Name: Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-22

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	—	Average	1,611	69.22	1,115	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,613	48.38	780	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,263	44.09	557	71
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,007	34.94	352	45

Every lot, as filed

47 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	—	125	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	169	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	158	143.33/cwt	140.00–150.00	226	9
Baby Bull Calves	N/A	—	—	14.72/cwt	5.00–40.00	—	36
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABrown Swiss	—	—	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	—	1
Baby Bull Calves	N/AJersey	—	—	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	—	1
Baby Bull Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	—	85.00/cwt	40.00–110.00	—	4
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	177.27/cwt	120.00–260.00	—	11
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	—	20.36/cwt	5.00–40.00	—	14
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	—	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	—	1
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	140.00/cwt	120.00–160.00	—	13
Bred Cows	Common	—	—	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	—	1
Bred Heifers	Approved	—	—	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	—	1
Bred Heifers	Common	—	—	612.50/cwt	575.00–650.00	—	2
Bred Heifers	Common	—	—	622.00/cwt	550.00–675.00	—	5
Bred Heifers	Medium	—	—	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	—	1
Open Heifers	Approved	—	400	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,200	1
Open Heifers	Approved	—	625	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	3,594	1
Open Heifers	Approved	—	575	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,358	3
Open Heifers	Approved	—	750	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	5,138	3
Open Heifers	Common	—	475	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	903	1
Open Heifers	Common	—	625	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	938	1
Open Heifers	Common	—	205	134.00/cwt	110.00–140.00	275	5
Open Heifers	Medium	—	450	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	900	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,029	36.45/cwt	32.00–41.00	375	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	28.44/cwt	25.00–31.00	275	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	45.25/cwt	42.00–46.00	453	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,606	47.36/cwt	44.00–50.00	761	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,640	52.47/cwt	52.00–54.00	861	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	44.77/cwt	42.00–50.00	565	48
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,266	38.42/cwt	36.00–41.00	486	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	54.66/cwt	52.00–58.00	691	6
Bulls	—	—	1,771	74.70/cwt	70.00–79.00	1,323	15
Bulls	—	—	1,429	62.51/cwt	55.00–68.00	893	14
Bulls	—	—	1,765	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,430	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	Supreme	—	—	1,475.00/cwt	1,475.00–1,475.00	—	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	Medium	—	—	1,162.50/cwt	1,125.00–1,200.00	—	2
Fresh/Milking Cows	Common	—	—	925.00/cwt	775.00–1,025.00	—	5
Fresh/Milking Cows	Approved	—	—	1,225.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,225.00	—	1
Springer Heifers	Supreme	—	—	1,510.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,550.00	—	5
Springer Heifers	Medium	—	—	967.86/cwt	875.00–1,075.00	—	7
Springer Heifers	Common	—	—	695.00/cwt	635.00–750.00	—	3
Springer Heifers	Approved	—	—	1,137.50/cwt	1,100.00–1,175.00	—	2
Open Heifers	Supreme	—	425	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,743	1
Open Heifers	Medium	—	821	654.29/cwt	650.00–660.00	5,372	7
Open Heifers	Medium	—	538	312.50/cwt	290.00–335.00	1,681	6
Open Heifers	Medium	—	700	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	3,850	3
Open Heifers	Medium	—	275	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	468	3

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 Oct 22, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 43Last week 69Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 527Last week 411Year ago 0

Replacement Dairy CattleReceipts 291Last week 192Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · estimate wt
6	—	125	135.00	135.00
9	—	158	140.00–150.00	143.33

Replacement Dairy Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Baby Bull Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	36	—	—	5.00–40.00	14.72
Baby Bull Calves — Brown Swiss$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	1	—	—	70.00	70.00
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	4	—	—	40.00–110.00	85.00
Baby Bull Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	11	—	—	120.00–260.00	177.27
Baby Heifer Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	14	—	—	5.00–40.00	20.36
Baby Heifer Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	1	—	—	60.00	60.00
Baby Heifer Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	13	—	—	120.00–160.00	140.00
Bred Cows — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	450.00	450.00
Bred Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	950.00	950.00
Bred Heifers — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	575.00–650.00	612.50
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	—	550.00–675.00	622.00
Bred Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	750.00	750.00
Open Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	1	—	400	300.00	300.00
—	Open	1	—	625	575.00	575.00
—	Open	3	—	575	410.00	410.00
—	Open	3	—	750	685.00	685.00
Open Heifers — Common$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	1	—	475	190.00	190.00
—	Open	1	—	625	150.00	150.00
—	Open	5	—	205	110.00–140.00	134.00
Open Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	2	—	450	200.00	200.00
—	Open	7	—	821	650.00–660.00	654.29
—	Open	6	—	538	290.00–335.00	312.50
—	Open	3	—	700	550.00	550.00
—	Open	3	—	275	170.00	170.00
Open Heifers — Supreme$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	1	—	425	410.00	410.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Supreme$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	1	—	—	1,475.00	1,475.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	2	—	—	1,125.00–1,200.00	1,162.50
Fresh/Milking Cows — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	5	—	—	775.00–1,025.00	925.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Approved$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	1	—	—	1,225.00	1,225.00
Springer Heifers — Supreme$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	—	1,400.00–1,550.00	1,510.00
Springer Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	—	875.00–1,075.00	967.86
Springer Heifers — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	635.00–750.00	695.00
Springer Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,100.00–1,175.00	1,137.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,029	32.00–41.00	36.45
14	—	968	25.00–31.00	28.44
5	—	1,000	42.00–46.00	45.25
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,606	44.00–50.00	47.36
4	—	1,640	52.00–54.00	52.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,262	42.00–50.00	44.77
17	—	1,266	36.00–41.00	38.42
6	—	1,265	52.00–58.00	54.66
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,771	70.00–79.00	74.70
14	—	1,429	55.00–68.00	62.51
1	—	1,765	81.00	81.00

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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Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction

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