Name: Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-27

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	—	Low	1,745	86.84	1,516	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,589	63.20	1,004	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,254	57.19	717	92
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	989	46.49	460	71

Every lot, as filed

28 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
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	965	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	704	3
Bulls	—	—	1,468	79.35/cwt	77.00–81.00	1,165	4
Bulls	—	—	1,920	92.12/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,769	7
Bulls	—	—	1,738	86.37/cwt	83.00–89.00	1,501	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	47.52/cwt	40.00–51.00	588	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,271	66.17/cwt	63.00–71.00	841	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,252	56.91/cwt	52.00–62.00	713	55
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,587	59.83/cwt	57.00–62.00	950	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,591	65.82/cwt	63.00–71.00	1,047	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	949	37.07/cwt	32.00–41.00	352	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	55.96/cwt	53.00–59.00	544	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,007	46.47/cwt	42.00–51.00	468	43
Fresh/Milking Cows	Approved	—	—	1,350.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,400.00	—	2
Fresh/Milking Cows	Common	—	—	780.00/cwt	700.00–850.00	—	5
Fresh/Milking Cows	Medium	—	—	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	—	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	Supreme	—	—	1,500.00/cwt	1,500.00–1,500.00	—	1
Baby Bull Calves	N/A	—	—	17.00/cwt	5.00–50.00	—	55
Baby Bull Calves	N/AJersey	—	—	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	—	1
Baby Bull Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	—	73.75/cwt	40.00–100.00	—	8
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	187.50/cwt	150.00–240.00	—	4
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	—	25.50/cwt	5.00–80.00	—	10
Baby Heifer Calves	N/AJersey	—	—	70.00/cwt	60.00–80.00	—	2
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	—	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	—	1
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	135.71/cwt	90.00–210.00	—	7
Bred Heifers	Common	—	—	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	—	1
Springer Heifers	Approved	—	—	1,150.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,200.00	—	2
Springer Heifers	Common	—	—	762.50/cwt	675.00–825.00	—	4
Springer Heifers	Medium	—	—	925.00/cwt	850.00–1,025.00	—	6

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

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

Tue Aug 27, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12Last week 61Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 436Last week 387Year ago 0

Replacement Dairy CattleReceipts 181Last week 217Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	965	73.00	73.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,468	77.00–81.00	79.35
7	—	1,920	90.00–94.00	92.12
15	—	1,738	83.00–89.00	86.37
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,238	40.00–51.00	47.52
20	—	1,271	63.00–71.00	66.17
55	—	1,252	52.00–62.00	56.91
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,587	57.00–62.00	59.83
9	—	1,591	63.00–71.00	65.82
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	949	32.00–41.00	37.07
14	—	973	53.00–59.00	55.96
43	—	1,007	42.00–51.00	46.47

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	2	—	—	1,300.00–1,400.00	1,350.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	5	—	—	700.00–850.00	780.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	1	—	—	1,250.00	1,250.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Supreme$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	1	—	—	1,500.00	1,500.00
Baby Bull Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	55	—	—	5.00–50.00	17.00
Baby Bull Calves — Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	1	—	—	20.00	20.00
Baby Bull Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	8	—	—	40.00–100.00	73.75
Baby Bull Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	4	—	—	150.00–240.00	187.50
Baby Heifer Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	10	—	—	5.00–80.00	25.50
Baby Heifer Calves — Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	2	—	—	60.00–80.00	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	7	—	—	90.00–210.00	135.71
Bred Heifers — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	675.00	675.00
Springer Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,100.00–1,200.00	1,150.00
Springer Heifers — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	675.00–825.00	762.50
Springer Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	—	850.00–1,025.00	925.00

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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