Name: Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-03

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	1,727	109.73	1,895	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,643	76.34	1,254	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,309	73.53	962	75
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,002	60.24	603	12

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	—	72	$104	17
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	55	$40	14
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	—	1,000	$925	4thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	—	1,015	$1,026	9
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	—	1,000	$960	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	—	1,225	$825	1thin
Fresh/Milking Cows	Open	—	1,045	$910	23
Open Heifers	Open	—	318	$254	15

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
Open Heifers	ApprovedJersey	—	385	180.00/head	180.00–180.00	180	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	973	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	837	3
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	70	104.64/head	100.00–110.00	105	2
Bred Heifers	Approved	—	1,015	1,026.25/head	725.00–1,300.00	1,026	9
Bred Heifers	Medium	—	1,000	960.00/head	960.00–960.00	960	1
Bred Heifers	Approved	—	1,225	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	1
Open Heifers	Medium	—	305	164.92/head	160.00–170.00	165	2
Fresh/Milking Cows	Medium	—	1,213	905.67/head	725.00–1,025.00	906	4
Fresh/Milking Cows	Supreme	—	1,150	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	MediumCrossbred	—	1,165	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	MediumJersey	—	850	608.00/head	460.00–725.00	608	5
Open Heifers	Approved	—	750	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Open Heifers	Approved	—	500	400.00/head	400.00–400.00	400	3
Open Heifers	MediumJersey	—	215	285.00/head	285.00–285.00	285	3
Fresh/Milking Cows	Approved	—	1,058	1,162.81/head	1,050.00–1,625.00	1,163	7
Fresh/Milking Cows	Common	—	1,175	586.70/head	535.00–625.00	587	2
Open Heifers	Medium	—	175	110.00/head	110.00–110.00	110	5
Baby Bull Calves	N/A	—	72	103.43/head	40.00–190.00	103	15
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	55	40.10/head	10.00–80.00	40	14
Bred Cows	Approved	—	1,000	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	4
Fresh/Milking Cows	ApprovedJersey	—	993	861.15/head	850.00–875.00	861	2
Fresh/Milking Cows	CommonJersey	—	875	400.00/head	400.00–400.00	400	1
Bulls	—	—	1,776	110.33/cwt	96.00–118.00	1,959	14
Bulls	—	—	1,935	122.73/cwt	120.00–124.00	2,375	3
Bulls	—	—	1,293	93.91/cwt	85.00–100.00	1,214	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,613	75.24/cwt	71.00–86.00	1,214	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	67.29/cwt	65.00–70.00	700	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	378	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,287	55.82/cwt	42.00–61.00	718	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,850	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,554	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	59.87/cwt	51.00–67.00	599	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,425	84.59/cwt	78.00–100.00	1,205	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,279	72.74/cwt	42.00–84.00	930	53

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 Jan 3, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3Last week 68Year ago 75

Slaughter CattleReceipts 498Last week 451Year ago 520

Replacement Dairy CattleReceipts 246Last week 132Year ago 115

Replacement Dairy Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Open Heifers — Approved · Jersey$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	1	—	385	180.00	180.00
Open Heifers — Medium$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	2	—	305	160.00–170.00	164.92
—	Open	5	—	175	110.00	110.00
Open Heifers — Approved$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	1	—	750	700.00	700.00
—	Open	3	—	500	400.00	400.00
Open Heifers — Medium · Jersey$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	3	—	215	285.00	285.00
Baby Bull Calves — Beef Cross$ per head · actual wt
—	N/A	2	—	70	100.00–110.00	104.64
Baby Bull Calves$ per head · actual wt
—	N/A	15	—	72	40.00–190.00	103.43
Bred Heifers — Approved$ per head · actual wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,015	725.00–1,300.00	1,026.25
—	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,225	825.00	825.00
Bred Heifers — Medium$ per head · actual wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	960.00	960.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	4	—	1,213	725.00–1,025.00	905.67
Fresh/Milking Cows — Supreme$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	1	—	1,150	2,000.00	2,000.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium · Crossbred$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	1	—	1,165	825.00	825.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium · Jersey$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	5	—	850	460.00–725.00	608.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Approved$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	7	—	1,058	1,050.00–1,625.00	1,162.81
Fresh/Milking Cows — Common$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	2	—	1,175	535.00–625.00	586.70
Fresh/Milking Cows — Approved · Jersey$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	2	—	993	850.00–875.00	861.15
Fresh/Milking Cows — Common · Jersey$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	1	—	875	400.00	400.00
Baby Heifer Calves$ per head · actual wt
—	N/A	14	—	55	10.00–80.00	40.10
Bred Cows — Approved$ per head · actual wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,000	925.00	925.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	973	86.00	86.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,776	96.00–118.00	110.33
3	—	1,935	120.00–124.00	122.73
3	—	1,293	85.00–100.00	93.91
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,613	71.00–86.00	75.24
1	—	1,850	84.00	84.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,040	65.00–70.00	67.29
1	—	900	42.00	42.00
8	—	1,000	51.00–67.00	59.87
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,287	42.00–61.00	55.82
15	—	1,425	78.00–100.00	84.59
53	—	1,279	42.00–84.00	72.74

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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