Name: Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-17

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	1,810	102.63	1,858	47
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,579	75.93	1,199	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,343	68.84	925	78
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,065	49.04	522	5thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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
Bulls	—	—	1,375	88.25/cwt	87.00–90.00	1,213	2
Bulls	—	—	1,755	99.18/cwt	90.00–104.00	1,741	29
Bulls	—	—	1,964	110.68/cwt	106.00–117.00	2,174	16
Springer Cows	Approved	—	1,265	1,220.00/cwt	1,220.00–1,220.00	15,433	1
Bred Cows	Medium	—	1,290	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	9,353	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	Supreme	—	1,321	1,713.03/cwt	1,400.00–1,925.00	22,629	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,000	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	710	1
Baby Bull Calves	N/A	—	220	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	506	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	990	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	792	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,319	68.00/cwt	60.00–74.00	897	54
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,434	77.96/cwt	74.00–82.00	1,118	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,336	58.64/cwt	55.00–61.00	783	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,543	70.18/cwt	68.00–72.00	1,083	2
Bred Cows	Approved	—	1,380	916.72/cwt	850.00–1,050.00	12,651	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	863	78.38/cwt	70.00–87.00	676	2
Baby Bull Calves	N/A	—	85	88.23/cwt	88.00–110.00	75	592
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	68	61.47/cwt	20.00–100.00	42	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	475	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	49.30/cwt	44.00–52.00	534	4
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	75	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	45	5
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	60	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	60	1
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	85	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	145	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,597	78.80/cwt	76.00–85.00	1,258	4
Bred Heifers	Medium	—	1,100	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	7,700	1
Open Heifers	Approved	—	250	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	400	1
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	100	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	110	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	Approved	—	1,142	1,032.88/cwt	825.00–1,275.00	11,795	5
Open Heifers	Medium	—	138	118.00/cwt	110.00–130.00	163	2
Fresh/Milking Cows	Medium	—	1,137	828.83/cwt	775.00–875.00	9,424	2
Baby Bull Calves	N/A	—	35	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	4	1
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	100	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	220	1

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.

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

Tue Aug 17, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 209Last week 50Year ago 104

Slaughter CattleReceipts 299Last week 599Year ago 327

Replacement Dairy CattleReceipts 55Last week 50Year ago 96

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,375	87.00–90.00	88.25
29	—	1,755	90.00–104.00	99.18
16	—	1,964	106.00–117.00	110.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,319	60.00–74.00	68.00
15	—	1,434	74.00–82.00	77.96
9	—	1,336	55.00–61.00	58.64
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,543	68.00–72.00	70.18
4	—	1,597	76.00–85.00	78.80
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	48.00	48.00
4	—	1,084	44.00–52.00	49.30

Replacement Dairy Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Springer Cows — Approved$ per cwt · actual wt
—	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,265	1,220.00	1,220.00
Bred Cows — Medium$ per cwt · actual wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,290	725.00	725.00
Bred Cows — Approved$ per cwt · actual wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,380	850.00–1,050.00	916.72
Fresh/Milking Cows — Supreme$ per cwt · actual wt
—	Open	9	—	1,321	1,400.00–1,925.00	1,713.03
Fresh/Milking Cows — Approved$ per cwt · actual wt
—	Open	5	—	1,142	825.00–1,275.00	1,032.88
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium$ per cwt · actual wt
—	Open	2	—	1,137	775.00–875.00	828.83
Baby Bull Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
—	N/A	5	—	220	230.00	230.00
—	N/A	592	—	85	88.00–110.00	88.23
—	N/A	1	—	35	10.00	10.00
Baby Bull Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
—	N/A	1	—	85	170.00	170.00
—	N/A	1	—	100	220.00	220.00
Baby Heifer Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
—	N/A	16	—	68	20.00–100.00	61.47
Baby Heifer Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
—	N/A	5	—	75	60.00	60.00
Baby Heifer Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
—	N/A	1	—	60	100.00	100.00
—	N/A	1	—	100	110.00	110.00
Bred Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · actual wt
—	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	700.00	700.00
Open Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · actual wt
—	Open	1	—	250	160.00	160.00
Open Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · actual wt
—	Open	2	—	138	110.00–130.00	118.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	71.00	71.00
1	—	990	80.00	80.00
2	—	863	70.00–87.00	78.38

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

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