Sale reports / Kentucky / Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction / 2020-07-28

Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Smiths Grove, Kentucky · Tue, Jul 28
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2199
Feeder Cattle receipts
64 head
22 vs last sale 86 29 vs year ago 93 · 31.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
328 head
72 vs last sale 256 280 vs year ago 608 · 46.1%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
216 head
18 vs last sale 198 69 vs year ago 285 · 24.2%
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.00/cwt on 1 head.
Average price
$134.00
1 head · 230 lb average
Value per head Derived
$308
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+5.27
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2230134.003081thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1 hd
134.00
KY average28 barns · 5,254 hd
128.73
+5.27
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,868105.841,97840
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,61374.211,19718
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25367.47845102
CowsLean 85-90%High99258.7158240

Every lot, as filed

58 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Springer HeifersMediumJersey800.00/cwt800.00–800.001
Springer HeifersCommonJersey700.00/cwt700.00–700.001
Springer HeifersMedium920.00/cwt850.00–1,000.005
Springer HeifersSupreme1,325.00/cwt1,325.00–1,325.002
Springer HeifersApproved1,193.75/cwt1,150.00–1,250.004
Springer HeifersMediumGuernsey900.00/cwt900.00–900.001
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred102.50/cwt90.00–120.004
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ABeef Cross145.00/cwt140.00–160.004
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A33.89/cwt10.00–70.009
Baby Heifer CalvesN/AJersey35.00/cwt30.00–40.002
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2230134.00/cwt134.00–134.003081
Baby Bull CalvesN/AGuernsey60.00/cwt50.00–70.002
Baby Bull CalvesN/ABeef Cross155.00/cwt140.00–180.006
Baby Bull CalvesN/A32.95/cwt10.00–70.0039
Baby Bull CalvesN/AJersey14.29/cwt5.00–30.007
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred98.00/cwt50.00–130.0010
Baby Bull CalvesN/AAyshire60.00/cwt60.00–60.001
Fresh/Milking CowsMediumJersey800.00/cwt800.00–800.002
Fresh/Milking CowsMedium1,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.001
Fresh/Milking CowsCommon875.00/cwt875.00–875.001
Fresh/Milking CowsApproved1,275.00/cwt1,275.00–1,275.001
Bred HeifersCommon535.00/cwt535.00–535.001
Bred HeifersCommon712.50/cwt675.00–750.002
Bred HeifersCommonJersey561.67/cwt550.00–585.003
Bred HeifersMediumJersey825.00/cwt825.00–825.001
BullsMedium and Large 2-3210125.00/cwt125.00–125.002631
Bulls1,63881.00/cwt77.00–85.001,3273
Bulls1,797102.35/cwt96.00–106.001,83913
Bulls1,936110.84/cwt107.00–116.002,14624
Open HeifersApprovedJersey475375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,7812
Open HeifersMedium725560.00/cwt560.00–560.004,0601
Open HeifersCommon225125.00/cwt125.00–125.002812
Open HeifersMediumJersey650485.00/cwt485.00–485.003,1532
Open HeifersCommon625310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9382
Open HeifersSupreme625600.00/cwt600.00–600.003,7501
Open HeifersMedium500325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6251
Open HeifersSupremeJersey425435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,8495
Open HeifersApproved325250.00/cwt250.00–250.008131
Open HeifersApprovedJersey500400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0001
Dairy SteersLarge 3-435577.00/cwt77.00–77.002731
Dairy SteersLarge 326093.50/cwt87.00–100.002432
Dairy SteersLarge 333495.00/cwt95.00–95.0031710
Dairy SteersLarge 350585.00/cwt85.00–85.004291
Dairy SteersLarge 348793.68/cwt85.00–98.004563
Dairy SteersLarge 338794.00/cwt94.00–94.003643
Dairy SteersLarge 3-451078.00/cwt78.00–78.003983
Dairy SteersLarge 379587.00/cwt87.00–87.006922
Dairy SteersLarge 3-440775.00/cwt75.00–75.003053
Dairy SteersLarge 361589.02/cwt88.00–90.005472
CowsLean 85-90%99468.96/cwt64.00–74.0068510
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29657.72/cwt52.00–62.0074823
CowsLean 85-90%98757.21/cwt53.00–62.0056523
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24977.37/cwt73.00–86.0096627
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23666.64/cwt63.00–72.0082452
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59067.08/cwt63.00–71.001,0678
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63179.92/cwt75.00–86.001,30310
CowsLean 85-90%1,00648.98/cwt45.00–52.004937
Springer HeifersCommon808.33/cwt725.00–850.003

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.