Sale reports / Kentucky / Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction / 2022-08-16

Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Smiths Grove, Kentucky · Tue, Aug 16
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2199
Feeder Cattle receipts
68 head
77 vs last sale 145 141 vs year ago 209 · 67.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
445 head
36 vs last sale 481 146 vs year ago 299 · +48.8%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
104 head
11 vs last sale 93 49 vs year ago 55 · +89.1%
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Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $156.59/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 36 comparable sales and sits 56.13 against this barn's trailing median of $212.72.
Average price
$156.59
11 head · 437 lb average
Value per head Derived
$685
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$253
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 3
$104.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.87
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2419188.007876thin
Large 1-2450175.007881thin
Medium and Large 2-3405111.824533thin
Large 363584.005331thin
One grade step is worth $104.00/cwt here — about $253 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

36 sales
243217191165median 212.7212/1602/1704/2106/2308/18
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $228.64, low $178.57, median $212.72 across 36 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale11 hd
156.59
KY average26 barns · 2,381 hd
160.45
−3.87
This barn, trailing median36 sales
212.72
−56.13
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,556116.901,81971
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,53799.181,52450
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24392.341,148135
CowsLean 85-90%High95275.4571944

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Baby Bull CalvesN/A85$16017
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A86$14534
BullsN/A1,300$1,8001thin
Fresh/Milking CowsOpen950$1,0083thin
Open HeifersOpen642$7719
Springer Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)1,000$7833thin

Every lot, as filed

69 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Dairy HeifersLarge 355572.00/cwt72.00–72.004001
BullsMedium and Large 2-3330122.73/cwt115.00–130.004052
BullsLarge 1-2450175.00/cwt175.00–175.007881
Dairy HeifersLarge 390888.01/cwt86.00–90.007992
Dairy HeifersLarge 31,08081.00/cwt81.00–81.008751
Dairy HeifersLarge 396580.00/cwt80.00–80.007721
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2230154.00/cwt154.00–154.003541
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2430150.00/cwt150.00–150.006451
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2388165.00/cwt165.00–165.006402
Dairy SteersLarge 331289.76/cwt81.00–94.002803
Dairy SteersLarge 3Fancy935109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,0191
Dairy HeifersLarge 346065.00/cwt65.00–65.002991
Dairy HeifersLarge 342547.00/cwt47.00–47.002001
Dairy HeifersLarge 350550.00/cwt50.00–50.002531
Dairy HeifersLarge 339066.00/cwt66.00–66.002571
Dairy SteersLarge 3903100.00/cwt100.00–100.009033
Dairy SteersLarge 31,155105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,2131
Dairy HeifersLarge 383073.00/cwt73.00–73.006061
Dairy HeifersLarge 329093.00/cwt93.00–93.002701
Dairy SteersLarge 377080.00/cwt80.00–80.006161
Dairy SteersLarge 399583.00/cwt83.00–83.008261
Dairy SteersLarge 3Fancy368110.00/cwt110.00–110.004053
Dairy SteersLarge 3Fancy260140.00/cwt140.00–140.003641
Dairy SteersLarge 3Fancy695106.00/cwt106.00–106.007371
Dairy HeifersLarge 3Fancy750105.00/cwt105.00–105.007881
Dairy SteersLarge 340580.00/cwt80.00–80.003241
Dairy SteersLarge 380393.00/cwt93.00–93.007472
Dairy SteersLarge 352089.42/cwt78.00–100.004652
BullsMedium and Large 1-2490171.00/cwt171.00–171.008381
BullsMedium and Large 2-355590.00/cwt90.00–90.005001
BullsLarge 363584.00/cwt84.00–84.005331
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy360200.00/cwt200.00–200.007202
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy483183.00/cwt183.00–183.008842
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy335191.00/cwt191.00–191.006401
CowsLean 85-90%1,01190.00/cwt86.00–95.009108
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23690.13/cwt80.00–99.001,11488
Bulls1,516109.12/cwt104.00–114.001,65417
Bulls1,698126.51/cwt117.00–135.002,14843
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55487.50/cwt85.00–89.001,3604
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,549104.28/cwt100.00–114.001,61525
CowsBoner 80-85%1,304104.29/cwt100.00–116.001,36035
CowsLean 85-90%93863.00/cwt56.00–67.0059114
CowsLean 85-90%94078.09/cwt70.00–85.0073422
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51995.33/cwt90.00–99.001,44821
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11873.67/cwt56.00–79.0082412
Bulls1,01485.00/cwt79.00–90.008624
Bulls1,224102.50/cwt99.00–109.001,2554
Bulls90585.00/cwt84.00–87.007693
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A112140.00/head80.00–210.001403
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ABeef Cross79138.75/head60.00–250.0013916
Baby Bull CalvesN/AJersey7580.00/head80.00–80.00801
Baby Bull CalvesN/ABeef Cross79143.13/head50.00–230.001438
Baby Bull CalvesN/ABeef Cross104307.50/head220.00–390.003084
Open HeifersSupreme675835.00/head835.00–835.008357
Fresh/Milking CowsApproved850887.50/head825.00–950.008882
Fresh/Milking CowsSupreme1,1501,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Open HeifersSupreme550735.00/head735.00–735.007351
Open HeifersApproved500360.00/head360.00–360.003601
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A79104.17/head50.00–150.0010412
Springer CowsSupreme1,1001,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
Springer CowsApproved950650.00/head600.00–700.006502
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ABeef Cross120343.33/head250.00–470.003433
Baby Bull CalvesN/A7263.33/head50.00–80.00633
Baby Bull CalvesN/A10080.00/head80.00–80.00801
BullsN/ABeef Cross1,3001,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
SteersMedium and Large 1-2585140.66/cwt140.00–142.008233
SteersMedium and Large 1-2463126.67/cwt126.00–127.005863
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2275156.00/cwt156.00–156.004291
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3645126.00/cwt126.00–126.008132

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.