Name: Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-06-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-22

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $117.52/cwt on 19 head.

Average price

$117.52

19 head · 673 lb average

Value per head Derived

$791

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

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

$16.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.77

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	678	120.06	814	16thin
Medium and Large 2-3	649	103.94	674	3thin

One grade step is worth $16.12/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 sale19 hd

117.52

—

KY average26 barns · 4,759 hd

139.28

−21.77

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	—	Average	1,707	99.67	1,701	50
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,588	71.34	1,133	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,232	67.29	829	89
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	976	58.53	571	49

Every lot, as filed

58 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,251	56.38/cwt	50.00–61.00	705	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	913	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	597	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	710	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	594	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	576	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	408	94.35/cwt	88.00–96.00	385	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	530	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	477	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	745	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	648	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	695	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	646	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	610	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	598	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	828	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	785	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	732	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	768	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	997	58.30/cwt	52.00–62.00	581	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,563	77.81/cwt	73.00–82.00	1,216	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	658	106.41/cwt	99.00–114.00	700	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	886	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	725	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	698	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	748	99.50/cwt	99.50–99.50	744	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	815	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	917	46.14/cwt	42.00–50.00	423	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	66.36/cwt	63.00–74.00	647	15
Bulls	—	—	1,711	100.20/cwt	95.00–106.00	1,714	30
Bulls	—	—	1,531	87.47/cwt	77.00–93.00	1,339	11
Open Heifers	Approved	—	300	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	750	1
Open Heifers	Common	—	600	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,860	1
Open Heifers	Medium	—	375	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	825	1
Open Heifers	Medium	—	425	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	956	1
Springer Heifers	Approved	—	—	1,191.67/cwt	1,125.00–1,225.00	—	3
Bred Heifers	Medium	—	—	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	—	1
Springer Heifers	Medium	—	—	1,000.00/cwt	925.00–1,075.00	—	4
Springer Heifers	Supreme	—	—	1,400.00/cwt	1,375.00–1,425.00	—	2
Springer Heifers	CommonJersey	—	—	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	—	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	MediumJersey	—	—	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	—	1
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	167.50/cwt	150.00–180.00	—	4
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	226.67/cwt	170.00–280.00	—	15
Bred Heifers	Medium	—	—	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	—	1
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	—	55.38/cwt	10.00–150.00	—	13
Baby Bull Calves	N/AJersey	—	—	26.88/cwt	10.00–70.00	—	16
Baby Heifer Calves	N/AJersey	—	—	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	—	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,601	69.37/cwt	66.00–72.00	1,111	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,588	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	937	2
Fresh/Milking Cows	Common	—	—	900.00/cwt	750.00–1,000.00	—	3
Springer Heifers	Common	—	—	778.57/cwt	675.00–850.00	—	7
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	—	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	—	1
Springer Heifers	MediumJersey	—	—	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	—	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	898	2
Dairy Steers	Large 4	—	498	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	383	2
Baby Bull Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	—	95.00/cwt	90.00–100.00	—	2
Bred Heifers	Common	—	—	775.00/cwt	750.00–800.00	—	2
Baby Bull Calves	N/A	—	—	34.12/cwt	10.00–80.00	—	17
Fresh/Milking Cows	Medium	—	—	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	—	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	699	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,242	78.54/cwt	73.00–82.00	975	21
Bulls	—	—	1,908	112.81/cwt	107.00–124.00	2,152	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	66.11/cwt	62.00–72.00	808	52

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 Jun 22, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 127Last week 90Year ago 72

Slaughter CattleReceipts 434Last week 388Year ago 473

Replacement Dairy CattleReceipts 141Last week 112Year ago 262

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,251	50.00–61.00	56.38
21	—	1,242	73.00–82.00	78.54
52	—	1,222	62.00–72.00	66.11
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	997	52.00–62.00	58.30
9	—	917	42.00–50.00	46.14
15	—	975	63.00–74.00	66.36
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,563	73.00–82.00	77.81
17	—	1,601	66.00–72.00	69.37
2	—	1,588	59.00	59.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,711	95.00–106.00	100.20
11	—	1,531	77.00–93.00	87.47
9	—	1,908	107.00–124.00	112.81

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	845	108.00	108.00
3	—	597	119.00	119.00
2	—	660	119.00	119.00
2	—	648	113.00	113.00
2	—	755	119.00	119.00
2	—	736	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	93.00	93.00
1	—	610	98.00	98.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	594	97.00	97.00
5	—	408	88.00–96.00	94.35
2	—	530	90.00	90.00
1	—	745	87.00	87.00
Dairy Steers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	498	77.00	77.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	720	115.00	115.00
4	—	600	128.00	128.00
3	—	770	115.00	115.00
1	—	575	126.00	126.00
1	—	525	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	658	99.00–114.00	106.41
1	—	630	99.00	99.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	748	99.50	99.50
1	—	815	100.00	100.00

Replacement Dairy Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Open Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	1	—	300	250.00	250.00
Open Heifers — Common$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	1	—	600	310.00	310.00
Open Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	1	—	375	220.00	220.00
—	Open	1	—	425	225.00	225.00
Springer Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	1,125.00–1,225.00	1,191.67
Springer Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	925.00–1,075.00	1,000.00
Springer Heifers — Supreme$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,375.00–1,425.00	1,400.00
Springer Heifers — Common · Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	675.00	675.00
Springer Heifers — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	—	675.00–850.00	778.57
Springer Heifers — Medium · Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	900.00	900.00
Bred Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	850.00	850.00
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	975.00	975.00
Bred Heifers — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	750.00–800.00	775.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium · Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	1	—	—	800.00	800.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	3	—	—	750.00–1,000.00	900.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	1	—	—	1,175.00	1,175.00
Baby Heifer Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	4	—	—	150.00–180.00	167.50
Baby Heifer Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	13	—	—	10.00–150.00	55.38
Baby Heifer Calves — Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	1	—	—	20.00	20.00
Baby Heifer Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	1	—	—	120.00	120.00
Baby Bull Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	15	—	—	170.00–280.00	226.67
Baby Bull Calves — Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	16	—	—	10.00–70.00	26.88
Baby Bull Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	2	—	—	90.00–100.00	95.00
Baby Bull Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	17	—	—	10.00–80.00	34.12

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

Steers · 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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Dairy Cattle