Name: Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-05-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-02

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	—	High	1,808	120.48	2,178	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,638	92.51	1,515	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,281	89.24	1,143	161
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	933	70.37	657	28

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	—	68	$189	6
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	110	$156	10
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	—	1,127	$1,062	7
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	—	1,000	$825	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	—	1,200	$1,075	1thin
Fresh/Milking Cows	Open	—	1,063	$1,184	15
Open Heifers	Open	—	440	$425	13

Every lot, as filed

40 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
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	617	122.51/cwt	113.00–135.00	756	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,055	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	950	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	871	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,097	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	722	123.91/cwt	118.00–125.00	895	9
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	698	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	852	2
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	529	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	807	123.39/cwt	110.00–150.00	996	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	675	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	770	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	545	2
Baby Bull Calves	N/A	—	68	188.78/head	70.00–320.00	189	6
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	75	150.00/head	150.00–150.00	150	1
Bred Cows	SupremeCrossbred	—	900	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Bred Cows	Approved	—	1,165	1,068.24/head	900.00–1,275.00	1,068	6
Bred Cows	MediumJersey	—	1,000	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	1
Bred Heifers	ApprovedCrossbred	—	1,200	1,075.00/head	1,075.00–1,075.00	1,075	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	ApprovedJersey	—	925	999.46/head	850.00–1,180.00	999	3
Fresh/Milking Cows	MediumJersey	—	1,100	525.00/head	525.00–525.00	525	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	Medium	—	1,038	1,051.51/head	925.00–1,175.00	1,052	2
Open Heifers	Approved	—	600	500.00/head	500.00–500.00	500	2
Open Heifers	Approved	—	325	350.00/head	350.00–350.00	350	3
Fresh/Milking Cows	MediumCrossbred	—	850	785.00/head	785.00–785.00	785	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	Supreme	—	1,225	2,031.63/head	1,825.00–2,200.00	2,032	2
Open Heifers	Approved	—	950	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	Approved	—	1,116	1,214.84/head	890.00–1,550.00	1,215	6
Open Heifers	Medium	—	120	330.00/head	330.00–330.00	330	1
Open Heifers	Medium	—	625	456.80/head	410.00–500.00	457	2
Open Heifers	Approved	—	275	325.00/head	325.00–325.00	325	3
Open Heifers	Approved	—	400	310.00/head	310.00–310.00	310	1
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	265	120.00/head	120.00–120.00	120	2
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	70	167.45/head	60.00–190.00	167	7
Bulls	—	—	2,018	135.49/cwt	134.00–137.00	2,734	2
Bulls	—	—	1,761	117.14/cwt	105.00–124.00	2,063	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,402	104.30/cwt	98.00–113.00	1,462	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,620	89.68/cwt	85.00–95.00	1,453	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,690	100.99/cwt	100.00–102.00	1,707	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	914	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	530	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,279	71.98/cwt	60.00–80.00	921	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,269	88.84/cwt	71.00–99.00	1,127	138
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	69.53/cwt	62.00–77.00	647	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	81.19/cwt	78.00–85.00	782	3

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 May 2, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 62Last week 11Year ago 37

Slaughter CattleReceipts 504Last week 541Year ago 377

Replacement Dairy CattleReceipts 59Last week 50Year ago 143

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	617	113.00–135.00	122.51
2	—	1,055	90.00	90.00
6	—	871	126.00	126.00
9	—	722	118.00–125.00	123.91
3	—	807	110.00–150.00	123.39
1	—	675	114.00	114.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	698	122.00	122.00
2	—	430	123.00	123.00
2	—	450	121.00	121.00

Replacement Dairy Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Baby Bull Calves$ per head · actual wt
—	N/A	6	—	68	70.00–320.00	188.78
Baby Heifer Calves — Crossbred$ per head · actual wt
—	N/A	1	—	75	150.00	150.00
Baby Heifer Calves$ per head · actual wt
—	N/A	2	—	265	120.00	120.00
—	N/A	7	—	70	60.00–190.00	167.45
Bred Cows — Supreme · Crossbred$ per head · actual wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	1,025.00	1,025.00
Bred Cows — Approved$ per head · actual wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,165	900.00–1,275.00	1,068.24
Bred Cows — Medium · Jersey$ per head · actual wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	825.00	825.00
Bred Heifers — Approved · Crossbred$ per head · actual wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,200	1,075.00	1,075.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Approved · Jersey$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	3	—	925	850.00–1,180.00	999.46
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium · Jersey$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	1	—	1,100	525.00	525.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	2	—	1,038	925.00–1,175.00	1,051.51
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium · Crossbred$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	1	—	850	785.00	785.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Supreme$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	2	—	1,225	1,825.00–2,200.00	2,031.63
Fresh/Milking Cows — Approved$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	6	—	1,116	890.00–1,550.00	1,214.84
Open Heifers — Approved$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	2	—	600	500.00	500.00
—	Open	3	—	325	350.00	350.00
—	Open	1	—	950	950.00	950.00
—	Open	3	—	275	325.00	325.00
—	Open	1	—	400	310.00	310.00
Open Heifers — Medium$ per head · actual wt
—	Open	1	—	120	330.00	330.00
—	Open	2	—	625	410.00–500.00	456.80

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,018	134.00–137.00	135.49
9	—	1,761	105.00–124.00	117.14
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,402	98.00–113.00	104.30
9	—	1,279	60.00–80.00	71.98
138	—	1,269	71.00–99.00	88.84
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,620	85.00–95.00	89.68
2	—	1,690	100.00–102.00	100.99
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	914	58.00	58.00
24	—	930	62.00–77.00	69.53
3	—	963	78.00–85.00	81.19

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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