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Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction

Name: Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-30

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Smiths Grove, Kentucky · Tue, Jul 30

● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2199

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Feeder Cattle receipts

93 head

▲ 42 vs last sale 51▲ 93 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

608 head

▲ 67 vs last sale 541▲ 608 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts

285 head

▲ 55 vs last sale 230▲ 285 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $127.00/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 36 comparable sales and sits −85.72 against this barn's trailing median of $212.72.

Average price

$127.00

3 head · 512 lb average

Value per head Derived

$650

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−1.48

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	512	127.00	650	3thin

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 sale3 hd

127.00

—

KY average27 barns · 2,012 hd

128.48

−1.48

This barn, trailing median36 sales

212.72

−85.72

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

36 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $228.64, low $171.41, median $212.72 across 36 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,684	90.03	1,516	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,633	64.70	1,057	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,228	58.91	723	146
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	984	50.82	500	75

Every lot

47 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	580	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	632	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	512	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	650	3
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers9 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	315	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	252	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3-4	340	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	245	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	424	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	339	4
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	588	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	459	2
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	744	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	640	7
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	759	82.60/cwt	80.00–83.00	627	15
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	835	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	635	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	878	86.29/cwt	83.50–88.50	758	16
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	1,013	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	739	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,547	82.83/cwt	81.00–85.00	1,281	5
Bulls	—	—	1,700	90.33/cwt	86.00–95.00	1,536	12
Bulls	—	—	1,805	98.14/cwt	96.00–102.00	1,771	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	919	39.15/cwt	36.00–43.00	360	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	985	59.31/cwt	55.00–69.00	584	18
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	992	49.40/cwt	45.00–54.00	490	50
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,204	50.74/cwt	43.00–53.00	611	34
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,220	59.43/cwt	54.00–64.00	725	86
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,285	67.85/cwt	65.00–73.00	872	26
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,607	60.19/cwt	54.00–64.00	967	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,655	68.39/cwt	65.00–74.00	1,132	11
Replacement Dairy Cattle · Fresh/Milking Cows3 lots · lightest first
Fresh/Milking Cows	—	Medium	—	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	—	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	—	Common	—	806.25/cwt	725.00–850.00	—	4
Fresh/Milking Cows	—	CommonJersey	—	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	—	1
Replacement Dairy Cattle · Baby Bull Calves5 lots · lightest first
Baby Bull Calves	—	N/ABeef Cross	—	182.50/cwt	110.00–210.00	—	4
Baby Bull Calves	—	N/ACrossbred	—	37.50/cwt	20.00–60.00	—	8
Baby Bull Calves	—	N/A	—	20.96/cwt	5.00–50.00	—	52
Baby Bull Calves	—	N/ABrown Swiss	—	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	—	1
Baby Bull Calves	—	N/AJersey	—	10.63/cwt	5.00–20.00	—	8
Replacement Dairy Cattle · Baby Heifer Calves4 lots · lightest first
Baby Heifer Calves	—	N/ABeef Cross	—	120.00/cwt	110.00–140.00	—	4
Baby Heifer Calves	—	N/AJersey	—	66.67/cwt	60.00–70.00	—	3
Baby Heifer Calves	—	N/A	—	43.13/cwt	10.00–70.00	—	16
Baby Heifer Calves	—	N/ACrossbred	—	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	—	1
Replacement Dairy Cattle · Open Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Open Heifers	—	Supreme	232	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	487	9
Open Heifers	—	Approved	309	265.50/cwt	260.00–270.00	820	20
Open Heifers	—	Medium	325	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	585	1
Open Heifers	—	Common	350	163.33/cwt	150.00–170.00	572	3
Open Heifers	—	Supreme	375	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,050	9
Open Heifers	—	Medium	550	316.36/cwt	300.00–360.00	1,740	11
Open Heifers	—	Medium	638	331.25/cwt	300.00–385.00	2,113	12
Open Heifers	—	Approved	675	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	3,105	3
Open Heifers	—	Medium	757	464.55/cwt	450.00–470.00	3,517	11
Replacement Dairy Cattle · Springer Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Springer Heifers	—	Approved	—	1,137.50/cwt	1,100.00–1,200.00	—	6
Springer Heifers	—	Medium	—	921.43/cwt	850.00–1,075.00	—	7
Springer Heifers	—	Common	—	741.67/cwt	700.00–775.00	—	3
Springer Heifers	—	Common	—	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	—	1

This sale against other markets

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 Jul 30, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 93Last week 51Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 608Last week 541Year ago 0

Replacement Dairy CattleReceipts 285Last week 230Year ago 0

Replacement Dairy Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Fresh/Milking Cows — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	4	—	—	725.00–850.00	806.25

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Fresh/Milking Cows — Common · Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	1	—	—	600.00	600.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	1	—	—	1,250.00	1,250.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Baby Bull Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	52	—	—	5.00–50.00	20.96

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Baby Bull Calves — Brown Swiss$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	1	—	—	20.00	20.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Baby Bull Calves — Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	8	—	—	5.00–20.00	10.63

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Baby Bull Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	8	—	—	20.00–60.00	37.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Baby Bull Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	4	—	—	110.00–210.00	182.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Baby Heifer Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	16	—	—	10.00–70.00	43.13

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Baby Heifer Calves — Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	3	—	—	60.00–70.00	66.67

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Baby Heifer Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	1	—	—	10.00	10.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Baby Heifer Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	4	—	—	110.00–140.00	120.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Open Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	3	—	675	460.00	460.00
—	Open	20	—	309	260.00–270.00	265.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Open Heifers — Common$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	3	—	350	150.00–170.00	163.33

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Open Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	1	—	325	180.00	180.00
—	Open	11	—	550	300.00–360.00	316.36
—	Open	11	—	757	450.00–470.00	464.55
—	Open	12	—	638	300.00–385.00	331.25

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Open Heifers — Supreme$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	9	—	232	210.00	210.00
—	Open	9	—	375	280.00	280.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Springer Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	—	1,100.00–1,200.00	1,137.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Springer Heifers — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	—	700.00–775.00	741.67
—	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	—	725.00	725.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Springer Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	—	850.00–1,075.00	921.43

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	72.00	72.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	878	83.50–88.50	86.29
15	—	759	80.00–83.00	82.60
7	—	744	86.00	86.00
4	—	424	80.00	80.00
3	—	1,013	73.00	73.00
2	—	588	78.00	78.00
1	—	835	76.00	76.00
1	—	315	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	512	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	109.00	109.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	992	45.00–54.00	49.40
18	—	985	55.00–69.00	59.31
7	—	919	36.00–43.00	39.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,655	65.00–74.00	68.39
9	—	1,607	54.00–64.00	60.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	1,220	54.00–64.00	59.43
34	—	1,204	43.00–53.00	50.74
26	—	1,285	65.00–73.00	67.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,700	86.00–95.00	90.33
5	—	1,547	81.00–85.00	82.83
4	—	1,805	96.00–102.00	98.14

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.