Name: Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-08-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-16

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 35 comparable sales and sits −56.29 against this barn's trailing median of $212.88.

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 / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	419	188.00	787	6thin
Large 1-2	450	175.00	788	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	405	111.82	453	3thin
Large 3	635	84.00	533	1thin

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

35 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $228.64, low $191.65, median $212.88 across 35 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 median35 sales

212.88

−56.29

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	—	Average	1,556	116.90	1,819	71
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,537	99.18	1,524	50
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,243	92.34	1,148	135
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	952	75.45	719	44

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	—	85	$160	17
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	86	$145	34
Bulls	N/A	—	1,300	$1,800	1thin
Fresh/Milking Cows	Open	—	950	$1,008	3thin
Open Heifers	Open	—	642	$771	9
Springer Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	—	1,000	$783	3thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	555	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	122.73/cwt	115.00–130.00	405	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	450	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	788	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	908	88.01/cwt	86.00–90.00	799	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,080	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	875	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	965	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	772	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	354	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	645	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	640	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	312	89.76/cwt	81.00–94.00	280	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3Fancy	—	935	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,019	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	460	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	299	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	425	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	200	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	505	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	253	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	390	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	257	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	903	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	903	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,155	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,213	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	830	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	606	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	290	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	270	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	770	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	616	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	995	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	826	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3Fancy	—	368	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	405	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3Fancy	—	260	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	364	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3Fancy	—	695	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	737	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3Fancy	—	750	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	788	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	405	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	324	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	803	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	747	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	520	89.42/cwt	78.00–100.00	465	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	838	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	555	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	500	1
Bulls	Large 3	—	635	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	533	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	360	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	720	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	483	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	884	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	335	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	640	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,011	90.00/cwt	86.00–95.00	910	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	90.13/cwt	80.00–99.00	1,114	88
Bulls	—	—	1,516	109.12/cwt	104.00–114.00	1,654	17
Bulls	—	—	1,698	126.51/cwt	117.00–135.00	2,148	43
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,554	87.50/cwt	85.00–89.00	1,360	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,549	104.28/cwt	100.00–114.00	1,615	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,304	104.29/cwt	100.00–116.00	1,360	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	938	63.00/cwt	56.00–67.00	591	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	78.09/cwt	70.00–85.00	734	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,519	95.33/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,448	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,118	73.67/cwt	56.00–79.00	824	12
Bulls	—	—	1,014	85.00/cwt	79.00–90.00	862	4
Bulls	—	—	1,224	102.50/cwt	99.00–109.00	1,255	4
Bulls	—	—	905	85.00/cwt	84.00–87.00	769	3
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	112	140.00/head	80.00–210.00	140	3
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	79	138.75/head	60.00–250.00	139	16
Baby Bull Calves	N/AJersey	—	75	80.00/head	80.00–80.00	80	1
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	79	143.13/head	50.00–230.00	143	8
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	104	307.50/head	220.00–390.00	308	4
Open Heifers	Supreme	—	675	835.00/head	835.00–835.00	835	7
Fresh/Milking Cows	Approved	—	850	887.50/head	825.00–950.00	888	2
Fresh/Milking Cows	Supreme	—	1,150	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Open Heifers	Supreme	—	550	735.00/head	735.00–735.00	735	1
Open Heifers	Approved	—	500	360.00/head	360.00–360.00	360	1
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	79	104.17/head	50.00–150.00	104	12
Springer Cows	Supreme	—	1,100	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Springer Cows	Approved	—	950	650.00/head	600.00–700.00	650	2
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	120	343.33/head	250.00–470.00	343	3
Baby Bull Calves	N/A	—	72	63.33/head	50.00–80.00	63	3
Baby Bull Calves	N/A	—	100	80.00/head	80.00–80.00	80	1
Bulls	N/ABeef Cross	—	1,300	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	140.66/cwt	140.00–142.00	823	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	126.67/cwt	126.00–127.00	586	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	429	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	813	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.

