Name: Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-02

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	1,730	97.13	1,680	48
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,628	60.65	987	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,266	58.00	734	108
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	986	47.88	472	42

Every lot, as filed

35 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	—	475	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,710	3
Open Heifers	Common	—	825	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	4,414	1
Open Heifers	Approved	—	425	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,424	3
Open Heifers	Approved	—	350	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	910	5
Open Heifers	Medium	—	658	466.25/cwt	450.00–485.00	3,068	12
Bulls	—	—	1,499	83.27/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,248	4
Bulls	—	—	1,803	103.38/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,864	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,629	56.96/cwt	53.00–60.00	928	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	64.33/cwt	61.00–69.00	825	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,261	45.32/cwt	40.00–49.00	571	12
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	477	101.32/cwt	100.00–102.00	483	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	994	53.39/cwt	51.00–58.00	531	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	984	37.19/cwt	34.00–40.00	366	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	55.90/cwt	51.00–60.00	700	54
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,627	63.93/cwt	61.00–68.00	1,040	18
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	535	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	524	1
Bulls	—	—	1,721	95.53/cwt	89.00–99.00	1,644	28
Baby Bull Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	—	100.00/cwt	60.00–120.00	—	5
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	201.00/cwt	140.00–220.00	—	5
Fresh/Milking Cows	Medium	—	—	1,169.23/cwt	1,075.00–1,275.00	—	13
Fresh/Milking Cows	Common	—	—	849.50/cwt	700.00–1,025.00	—	30
Fresh/Milking Cows	CommonBrown Swiss	—	—	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	—	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	979	45.47/cwt	41.00–49.00	445	19
Bred Heifers	CommonJersey	—	—	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	—	1
Springer Heifers	Common	—	—	733.64/cwt	675.00–850.00	—	11
Springer Heifers	CommonJersey	—	—	612.50/cwt	575.00–650.00	—	2
Baby Bull Calves	N/AJersey	—	—	73.33/cwt	70.00–80.00	—	3
Bred Heifers	Medium	—	—	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	—	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	Supreme	—	—	1,605.00/cwt	1,525.00–1,650.00	—	5
Springer Heifers	Medium	—	—	993.75/cwt	875.00–1,050.00	—	4
Fresh/Milking Cows	Approved	—	—	1,328.57/cwt	1,300.00–1,400.00	—	7
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	202.00/cwt	150.00–250.00	—	5
Baby Bull Calves	N/A	—	—	64.17/cwt	15.00–120.00	—	18
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	—	74.00/cwt	50.00–110.00	—	5
Bred Heifers	Common	—	—	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	—	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 Mar 2, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 73Last week 109Year ago 32

Slaughter CattleReceipts 517Last week 779Year ago 437

Replacement Dairy CattleReceipts 217Last week 174Year ago 178

Replacement Dairy Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Open Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	3	—	475	360.00	360.00
—	Open	12	—	658	450.00–485.00	466.25
Open Heifers — Common$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	1	—	825	535.00	535.00
Open Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	3	—	425	335.00	335.00
—	Open	5	—	350	260.00	260.00
Baby Bull Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	5	—	—	60.00–120.00	100.00
Baby Bull Calves — Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	3	—	—	70.00–80.00	73.33
Baby Bull Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	5	—	—	150.00–250.00	202.00
Baby Bull Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	18	—	—	15.00–120.00	64.17
Baby Heifer Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	5	—	—	140.00–220.00	201.00
Baby Heifer Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	5	—	—	50.00–110.00	74.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	13	—	—	1,075.00–1,275.00	1,169.23
Fresh/Milking Cows — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	30	—	—	700.00–1,025.00	849.50
Fresh/Milking Cows — Common · Brown Swiss$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	1	—	—	800.00	800.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Supreme$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	5	—	—	1,525.00–1,650.00	1,605.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Approved$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	7	—	—	1,300.00–1,400.00	1,328.57
Bred Heifers — Common · Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	525.00	525.00
Bred Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	825.00	825.00
Bred Heifers — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	700.00	700.00
Springer Heifers — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	—	675.00–850.00	733.64
Springer Heifers — Common · Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	575.00–650.00	612.50
Springer Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	875.00–1,050.00	993.75

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,499	80.00–86.00	83.27
16	—	1,803	100.00–107.00	103.38
28	—	1,721	89.00–99.00	95.53
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,629	53.00–60.00	56.96
18	—	1,627	61.00–68.00	63.93
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,283	61.00–69.00	64.33
12	—	1,261	40.00–49.00	45.32
54	—	1,253	51.00–60.00	55.90
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	994	51.00–58.00	53.39
5	—	984	34.00–40.00	37.19
19	—	979	41.00–49.00	45.47

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	477	100.00–102.00	101.32
1	—	535	98.00	98.00

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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