Sale reports / Kentucky / Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction / 2019-08-20

Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Smiths Grove, Kentucky · Tue, Aug 20
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2199
Feeder Cattle receipts
61 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 97▲ 61 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
387 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 421▲ 387 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
217 head
▲ 74 vs last sale 143▲ 217 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $117.50/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −95.38 against this barn's trailing median of $212.88.
Average price
$117.50
1 head · 250 lb average
Value per head Derived
$294
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−4.84
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3250117.502941thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

35 sales
243219195172median 212.8801/2003/1705/1907/2109/15
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $228.64, low $185.92, median $212.88 across 35 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1 hd
117.50
—
KY average27 barns · 1,621 hd
122.34
−4.84
This barn, trailing median35 sales
212.88
−95.38
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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—High1,60681.511,30916
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,63462.071,01417
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25955.9570492
CowsLean 85-90%High97046.8245450

Every lot, as filed

38 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
BullsMedium and Large 2-3—250117.50/cwt117.50–117.502941
Dairy SteersLarge 3—29081.00/cwt81.00–81.002351
Dairy SteersLarge 3—39884.00/cwt84.00–84.003344
Bulls——1,46394.75/cwt94.00–96.001,3862
Bulls——1,85186.19/cwt84.00–90.001,5955
Bulls——1,50275.96/cwt70.00–83.001,1419
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,32965.20/cwt63.00–69.0086712
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20347.83/cwt42.00–51.0057519
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,26256.66/cwt52.00–62.0071561
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,56666.15/cwt64.00–68.001,0367
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,68259.22/cwt55.00–62.0099610
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02655.98/cwt53.00–58.005747
CowsLean 85-90%—90238.28/cwt34.00–41.0034510
CowsLean 85-90%—97847.46/cwt42.00–52.0046433
Fresh/Milking CowsApproved——1,411.11/cwt1,325.00–1,475.00—9
Fresh/Milking CowsCommon——884.38/cwt700.00–1,075.00—8
Fresh/Milking CowsCommonJersey——735.00/cwt735.00–735.00—1
Fresh/Milking CowsMedium——1,241.67/cwt1,175.00–1,300.00—3
Fresh/Milking CowsSupreme——1,603.85/cwt1,500.00–1,750.00—13
Baby Bull CalvesN/A——22.54/cwt5.00–60.00—57
Baby Bull CalvesN/ABrown Swiss——33.33/cwt30.00–40.00—3
Baby Bull CalvesN/AJersey——10.50/cwt5.00–30.00—10
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred——67.00/cwt30.00–110.00—10
Baby Bull CalvesN/ABeef Cross——150.00/cwt130.00–170.00—5
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A——43.00/cwt20.00–80.00—10
Baby Heifer CalvesN/AJersey——35.00/cwt30.00–40.00—4
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred——55.00/cwt10.00–80.00—4
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ABeef Cross——145.56/cwt120.00–170.00—9
Bred HeifersCommon——575.00/cwt575.00–575.00—1
Open HeifersCommonCrossbred—300190.00/cwt190.00–190.005702
Open HeifersMedium—550335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,8431
Open HeifersMedium—435250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0882
Open HeifersMedium—313225.00/cwt210.00–270.007044
Open HeifersSupreme—425410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,7433
Springer HeifersApproved——1,137.50/cwt1,100.00–1,175.00—2
Springer HeifersCommon——712.50/cwt675.00–800.00—4
Springer HeifersCommonJersey——700.00/cwt700.00–700.00—1
Springer HeifersMedium——932.14/cwt850.00–1,075.00—7

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.