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
BullsHigh1,62487.881,42741
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 336073.00/cwt73.00–73.002631
Dairy SteersLarge 356280.00/cwt80.00–80.004507
Dairy SteersLarge 342686.00/cwt86.00–86.0036610
Dairy SteersLarge 331984.92/cwt78.00–86.0027115
Bulls1,77395.76/cwt94.00–98.001,6987
Bulls1,45279.64/cwt75.00–83.001,1569
Bulls1,64488.64/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 CowsApproved1,375.00/cwt1,325.00–1,475.003
Fresh/Milking CowsCommon798.75/cwt700.00–1,025.0020
Fresh/Milking CowsMedium1,191.67/cwt1,075.00–1,275.003
Baby Bull CalvesN/A33.08/cwt10.00–80.0026
Baby Bull CalvesN/AJersey19.67/cwt5.00–40.0015
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred63.33/cwt30.00–130.006
Baby Bull CalvesN/ABeef Cross182.50/cwt160.00–200.008
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A46.67/cwt30.00–60.009
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred80.00/cwt40.00–140.003
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ABeef Cross180.00/cwt180.00–180.002
Bred HeifersCommon825.00/cwt825.00–825.001
Bred HeifersMedium925.00/cwt925.00–925.001
Open HeifersCommon242130.00/cwt125.00–140.003153
Open HeifersCommon348150.00/cwt140.00–160.005228
Springer HeifersApproved1,166.67/cwt1,150.00–1,175.003
Springer HeifersCommon763.24/cwt675.00–825.0017
Springer HeifersMedium958.33/cwt850.00–1,075.0015
Springer HeifersSupreme1,425.00/cwt1,425.00–1,425.001

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.