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Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Smiths Grove, Kentucky · Tue, Aug 10
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2199
Feeder Cattle receipts
50 head
23 vs last sale 73 22 vs year ago 72 · 30.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
599 head
278 vs last sale 321 87 vs year ago 512 · +17.0%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
50 head
111 vs last sale 161 124 vs year ago 174 · 71.3%
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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
BullsHigh1,901106.182,01910
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53372.821,11616
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,23163.5578266
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04554.335686thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Fresh/Milking CowsMedium985789.72/cwt725.00–850.007,7792
Fresh/Milking CowsApproved1,3201,140.00/cwt1,140.00–1,140.0015,0481
Fresh/Milking CowsCommon910615.00/cwt615.00–615.005,5971
Fresh/Milking CowsSupreme1,2881,501.21/cwt1,475.00–1,525.0019,3362
Open HeifersMedium525180.00/cwt180.00–180.009451
Baby Bull CalvesN/A113181.11/cwt170.00–190.002052
Dairy SteersLarge 3100165.00/cwt165.00–165.001658
Dairy SteersLarge 391092.22/cwt84.00–95.008398
Dairy SteersLarge 373389.98/cwt85.00–94.0066011
Dairy SteersLarge 389084.00/cwt84.00–84.007481
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50370.74/cwt63.00–85.001,06310
Dairy SteersLarge 360085.00/cwt85.00–85.005101
Dairy SteersLarge 375593.00/cwt93.00–93.007021
Dairy SteersLarge 31,03083.00/cwt83.00–83.008552
Dairy SteersLarge 31,05080.00/cwt80.00–80.008402
CowsLean 85-90%95551.00/cwt51.00–51.004871
Dairy SteersLarge 397582.66/cwt82.00–83.008063
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15955.19/cwt52.00–63.0064010
Bulls1,976110.75/cwt108.00–114.002,1883
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24971.80/cwt70.00–75.0089711
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24263.39/cwt55.00–68.0078745
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58376.29/cwt70.00–88.001,2086
CowsLean 85-90%1,06355.00/cwt55.00–55.005855
Bred CowsApproved1,365850.00/cwt850.00–850.0011,6031
Springer HeifersMedium1,200775.00/cwt775.00–775.009,3001
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A79304.87/cwt50.00–750.002413
Baby Bull CalvesN/AJersey6520.00/cwt20.00–20.00131
Baby Bull CalvesN/A7560.00/cwt60.00–60.00451
Bulls1,869104.22/cwt101.00–105.001,9487
Open HeifersApproved385310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1945
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ABeef Cross8511.00/cwt11.00–11.0091
Bred HeifersApproved985875.00/cwt875.00–875.008,6191
Open HeifersApproved520360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8729
Open HeifersApproved740625.00/cwt625.00–625.004,6251
Springer HeifersApproved1,175979.47/cwt925.00–1,050.0011,5094

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.