Name: Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-12

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	1,748	88.33	1,544	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,539	56.39	868	53
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,257	54.31	683	102
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	946	42.97	407	54

Every lot, as filed

37 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
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	763	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	656	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	826	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	661	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	710	77.42/cwt	77.00–79.00	550	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	528	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	449	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	660	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	594	4
Baby Bull Calves	N/AJersey	—	—	23.33/cwt	20.00–30.00	—	3
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	—	54.62/cwt	30.00–70.00	—	13
Open Heifers	Medium	—	725	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	4,060	3
Baby Bull Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	—	84.17/cwt	50.00–120.00	—	12
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	178.33/cwt	130.00–235.00	—	9
Baby Bull Calves	N/A	—	—	44.48/cwt	15.00–80.00	—	29
Springer Heifers	Medium	—	—	975.00/cwt	875.00–1,075.00	—	11
Fresh/Milking Cows	Medium	—	—	1,162.50/cwt	1,125.00–1,200.00	—	2
Fresh/Milking Cows	CommonJersey	—	—	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	—	1
Open Heifers	Common	—	450	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	855	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	Common	—	—	862.50/cwt	700.00–1,025.00	—	26
Open Heifers	Medium	—	830	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	5,437	3
Springer Heifers	Approved	—	—	1,118.75/cwt	1,100.00–1,175.00	—	4
Springer Heifers	Common	—	—	775.00/cwt	700.00–850.00	—	8
Springer Heifers	Common	—	—	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	—	1
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	143.33/cwt	130.00–160.00	—	3
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	—	83.33/cwt	60.00–110.00	—	9
Bred Heifers	Common	—	—	762.50/cwt	750.00–775.00	—	2
Bred Heifers	Medium	—	—	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	—	1
Open Heifers	Common	—	650	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,438	1
Open Heifers	Medium	—	525	345.00/cwt	300.00–360.00	1,811	8
Bulls	—	—	1,785	89.08/cwt	85.00–93.00	1,590	18
Bulls	—	—	1,849	97.34/cwt	94.00–100.00	1,800	7
Bulls	—	—	1,553	77.37/cwt	73.00–82.00	1,202	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,272	53.59/cwt	48.00–57.00	682	54
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	50.75/cwt	48.00–54.00	495	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	949	43.19/cwt	38.00–47.00	410	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	61.79/cwt	58.00–66.00	775	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	43.98/cwt	40.00–47.00	534	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	54.03/cwt	50.00–57.00	829	36
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,548	61.39/cwt	58.00–65.00	950	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	905	33.68/cwt	28.00–37.00	305	10

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 Oct 12, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 163Last week 0Year ago 77

Slaughter CattleReceipts 393Last week 367Year ago 393

Replacement Dairy CattleReceipts 204Last week 89Year ago 239

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	763	86.00	86.00
4	—	826	80.00	80.00
10	—	710	77.00–79.00	77.42
3	—	528	85.00	85.00
4	—	660	90.00	90.00

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	—	—	20.00–30.00	23.33
Baby Bull Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	12	—	—	50.00–120.00	84.17
Baby Bull Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	9	—	—	130.00–235.00	178.33
Baby Bull Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	29	—	—	15.00–80.00	44.48
Baby Heifer Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	13	—	—	30.00–70.00	54.62
Baby Heifer Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	3	—	—	130.00–160.00	143.33
Baby Heifer Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	9	—	—	60.00–110.00	83.33
Open Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	3	—	725	560.00	560.00
—	Open	3	—	830	655.00	655.00
—	Open	8	—	525	300.00–360.00	345.00
Open Heifers — Common$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	1	—	450	190.00	190.00
—	Open	1	—	650	375.00	375.00
Springer Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	—	875.00–1,075.00	975.00
Springer Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	—	1,100.00–1,175.00	1,118.75
Springer Heifers — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	—	700.00–850.00	775.00
—	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	—	850.00	850.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	2	—	—	1,125.00–1,200.00	1,162.50
Fresh/Milking Cows — Common · Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	1	—	—	800.00	800.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	26	—	—	700.00–1,025.00	862.50
Bred Heifers — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	750.00–775.00	762.50
Bred Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	825.00	825.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,785	85.00–93.00	89.08
7	—	1,849	94.00–100.00	97.34
7	—	1,553	73.00–82.00	77.37
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,272	48.00–57.00	53.59
30	—	1,255	58.00–66.00	61.79
18	—	1,215	40.00–47.00	43.98
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	975	48.00–54.00	50.75
33	—	949	38.00–47.00	43.19
10	—	905	28.00–37.00	33.68
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,535	50.00–57.00	54.03
17	—	1,548	58.00–65.00	61.39

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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