4
Springer Heifers	Common	—	—	737.50/cwt	700.00–800.00	—	6
Springer Heifers	Common	—	—	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	—	1
Springer Heifers	Medium	—	—	925.00/cwt	850.00–1,000.00	—	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	346	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	273	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	450	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	270	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	555	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	344	1

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 74Last week 125Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 545Last week 533Year ago 0

Replacement Dairy CattleReceipts 240Last week 133Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	278	78.00	78.00
3	—	672	63.00–65.00	64.33
4	—	433	70.00	70.00
5	—	348	68.00	68.00
11	—	248	75.00	75.00
1	—	450	60.00	60.00
1	—	555	62.00	62.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	346	79.00	79.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,691	93.00–96.00	93.73
13	—	1,475	71.00–81.00	76.68
23	—	1,562	82.00–92.00	87.31
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,286	63.00–70.00	64.65
28	—	1,273	41.00–51.00	46.69
89	—	1,236	52.00–62.00	56.18
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,465	49.00	49.00
9	—	1,614	64.00–68.00	64.92
18	—	1,598	53.00–62.00	57.49
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	986	53.00–59.00	54.97
15	—	913	33.00–41.00	37.47
62	—	979	42.00–52.00	46.47

Replacement Dairy Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Fresh/Milking Cows — Approved$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	8	—	—	1,300.00–1,450.00	1,390.63
Fresh/Milking Cows — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	36	—	—	650.00–1,050.00	822.50
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	17	—	—	1,075.00–1,275.00	1,172.06
Fresh/Milking Cows — Supreme$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	6	—	—	1,500.00–1,625.00	1,562.50
Baby Bull Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	33	—	—	10.00–80.00	35.15
Baby Bull Calves — Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	8	—	—	10.00–30.00	15.00
Baby Bull Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	2	—	—	50.00–60.00	55.00
Baby Bull Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	5	—	—	90.00–250.00	152.00
Baby Heifer Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	6	—	—	30.00–80.00	53.33
Baby Heifer Calves — Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	1	—	—	10.00	10.00
Baby Heifer Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	1	—	—	40.00	40.00
Baby Heifer Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	3	—	—	140.00–170.00	150.00
Bred Cows — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	675.00	675.00
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	750.00–775.00	762.50
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	575.00–800.00	687.50
Bred Heifers — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	—	—	510.00–675.00	596.79
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	625.00	625.00
Open Heifers — Common$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	1	—	325	140.00	140.00
Open Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	4	—	725	485.00	485.00
Springer Heifers — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	—	700.00–800.00	737.50
—	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	—	710.00	710.00
Springer Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	850.00–1,000.00	925.00

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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