Name: Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-04

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	1,772	87.76	1,555	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,593	60.49	964	41
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,269	57.00	723	123
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	959	46.01	441	94

Every lot, as filed

32 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
Bulls	—	—	1,847	88.15/cwt	82.00–92.00	1,628	10
Bulls	—	—	1,892	96.92/cwt	93.00–103.00	1,834	10
Bulls	—	—	1,494	74.10/cwt	70.00–78.00	1,107	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,613	57.24/cwt	53.00–61.00	923	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	56.78/cwt	52.00–62.00	525	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	992	38.60/cwt	31.00–41.00	383	28
Fresh/Milking Cows	Medium	—	—	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	—	1
Springer Heifers	Approved	—	—	1,200.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,300.00	—	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	455	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	396	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	309	82.51/cwt	81.00–87.00	255	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	125	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	150	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	159	147.50/cwt	140.00–160.00	235	8
Fresh/Milking Cows	Common	—	—	875.00/cwt	725.00–1,075.00	—	5
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	—	31.25/cwt	10.00–50.00	—	8
Open Heifers	Common	—	663	345.00/cwt	315.00–375.00	2,287	2
Open Heifers	Common	—	475	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	855	3
Open Heifers	Medium	—	525	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,838	4
Springer Heifers	Common	—	—	816.67/cwt	775.00–850.00	—	9
Springer Heifers	Medium	—	—	960.71/cwt	875.00–1,075.00	—	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	953	45.83/cwt	42.00–51.00	437	46
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	46.07/cwt	41.00–51.00	580	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,289	66.02/cwt	62.00–73.00	851	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	56.17/cwt	52.00–61.00	709	60
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,555	66.75/cwt	62.00–73.00	1,038	14
Baby Bull Calves	N/A	—	—	19.12/cwt	5.00–50.00	—	34
Baby Bull Calves	N/AJersey	—	—	15.00/cwt	5.00–35.00	—	8
Fresh/Milking Cows	CommonJersey	—	—	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	—	1
Baby Bull Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	—	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	—	1
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	—	55.00/cwt	45.00–75.00	—	3
Open Heifers	MediumCrossbred	—	500	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,425	1
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	137.50/cwt	110.00–170.00	—	6
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	134.00/cwt	110.00–160.00	—	5

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 Feb 4, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 24Last week 86Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 688Last week 543Year ago 0

Replacement Dairy CattleReceipts 161Last week 288Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,847	82.00–92.00	88.15
10	—	1,892	93.00–103.00	96.92
7	—	1,494	70.00–78.00	74.10
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,613	53.00–61.00	57.24
14	—	1,555	62.00–73.00	66.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	925	52.00–62.00	56.78
28	—	992	31.00–41.00	38.60
46	—	953	42.00–51.00	45.83
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,258	41.00–51.00	46.07
37	—	1,289	62.00–73.00	66.02
60	—	1,262	52.00–61.00	56.17

Replacement Dairy Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	1	—	—	1,150.00	1,150.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	5	—	—	725.00–1,075.00	875.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Common · Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	1	—	—	600.00	600.00
Springer Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	1,100.00–1,300.00	1,200.00
Springer Heifers — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	—	775.00–850.00	816.67
Springer Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	—	875.00–1,075.00	960.71
Baby Heifer Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	8	—	—	10.00–50.00	31.25
Baby Heifer Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	3	—	—	45.00–75.00	55.00
Baby Heifer Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	5	—	—	110.00–160.00	134.00
Open Heifers — Common$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	2	—	663	315.00–375.00	345.00
—	Open	3	—	475	180.00	180.00
Open Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	4	—	525	350.00	350.00
Open Heifers — Medium · Crossbred$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	1	—	500	285.00	285.00
Baby Bull Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	34	—	—	5.00–50.00	19.12
Baby Bull Calves — Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	8	—	—	5.00–35.00	15.00
Baby Bull Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	1	—	—	90.00	90.00
Baby Bull Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	6	—	—	110.00–170.00	137.50

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	87.00	87.00
6	—	309	81.00–87.00	82.51
1	—	125	120.00	120.00
8	—	159	140.00–160.00	147.50

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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