Name: Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-06-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-28

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $108.50/cwt on 8 head.

Average price

$108.50

8 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$562

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$185

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$10.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−54.10

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	579	113.50	657	4thin
Medium and Large 2-3	456	103.50	472	4thin

One grade step is worth $10.00/cwt here — about $185 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale8 hd

108.50

—

KY average25 barns · 4,477 hd

162.60

−54.10

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	1,589	119.08	1,893	49
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,509	98.66	1,489	51
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,192	90.59	1,079	130
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	953	76.75	732	51

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Baby Bull Calves	N/A	—	—	$214	39
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	—	$198	43
Bred Cows	All Stages (1-9 mo)	—	—	$1,050	10
Bred Heifers	All Stages (1-9 mo)	—	—	$806	6
Bulls	N/A	—	1,250	$1,575	1thin
Fresh/Milking Cows	Open	—	—	$1,207	7
Open Heifers	Open	—	700	$678	20
Springer Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	—	—	$1,334	8

Every lot, as filed

81 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
Bred Cows	Medium	—	—	925.00/head	900.00–1,000.00	925	4
Bred Cows	Common	—	—	800.00/head	725.00–875.00	800	2
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	—	252.50/head	140.00–320.00	253	16
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	251.00/head	160.00–370.00	251	10
Baby Bull Calves	N/A	—	—	118.46/head	70.00–220.00	118	13
Bulls	N/A	—	1,250	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	690	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	469	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3Fancy	—	678	116.49/cwt	115.00–118.00	790	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	723	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	443	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	474	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	496	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	461	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	432	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3Value Added	—	1,072	101.32/cwt	98.00–103.00	1,086	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	434	89.87/cwt	88.00–96.00	390	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	377	90.36/cwt	89.00–91.00	341	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,055	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	907	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	385	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	300	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	722	82.99/cwt	80.00–85.00	599	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	592	89.46/cwt	83.00–91.00	530	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	685	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	603	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	605	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	454	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	823	80.50/cwt	80.00–81.00	663	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3Replacement	—	855	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	906	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	570	77.37/cwt	70.00–85.00	441	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	870	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	766	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	770	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	639	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	813	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	740	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3Fancy	—	328	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	374	13
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	670	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	637	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	783	88.51/cwt	84.00–93.00	693	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	713	86.53/cwt	85.00–88.00	617	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	975	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	965	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	475	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	366	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	512	90.61/cwt	78.00–94.00	464	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	676	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	403	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	584	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	705	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	536	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	453	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	683	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	80.52/cwt	75.00–84.00	922	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,202	104.26/cwt	97.00–118.00	1,253	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	90.13/cwt	85.00–96.00	1,089	69
Bulls	—	—	1,678	126.32/cwt	120.00–135.00	2,120	26
Bulls	—	—	1,249	98.53/cwt	90.00–108.00	1,231	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	962	74.39/cwt	70.00–78.00	716	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	916	86.23/cwt	80.00–95.00	790	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	60.30/cwt	60.00–61.00	633	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	102.65/cwt	98.00–111.00	1,581	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,069	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	71.41/cwt	70.00–73.00	857	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	969	67.73/cwt	66.00–69.00	656	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,454	92.37/cwt	84.00–97.00	1,343	17
Bulls	—	—	1,574	115.26/cwt	109.00–119.00	1,814	17
Springer Cows	Medium	—	—	1,000.00/head	900.00–1,100.00	1,000	2
Springer Cows	Approved	—	—	1,275.00/head	1,175.00–1,375.00	1,275	2
Springer Cows	Supreme	—	—	1,531.25/head	1,400.00–1,650.00	1,531	4
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	285.00/head	190.00–410.00	285	14
Baby Bull Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	—	233.75/head	150.00–280.00	234	12
Bred Heifers	Supreme	—	—	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Open Heifers	Approved	—	920	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	1
Open Heifers	Supreme	—	750	835.00/head	835.00–835.00	835	3
Open Heifers	Supreme	—	840	843.00/head	835.00–875.00	843	5
Bred Cows	Approved	—	—	1,125.00/head	1,075.00–1,175.00	1,125	2
Bred Cows	Supreme	—	—	1,475.00/head	1,350.00–1,600.00	1,475	2
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	—	114.71/head	40.00–240.00	115	17
Open Heifers	Supreme	—	475	635.00/head	635.00–635.00	635	1
Open Heifers	SupremeJersey	—	950	810.00/head	810.00–810.00	810	1
Open Heifers	Medium	—	590	310.00/head	310.00–310.00	310	1
Bred Heifers	Medium	—	—	725.00/head	675.00–775.00	725	2
Bred Heifers	Approved	—	—	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Bred Heifers	Common	—	—	555.00/head	550.00–560.00	555	2
Fresh/Milking Cows	Supreme	—	—	1,612.50/head	1,500.00–1,725.00	1,613	2
Fresh/Milking Cows	MediumJersey	—	—	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Open Heifers	Approved	—	725	610.00/head	610.00–610.00	610	3
Open Heifers	Approved	—	675	710.00/head	710.00–710.00	710	2
Open Heifers	Approved	—	400	370.00/head	310.00–430.00	370	2
Open Heifers	Approved	—	290	350.00/head	350.00–350.00	350	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	Medium	—	—	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	Common	—	—	500.00/head	500.00–500.00	500	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	Approved	—	—	1,362.50/head	1,300.00–1,425.00	1,363	2

