Name: Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-07-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-02

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	—	Average	1,616	87.68	1,416	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,631	62.77	1,024	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,245	56.76	706	155
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	958	45.89	439	95

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Bulls	—	—	1,625	87.81/cwt	84.00–91.00	1,427	19
Bulls	—	—	1,316	75.01/cwt	70.00–82.00	987	4
Bulls	—	—	1,761	94.55/cwt	93.00–98.00	1,665	7
Fresh/Milking Cows	Common	—	—	825.00/cwt	675.00–1,075.00	—	8
Fresh/Milking Cows	Medium	—	—	1,162.50/cwt	1,075.00–1,250.00	—	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	682	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	539	5
Fresh/Milking Cows	Approved	—	—	1,325.00/cwt	1,325.00–1,325.00	—	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	Supreme	—	—	1,525.00/cwt	1,525.00–1,525.00	—	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	935	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	636	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	391	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	325	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	—	157.50/cwt	140.00–180.00	—	16
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	735	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	551	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	850	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	578	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	488	80.51/cwt	78.00–83.00	393	2
Springer Heifers	Approved	—	—	1,150.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,200.00	—	4
Springer Heifers	Common	—	—	748.08/cwt	650.00–825.00	—	13
Springer Heifers	Medium	—	—	966.67/cwt	850.00–1,075.00	—	9
Bred Heifers	Common	—	—	537.50/cwt	500.00–575.00	—	2
Open Heifers	Approved	—	434	375.00/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,628	8
Open Heifers	Common	—	775	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	3,565	1
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	—	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	—	1
Bred Cows	Common	—	—	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	—	1
Bred Heifers	Common	—	—	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	—	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,641	65.90/cwt	62.00–74.00	1,081	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	987	54.31/cwt	52.00–59.00	536	15
Baby Bull Calves	N/A	—	—	41.54/cwt	10.00–90.00	—	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	884	36.21/cwt	30.00–41.00	320	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	972	46.66/cwt	42.00–51.00	454	62
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,615	57.64/cwt	55.00–60.00	931	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,257	47.83/cwt	43.00–51.00	601	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,241	64.63/cwt	62.00–69.00	802	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,242	56.10/cwt	52.00–61.00	697	82
Baby Bull Calves	N/AJersey	—	—	15.00/cwt	10.00–20.00	—	2
Baby Heifer Calves	N/AJersey	—	—	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	—	1
Baby Bull Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	—	90.00/cwt	60.00–120.00	—	2
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	—	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	—	1
Bred Cows	CommonCrossbred	—	—	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	—	1
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	230.00/cwt	180.00–270.00	—	7
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	145.00/cwt	130.00–160.00	—	2

How this sale compares

Kentucky weighted averages

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Farmers Regional Livestock Auction of Glasgow Dairy Auction - Smiths Grove, KY

Tue Jul 2, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 79Last week 74Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 469Last week 545Year ago 0

Replacement Dairy CattleReceipts 149Last week 240Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,625	84.00–91.00	87.81
4	—	1,316	70.00–82.00	75.01
7	—	1,761	93.00–98.00	94.55
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,641	62.00–74.00	65.90
11	—	1,615	55.00–60.00	57.64
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	987	52.00–59.00	54.31
18	—	884	30.00–41.00	36.21
62	—	972	42.00–51.00	46.66
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,257	43.00–51.00	47.83
42	—	1,241	62.00–69.00	64.63
82	—	1,242	52.00–61.00	56.10

Replacement Dairy Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Fresh/Milking Cows — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	8	—	—	675.00–1,075.00	825.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	2	—	—	1,075.00–1,250.00	1,162.50
Fresh/Milking Cows — Approved$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	1	—	—	1,325.00	1,325.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Supreme$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	1	—	—	1,525.00	1,525.00
Springer Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	1,125.00–1,200.00	1,150.00
Springer Heifers — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	—	650.00–825.00	748.08
Springer Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	—	850.00–1,075.00	966.67
Bred Heifers — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	500.00–575.00	537.50
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	675.00	675.00
Open Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	8	—	434	360.00–400.00	375.00
Open Heifers — Common$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	1	—	775	460.00	460.00
Baby Heifer Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	1	—	—	100.00	100.00
Baby Heifer Calves — Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	1	—	—	40.00	40.00
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	2	—	—	130.00–160.00	145.00
Bred Cows — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	—	775.00	775.00
Bred Cows — Common · Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	—	650.00	650.00
Baby Bull Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	13	—	—	10.00–90.00	41.54
Baby Bull Calves — Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	2	—	—	10.00–20.00	15.00
Baby Bull Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	2	—	—	60.00–120.00	90.00
Baby Bull Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	7	—	—	180.00–270.00	230.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	682	79.00	79.00
5	—	935	68.00	68.00
8	—	391	83.00	83.00
16	—	—	140.00–180.00	157.50
1	—	735	75.00	75.00
1	—	850	68.00	68.00
2	—	488	78.00–83.00	80.51

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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