Name: Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-08-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-23

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	1,867	118.94	2,221	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,575	92.50	1,457	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,303	87.81	1,144	150
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,083	68.36	740	31

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	—	107	$202	27
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	79	$126	28
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	—	1,528	$1,552	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	—	900	$675	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	—	930	$627	2thin
Fresh/Milking Cows	Open	—	1,068	$804	6
Open Heifers	Open	—	527	$474	26

Every lot, as filed

33 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	MediumJersey	—	930	626.61/head	550.00–700.00	627	2
Bred Cows	MediumJersey	—	900	675.00/head	675.00–675.00	675	1
Open Heifers	Approved	—	685	610.00/head	610.00–610.00	610	6
Open Heifers	Medium	—	700	650.00/head	650.00–650.00	650	1
Open Heifers	Medium	—	800	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	4
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	253	282.03/head	235.00–330.00	282	2
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	125	230.00/head	230.00–230.00	230	1
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	50	125.00/head	90.00–160.00	125	2
Fresh/Milking Cows	Approved	—	1,554	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	1
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	65	99.09/head	10.00–130.00	99	21
Bred Cows	Approved	—	1,528	1,551.60/head	1,325.00–1,775.00	1,552	4
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	75	183.75/head	170.00–230.00	184	8
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	223	369.55/head	250.00–410.00	370	4
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	265	240.00/head	240.00–240.00	240	1
Baby Bull Calves	N/A	—	73	163.97/head	100.00–240.00	164	8
Baby Bull Calves	N/A	—	45	60.00/head	60.00–60.00	60	1
Baby Bull Calves	N/A	—	130	240.00/head	240.00–240.00	240	2
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	60	200.00/head	170.00–230.00	200	2
Fresh/Milking Cows	Medium	—	1,000	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	MediumJersey	—	963	680.78/head	550.00–735.00	681	4
Baby Bull Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	65	107.69/head	80.00–140.00	108	2
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	120	210.00/head	210.00–210.00	210	1
Open Heifers	Approved	—	380	300.76/head	270.00–335.00	301	15
Bulls	—	—	1,895	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	2,331	1
Bulls	—	—	1,865	118.63/cwt	108.00–123.00	2,212	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,229	71.17/cwt	61.00–76.00	875	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,544	91.32/cwt	85.00–98.00	1,410	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,783	100.37/cwt	100.00–101.00	1,790	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	68.66/cwt	61.00–90.00	743	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,362	100.67/cwt	98.00–107.00	1,371	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	860	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	538	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	88.45/cwt	78.00–97.00	1,154	112

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 23, 2022

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 605Last week 445Year ago 347

Replacement Dairy CattleReceipts 325Last week 104Year ago 122

Replacement Dairy Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium · Jersey$ per head · actual wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	930	550.00–700.00	626.61
—	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	675.00	675.00
Bred Cows — Approved$ per head · actual wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,528	1,325.00–1,775.00	1,551.60
Open Heifers — Approved$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	6	—	685	610.00	610.00
—	Open	15	—	380	270.00–335.00	300.76
Open Heifers — Medium$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	1	—	700	650.00	650.00
—	Open	4	—	800	875.00	875.00
Baby Heifer Calves — Crossbred$ per head · actual wt
—	N/A	2	—	253	235.00–330.00	282.03
—	N/A	1	—	125	230.00	230.00
—	N/A	2	—	50	90.00–160.00	125.00
Baby Heifer Calves$ per head · actual wt
—	N/A	21	—	65	10.00–130.00	99.09
Baby Heifer Calves — Beef Cross$ per head · actual wt
—	N/A	2	—	60	170.00–230.00	200.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Approved$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	1	—	1,554	1,275.00	1,275.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	1	—	1,000	825.00	825.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium · Jersey$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	4	—	963	550.00–735.00	680.78
Baby Bull Calves — Beef Cross$ per head · actual wt
—	N/A	8	—	75	170.00–230.00	183.75
—	N/A	4	—	223	250.00–410.00	369.55
—	N/A	1	—	265	240.00	240.00
—	N/A	1	—	120	210.00	210.00
Baby Bull Calves$ per head · actual wt
—	N/A	8	—	73	100.00–240.00	163.97
—	N/A	1	—	45	60.00	60.00
—	N/A	2	—	130	240.00	240.00
Baby Bull Calves — Crossbred$ per head · actual wt
—	N/A	2	—	65	80.00–140.00	107.69

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,895	123.00	123.00
13	—	1,865	108.00–123.00	118.63
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,229	61.00–76.00	71.17
19	—	1,362	98.00–107.00	100.67
112	—	1,305	78.00–97.00	88.45
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,544	85.00–98.00	91.32
3	—	1,783	100.00–101.00	100.37
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,082	61.00–90.00	68.66
1	—	1,075	80.00	80.00
1	—	1,120	48.00	48.00

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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