Sale reports / Kentucky / Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction / 2019-07-16

Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Smiths Grove, Kentucky · Tue, Jul 16
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2199
Feeder Cattle receipts
51 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 28▲ 51 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
541 head
▲ 127 vs last sale 414▲ 541 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
230 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 191▲ 230 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
Bulls—High1,62487.881,42741
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,65464.231,06225
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24058.60727118
CowsLean 85-90%Low96447.4745772

Every lot, as filed

33 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
Dairy SteersLarge 3—36073.00/cwt73.00–73.002631
Dairy SteersLarge 3—56280.00/cwt80.00–80.004507
Dairy SteersLarge 3—42686.00/cwt86.00–86.0036610
Dairy SteersLarge 3—31984.92/cwt78.00–86.0027115
Bulls——1,77395.76/cwt94.00–98.001,6987
Bulls——1,45279.64/cwt75.00–83.001,1569
Bulls——1,64488.64/cwt84.00–92.001,45725
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23348.93/cwt44.00–52.0060319
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24366.51/cwt63.00–74.0082733
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24157.43/cwt53.00–62.0071366
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,57157.91/cwt53.00–62.009108
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,69367.20/cwt63.00–75.001,13817
CowsLean 85-90%—88637.27/cwt33.00–42.0033015
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03857.49/cwt53.00–64.0059718
CowsLean 85-90%—95946.76/cwt43.00–52.0044839
Fresh/Milking CowsApproved——1,375.00/cwt1,325.00–1,475.00—3
Fresh/Milking CowsCommon——798.75/cwt700.00–1,025.00—20
Fresh/Milking CowsMedium——1,191.67/cwt1,075.00–1,275.00—3
Baby Bull CalvesN/A——33.08/cwt10.00–80.00—26
Baby Bull CalvesN/AJersey——19.67/cwt5.00–40.00—15
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred——63.33/cwt30.00–130.00—6
Baby Bull CalvesN/ABeef Cross——182.50/cwt160.00–200.00—8
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A——46.67/cwt30.00–60.00—9
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred——80.00/cwt40.00–140.00—3
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ABeef Cross——180.00/cwt180.00–180.00—2
Bred HeifersCommon——825.00/cwt825.00–825.00—1
Bred HeifersMedium——925.00/cwt925.00–925.00—1
Open HeifersCommon—242130.00/cwt125.00–140.003153
Open HeifersCommon—348150.00/cwt140.00–160.005228
Springer HeifersApproved——1,166.67/cwt1,150.00–1,175.00—3
Springer HeifersCommon——763.24/cwt675.00–825.00—17
Springer HeifersMedium——958.33/cwt850.00–1,075.00—15
Springer HeifersSupreme——1,425.00/cwt1,425.00–1,425.00—1

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.