Name: Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-27

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	1,607	83.44	1,341	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,556	54.84	853	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,260	52.04	655	129
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	988	40.68	402	40

Every lot, as filed

36 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	—	372	89.15/cwt	86.00–95.00	332	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	666	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	519	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	912	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	693	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	552	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	497	9
Fresh/Milking Cows	Supreme	—	—	1,872.22/cwt	1,575.00–2,000.00	—	9
Open Heifers	Approved	—	850	735.00/cwt	735.00–735.00	6,248	5
Open Heifers	Approved	—	750	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	5,063	6
Open Heifers	Medium	—	650	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	3,250	7
Fresh/Milking Cows	Medium	—	—	1,225.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,225.00	—	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	Common	—	—	955.00/cwt	825.00–1,050.00	—	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	730	82.89/cwt	82.00–83.00	605	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	957	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	794	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	480	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	432	2
Springer Heifers	Medium	—	—	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	—	1
Baby Bull Calves	N/A	—	—	55.15/cwt	10.00–100.00	—	34
Baby Bull Calves	N/AJersey	—	—	14.44/cwt	10.00–20.00	—	9
Baby Bull Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	—	85.00/cwt	50.00–120.00	—	10
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	—	63.33/cwt	40.00–90.00	—	6
Bred Heifers	Common	—	—	617.50/cwt	610.00–625.00	—	2
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	164.55/cwt	130.00–220.00	—	11
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	151.43/cwt	130.00–180.00	—	7
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	—	41.00/cwt	10.00–80.00	—	10
Bred Heifers	Medium	—	—	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	—	1
Open Heifers	Approved	—	667	540.00/cwt	535.00–550.00	3,602	3
Springer Heifers	Supreme	—	—	1,418.75/cwt	1,325.00–1,500.00	—	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	997	40.86/cwt	36.00–44.00	407	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	51.02/cwt	46.00–55.00	639	91
Bulls	—	—	1,525	82.21/cwt	76.00–86.00	1,254	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,568	53.03/cwt	48.00–55.00	832	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	989	48.45/cwt	46.00–55.00	479	11
Bulls	—	—	1,800	91.57/cwt	87.00–95.00	1,648	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,284	58.60/cwt	56.00–63.00	752	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,539	57.26/cwt	56.00–62.00	881	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	961	29.53/cwt	24.00–34.00	284	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,247	41.22/cwt	37.00–43.00	514	9
Bulls	—	—	2,310	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	1,686	1

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.

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

Tue Oct 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 140Last week 89Year ago 31

Slaughter CattleReceipts 414Last week 457Year ago 451

Replacement Dairy CattleReceipts 204Last week 176Year ago 446

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	372	86.00–95.00	89.15
4	—	666	78.00	78.00
8	—	912	76.00	76.00
9	—	552	90.00	90.00
9	—	730	82.00–83.00	82.89
3	—	957	83.00	83.00
2	—	480	90.00	90.00

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	9	—	—	1,575.00–2,000.00	1,872.22
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	1	—	—	1,225.00	1,225.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	5	—	—	825.00–1,050.00	955.00
Open Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	5	—	850	735.00	735.00
—	Open	6	—	750	675.00	675.00
—	Open	3	—	667	535.00–550.00	540.00
Open Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	7	—	650	500.00	500.00
Springer Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	950.00	950.00
Springer Heifers — Supreme$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	1,325.00–1,500.00	1,418.75
Baby Bull Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	34	—	—	10.00–100.00	55.15
Baby Bull Calves — Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	9	—	—	10.00–20.00	14.44
Baby Bull Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	10	—	—	50.00–120.00	85.00
Baby Bull Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	11	—	—	130.00–220.00	164.55
Baby Heifer Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	6	—	—	40.00–90.00	63.33
Baby Heifer Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	7	—	—	130.00–180.00	151.43
Baby Heifer Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	10	—	—	10.00–80.00	41.00
Bred Heifers — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	—	610.00–625.00	617.50
Bred Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	825.00	825.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	997	36.00–44.00	40.86
11	—	989	46.00–55.00	48.45
8	—	961	24.00–34.00	29.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	1,253	46.00–55.00	51.02
29	—	1,284	56.00–63.00	58.60
9	—	1,247	37.00–43.00	41.22
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,568	48.00–55.00	53.03
18	—	1,539	56.00–62.00	57.26
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,525	76.00–86.00	82.21
4	—	1,800	87.00–95.00	91.57
1	—	2,310	73.00	73.00

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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