Name: Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-06

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	1,672	90.32	1,510	36
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,611	65.41	1,054	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,248	60.45	754	132
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	973	49.31	480	47

Every lot, as filed

45 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
Fresh/Milking Cows	Approved	—	—	1,387.50/cwt	1,325.00–1,475.00	—	10
Fresh/Milking Cows	Common	—	—	950.00/cwt	825.00–1,050.00	—	6
Fresh/Milking Cows	CommonJersey	—	—	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	—	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	Medium	—	—	1,200.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,275.00	—	9
Fresh/Milking Cows	Supreme	—	—	1,584.38/cwt	1,500.00–1,850.00	—	16
Baby Bull Calves	N/A	—	—	22.00/cwt	10.00–40.00	—	35
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABrown Swiss	—	—	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	—	1
Baby Bull Calves	N/AJersey	—	—	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	—	1
Baby Bull Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	—	40.00/cwt	20.00–60.00	—	4
Baby Bull Calves	N/AGuernsey	—	—	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	—	1
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	170.77/cwt	90.00–220.00	—	13
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	—	37.00/cwt	10.00–70.00	—	10
Baby Heifer Calves	N/AJersey	—	—	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	—	1
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	—	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	—	1
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	146.67/cwt	50.00–250.00	—	9
Bred Heifers	Common	—	—	605.00/cwt	550.00–650.00	—	5
Bred Heifers	Common	—	—	635.00/cwt	550.00–750.00	—	10
Bred Heifers	Medium	—	—	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	—	1
Springer Cows	Medium	—	—	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	—	1
Open Heifers	Approved	—	825	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	5,156	10
Open Heifers	Medium	—	735	554.00/cwt	550.00–560.00	4,072	5
Open Heifers	Medium	—	439	270.00/cwt	250.00–285.00	1,185	7
Springer Heifers	Approved	—	—	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	—	1
Springer Heifers	ApprovedJersey	—	—	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	—	1
Springer Heifers	Common	—	—	731.25/cwt	675.00–825.00	—	12
Springer Heifers	Medium	—	—	903.13/cwt	850.00–950.00	—	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	445	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	392	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	635	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	457	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	758	74.53/cwt	70.00–79.00	565	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	485	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	369	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	387	91.56/cwt	80.00–95.00	354	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	554	76.29/cwt	70.00–77.00	423	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	157	148.18/cwt	140.00–170.00	233	11
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	256	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	169	4
Bulls	—	—	1,967	99.87/cwt	97.00–103.00	1,964	6
Bulls	—	—	1,512	82.00/cwt	75.00–86.00	1,240	11
Bulls	—	—	1,671	92.13/cwt	88.00–96.00	1,539	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	50.54/cwt	45.00–53.00	624	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,284	69.36/cwt	65.00–75.00	891	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	59.21/cwt	54.00–64.00	732	77
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,626	60.49/cwt	55.00–64.00	984	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	69.01/cwt	65.00–76.00	1,104	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	928	38.99/cwt	33.00–42.00	362	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,012	58.48/cwt	55.00–67.00	592	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	972	49.06/cwt	44.00–54.00	477	23

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.

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

Tue Aug 6, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 87Last week 93Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 437Last week 608Year ago 0

Replacement Dairy CattleReceipts 224Last week 285Year ago 0

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	10	—	—	1,325.00–1,475.00	1,387.50
Fresh/Milking Cows — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	6	—	—	825.00–1,050.00	950.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Common · Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	1	—	—	850.00	850.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	9	—	—	1,100.00–1,275.00	1,200.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Supreme$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	16	—	—	1,500.00–1,850.00	1,584.38
Baby Bull Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	35	—	—	10.00–40.00	22.00
Baby Bull Calves — Brown Swiss$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	1	—	—	30.00	30.00
Baby Bull Calves — Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	1	—	—	40.00	40.00
Baby Bull Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	4	—	—	20.00–60.00	40.00
Baby Bull Calves — Guernsey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	1	—	—	10.00	10.00
Baby Bull Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	13	—	—	90.00–220.00	170.77
Baby Heifer Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	10	—	—	10.00–70.00	37.00
Baby Heifer Calves — Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	1	—	—	70.00	70.00
Baby Heifer Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	1	—	—	30.00	30.00
Baby Heifer Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	9	—	—	50.00–250.00	146.67
Bred Heifers — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	—	550.00–650.00	605.00
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	—	550.00–750.00	635.00
Bred Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	800.00	800.00
Springer Cows — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	900.00	900.00
Open Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	10	—	825	625.00	625.00
Open Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	5	—	735	550.00–560.00	554.00
—	Open	7	—	439	250.00–285.00	270.00
Springer Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,150.00	1,150.00
Springer Heifers — Approved · Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,000.00	1,000.00
Springer Heifers — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	—	675.00–825.00	731.25
Springer Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	—	850.00–950.00	903.13

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	88.00	88.00
1	—	635	72.00	72.00
4	—	758	70.00–79.00	74.53
6	—	485	76.00	76.00
8	—	387	80.00–95.00	91.56
10	—	554	70.00–77.00	76.29
11	—	157	140.00–170.00	148.18
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	256	66.00	66.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,967	97.00–103.00	99.87
11	—	1,512	75.00–86.00	82.00
19	—	1,671	88.00–96.00	92.13
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,235	45.00–53.00	50.54
34	—	1,284	65.00–75.00	69.36
77	—	1,236	54.00–64.00	59.21
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,626	55.00–64.00	60.49
15	—	1,600	65.00–76.00	69.01
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	928	33.00–42.00	38.99
13	—	1,012	55.00–67.00	58.48
23	—	972	44.00–54.00	49.06

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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