Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2019-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves steady to 4.00 lower, heifer and bull calves steady to 2.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $144.27/cwt on 126 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −62.39 against this barn's trailing median of $206.66.

Average price

$144.27

126 head · 410 lb average

Value per head Derived

$591

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$13.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.73

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	427	149.89	641	31
Medium and Large 2	406	144.93	589	68
Medium and Large 3	397	136.16	541	27

One grade step is worth $13.73/cwt here — about $100 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

29 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $218.83, low $175.58, median $206.66 across 29 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale126 hd

144.27

—

GA average16 barns · 1,116 hd

135.54

+8.73

This barn, trailing median29 sales

206.66

−62.39

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	1,445	82.09	1,186	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,166	54.21	632	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	952	44.25	421	12

Every lot, as filed

50 lots · USDA AMS · Southern Livestock - Oak Park, GA

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 1	—	517	136.65/cwt	135.00–140.00	706	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	148.99/cwt	148.00–150.00	685	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	567	130.00/cwt	129.00–132.00	737	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	319	164.37/cwt	160.00–167.00	524	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	376	157.50/cwt	155.00–160.00	592	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	408	151.33/cwt	150.00–157.00	617	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	230	169.67/cwt	165.00–175.00	390	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	621	117.01/cwt	116.00–118.00	727	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	567	122.81/cwt	120.00–127.00	696	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	469	139.78/cwt	135.00–145.00	656	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	521	129.74/cwt	126.00–135.00	676	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	271	160.47/cwt	155.00–165.00	435	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	413	145.73/cwt	140.00–150.00	602	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	313	155.84/cwt	150.00–160.00	488	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	150.11/cwt	145.00–155.00	555	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	227	159.73/cwt	157.00–162.00	363	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	288	147.39/cwt	145.00–152.00	424	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	473	127.66/cwt	125.00–131.00	604	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	563	113.63/cwt	110.00–116.00	640	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	376	137.29/cwt	135.00–142.00	516	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	424	134.15/cwt	130.00–139.00	569	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	123.99/cwt	122.00–126.00	698	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	132.39/cwt	130.00–134.00	616	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	127.22/cwt	125.00–131.00	676	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	119.01/cwt	116.00–122.00	622	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	42.15/cwt	39.00–44.00	396	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	969	47.18/cwt	46.00–50.00	457	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,157	49.99/cwt	48.00–53.00	578	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,156	56.12/cwt	54.00–60.00	649	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	64.05/cwt	63.00–65.00	794	3
Bulls	—	—	1,455	82.43/cwt	81.00–84.00	1,199	3
Bulls	—	—	1,305	77.61/cwt	76.00–79.00	1,013	2
Bulls	—	—	1,695	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,526	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	128.37/cwt	125.00–132.00	793	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	135.61/cwt	131.00–141.00	791	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	149.49/cwt	145.00–152.00	625	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	123.41/cwt	118.00–126.00	833	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	150.09/cwt	146.00–154.00	774	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	139.31/cwt	136.00–142.00	867	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	146.36/cwt	144.00–149.00	825	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	152.07/cwt	150.00–154.00	727	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	418	120.53/cwt	115.00–124.00	504	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	376	123.05/cwt	117.00–127.00	463	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	483	114.45/cwt	112.00–118.00	553	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	345	121.40/cwt	120.00–125.00	419	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	125.64/cwt	120.00–130.00	593	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	132.41/cwt	128.00–138.00	487	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	614	109.30/cwt	105.00–114.00	671	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	581	114.44/cwt	111.00–119.00	665	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	130.83/cwt	125.00–135.00	540	6

How this sale compares

Georgia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Georgia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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