Name: Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-22

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	1,700	90.55	1,539	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,562	56.27	879	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,288	50.72	653	89
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	990	40.42	400	32

Every lot, as filed

30 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	Medium	—	750	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	3,750	1
Open Heifers	Medium	—	475	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,306	3
Bulls	—	—	1,725	88.85/cwt	85.00–91.00	1,533	9
Bulls	—	—	1,789	104.31/cwt	98.00–118.00	1,866	7
Bulls	—	—	1,488	70.27/cwt	65.00–77.00	1,046	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,314	59.70/cwt	55.00–67.00	784	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	51.43/cwt	49.00–54.00	810	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,555	58.80/cwt	55.00–65.00	914	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,004	41.10/cwt	36.00–44.00	413	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	48.87/cwt	45.00–51.00	485	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	30.59/cwt	25.00–34.00	294	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	41.43/cwt	35.00–44.00	518	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,289	49.76/cwt	45.00–54.00	641	51
Fresh/Milking Cows	Common	—	—	795.83/cwt	700.00–925.00	—	6
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	—	51.07/cwt	5.00–90.00	—	14
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	—	75.00/cwt	70.00–90.00	—	4
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	161.00/cwt	130.00–210.00	—	10
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	150.00/cwt	120.00–180.00	—	10
Bred Heifers	Medium	—	—	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	—	1
Baby Bull Calves	N/AJersey	—	—	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	—	2
Bred Heifers	Medium	—	—	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	—	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	Supreme	—	—	1,850.00/cwt	1,750.00–1,975.00	—	8
Springer Heifers	Approved	—	—	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	—	1
Springer Heifers	Common	—	—	745.00/cwt	700.00–825.00	—	5
Springer Heifers	Medium	—	—	891.67/cwt	875.00–900.00	—	3
Baby Bull Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	—	113.33/cwt	110.00–120.00	—	3
Baby Bull Calves	N/A	—	—	36.67/cwt	5.00–90.00	—	18
Open Heifers	Approved	—	650	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	3,250	2
Open Heifers	Common	—	425	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	638	2
Open Heifers	Common	—	625	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,188	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 Dec 22, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 374Last week 429Year ago 376

Replacement Dairy CattleReceipts 161Last week 154Year ago 226

Replacement Dairy Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Open Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	1	—	750	500.00	500.00
—	Open	3	—	475	275.00	275.00
Open Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	2	—	650	500.00	500.00
Open Heifers — Common$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	2	—	425	150.00	150.00
—	Open	1	—	625	350.00	350.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	6	—	—	700.00–925.00	795.83
Fresh/Milking Cows — Supreme$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	8	—	—	1,750.00–1,975.00	1,850.00
Baby Heifer Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	14	—	—	5.00–90.00	51.07
Baby Heifer Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	4	—	—	70.00–90.00	75.00
Baby Heifer Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	10	—	—	120.00–180.00	150.00
Baby Bull Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	10	—	—	130.00–210.00	161.00
Baby Bull Calves — Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	2	—	—	20.00	20.00
Baby Bull Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	3	—	—	110.00–120.00	113.33
Baby Bull Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	18	—	—	5.00–90.00	36.67
Bred Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	850.00	850.00
—	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	775.00	775.00
Springer Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,175.00	1,175.00
Springer Heifers — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	—	700.00–825.00	745.00
Springer Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	875.00–900.00	891.67

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,725	85.00–91.00	88.85
7	—	1,789	98.00–118.00	104.31
4	—	1,488	65.00–77.00	70.27
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,314	55.00–67.00	59.70
16	—	1,250	35.00–44.00	41.43
51	—	1,289	45.00–54.00	49.76
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,575	49.00–54.00	51.43
21	—	1,555	55.00–65.00	58.80
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,004	36.00–44.00	41.10
8	—	993	45.00–51.00	48.87
8	—	960	25.00–34.00	30.59

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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