Name: Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-10

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	—	High	1,967	116.13	2,284	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,665	91.91	1,530	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,338	85.98	1,151	128
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	980	62.25	610	34

Every lot, as filed

43 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	—	554	94.18/cwt	84.00–125.00	522	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	525	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	499	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	320	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	317	1
Bulls	N/A	—	1,200	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	13,200	1
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	130	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	442	1
Bred Heifers	Medium	—	889	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	7,645	1
Baby Bull Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	68	132.22/cwt	70.00–190.00	90	2
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	73	176.21/cwt	140.00–210.00	129	2
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	100	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	185	1
Springer Heifers	Medium	—	1,000	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	8,500	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	Medium	—	1,300	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	12,675	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	Approved	—	1,200	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	11,100	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	MediumCrossbred	—	1,150	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	9,488	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	CommonJersey	—	1,040	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	4,264	1
Open Heifers	Approved	—	750	731.43/cwt	685.00–750.00	5,486	7
Fresh/Milking Cows	MediumJersey	—	1,050	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	9,713	1
Open Heifers	Approved	—	580	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,813	2
Open Heifers	Approved	—	800	765.56/cwt	760.00–785.00	6,124	9
Open Heifers	Medium	—	500	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	3,000	4
Open Heifers	Medium	—	600	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,760	2
Bred Cows	Approved	—	1,332	887.88/cwt	775.00–950.00	11,827	11
Bred Cows	Medium	—	900	820.00/cwt	820.00–820.00	7,380	1
Springer Cows	Approved	—	1,168	1,036.09/cwt	775.00–1,400.00	12,102	4
Springer Cows	ApprovedJersey	—	1,045	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	9,666	1
Springer Cows	Medium	—	1,300	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	13,650	1
Open Heifers	Approved	—	350	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,785	3
Baby Bull Calves	N/A	—	200	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	650	3
Baby Bull Calves	N/A	—	76	198.79/cwt	190.00–240.00	151	6
Open Heifers	Approved	—	400	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,960	1
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	50	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	60	1
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	61	66.69/cwt	60.00–76.00	41	4
Bred Cows	MediumJersey	—	985	785.00/cwt	785.00–785.00	7,732	1
Bulls	—	—	2,021	129.48/cwt	125.00–134.00	2,617	2
Bulls	—	—	1,700	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,564	1
Bulls	—	—	1,989	115.77/cwt	110.00–125.00	2,303	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	60.11/cwt	55.00–69.00	731	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,619	85.78/cwt	81.00–90.00	1,389	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,433	94.74/cwt	90.00–106.00	1,358	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,691	95.42/cwt	92.00–100.00	1,614	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	868	38.53/cwt	37.00–40.00	334	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	62.04/cwt	53.00–75.00	608	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,034	75.59/cwt	69.00–91.00	782	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,313	84.43/cwt	72.50–96.00	1,109	92

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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Tue May 10, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 115Last week 37Year ago 55

Slaughter CattleReceipts 435Last week 377Year ago 410

Replacement Dairy CattleReceipts 106Last week 143Year ago 174

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	554	84.00–125.00	94.18
1	—	525	95.00	95.00
1	—	320	99.00	99.00

Replacement Dairy Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
—	N/A	1	—	1,200	1,100.00	1,100.00
Baby Heifer Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
—	N/A	1	—	130	340.00	340.00
Baby Heifer Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
—	N/A	1	—	50	120.00	120.00
Baby Heifer Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
—	N/A	4	—	61	60.00–76.00	66.69
Bred Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · actual wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	889	860.00	860.00
Baby Bull Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
—	N/A	2	—	68	70.00–190.00	132.22
Baby Bull Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
—	N/A	2	—	73	140.00–210.00	176.21
—	N/A	1	—	100	185.00	185.00
Baby Bull Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
—	N/A	3	—	200	325.00	325.00
—	N/A	6	—	76	190.00–240.00	198.79
Springer Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · actual wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	850.00	850.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium$ per cwt · actual wt
—	Open	1	—	1,300	975.00	975.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Approved$ per cwt · actual wt
—	Open	1	—	1,200	925.00	925.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium · Crossbred$ per cwt · actual wt
—	Open	1	—	1,150	825.00	825.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Common · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
—	Open	1	—	1,040	410.00	410.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
—	Open	1	—	1,050	925.00	925.00
Open Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · actual wt
—	Open	7	—	750	685.00–750.00	731.43
—	Open	2	—	580	485.00	485.00
—	Open	9	—	800	760.00–785.00	765.56
—	Open	3	—	350	510.00	510.00
—	Open	1	—	400	490.00	490.00
Open Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · actual wt
—	Open	4	—	500	600.00	600.00
—	Open	2	—	600	460.00	460.00
Bred Cows — Approved$ per cwt · actual wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,332	775.00–950.00	887.88
Bred Cows — Medium$ per cwt · actual wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	820.00	820.00
Bred Cows — Medium · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	985	785.00	785.00
Springer Cows — Approved$ per cwt · actual wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,168	775.00–1,400.00	1,036.09
Springer Cows — Approved · Jersey$ per cwt · actual wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,045	925.00	925.00
Springer Cows — Medium$ per cwt · actual wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,300	1,050.00	1,050.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,021	125.00–134.00	129.48
1	—	1,700	92.00	92.00
7	—	1,989	110.00–125.00	115.77
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,216	55.00–69.00	60.11
31	—	1,433	90.00–106.00	94.74
92	—	1,313	72.50–96.00	84.43
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,619	81.00–90.00	85.78
14	—	1,691	92.00–100.00	95.42
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	868	37.00–40.00	38.53
28	—	980	53.00–75.00	62.04
4	—	1,034	69.00–91.00	75.59

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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