Name: Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-31

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $130.60/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −82.28 against this barn's trailing median of $212.88.

Average price

$130.60

5 head · 384 lb average

Value per head Derived

$502

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$105

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$15.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.80

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	310	140.00	434	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	433	124.33	539	3thin

One grade step is worth $15.67/cwt here — about −$105 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

35 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $228.64, low $191.65, 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 sale5 hd

130.60

—

KY average28 barns · 1,735 hd

132.40

−1.80

This barn, trailing median35 sales

212.88

−82.28

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,731	86.10	1,491	41
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,597	53.18	849	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,237	48.78	603	121
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	992	39.80	395	107

Every lot, as filed

51 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
Open Heifers	Common	—	750	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	3,563	2
Open Heifers	Approved	—	325	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	731	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	510	1
Bulls	—	—	1,713	79.24/cwt	76.00–83.00	1,357	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	434	2
Bulls	—	—	1,702	87.44/cwt	84.00–93.00	1,488	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	315	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	425	1
Bulls	—	—	1,851	97.19/cwt	94.00–104.00	1,799	7
Fresh/Milking Cows	Medium	—	—	1,087.50/cwt	1,075.00–1,100.00	—	2
Fresh/Milking Cows	Approved	—	—	1,475.00/cwt	1,475.00–1,475.00	—	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	CommonJersey	—	—	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	—	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	Common	—	—	800.00/cwt	700.00–1,000.00	—	6
Springer Heifers	Medium	—	—	933.33/cwt	875.00–1,000.00	—	3
Springer Heifers	Supreme	—	—	1,325.00/cwt	1,325.00–1,325.00	—	2
Springer Heifers	Approved	—	—	1,141.67/cwt	1,125.00–1,150.00	—	3
Springer Heifers	Common	—	—	812.50/cwt	725.00–850.00	—	8
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	176.00/cwt	170.00–190.00	—	5
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	—	70.00/cwt	30.00–130.00	—	16
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	—	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	—	1
Baby Heifer Calves	N/AJersey	—	—	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	—	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	230	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	248	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	381	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	487	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	332	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,105	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	641	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	415	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	332	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	542	83.67/cwt	81.00–85.00	453	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	640	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	499	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	470	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	418	2
Baby Bull Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	—	102.50/cwt	80.00–110.00	—	4
Baby Bull Calves	N/AJersey	—	—	18.00/cwt	10.00–20.00	—	5
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	170.00/cwt	140.00–210.00	—	7
Baby Bull Calves	N/A	—	—	56.09/cwt	10.00–120.00	—	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	275	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	369	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	597	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	716	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	999	39.39/cwt	34.00–44.00	394	70
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,595	50.53/cwt	45.00–54.00	806	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,179	41.59/cwt	39.00–43.00	490	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	982	30.66/cwt	26.00–33.00	301	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,244	48.65/cwt	44.00–54.00	605	93
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	46.60/cwt	45.00–51.00	456	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	59.37/cwt	55.00–63.00	950	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,252	58.02/cwt	55.00–62.00	726	13
Open Heifers	Medium	—	642	475.00/cwt	425.00–485.00	3,050	6
Open Heifers	Medium	—	475	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,354	1
Open Heifers	Common	—	538	255.00/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,372	2
Open Heifers	Medium	—	225	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	293	3
Open Heifers	Common	—	633	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,057	3
Open Heifers	Common	—	338	150.00/cwt	140.00–160.00	507	2
Open Heifers	Medium	—	558	355.00/cwt	310.00–400.00	1,981	2

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 Mar 31, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 82Last week 91Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 573Last week 537Year ago 0

Replacement Dairy CattleReceipts 164Last week 177Year ago 0

Replacement Dairy Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Open Heifers — Common$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	2	—	750	475.00	475.00
—	Open	2	—	538	250.00–260.00	255.00
—	Open	3	—	633	325.00	325.00
—	Open	2	—	338	140.00–160.00	150.00
Open Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	4	—	325	225.00	225.00
Open Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	6	—	642	425.00–485.00	475.00
—	Open	1	—	475	285.00	285.00
—	Open	3	—	225	130.00	130.00
—	Open	2	—	558	310.00–400.00	355.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	2	—	—	1,075.00–1,100.00	1,087.50
Fresh/Milking Cows — Approved$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	1	—	—	1,475.00	1,475.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Common · Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	1	—	—	650.00	650.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	6	—	—	700.00–1,000.00	800.00
Springer Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	875.00–1,000.00	933.33
Springer Heifers — Supreme$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,325.00	1,325.00
Springer Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	1,125.00–1,150.00	1,141.67
Springer Heifers — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	—	725.00–850.00	812.50
Baby Heifer Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	5	—	—	170.00–190.00	176.00
Baby Heifer Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	16	—	—	30.00–130.00	70.00
Baby Heifer Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	1	—	—	60.00	60.00
Baby Heifer Calves — Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	1	—	—	70.00	70.00
Baby Bull Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	4	—	—	80.00–110.00	102.50
Baby Bull Calves — Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	5	—	—	10.00–20.00	18.00
Baby Bull Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	7	—	—	140.00–210.00	170.00
Baby Bull Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	23	—	—	10.00–120.00	56.09

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	126.00	126.00
1	—	580	112.00	112.00
1	—	315	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	310	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	230	108.00	108.00
1	—	320	119.00	119.00
1	—	560	87.00	87.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	255	130.00	130.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,105	58.00	58.00
1	—	415	80.00	80.00
3	—	542	81.00–85.00	83.67
6	—	640	78.00	78.00
2	—	470	89.00	89.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	597	120.00	120.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,713	76.00–83.00	79.24
19	—	1,702	84.00–93.00	87.44
7	—	1,851	94.00–104.00	97.19
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	999	34.00–44.00	39.39
14	—	982	26.00–33.00	30.66
23	—	978	45.00–51.00	46.60
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,595	45.00–54.00	50.53
6	—	1,600	55.00–63.00	59.37
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,179	39.00–43.00	41.59
93	—	1,244	44.00–54.00	48.65
13	—	1,252	55.00–62.00	58.02

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

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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

Replacement Dairy Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle