Name: Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-07

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.00/cwt on 2 head.

Average price

$110.00

2 head · 635 lb average

Value per head Derived

$699

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−53.62

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	635	110.00	699	2thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2 hd

110.00

—

KY average23 barns · 4,734 hd

163.62

−53.62

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,835	111.95	2,055	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,682	81.96	1,379	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,360	78.37	1,066	146
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,001	67.56	676	42

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	—	73	$164	15
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	59	$82	29
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	—	1,384	$1,346	9
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	—	1,019	$684	14
Bulls	N/A	—	250	$325	9
Fresh/Milking Cows	Open	—	1,195	$1,307	19
Open Heifers	Open	—	450	$430	7

Every lot, as filed

31 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	150.31/cwt	140.00–161.00	842	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	635	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	699	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	485	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	567	1
Bulls	N/A	—	250	325.00/head	325.00–325.00	325	9
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	40	30.00/head	30.00–30.00	30	1
Open Heifers	Approved	—	450	430.00/head	430.00–430.00	430	7
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	75	195.00/head	100.00–240.00	195	4
Baby Bull Calves	N/AJersey	—	45	30.00/head	30.00–30.00	30	1
Baby Bull Calves	N/A	—	75	164.27/head	80.00–270.00	164	10
Bred Cows	Medium	—	1,019	683.50/head	675.00–735.00	684	14
Fresh/Milking Cows	Common	—	875	450.00/head	450.00–450.00	450	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	Supreme	—	1,333	1,862.20/head	1,850.00–1,875.00	1,862	2
Fresh/Milking Cows	ApprovedCrossbred	—	1,017	1,337.30/head	1,200.00–1,575.00	1,337	3
Fresh/Milking Cows	MediumCrossbred	—	950	725.00/head	725.00–725.00	725	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	Medium	—	1,113	925.84/head	850.00–1,000.00	926	2
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	50	160.00/head	160.00–160.00	160	5
Fresh/Milking Cows	Approved	—	1,294	1,407.82/head	1,100.00–1,675.00	1,408	10
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	45	35.00/head	35.00–35.00	35	5
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	67	76.89/head	20.00–130.00	77	18
Bred Cows	Supreme	—	1,500	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Bred Cows	Approved	—	1,369	1,308.33/head	1,025.00–1,500.00	1,308	8
Bulls	—	—	1,866	111.69/cwt	103.00–120.00	2,084	24
Bulls	—	—	1,996	124.32/cwt	124.00–125.00	2,481	3
Bulls	—	—	1,225	96.52/cwt	95.00–98.00	1,182	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,004	68.53/cwt	58.00–75.00	688	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	948	39.12/cwt	30.00–50.00	371	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	788	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	64.84/cwt	60.00–70.00	781	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,369	78.70/cwt	70.00–89.00	1,077	134
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,364	94.23/cwt	90.00–98.00	1,285	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,682	81.96/cwt	80.00–84.00	1,379	5

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Farmers Regional Livestock Auction of Glasgow Dairy Auction - Smiths Grove, KY

Tue Feb 7, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 24Last week 13Year ago 75

Slaughter CattleReceipts 824Last week 447Year ago 520

Replacement Dairy CattleReceipts 54Last week 33Year ago 115

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	560	140.00–161.00	150.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	635	110.00	110.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	117.00	117.00

Replacement Dairy Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per head · actual wt
—	N/A	9	—	250	325.00	325.00
Baby Heifer Calves — Crossbred$ per head · actual wt
—	N/A	1	—	40	30.00	30.00
—	N/A	5	—	50	160.00	160.00
Baby Heifer Calves$ per head · actual wt
—	N/A	5	—	45	35.00	35.00
—	N/A	18	—	67	20.00–130.00	76.89
Open Heifers — Approved$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	7	—	450	430.00	430.00
Baby Bull Calves — Beef Cross$ per head · actual wt
—	N/A	4	—	75	100.00–240.00	195.00
Baby Bull Calves — Jersey$ per head · actual wt
—	N/A	1	—	45	30.00	30.00
Baby Bull Calves$ per head · actual wt
—	N/A	10	—	75	80.00–270.00	164.27
Bred Cows — Medium$ per head · actual wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,019	675.00–735.00	683.50
Bred Cows — Supreme$ per head · actual wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,500	1,650.00	1,650.00
Bred Cows — Approved$ per head · actual wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,369	1,025.00–1,500.00	1,308.33
Fresh/Milking Cows — Common$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	1	—	875	450.00	450.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Supreme$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	2	—	1,333	1,850.00–1,875.00	1,862.20
Fresh/Milking Cows — Approved · Crossbred$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	3	—	1,017	1,200.00–1,575.00	1,337.30
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium · Crossbred$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	1	—	950	725.00	725.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	2	—	1,113	850.00–1,000.00	925.84
Fresh/Milking Cows — Approved$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	10	—	1,294	1,100.00–1,675.00	1,407.82

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,866	103.00–120.00	111.69
3	—	1,996	124.00–125.00	124.32
2	—	1,225	95.00–98.00	96.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,004	58.00–75.00	68.53
3	—	948	30.00–50.00	39.12
5	—	1,010	78.00	78.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,205	60.00–70.00	64.84
134	—	1,369	70.00–89.00	78.70
4	—	1,364	90.00–98.00	94.23
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,682	80.00–84.00	81.96

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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Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Farmers Regional Livestock Auction of Glasgow Dairy Auction - Smiths Grove, KY

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Dairy Cattle

Slaughter Cattle