Name: Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-30

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	1,819	92.76	1,688	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,591	66.13	1,052	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,279	61.47	786	78
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	959	51.25	492	20

Every lot, as filed

40 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	—	450	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,080	1
Open Heifers	Common	—	625	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,188	3
Open Heifers	Medium	—	525	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,969	1
Open Heifers	Medium	—	258	158.00/cwt	150.00–170.00	408	5
Open Heifers	Medium	—	750	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	4,388	9
Open Heifers	Medium	—	675	454.09/cwt	400.00–485.00	3,065	11
Open Heifers	Approved	—	438	355.83/cwt	335.00–385.00	1,559	6
Open Heifers	Approved	—	220	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	396	1
Open Heifers	Approved	—	325	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	748	2
Bulls	—	—	1,863	101.42/cwt	99.00–107.00	1,889	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,564	59.90/cwt	56.00–63.00	937	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	992	49.85/cwt	45.00–53.00	495	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	958	60.35/cwt	55.00–64.00	578	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	853	34.65/cwt	31.00–38.00	296	3
Open Heifers	Supreme	—	400	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,600	14
Open Heifers	Approved	—	525	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,153	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,603	68.76/cwt	64.00–74.00	1,102	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,324	68.54/cwt	64.00–78.00	907	31
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	733	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	550	2
Bred Heifers	Common	—	—	662.50/cwt	600.00–725.00	—	2
Bulls	—	—	1,798	83.24/cwt	81.00–85.00	1,497	3
Bulls	—	—	1,807	91.29/cwt	86.00–96.00	1,650	16
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	—	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	—	1
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	—	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	Medium	—	—	1,175.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,250.00	—	2
Springer Heifers	Common	—	—	782.14/cwt	700.00–850.00	—	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	48.50/cwt	41.00–52.00	605	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	58.26/cwt	53.00–63.00	728	40
Baby Bull Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	—	70.00/cwt	60.00–80.00	—	3
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	—	80.00/cwt	50.00–130.00	—	4
Springer Heifers	Medium	—	—	946.88/cwt	875.00–1,025.00	—	8
Springer Heifers	CommonJersey	—	—	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	—	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	Supreme	—	—	1,693.75/cwt	1,650.00–1,725.00	—	4
Fresh/Milking Cows	Approved	—	—	1,416.67/cwt	1,375.00–1,450.00	—	3
Baby Bull Calves	N/A	—	—	75.00/cwt	60.00–90.00	—	4
Fresh/Milking Cows	Common	—	—	879.17/cwt	775.00–1,025.00	—	6
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	245.00/cwt	230.00–260.00	—	2
Bred Heifers	Medium	—	—	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	—	1
Baby Bull Calves	N/AJersey	—	—	55.00/cwt	50.00–60.00	—	2
Baby Heifer Calves	N/AJersey	—	—	83.33/cwt	70.00–100.00	—	3

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

Tue Mar 30, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 21Last week 59Year ago 82

Slaughter CattleReceipts 367Last week 380Year ago 573

Replacement Dairy CattleReceipts 154Last week 362Year ago 164

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As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Open Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	1	—	450	240.00	240.00
—	Open	1	—	525	375.00	375.00
—	Open	5	—	258	150.00–170.00	158.00
—	Open	9	—	750	585.00	585.00
—	Open	11	—	675	400.00–485.00	454.09
Open Heifers — Common$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	3	—	625	350.00	350.00
Open Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	6	—	438	335.00–385.00	355.83
—	Open	1	—	220	180.00	180.00
—	Open	2	—	325	230.00	230.00
—	Open	7	—	525	410.00	410.00
Open Heifers — Supreme$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	14	—	400	400.00	400.00
Bred Heifers — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	600.00–725.00	662.50
Bred Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	800.00	800.00
Baby Heifer Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	1	—	—	80.00	80.00
Baby Heifer Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	1	—	—	160.00	160.00
Baby Heifer Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	4	—	—	50.00–130.00	80.00
Baby Heifer Calves — Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	3	—	—	70.00–100.00	83.33
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	2	—	—	1,100.00–1,250.00	1,175.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Supreme$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	4	—	—	1,650.00–1,725.00	1,693.75
Fresh/Milking Cows — Approved$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	3	—	—	1,375.00–1,450.00	1,416.67
Fresh/Milking Cows — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	6	—	—	775.00–1,025.00	879.17
Springer Heifers — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	—	700.00–850.00	782.14
Springer Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	—	875.00–1,025.00	946.88
Springer Heifers — Common · Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	750.00	750.00
Baby Bull Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	3	—	—	60.00–80.00	70.00
Baby Bull Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	4	—	—	60.00–90.00	75.00
Baby Bull Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	2	—	—	230.00–260.00	245.00
Baby Bull Calves — Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	2	—	—	50.00–60.00	55.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,863	99.00–107.00	101.42
3	—	1,798	81.00–85.00	83.24
16	—	1,807	86.00–96.00	91.29
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,564	56.00–63.00	59.90
19	—	1,603	64.00–74.00	68.76
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	992	45.00–53.00	49.85
7	—	958	55.00–64.00	60.35
3	—	853	31.00–38.00	34.65
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,324	64.00–78.00	68.54
7	—	1,248	41.00–52.00	48.50
40	—	1,249	53.00–63.00	58.26

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	733	75.00	75.00

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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