Name: Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-06

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	1,845	93.56	1,727	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,625	65.82	1,069	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,260	61.83	779	53
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	948	50.74	481	44

Every lot, as filed

41 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	Approved	—	225	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	450	1
Open Heifers	Approved	—	675	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	3,443	3
Open Heifers	Medium	—	750	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	4,500	5
Open Heifers	Medium	—	675	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,700	5
Open Heifers	Medium	—	850	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	5,738	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	72.81/cwt	68.00–76.00	945	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	61.55/cwt	58.00–65.00	777	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,608	61.71/cwt	58.00–65.00	992	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,653	72.87/cwt	67.00–76.00	1,205	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	966	50.53/cwt	46.00–54.00	488	24
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	812	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	755	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	300	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	300	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	648	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	564	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,087	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	935	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	940	85.00/cwt	84.00–86.00	799	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	540	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	491	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	971	61.81/cwt	59.00–65.00	600	10
Bulls	—	—	1,666	84.45/cwt	83.00–86.00	1,407	7
Bulls	—	—	1,878	92.33/cwt	87.00–97.00	1,734	17
Bulls	—	—	1,923	102.98/cwt	98.00–107.00	1,980	9
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	206.67/cwt	160.00–250.00	—	6
Baby Heifer Calves	N/AJersey	—	—	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	—	1
Baby Bull Calves	N/AJersey	—	—	36.25/cwt	5.00–80.00	—	4
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABrown Swiss	—	—	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	—	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	Common	—	—	809.09/cwt	700.00–950.00	—	11
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	205.56/cwt	140.00–270.00	—	9
Fresh/Milking Cows	Supreme	—	—	1,500.00/cwt	1,500.00–1,500.00	—	1
Bred Heifers	Common	—	—	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	—	1
Baby Bull Calves	N/A	—	—	47.50/cwt	5.00–80.00	—	18
Springer Heifers	Medium	—	—	925.00/cwt	900.00–950.00	—	2
Springer Heifers	Approved	—	—	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	—	1
Springer Heifers	Common	—	—	762.00/cwt	675.00–850.00	—	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	882	40.17/cwt	37.00–43.00	354	10
Fresh/Milking Cows	Approved	—	—	1,375.00/cwt	1,375.00–1,375.00	—	1
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	—	103.33/cwt	90.00–110.00	—	3
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	—	76.67/cwt	50.00–90.00	—	9
Baby Bull Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	—	90.00/cwt	80.00–100.00	—	3
Fresh/Milking Cows	Medium	—	—	1,225.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,225.00	—	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	753	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	700	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	405	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	425	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,212	49.61/cwt	44.00–54.00	601	11

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Tue Apr 6, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 69Last week 21Year ago 60

Slaughter CattleReceipts 267Last week 367Year ago 288

Replacement Dairy CattleReceipts 132Last week 154Year ago 157

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As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Open Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	1	—	225	200.00	200.00
—	Open	3	—	675	510.00	510.00
Open Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	5	—	750	600.00	600.00
—	Open	5	—	675	400.00	400.00
—	Open	5	—	850	675.00	675.00
Baby Heifer Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	6	—	—	160.00–250.00	206.67
Baby Heifer Calves — Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	1	—	—	140.00	140.00
Baby Heifer Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	3	—	—	90.00–110.00	103.33
Baby Heifer Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	9	—	—	50.00–90.00	76.67
Baby Bull Calves — Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	4	—	—	5.00–80.00	36.25
Baby Bull Calves — Brown Swiss$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	1	—	—	80.00	80.00
Baby Bull Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	9	—	—	140.00–270.00	205.56
Baby Bull Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	18	—	—	5.00–80.00	47.50
Baby Bull Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	3	—	—	80.00–100.00	90.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	11	—	—	700.00–950.00	809.09
Fresh/Milking Cows — Supreme$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	1	—	—	1,500.00	1,500.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Approved$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	1	—	—	1,375.00	1,375.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	1	—	—	1,225.00	1,225.00
Bred Heifers — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	750.00	750.00
Springer Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	900.00–950.00	925.00
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	—	—	675.00–850.00	762.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,298	68.00–76.00	72.81
29	—	1,262	58.00–65.00	61.55
11	—	1,212	44.00–54.00	49.61
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,608	58.00–65.00	61.71
7	—	1,653	67.00–76.00	72.87
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	966	46.00–54.00	50.53
10	—	971	59.00–65.00	61.81
10	—	882	37.00–43.00	40.17
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,666	83.00–86.00	84.45
17	—	1,878	87.00–97.00	92.33
9	—	1,923	98.00–107.00	102.98

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	812	93.00	93.00
3	—	300	100.00	100.00
3	—	648	87.00	87.00
3	—	1,087	86.00	86.00
4	—	940	84.00–86.00	85.00
1	—	540	91.00	91.00
2	—	753	93.00	93.00
1	—	405	105.00	105.00

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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