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

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

Tue Jun 28, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 361Last week 132Year ago 123

Slaughter CattleReceipts 470Last week 493Year ago 427

Replacement Dairy CattleReceipts 117Last week 165Year ago 164

Replacement Dairy Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium$ per head · n/c wt
—	All Stages (1-9 mo)	4	—	—	900.00–1,000.00	925.00
Bred Cows — Common$ per head · n/c wt
—	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	—	—	725.00–875.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Approved$ per head · n/c wt
—	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,075.00–1,175.00	1,125.00
Bred Cows — Supreme$ per head · n/c wt
—	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,350.00–1,600.00	1,475.00
Baby Heifer Calves — Crossbred$ per head · n/c wt
—	N/A	16	—	—	140.00–320.00	252.50
Baby Heifer Calves — Beef Cross$ per head · n/c wt
—	N/A	10	—	—	160.00–370.00	251.00
Baby Heifer Calves$ per head · n/c wt
—	N/A	17	—	—	40.00–240.00	114.71
Baby Bull Calves$ per head · n/c wt
—	N/A	13	—	—	70.00–220.00	118.46
Baby Bull Calves — Beef Cross$ per head · n/c wt
—	N/A	14	—	—	190.00–410.00	285.00
Baby Bull Calves — Crossbred$ per head · n/c wt
—	N/A	12	—	—	150.00–280.00	233.75
Bulls$ per head · actual wt
—	N/A	1	—	1,250	1,575.00	1,575.00
Springer Cows — Medium$ per head · n/c wt
—	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	—	900.00–1,100.00	1,000.00
Springer Cows — Approved$ per head · n/c wt
—	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,175.00–1,375.00	1,275.00
Springer Cows — Supreme$ per head · n/c wt
—	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	—	1,400.00–1,650.00	1,531.25
Bred Heifers — Supreme$ per head · n/c wt
—	All Stages (1-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,250.00	1,250.00
Bred Heifers — Medium$ per head · n/c wt
—	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	—	—	675.00–775.00	725.00
Bred Heifers — Approved$ per head · n/c wt
—	All Stages (1-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,025.00	1,025.00
Bred Heifers — Common$ per head · n/c wt
—	All Stages (1-9 mo)	2	—	—	550.00–560.00	555.00
Open Heifers — Approved$ per head · estimate wt
—	Open	1	—	920	750.00	750.00
—	Open	3	—	725	610.00	610.00
—	Open	2	—	675	710.00	710.00
—	Open	2	—	400	310.00–430.00	370.00
—	Open	1	—	290	350.00	350.00
Open Heifers — Supreme$ per head · estimate wt
—	Open	3	—	750	835.00	835.00
—	Open	5	—	840	835.00–875.00	843.00
—	Open	1	—	475	635.00	635.00
Open Heifers — Supreme · Jersey$ per head · estimate wt
—	Open	1	—	950	810.00	810.00
Open Heifers — Medium$ per head · estimate wt
—	Open	1	—	590	310.00	310.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Supreme$ per head · n/c wt
—	Open	2	—	—	1,500.00–1,725.00	1,612.50
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium · Jersey$ per head · n/c wt
—	Open	1	—	—	900.00	900.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium$ per head · n/c wt
—	Open	1	—	—	1,100.00	1,100.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Common$ per head · n/c wt
—	Open	1	—	—	500.00	500.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Approved$ per head · n/c wt
—	Open	2	—	—	1,300.00–1,425.00	1,362.50

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	68.00	68.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	678	115.00–118.00	116.49
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,055	86.00	86.00
1	—	385	78.00	78.00
3	—	722	80.00–85.00	82.99
2	—	823	80.00–81.00	80.50
2	—	570	70.00–85.00	77.37
1	—	670	95.00	95.00
2	—	783	84.00–93.00	88.51
Dairy Heifers — Large 3 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	106.00	106.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	85.00	85.00
1	—	330	131.00	131.00
2	—	568	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	443	107.00	107.00
1	—	496	93.00	93.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,072	98.00–103.00	101.32
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	434	88.00–96.00	89.87
3	—	377	89.00–91.00	90.36
5	—	592	83.00–91.00	89.46
2	—	685	88.00	88.00
1	—	605	75.00	75.00
1	—	870	88.00	88.00
1	—	770	83.00	83.00
2	—	813	91.00	91.00
2	—	713	85.00–88.00	86.53
1	—	975	99.00	99.00
1	—	475	77.00	77.00
5	—	512	78.00–94.00	90.61
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	328	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	403	145.00	145.00
1	—	530	133.00	133.00
1	—	355	151.00	151.00
2	—	310	146.00	146.00
1	—	495	138.00	138.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,145	75.00–84.00	80.52
28	—	1,202	97.00–118.00	104.26
69	—	1,208	85.00–96.00	90.13
2	—	1,200	70.00–73.00	71.41
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	962	70.00–78.00	74.39
16	—	916	80.00–95.00	86.23
3	—	1,050	60.00–61.00	60.30
4	—	969	66.00–69.00	67.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,540	98.00–111.00	102.65
1	—	1,445	74.00	74.00
17	—	1,454	84.00–97.00	92.37
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,678	120.00–135.00	126.32
6	—	1,249	90.00–108.00	98.53
17	—	1,574	109.00–119.00	115.26

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

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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

Replacement Dairy Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle