Name: Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-13

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $105.33/cwt on 3 head.

Average price

$105.33

3 head · 410 lb average

Value per head Derived

$432

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−19.78

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	410	105.33	432	3thin

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 sale3 hd

105.33

—

KY average27 barns · 5,820 hd

125.12

−19.78

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	—	High	1,796	77.67	1,395	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,617	52.74	853	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,240	50.09	621	91
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	958	41.72	400	38

Every lot, as filed

45 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
Fresh/Milking Cows	Common	—	—	880.00/cwt	725.00–1,075.00	—	10
Fresh/Milking Cows	Supreme	—	—	1,696.88/cwt	1,525.00–1,875.00	—	8
Open Heifers	Approved	—	350	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	788	1
Bred Heifers	Common	—	—	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	—	1
Open Heifers	Supreme	—	325	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,089	3
Fresh/Milking Cows	Approved	—	—	1,391.67/cwt	1,300.00–1,475.00	—	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	553	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,083	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	812	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	880	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	748	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	300	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	315	1
Springer Heifers	Common	—	—	766.67/cwt	725.00–850.00	—	3
Baby Bull Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	—	116.25/cwt	80.00–140.00	—	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	360	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	410	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	424	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	595	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	536	1
Baby Bull Calves	N/A	—	—	41.11/cwt	10.00–90.00	—	36
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	—	92.50/cwt	80.00–110.00	—	4
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	216.00/cwt	170.00–260.00	—	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	540	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	459	2
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	483	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	353	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	361	1
Springer Heifers	Medium	—	—	1,003.57/cwt	925.00–1,100.00	—	7
Bulls	—	—	1,944	86.29/cwt	85.00–89.00	1,677	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,565	50.19/cwt	47.00–53.00	785	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	41.43/cwt	35.00–47.00	422	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	42.43/cwt	41.00–44.00	506	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	815	30.10/cwt	27.00–33.00	245	7
Bulls	—	—	1,604	67.84/cwt	65.00–72.00	1,088	8
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	228.18/cwt	160.00–300.00	—	22
Open Heifers	Medium	—	313	150.00/cwt	140.00–160.00	470	2
Fresh/Milking Cows	Medium	—	—	1,137.50/cwt	1,100.00–1,175.00	—	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,658	54.72/cwt	54.00–57.00	907	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	55.05/cwt	53.00–58.00	693	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	957	47.88/cwt	45.00–52.00	458	14
Springer Heifers	Approved	—	—	1,210.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,275.00	—	5
Bred Heifers	Approved	—	—	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	—	1
Baby Bull Calves	N/AJersey	—	—	33.33/cwt	30.00–40.00	—	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	48.91/cwt	45.00–54.00	606	53
Bulls	—	—	1,822	78.64/cwt	73.00–84.00	1,433	19
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	—	44.00/cwt	30.00–100.00	—	20
Springer Heifers	Supreme	—	—	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	—	2
Baby Heifer Calves	N/AJersey	—	—	66.67/cwt	40.00–110.00	—	6
Open Heifers	Approved	—	475	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,663	1
Springer Heifers	CommonBrown Swiss	—	—	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	—	1
Bred Heifers	Medium	—	—	881.25/cwt	825.00–950.00	—	4

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 13, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 77Last week 55Year ago 69

Slaughter CattleReceipts 393Last week 372Year ago 411

Replacement Dairy CattleReceipts 239Last week 214Year ago 192

Replacement Dairy Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Fresh/Milking Cows — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	10	—	—	725.00–1,075.00	880.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Supreme$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	8	—	—	1,525.00–1,875.00	1,696.88
Fresh/Milking Cows — Approved$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	3	—	—	1,300.00–1,475.00	1,391.67
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	2	—	—	1,100.00–1,175.00	1,137.50
Open Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	1	—	350	225.00	225.00
—	Open	1	—	475	350.00	350.00
Open Heifers — Supreme$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	3	—	325	335.00	335.00
Open Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	2	—	313	140.00–160.00	150.00
Bred Heifers — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	675.00	675.00
Bred Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bred Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	825.00–950.00	881.25
Springer Heifers — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	725.00–850.00	766.67
Springer Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	—	925.00–1,100.00	1,003.57
Springer Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	—	1,150.00–1,275.00	1,210.00
Springer Heifers — Supreme$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,300.00	1,300.00
Springer Heifers — Common · Brown Swiss$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	725.00	725.00
Baby Bull Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	16	—	—	80.00–140.00	116.25
Baby Bull Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	36	—	—	10.00–90.00	41.11
Baby Bull Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	22	—	—	160.00–300.00	228.18
Baby Bull Calves — Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	3	—	—	30.00–40.00	33.33
Baby Heifer Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	4	—	—	80.00–110.00	92.50
Baby Heifer Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	5	—	—	170.00–260.00	216.00
Baby Heifer Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	20	—	—	30.00–100.00	44.00
Baby Heifer Calves — Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	6	—	—	40.00–110.00	66.67

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	97.00	97.00
1	—	300	105.00	105.00
1	—	360	114.00	114.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,083	75.00	75.00
1	—	880	85.00	85.00
2	—	540	85.00	85.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	483	73.00	73.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	101.00	101.00
1	—	595	90.00	90.00
1	—	325	111.00	111.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,944	85.00–89.00	86.29
8	—	1,604	65.00–72.00	67.84
19	—	1,822	73.00–84.00	78.64
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,565	47.00–53.00	50.19
9	—	1,658	54.00–57.00	54.72
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,018	35.00–47.00	41.43
7	—	815	27.00–33.00	30.10
14	—	957	45.00–52.00	47.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,193	41.00–44.00	42.43
28	—	1,259	53.00–58.00	55.05
53	—	1,239	45.00–54.00	48.91

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

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 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