Name: Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-20

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $93.00/cwt on 4 head.

Average price

$93.00

4 head · 933 lb average

Value per head Derived

$868

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−28.31

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	933	93.00	868	4thin

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 sale4 hd

93.00

—

KY average25 barns · 4,917 hd

121.31

−28.31

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	1,649	79.04	1,304	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,593	55.54	885	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,279	51.60	660	138
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,001	43.96	440	34

Every lot, as filed

52 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
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	494	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	484	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	378	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	321	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	745	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	611	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	346	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	315	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	683	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	676	3
Fresh/Milking Cows	Supreme	—	—	1,625.00/cwt	1,625.00–1,625.00	—	1
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	245.00/cwt	150.00–330.00	—	18
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	—	42.50/cwt	35.00–50.00	—	2
Springer Heifers	CommonCrossbred	—	—	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	—	1
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	550	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	429	1
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	515	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	386	1
Springer Heifers	Supreme	—	—	1,575.00/cwt	1,575.00–1,575.00	—	1
Springer Heifers	Approved	—	—	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	—	2
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	438	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	311	2
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	285	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	228	2
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	812	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	577	3
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	378	72.42/cwt	70.00–75.00	274	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	933	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	868	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	764	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	295	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	372	1
Open Heifers	Approved	—	350	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	823	3
Open Heifers	ApprovedCrossbred	—	475	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,591	2
Fresh/Milking Cows	Approved	—	—	1,450.00/cwt	1,450.00–1,450.00	—	1
Open Heifers	Medium	—	538	342.50/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,843	2
Open Heifers	Medium	—	350	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	700	1
Open Heifers	ApprovedJersey	—	460	373.00/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,716	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	42.16/cwt	37.00–45.00	422	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,585	52.36/cwt	46.00–55.00	830	19
Bulls	—	—	1,594	69.77/cwt	67.00–74.00	1,112	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,261	43.17/cwt	40.00–45.00	544	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	33.09/cwt	32.00–34.00	349	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,301	58.47/cwt	56.00–65.00	761	30
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	—	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	—	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	Common	—	—	920.00/cwt	750.00–1,075.00	—	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,602	58.90/cwt	56.00–63.00	944	18
Bulls	—	—	1,733	89.04/cwt	86.00–92.00	1,543	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	992	49.37/cwt	46.00–53.00	490	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	50.83/cwt	46.00–55.00	648	92
Baby Bull Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	—	112.86/cwt	70.00–140.00	—	7
Springer Heifers	Common	—	—	768.75/cwt	675.00–850.00	—	4
Bulls	—	—	1,656	80.69/cwt	77.00–85.00	1,336	16
Open Heifers	MediumCrossbred	—	550	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,118	1
Baby Bull Calves	N/AJersey	—	—	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	—	3
Bred Heifers	Approved	—	—	912.50/cwt	825.00–1,000.00	—	2
Bred Heifers	Common	—	—	668.75/cwt	550.00–750.00	—	8
Bred Heifers	Medium	—	—	900.00/cwt	875.00–925.00	—	2
Baby Bull Calves	N/A	—	—	55.71/cwt	20.00–110.00	—	21
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	207.50/cwt	170.00–250.00	—	8
Open Heifers	MediumJersey	—	554	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,133	7
Open Heifers	Medium	—	450	291.25/cwt	235.00–310.00	1,311	4
Dairy Steers	Large 1-2	—	810	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	640	1
Springer Heifers	Medium	—	—	950.00/cwt	875.00–1,075.00	—	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 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 89Last week 77Year ago 43

Slaughter CattleReceipts 457Last week 393Year ago 527

Replacement Dairy CattleReceipts 176Last week 239Year ago 291

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	494	98.00	98.00
4	—	378	85.00	85.00
1	—	745	82.00	82.00
4	—	346	91.00	91.00
3	—	683	99.00	99.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	78.00	78.00
1	—	515	75.00	75.00
2	—	438	71.00	71.00
2	—	285	80.00	80.00
3	—	812	71.00	71.00
2	—	378	70.00–75.00	72.42
Dairy Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	79.00	79.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	933	93.00	93.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	126.00	126.00

Replacement Dairy Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Fresh/Milking Cows — Supreme$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	1	—	—	1,625.00	1,625.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Approved$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	1	—	—	1,450.00	1,450.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	5	—	—	750.00–1,075.00	920.00
Baby Bull Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	18	—	—	150.00–330.00	245.00
Baby Bull Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	7	—	—	70.00–140.00	112.86
Baby Bull Calves — Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	3	—	—	20.00	20.00
Baby Bull Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	21	—	—	20.00–110.00	55.71
Baby Heifer Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	2	—	—	35.00–50.00	42.50
Baby Heifer Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	1	—	—	90.00	90.00
Baby Heifer Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	8	—	—	170.00–250.00	207.50
Springer Heifers — Common · Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	725.00	725.00
Springer Heifers — Supreme$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,575.00	1,575.00
Springer Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,125.00	1,125.00
Springer Heifers — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	675.00–850.00	768.75
Springer Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	875.00–1,075.00	950.00
Open Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	3	—	350	235.00	235.00
Open Heifers — Approved · Crossbred$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	2	—	475	335.00	335.00
Open Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	2	—	538	335.00–350.00	342.50
—	Open	1	—	350	200.00	200.00
—	Open	4	—	450	235.00–310.00	291.25
Open Heifers — Approved · Jersey$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	5	—	460	365.00–385.00	373.00
Open Heifers — Medium · Crossbred$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	1	—	550	385.00	385.00
Open Heifers — Medium · Jersey$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	7	—	554	385.00	385.00
Bred Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	825.00–1,000.00	912.50
Bred Heifers — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	—	550.00–750.00	668.75
Bred Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	875.00–925.00	900.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,000	37.00–45.00	42.16
2	—	1,055	32.00–34.00	33.09
11	—	992	46.00–53.00	49.37
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,585	46.00–55.00	52.36
18	—	1,602	56.00–63.00	58.90
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,261	40.00–45.00	43.17
30	—	1,301	56.00–65.00	58.47
92	—	1,275	46.00–55.00	50.83
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,594	67.00–74.00	69.77
2	—	1,733	86.00–92.00	89.04
16	—	1,656	77.00–85.00	80.69

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Dairy Cattle

Slaughter Cattle