Name: Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-09-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-27

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	1,798	107.07	1,925	38
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,529	84.58	1,293	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,262	80.77	1,020	88
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	975	66.80	651	40

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	—	83	$134	18
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	76	$109	24
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	—	1,237	$1,496	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	—	1,231	$980	6
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	—	988	$696	5
Bulls	N/A	—	1,200	$1,025	1thin
Fresh/Milking Cows	Open	—	1,225	$1,344	10
Open Heifers	Open	—	621	$502	32

Every lot, as filed

46 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
Open Heifers	Medium	—	200	150.00/head	150.00–150.00	150	1
Open Heifers	Medium	—	800	550.00/head	550.00–550.00	550	2
Open Heifers	Medium	—	480	375.00/head	375.00–375.00	375	1
Bred Cows	Supreme	—	1,393	1,812.70/head	1,775.00–1,850.00	1,813	2
Fresh/Milking Cows	Medium	—	1,287	1,017.55/head	875.00–1,150.00	1,018	3
Fresh/Milking Cows	Approved	—	1,265	1,527.47/head	1,225.00–1,675.00	1,527	5
Fresh/Milking Cows	Supreme	—	1,265	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	ApprovedJersey	—	800	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Open Heifers	Medium	—	325	140.00/head	140.00–140.00	140	1
Open Heifers	Medium	—	657	395.43/head	385.00–425.00	395	7
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	150	110.00/head	110.00–110.00	110	1
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	60	75.00/head	75.00–75.00	75	1
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	60	96.25/head	80.00–110.00	96	2
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	175	290.00/head	290.00–290.00	290	1
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	80	190.00/head	190.00–190.00	190	1
Bulls	N/A	—	1,200	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	583	110.64/cwt	100.00–121.00	645	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	359	104.63/cwt	90.00–110.00	376	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	413	112.58/cwt	90.00–125.00	465	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	750	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	743	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	325	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	406	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	900	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,017	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	700	101.50/cwt	100.00–102.00	711	4
Open Heifers	Approved	—	900	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	1
Open Heifers	Approved	—	425	425.00/head	425.00–425.00	425	6
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	120	210.00/head	210.00–210.00	210	1
Open Heifers	Approved	—	600	485.00/head	485.00–485.00	485	1
Open Heifers	Common	—	675	360.00/head	360.00–360.00	360	3
Open Heifers	Approved	—	800	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	3
Open Heifers	Medium	—	700	645.83/head	325.00–710.00	646	6
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	69	102.04/head	55.00–190.00	102	18
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	140	180.00/head	180.00–180.00	180	1
Bred Cows	Approved	—	1,430	1,125.35/head	1,025.00–1,225.00	1,125	2
Bred Cows	Approved	—	1,133	1,285.29/head	1,250.00–1,350.00	1,285	3
Bred Cows	Medium	—	1,131	907.02/head	685.00–1,100.00	907	4
Bred Heifers	Medium	—	988	696.36/head	485.00–750.00	696	5
Baby Bull Calves	N/A	—	77	120.73/head	100.00–140.00	121	16
Bulls	—	—	1,815	106.05/cwt	92.00–115.00	1,925	32
Bulls	—	—	1,977	123.22/cwt	120.00–125.00	2,436	4
Bulls	—	—	1,174	91.04/cwt	90.00–92.00	1,069	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,244	66.07/cwt	64.00–68.00	822	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,409	92.55/cwt	91.00–95.00	1,304	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	982	68.82/cwt	58.00–76.00	676	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	908	48.59/cwt	35.00–57.00	441	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,256	80.92/cwt	70.00–89.00	1,016	80
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,529	84.58/cwt	81.00–88.00	1,293	3

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 Sep 27, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 215Last week 64Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 369Last week 467Year ago 367

Replacement Dairy CattleReceipts 101Last week 164Year ago 89

Replacement Dairy Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Open Heifers — Medium$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	1	—	200	150.00	150.00
—	Open	2	—	800	550.00	550.00
—	Open	1	—	480	375.00	375.00
—	Open	1	—	325	140.00	140.00
—	Open	7	—	657	385.00–425.00	395.43
—	Open	6	—	700	325.00–710.00	645.83
Open Heifers — Approved$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	1	—	900	850.00	850.00
—	Open	6	—	425	425.00	425.00
—	Open	1	—	600	485.00	485.00
—	Open	3	—	800	900.00	900.00
Open Heifers — Common$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	3	—	675	360.00	360.00
Bred Cows — Supreme$ per head · actual wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,393	1,775.00–1,850.00	1,812.70
Bred Cows — Approved$ per head · actual wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,430	1,025.00–1,225.00	1,125.35
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,133	1,250.00–1,350.00	1,285.29
Bred Cows — Medium$ per head · actual wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,131	685.00–1,100.00	907.02
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	3	—	1,287	875.00–1,150.00	1,017.55
Fresh/Milking Cows — Approved$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	5	—	1,265	1,225.00–1,675.00	1,527.47
Fresh/Milking Cows — Supreme$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	1	—	1,265	1,950.00	1,950.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Approved · Jersey$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	1	—	800	800.00	800.00
Baby Heifer Calves$ per head · actual wt
—	N/A	1	—	150	110.00	110.00
—	N/A	18	—	69	55.00–190.00	102.04
—	N/A	1	—	140	180.00	180.00
Baby Heifer Calves — Crossbred$ per head · actual wt
—	N/A	1	—	60	75.00	75.00
Baby Heifer Calves — Beef Cross$ per head · actual wt
—	N/A	2	—	60	80.00–110.00	96.25
—	N/A	1	—	120	210.00	210.00
Baby Bull Calves — Beef Cross$ per head · actual wt
—	N/A	1	—	175	290.00	290.00
—	N/A	1	—	80	190.00	190.00
Baby Bull Calves$ per head · actual wt
—	N/A	16	—	77	100.00–140.00	120.73
Bulls$ per head · actual wt
—	N/A	1	—	1,200	1,025.00	1,025.00
Bred Heifers — Medium$ per head · actual wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	988	485.00–750.00	696.36

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	583	100.00–121.00	110.64
8	—	359	90.00–110.00	104.63
6	—	413	90.00–125.00	112.58
1	—	750	99.00	99.00
6	—	325	125.00	125.00
5	—	900	113.00	113.00
4	—	700	100.00–102.00	101.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,815	92.00–115.00	106.05
4	—	1,977	120.00–125.00	123.22
2	—	1,174	90.00–92.00	91.04
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,244	64.00–68.00	66.07
4	—	1,409	91.00–95.00	92.55
80	—	1,256	70.00–89.00	80.92
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	982	58.00–76.00	68.82
4	—	908	35.00–57.00	48.59
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,529	81.00–88.00	84.58

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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