Name: Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-28

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	1,761	96.23	1,695	36
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,565	61.56	964	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,239	58.77	728	66
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	957	49.05	470	20

Every lot, as filed

23 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
Baby Bull Calves	N/AJersey	—	—	15.00/cwt	10.00–20.00	—	3
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	145.00/cwt	100.00–170.00	—	4
Baby Bull Calves	N/A	—	—	21.15/cwt	5.00–40.00	—	13
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	—	48.75/cwt	35.00–65.00	—	4
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	115.00/cwt	100.00–130.00	—	2
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	—	29.23/cwt	10.00–50.00	—	13
Bred Heifers	Common	—	—	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	—	1
Springer Heifers	Approved	—	—	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	—	1
Springer Heifers	Common	—	—	725.00/cwt	650.00–775.00	—	5
Springer Heifers	Medium	—	—	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	—	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	CommonJersey	—	—	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	—	1
Baby Bull Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	—	61.25/cwt	30.00–85.00	—	4
Bulls	—	—	1,774	95.24/cwt	89.00–99.00	1,690	18
Bulls	—	—	1,931	104.45/cwt	101.00–108.00	2,017	11
Bulls	—	—	1,461	85.85/cwt	83.00–88.00	1,254	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	58.50/cwt	52.00–62.00	720	47
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,242	66.13/cwt	63.00–74.00	821	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,296	47.96/cwt	42.00–51.00	622	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,573	64.59/cwt	56.00–68.00	1,016	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	56.27/cwt	53.00–63.00	551	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	835	35.41/cwt	33.00–38.00	296	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	994	49.50/cwt	46.00–52.00	492	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,557	58.32/cwt	54.00–62.00	908	15

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 Sep 28, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 367Last week 361Year ago 387

Replacement Dairy CattleReceipts 89Last week 123Year ago 196

Replacement Dairy Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Baby Bull Calves — Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	3	—	—	10.00–20.00	15.00
Baby Bull Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	4	—	—	100.00–170.00	145.00
Baby Bull Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	13	—	—	5.00–40.00	21.15
Baby Bull Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	4	—	—	30.00–85.00	61.25
Baby Heifer Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	4	—	—	35.00–65.00	48.75
Baby Heifer Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	2	—	—	100.00–130.00	115.00
Baby Heifer Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	13	—	—	10.00–50.00	29.23
Bred Heifers — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	725.00	725.00
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	—	—	650.00–775.00	725.00
Springer Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	950.00	950.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Common · Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	1	—	—	900.00	900.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,774	89.00–99.00	95.24
11	—	1,931	101.00–108.00	104.45
7	—	1,461	83.00–88.00	85.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,230	52.00–62.00	58.50
12	—	1,242	63.00–74.00	66.13
7	—	1,296	42.00–51.00	47.96
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,573	56.00–68.00	64.59
15	—	1,557	54.00–62.00	58.32
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	980	53.00–63.00	56.27
4	—	835	33.00–38.00	35.41
9	—	994	46.00–52.00	49.50

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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