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Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Smiths Grove, Kentucky · Tue, Jan 31
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2199
Feeder Cattle receipts
13 head
92 vs last sale 105 62 vs year ago 75 · 82.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
447 head
6 vs last sale 441 73 vs year ago 520 · 14.0%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
33 head
78 vs last sale 111 82 vs year ago 115 · 71.3%
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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
BullsAverage1,926120.602,32322
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,50898.561,4864thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,28291.151,168108
CowsLean 85-90%Average96869.6667424

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/A52$634thin
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A55$8212
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)1,015$1,04811
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)775$7132thin
Fresh/Milking CowsOpen1,050$1,0382thin
Open HeifersOpen175$1202thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Dairy SteersLarge 3445164.00/cwt164.00–164.007301
Dairy SteersLarge 397895.00/cwt95.00–95.009291
Dairy SteersLarge 3265121.00/cwt121.00–121.003214
Dairy SteersLarge 3611125.00/cwt125.00–125.007645
Dairy SteersSmall 3625120.00/cwt120.00–120.007502
Baby Bull CalvesN/ABeef Cross50110.00/head110.00–110.001101
Baby Bull CalvesN/A5346.88/head40.00–50.00473
Baby Heifer CalvesN/AJersey4231.20/head10.00–60.00313
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ABeef Cross63190.40/head180.00–200.001902
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A5972.35/head40.00–214.00727
Bred HeifersSupreme1,1671,293.75/head1,175.00–1,350.001,2943
Open HeifersMedium175120.00/head120.00–120.001202
Fresh/Milking CowsApprovedCrossbred1,0001,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Fresh/Milking CowsMedium1,100750.00/head750.00–750.007501
Bred HeifersApprovedJersey825825.00/head825.00–825.008251
Bred HeifersMediumJersey825825.00/head825.00–825.008251
Bred HeifersApproved800725.00/head725.00–725.007251
Bred HeifersApproved1,0401,078.37/head1,000.00–1,100.001,0784
Bred HeifersMedium750700.00/head700.00–700.007001
Bred HeifersMedium925839.86/head750.00–925.008402
Bulls1,909118.51/cwt101.00–125.002,26218
Bulls2,004129.99/cwt128.00–132.002,6054
CowsBoner 80-85%1,368102.06/cwt95.00–114.001,39632
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25487.62/cwt72.00–98.001,09971
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12771.39/cwt65.00–77.008055
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,60299.08/cwt98.00–100.001,5873
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,22597.00/cwt97.00–97.001,1881
CowsLean 85-90%96169.08/cwt60.00–78.0066421
CowsLean 85-90%97583.54/cwt83.00–84.008152
CowsLean 85-90%1,09054.00/cwt54.00–54.005891

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.