Sale reports / Kentucky / Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction / 2022-11-22

Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Smiths Grove, Kentucky · Tue, Nov 22
● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2199
Feeder Cattle receipts
138 head
51 vs last sale 87 104 vs year ago 34 · +305.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
503 head
28 vs last sale 475 64 vs year ago 439 · +14.6%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
167 head
21 vs last sale 146 117 vs year ago 284 · 41.2%
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Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $77.84/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 36 comparable sales and sits 134.88 against this barn's trailing median of $212.72.
Average price
$77.84
8 head · 446 lb average
Value per head Derived
$347
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
66.58
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 344677.843478thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale8 hd
77.84
KY average20 barns · 2,201 hd
144.42
−66.58
This barn, trailing median36 sales
212.72
−134.88
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
BullsHigh1,738104.701,81933
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48577.251,14739
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,23270.97874158
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low98759.4758729

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/A$11820
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A$11917
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)$6926
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)$5751thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)$6751thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)$6351thin
BullsN/A1,142$9173thin
Fresh/Milking CowsOpen$1,08312
Open HeifersOpen527$57520
Springer Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)$1,0758

Every lot, as filed

77 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
Fresh/Milking CowsMedium934.00/head850.00–1,050.009345
Fresh/Milking CowsApproved1,316.67/head1,275.00–1,375.001,3173
Baby Bull CalvesN/AJersey100.00/head100.00–100.001001
Baby Bull CalvesN/ABeef Cross165.00/head80.00–360.001654
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred110.00/head90.00–130.001102
BullsN/A1,000800.00/head800.00–800.008001
BullsN/AJersey1,100850.00/head850.00–850.008501
BullsN/ACrossbred1,3251,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Dairy HeifersLarge 3Replacement1,03596.00/cwt96.00–96.009943
Dairy HeifersLarge 3Replacement1,30074.00/cwt74.00–74.009621
Dairy HeifersLarge 344537.00/cwt37.00–37.001651
Dairy HeifersLarge 370840.11/cwt30.00–50.002842
SteersMedium and Large 351099.55/cwt94.00–105.005082
SteersMedium and Large 2-386592.00/cwt92.00–92.007961
Dairy HeifersLarge 381063.58/cwt55.00–82.005155
Dairy HeifersLarge 393375.98/cwt70.00–82.007092
Dairy HeifersLarge 3Replacement1,28088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,1261
Dairy HeifersLarge 3Replacement1,22681.32/cwt74.00–90.009973
Dairy HeifersLarge 387875.11/cwt62.00–88.006592
Dairy HeifersLarge 3Replacement1,15898.35/cwt95.00–102.001,1393
Dairy SteersLarge 348543.00/cwt43.00–43.002091
Dairy SteersLarge 359280.03/cwt61.00–83.004747
Dairy HeifersLarge 3Replacement1,14086.97/cwt80.00–94.009912
Dairy SteersLarge 369064.00/cwt64.00–64.004421
Dairy SteersLarge 331086.00/cwt86.00–86.002671
Dairy HeifersLarge 350560.00/cwt60.00–60.003031
Dairy SteersLarge 372181.00/cwt81.00–81.005844
Dairy SteersLarge 354045.00/cwt45.00–45.002431
Dairy HeifersLarge 360844.49/cwt42.00–47.002702
Dairy SteersLarge 342545.00/cwt45.00–45.001911
Dairy SteersLarge 339571.00/cwt71.00–71.002802
Dairy SteersLarge 328580.00/cwt80.00–80.002282
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2309108.70/cwt105.00–120.003364
HeifersMedium and Large 2-356574.00/cwt74.00–74.004181
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2423119.42/cwt118.00–121.005052
BullsLarge 340057.00/cwt57.00–57.002281
BullsLarge 363360.00/cwt60.00–60.003802
BullsLarge 338189.15/cwt88.00–94.003405
CowsLean 85-90%1,05247.29/cwt46.00–48.004973
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51678.01/cwt72.00–81.001,18319
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42551.00/cwt51.00–51.007271
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49384.71/cwt83.00–88.001,26511
CowsLean 85-90%97855.18/cwt50.00–59.0054013
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10954.24/cwt50.00–59.0060213
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40668.49/cwt64.00–71.009638
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32682.67/cwt80.00–88.001,09626
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19764.74/cwt60.00–69.0077556
CowsLean 85-90%98066.57/cwt60.00–74.0065213
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25075.13/cwt70.00–79.0093963
Bulls1,846116.23/cwt111.00–123.002,14610
Bulls1,52987.92/cwt84.00–94.001,3447
Bulls1,761104.84/cwt98.00–110.001,84616
Bred CowsSupreme950.00/head950.00–950.009502
Bred CowsApprovedJersey575.00/head575.00–575.005751
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A93.75/head20.00–200.00948
Baby Heifer CalvesN/AJersey40.00/head40.00–40.00401
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred72.50/head40.00–100.00734
Baby Bull CalvesN/A106.15/head30.00–230.0010613
Open HeifersSupreme650735.00/head735.00–735.007356
Open HeifersSupreme800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Open HeifersApprovedJersey475510.00/head510.00–510.005103
Bred HeifersApproved675.00/head675.00–675.006751
Bred HeifersApproved635.00/head635.00–635.006351
Bred CowsApproved700.00/head700.00–700.007001
Open HeifersMedium362.50/head350.00–375.003632
Open HeifersMedium300260.00/head260.00–260.002601
Open HeifersApproved560.00/head560.00–560.005601
Open HeifersApproved200210.00/head210.00–210.002101
Open HeifersApproved600600.00/head600.00–600.006001
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ABeef Cross237.50/head200.00–260.002384
Fresh/Milking CowsSupreme1,462.50/head1,375.00–1,550.001,4632
Springer HeifersSupreme1,333.33/head1,300.00–1,375.001,3333
Open HeifersSupreme500600.00/head600.00–600.006004
Springer HeifersMedium868.75/head800.00–925.008694
Springer HeifersApproved1,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Bred CowsMedium516.67/head500.00–550.005173
Fresh/Milking CowsCommon725.00/head650.00–800.007252

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.