Name: Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-10

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	1,892	95.91	1,814	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,620	70.48	1,142	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,263	59.29	749	115
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	988	43.76	432	31

Every lot, as filed

57 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
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	45	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	18	1
Baby Heifer Calves	N/AJersey	—	40	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	4	1
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	70	133.93/cwt	100.00–180.00	94	8
Baby Bull Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	45	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	23	1
Baby Bull Calves	N/AJersey	—	38	64.00/cwt	50.00–80.00	24	2
Baby Bull Calves	N/A	—	64	67.45/cwt	40.00–80.00	43	4
Baby Bull Calves	N/A	—	40	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	8	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	272	97.84/cwt	96.00–100.00	266	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	390	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	343	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	300	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	321	3
Fresh/Milking Cows	MediumCrossbred	—	1,050	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	9,188	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	MediumJersey	—	950	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	4,275	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	ApprovedJersey	—	1,050	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	4,200	1
Open Heifers	Medium	—	625	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,344	1
Open Heifers	Medium	—	450	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	945	1
Open Heifers	Approved	—	350	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	385	3
Open Heifers	Approved	—	600	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,350	1
Bred Heifers	Medium	—	900	628.33/cwt	620.00–635.00	5,655	2
Bred Heifers	Common	—	1,000	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	5,750	1
Bred Heifers	Approved	—	1,420	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	12,425	1
Bred Cows	MediumAyshire	—	1,265	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	6,641	1
Bred Cows	MediumJersey	—	850	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	3,825	1
Bred Cows	Medium	—	1,454	737.59/cwt	575.00–925.00	10,725	7
Bred Cows	Approved	—	1,450	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	13,413	10
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	60	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	72	1
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	75	92.50/cwt	55.00–130.00	69	2
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	150	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	180	1
Baby Bull Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	65	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	65	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	43.23/cwt	32.00–49.00	426	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,002	51.93/cwt	50.00–55.00	520	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	250	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,618	71.29/cwt	63.00–79.00	1,153	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,650	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	990	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	56.85/cwt	50.00–65.00	712	81
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,301	67.98/cwt	62.00–78.00	884	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	43.59/cwt	39.00–46.00	511	4
Bulls	—	—	1,800	92.20/cwt	85.00–97.00	1,660	17
Bulls	—	—	2,065	102.93/cwt	98.00–110.00	2,126	9
Fresh/Milking Cows	Supreme	—	1,326	1,540.30/cwt	1,250.00–1,650.00	20,424	6
Fresh/Milking Cows	Medium	—	1,314	881.32/cwt	700.00–1,125.00	11,581	9
Fresh/Milking Cows	Approved	—	1,256	1,247.70/cwt	745.00–1,550.00	15,671	20
Springer Heifers	Supreme	—	1,300	1,225.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,225.00	15,925	1
Springer Heifers	Medium	—	1,353	785.53/cwt	550.00–1,025.00	10,628	3
Springer Heifers	ApprovedJersey	—	1,100	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,800	1
Springer Heifers	Approved	—	1,303	1,148.45/cwt	975.00–1,250.00	14,964	9
Open Heifers	Supreme	—	375	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	300	3
Open Heifers	Medium	—	700	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,170	3
Open Heifers	Approved	—	706	474.07/cwt	400.00–560.00	3,347	8
Open Heifers	Approved	—	800	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	4,480	3
Springer Cows	Medium	—	1,400	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	12,250	1
Bred Heifers	Medium	—	945	671.88/cwt	520.00–775.00	6,349	5
Bred Heifers	Approved	—	1,000	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	7,600	1
Bred Cows	MediumJersey	—	1,000	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	4,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium	—	1,332	787.56/cwt	525.00–1,200.00	10,490	9
Bred Cows	Approved	—	1,325	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	15,569	1
Bred Cows	Approved	—	1,325	1,040.09/cwt	900.00–1,175.00	13,781	2
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	58	91.43/cwt	50.00–120.00	53	3

How this sale compares

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Replacement Dairy CattleReceipts 205Last week 178Year ago 0

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As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Baby Heifer Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
—	N/A	1	—	45	40.00	40.00
—	N/A	1	—	60	120.00	120.00
Baby Heifer Calves — Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
—	N/A	1	—	40	10.00	10.00
Baby Heifer Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
—	N/A	2	—	75	55.00–130.00	92.50
Baby Heifer Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
—	N/A	3	—	58	50.00–120.00	91.43
Baby Bull Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
—	N/A	8	—	70	100.00–180.00	133.93
—	N/A	1	—	150	120.00	120.00
Baby Bull Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
—	N/A	1	—	45	50.00	50.00
—	N/A	1	—	65	100.00	100.00
Baby Bull Calves — Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
—	N/A	2	—	38	50.00–80.00	64.00
Baby Bull Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
—	N/A	4	—	64	40.00–80.00	67.45
—	N/A	1	—	40	20.00	20.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
—	Open	1	—	1,050	875.00	875.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
—	Open	1	—	950	450.00	450.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Approved · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
—	Open	1	—	1,050	400.00	400.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Supreme$ per cwt · actual wt
—	Open	6	—	1,326	1,250.00–1,650.00	1,540.30
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium$ per cwt · actual wt
—	Open	9	—	1,314	700.00–1,125.00	881.32
Fresh/Milking Cows — Approved$ per cwt · actual wt
—	Open	20	—	1,256	745.00–1,550.00	1,247.70
Open Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · actual wt
—	Open	1	—	625	375.00	375.00
—	Open	1	—	450	210.00	210.00
—	Open	3	—	700	310.00	310.00
Open Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · actual wt
—	Open	3	—	350	110.00	110.00
—	Open	1	—	600	225.00	225.00
—	Open	8	—	706	400.00–560.00	474.07
—	Open	3	—	800	560.00	560.00
Open Heifers — Supreme$ per cwt · actual wt
—	Open	3	—	375	80.00	80.00
Bred Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · actual wt
—	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	900	620.00–635.00	628.33
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	945	520.00–775.00	671.88
Bred Heifers — Common$ per cwt · actual wt
—	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	575.00	575.00
Bred Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · actual wt
—	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,420	875.00	875.00
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	760.00	760.00
Bred Cows — Medium · Ayshire$ per cwt · actual wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,265	525.00	525.00
Bred Cows — Medium · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	850	450.00	450.00
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	450.00	450.00
Bred Cows — Medium$ per cwt · actual wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,454	575.00–925.00	737.59
—	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	1,332	525.00–1,200.00	787.56
Bred Cows — Approved$ per cwt · actual wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,450	925.00	925.00
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,325	1,175.00	1,175.00
—	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,325	900.00–1,175.00	1,040.09
Springer Heifers — Supreme$ per cwt · actual wt
—	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,300	1,225.00	1,225.00
Springer Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · actual wt
—	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,353	550.00–1,025.00	785.53
Springer Heifers — Approved · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
—	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	800.00	800.00
Springer Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · actual wt
—	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	1,303	975.00–1,250.00	1,148.45
Springer Cows — Medium$ per cwt · actual wt
—	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,400	875.00	875.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	272	96.00–100.00	97.84
3	—	390	88.00	88.00
3	—	300	107.00	107.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	985	32.00–49.00	43.23
4	—	1,002	50.00–55.00	51.93
1	—	1,000	25.00	25.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,618	63.00–79.00	71.29
1	—	1,650	60.00	60.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	1,253	50.00–65.00	56.85
30	—	1,301	62.00–78.00	67.98
4	—	1,173	39.00–46.00	43.59
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,800	85.00–97.00	92.20
9	—	2,065	98.00–110.00	102.93

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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