Sale reports / Kentucky / Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction / 2021-08-03

Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Smiths Grove, Kentucky · Tue, Aug 3
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2199
Feeder Cattle receipts
73 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 81▼ 63 vs year ago 136 · −46.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
321 head
▼ 98 vs last sale 419▼ 89 vs year ago 410 · −21.7%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
161 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 123▲ 14 vs year ago 147 · +9.5%
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Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $128.33/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −84.55 against this barn's trailing median of $212.88.
Average price
$128.33
3 head · 279 lb average
Value per head Derived
$358
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−9.01
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 2279128.333583thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

35 sales
243221199178median 212.8802/0303/3106/0208/0409/29
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $228.64, low $191.65, median $212.88 across 35 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale3 hd
128.33
—
KY average26 barns · 1,857 hd
137.34
−9.01
This barn, trailing median35 sales
212.88
−84.55
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,86099.791,85635
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,56870.511,10634
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22867.8683352
CowsLean 85-90%Average89856.3050536

Every lot, as filed

34 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22876.41/cwt73.00–83.0093813
Open HeifersApproved—325285.00/cwt285.00–285.009265
Open HeifersSupreme—350370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2955
Open HeifersSupreme—225230.00/cwt230.00–230.005185
Bulls——1,844109.38/cwt105.00–115.002,01714
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,56467.47/cwt64.00–72.001,05523
CowsLean 85-90%—88256.30/cwt53.00–61.0049720
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22966.73/cwt62.00–77.0082032
Dairy SteersLarge 3—39093.00/cwt93.00–93.003632
BullsMedium 2—230129.00/cwt129.00–129.002971
BullsMedium 2—303128.00/cwt128.00–128.003882
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22357.13/cwt55.00–58.006997
Bulls——2,00781.84/cwt76.00–91.001,6438
Bulls——1,787100.52/cwt96.00–104.001,79613
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,57776.87/cwt73.00–82.001,21211
CowsLean 85-90%—97166.25/cwt62.00–69.006438
CowsLean 85-90%—86346.37/cwt43.00–51.004008
Fresh/Milking CowsMedium——1,200.00/cwt1,175.00–1,225.00—2
Baby Heifer CalvesN/AJersey——46.67/cwt45.00–50.00—3
Springer HeifersMedium——950.00/cwt875.00–1,050.00—6
Baby Bull CalvesN/ABeef Cross——210.00/cwt180.00–230.00—6
HeifersMedium 2—308125.00/cwt125.00–125.003852
Springer HeifersApproved——1,212.50/cwt1,175.00–1,250.00—2
Springer HeifersCommon——850.00/cwt850.00–850.00—1
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred——75.00/cwt75.00–75.00—1
Bred HeifersCommon——825.00/cwt825.00–825.00—1
Dairy SteersLarge 3—405104.00/cwt104.00–104.004211
Fresh/Milking CowsCommon——906.25/cwt775.00–1,000.00—4
Baby Bull CalvesN/AJersey——20.00/cwt20.00–20.00—1
Fresh/Milking CowsCommonJersey——800.00/cwt800.00–800.00—1
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ABeef Cross——167.50/cwt130.00–200.00—4
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A——39.12/cwt10.00–110.00—17
Baby Bull CalvesN/A——59.50/cwt15.00–100.00—20
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred——85.00/cwt55.00–130.00—4

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.