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

Tue Aug 16, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 68Last week 145Year ago 209

Slaughter CattleReceipts 445Last week 481Year ago 299

Replacement Dairy CattleReceipts 104Last week 93Year ago 55

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	72.00	72.00
2	—	908	86.00–90.00	88.01
1	—	1,080	81.00	81.00
1	—	965	80.00	80.00
1	—	460	65.00	65.00
1	—	425	47.00	47.00
1	—	505	50.00	50.00
1	—	390	66.00	66.00
1	—	830	73.00	73.00
1	—	290	93.00	93.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	115.00–130.00	122.73
1	—	555	90.00	90.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	171.00	171.00
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	84.00	84.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	200.00	200.00
2	—	483	183.00	183.00
1	—	335	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	230	154.00	154.00
1	—	430	150.00	150.00
2	—	388	165.00	165.00
1	—	275	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	645	126.00	126.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	312	81.00–94.00	89.76
3	—	903	100.00	100.00
1	—	1,155	105.00	105.00
1	—	770	80.00	80.00
1	—	995	83.00	83.00
1	—	405	80.00	80.00
2	—	803	93.00	93.00
2	—	520	78.00–100.00	89.42
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	109.00	109.00
3	—	368	110.00	110.00
1	—	260	140.00	140.00
1	—	695	106.00	106.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	585	140.00–142.00	140.66
3	—	463	126.00–127.00	126.67

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · estimate wt
8	—	1,011	86.00–95.00	90.00
14	—	938	56.00–67.00	63.00
22	—	940	70.00–85.00	78.09
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · estimate wt
88	—	1,236	80.00–99.00	90.13
35	—	1,304	100.00–116.00	104.29
12	—	1,118	56.00–79.00	73.67
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · estimate wt
4	—	1,554	85.00–89.00	87.50
25	—	1,549	100.00–114.00	104.28
21	—	1,519	90.00–99.00	95.33
Bulls$ per cwt · estimate wt
17	—	1,516	104.00–114.00	109.12
43	—	1,698	117.00–135.00	126.51
4	—	1,014	79.00–90.00	85.00
4	—	1,224	99.00–109.00	102.50
3	—	905	84.00–87.00	85.00

Replacement Dairy Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Baby Heifer Calves$ per head · estimate wt
—	N/A	3	—	112	80.00–210.00	140.00
—	N/A	12	—	79	50.00–150.00	104.17
Baby Heifer Calves — Beef Cross$ per head · estimate wt
—	N/A	16	—	79	60.00–250.00	138.75
—	N/A	3	—	120	250.00–470.00	343.33
Baby Bull Calves — Jersey$ per head · estimate wt
—	N/A	1	—	75	80.00	80.00
Baby Bull Calves — Beef Cross$ per head · estimate wt
—	N/A	8	—	79	50.00–230.00	143.13
—	N/A	4	—	104	220.00–390.00	307.50
Baby Bull Calves$ per head · estimate wt
—	N/A	3	—	72	50.00–80.00	63.33
—	N/A	1	—	100	80.00	80.00
Open Heifers — Supreme$ per head · estimate wt
—	Open	7	—	675	835.00	835.00
—	Open	1	—	550	735.00	735.00
Open Heifers — Approved$ per head · estimate wt
—	Open	1	—	500	360.00	360.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Approved$ per head · estimate wt
—	Open	2	—	850	825.00–950.00	887.50
Fresh/Milking Cows — Supreme$ per head · estimate wt
—	Open	1	—	1,150	1,250.00	1,250.00
Springer Cows — Supreme$ per head · estimate wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,050.00	1,050.00
Springer Cows — Approved$ per head · estimate wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	950	600.00–700.00	650.00
Bulls — Beef Cross$ per head · estimate wt
—	N/A	1	—	1,300	1,800.00	1,800.00

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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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

This barn's trailing prices 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

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