Sale reports / Kentucky / Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction / 2019-07-02

Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Smiths Grove, Kentucky · Tue, Jul 2
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2199
Feeder Cattle receipts
79 head
5 vs last sale 74 79 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
469 head
76 vs last sale 545 469 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
149 head
91 vs last sale 240 149 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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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
BullsAverage1,61687.681,41630
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,63162.771,02429
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24556.76706155
CowsLean 85-90%High95845.8943995

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls1,62587.81/cwt84.00–91.001,42719
Bulls1,31675.01/cwt70.00–82.009874
Bulls1,76194.55/cwt93.00–98.001,6657
Fresh/Milking CowsCommon825.00/cwt675.00–1,075.008
Fresh/Milking CowsMedium1,162.50/cwt1,075.00–1,250.002
Dairy SteersLarge 368279.00/cwt79.00–79.005395
Fresh/Milking CowsApproved1,325.00/cwt1,325.00–1,325.001
Fresh/Milking CowsSupreme1,525.00/cwt1,525.00–1,525.001
Dairy SteersLarge 393568.00/cwt68.00–68.006365
Dairy SteersLarge 339183.00/cwt83.00–83.003258
Dairy SteersLarge 3157.50/cwt140.00–180.0016
Dairy SteersLarge 373575.00/cwt75.00–75.005511
Dairy SteersLarge 385068.00/cwt68.00–68.005781
Dairy SteersLarge 348880.51/cwt78.00–83.003932
Springer HeifersApproved1,150.00/cwt1,125.00–1,200.004
Springer HeifersCommon748.08/cwt650.00–825.0013
Springer HeifersMedium966.67/cwt850.00–1,075.009
Bred HeifersCommon537.50/cwt500.00–575.002
Open HeifersApproved434375.00/cwt360.00–400.001,6288
Open HeifersCommon775460.00/cwt460.00–460.003,5651
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A100.00/cwt100.00–100.001
Bred CowsCommon775.00/cwt775.00–775.001
Bred HeifersCommon675.00/cwt675.00–675.001
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64165.90/cwt62.00–74.001,08118
CowsLean 85-90%98754.31/cwt52.00–59.0053615
Baby Bull CalvesN/A41.54/cwt10.00–90.0013
CowsLean 85-90%88436.21/cwt30.00–41.0032018
CowsLean 85-90%97246.66/cwt42.00–51.0045462
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,61557.64/cwt55.00–60.0093111
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25747.83/cwt43.00–51.0060131
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24164.63/cwt62.00–69.0080242
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24256.10/cwt52.00–61.0069782
Baby Bull CalvesN/AJersey15.00/cwt10.00–20.002
Baby Heifer CalvesN/AJersey40.00/cwt40.00–40.001
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred90.00/cwt60.00–120.002
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred40.00/cwt40.00–40.001
Bred CowsCommonCrossbred650.00/cwt650.00–650.001
Baby Bull CalvesN/ABeef Cross230.00/cwt180.00–270.007
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ABeef Cross145.00/cwt130.00–160.002

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.