Sale reports / Kentucky / Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction / 2023-03-21

Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Smiths Grove, Kentucky · Tue, Mar 21
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2199
Feeder Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 68 vs last sale 7▲ 60 vs year ago 15 · +400.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
484 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 494▼ 402 vs year ago 886 · −45.4%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
55 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 61▲ 10 vs year ago 45 · +22.2%
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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
Bulls—High1,883123.202,32018
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,62094.051,52317
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,31788.521,165197
CowsLean 85-90%High1,01068.8869630

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—74$2245
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A—81$11913
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)—850$8501thin
Fresh/Milking CowsOpen—1,168$1,37715
Open HeifersOpen—693$6453thin
Springer Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)—1,250$1,2303thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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 3—677125.00/cwt125.00–125.008467
Dairy SteersLarge 3—541135.00/cwt135.00–135.0073010
Dairy SteersLarge 3—775120.00/cwt120.00–120.009302
Baby Bull CalvesN/ABeef Cross—80270.00/head270.00–270.002701
Baby Bull CalvesN/A—72212.73/head170.00–260.002134
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A—6963.01/head35.00–110.00636
Bred HeifersApprovedJersey—850850.00/head850.00–850.008501
Open HeifersApproved—305310.00/head310.00–310.003101
Open HeifersMedium—900825.00/head825.00–825.008251
Fresh/Milking CowsMedium—918817.30/head700.00–975.008174
Open HeifersMedium—875800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Springer HeifersApproved—1,3501,415.74/head1,325.00–1,500.001,4162
Springer HeifersApprovedCrossbred—1,050860.00/head860.00–860.008601
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ABeef Cross—70183.57/head50.00–270.001842
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A—100160.00/head160.00–160.001605
Fresh/Milking CowsSupreme—1,2202,110.45/head2,025.00–2,250.002,1103
Fresh/Milking CowsApproved—1,3261,499.73/head1,300.00–1,625.001,5007
Fresh/Milking CowsCommon—900560.00/head560.00–560.005601
Bulls——1,962144.24/cwt142.00–147.002,8304
Bulls——1,861117.19/cwt108.00–132.002,18114
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,421102.95/cwt100.00–109.001,46312
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29273.81/cwt58.00–79.0095412
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,31188.54/cwt65.00–99.001,161173
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,709102.73/cwt100.00–106.001,7564
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01379.15/cwt75.00–83.008022
CowsLean 85-90%—1,22558.00/cwt58.00–58.007111
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,59291.38/cwt86.00–98.001,45513
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00268.52/cwt58.00–78.0068727

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.