Name: Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-02-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-09

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.16/cwt on 17 head.

Average price

$108.16

17 head · 614 lb average

Value per head Derived

$664

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$1.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.62

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	635	108.41	689	14thin
Medium and Large 2-3	513	107.00	549	3thin

One grade step is worth $1.41/cwt here — about $140 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale17 hd

108.16

—

KY average26 barns · 4,536 hd

123.79

−15.62

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	1,856	98.39	1,826	42
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,594	66.54	1,060	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,269	61.37	779	107
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	988	46.23	457	34

Every lot, as filed

53 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	427	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	841	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	810	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	626	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	613	1
Bulls	—	—	1,940	104.37/cwt	101.00–107.00	2,025	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	98.85/cwt	98.00–105.00	724	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	496	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	476	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	441	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	555	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	798	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	678	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	635	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	508	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	916	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	779	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	622	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	505	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	556	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	771	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	405	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	470	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	47.20/cwt	45.00–51.00	587	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,615	60.57/cwt	54.00–63.00	978	12
Bulls	—	—	1,805	96.73/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,746	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,324	69.02/cwt	64.00–75.00	914	40
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,582	69.80/cwt	65.00–75.00	1,104	22
Open Heifers	Approved	—	540	405.38/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,189	13
Open Heifers	Medium	—	656	465.00/cwt	435.00–475.00	3,050	4
Open Heifers	Approved	—	450	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,688	6
Baby Heifer Calves	N/AJersey	—	—	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	—	1
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	—	48.33/cwt	30.00–60.00	—	6
Baby Bull Calves	N/A	—	—	33.64/cwt	10.00–60.00	—	22
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	185.56/cwt	140.00–250.00	—	9
Springer Heifers	CommonJersey	—	—	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	—	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	Common	—	—	827.27/cwt	700.00–1,025.00	—	11
Fresh/Milking Cows	CommonJersey	—	—	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	—	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	Approved	—	—	1,466.67/cwt	1,425.00–1,500.00	—	3
Springer Heifers	Common	—	—	775.00/cwt	725.00–825.00	—	3
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	213.33/cwt	200.00–230.00	—	3
Springer Heifers	Medium	—	—	912.50/cwt	875.00–950.00	—	2
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	—	95.00/cwt	90.00–110.00	—	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	57.32/cwt	54.00–60.00	581	6
Bred Heifers	Common	—	—	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	—	1
Baby Bull Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	—	95.00/cwt	80.00–110.00	—	4
Baby Bull Calves	N/AJersey	—	—	38.57/cwt	20.00–100.00	—	7
Fresh/Milking Cows	Supreme	—	—	1,807.69/cwt	1,575.00–1,975.00	—	13
Fresh/Milking Cows	Medium	—	—	1,181.25/cwt	1,125.00–1,250.00	—	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	560	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	470	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,298	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	961	3
Bulls	—	—	1,686	82.68/cwt	75.00–88.00	1,394	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	58.90/cwt	53.00–63.00	727	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	953	47.96/cwt	43.00–52.00	457	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,046	35.20/cwt	30.00–41.00	368	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	585	1
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	409	77.15/cwt	76.00–78.00	316	7
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	350	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	273	3

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 Feb 9, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 102Last week 155Year ago 43

Slaughter CattleReceipts 528Last week 369Year ago 547

Replacement Dairy CattleReceipts 196Last week 218Year ago 203

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	158.00	158.00
1	—	695	121.00	121.00
1	—	335	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	97.00	97.00
1	—	540	116.00	116.00
8	—	732	98.00–105.00	98.85
1	—	375	127.00	127.00
3	—	430	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	116.00	116.00
1	—	655	95.00	95.00
1	—	505	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	129.00	129.00
1	—	430	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	116.00	116.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	798	85.00	85.00
1	—	635	80.00	80.00
4	—	916	85.00	85.00
1	—	560	84.00	84.00
3	—	1,298	74.00	74.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	409	76.00–78.00	77.15
3	—	350	78.00	78.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,940	101.00–107.00	104.37
13	—	1,805	90.00–100.00	96.73
7	—	1,686	75.00–88.00	82.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,243	45.00–51.00	47.20
40	—	1,324	64.00–75.00	69.02
55	—	1,234	53.00–63.00	58.90
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,615	54.00–63.00	60.57
22	—	1,582	65.00–75.00	69.80
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,013	54.00–60.00	57.32
19	—	953	43.00–52.00	47.96
9	—	1,046	30.00–41.00	35.20

Replacement Dairy Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Open Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	13	—	540	400.00–410.00	405.38
—	Open	6	—	450	375.00	375.00
Open Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	4	—	656	435.00–475.00	465.00
Baby Heifer Calves — Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	1	—	—	90.00	90.00
Baby Heifer Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	6	—	—	30.00–60.00	48.33
Baby Heifer Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	3	—	—	200.00–230.00	213.33
Baby Heifer Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	4	—	—	90.00–110.00	95.00
Baby Bull Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	22	—	—	10.00–60.00	33.64
Baby Bull Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	9	—	—	140.00–250.00	185.56
Baby Bull Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	4	—	—	80.00–110.00	95.00
Baby Bull Calves — Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	7	—	—	20.00–100.00	38.57
Springer Heifers — Common · Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	700.00	700.00
Springer Heifers — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	725.00–825.00	775.00
Springer Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	875.00–950.00	912.50
Fresh/Milking Cows — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	11	—	—	700.00–1,025.00	827.27
Fresh/Milking Cows — Common · Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	1	—	—	850.00	850.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Approved$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	3	—	—	1,425.00–1,500.00	1,466.67
Fresh/Milking Cows — Supreme$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	13	—	—	1,575.00–1,975.00	1,807.69
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	4	—	—	1,125.00–1,250.00	1,181.25
Bred Heifers — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	675.00	675.00

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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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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Dairy Cattle