Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2019-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers steady to 2.00 lower, feeder heifers and bulls mostly steady, steer and heifer calves steady to 3.00 lower, 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 $134.21/cwt on 173 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −72.45 against this barn's trailing median of $206.66.

Average price

$134.21

173 head · 470 lb average

Value per head Derived

$630

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$37

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

$22.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.04

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	429	148.23	636	23
Medium and Large 2	476	134.45	640	108
Medium and Large 3	475	125.89	599	42

One grade step is worth $22.33/cwt here — about $37 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 sale173 hd

134.21

—

GA average15 barns · 1,452 hd

134.16

+0.04

This barn, trailing median29 sales

206.66

−72.45

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	1,208	81.36	983	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,163	55.26	643	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,032	45.96	474	13

Every lot, as filed

51 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	119.22/cwt	115.00–124.00	554	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	127.08/cwt	125.00–129.00	610	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	131.11/cwt	130.00–135.00	539	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	121.40/cwt	119.00–124.00	682	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	587	114.67/cwt	110.00–117.00	673	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	485	124.57/cwt	120.00–127.00	604	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	442	131.59/cwt	128.00–135.00	582	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	382	137.05/cwt	132.00–140.00	524	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	308	145.02/cwt	142.00–147.00	447	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	115.98/cwt	112.00–119.00	609	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	628	104.65/cwt	102.00–107.00	657	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	417	142.32/cwt	137.00–147.00	593	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	327	153.69/cwt	150.00–160.00	503	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	621	116.94/cwt	114.00–120.00	726	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	535	124.37/cwt	120.00–128.00	665	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	380	146.38/cwt	142.00–150.00	556	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	122.36/cwt	118.00–126.00	685	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	466	132.97/cwt	130.00–138.00	620	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	285	159.42/cwt	155.00–162.00	454	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	672	114.37/cwt	109.00–119.00	769	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	720	109.98/cwt	107.00–112.00	792	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	368	155.71/cwt	152.00–158.00	573	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	413	152.38/cwt	150.00–155.00	629	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	511	134.20/cwt	131.00–137.00	686	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	144.56/cwt	143.00–146.00	684	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,161	56.39/cwt	54.00–61.00	655	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,072	47.27/cwt	45.00–50.00	507	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	897	41.60/cwt	39.00–44.00	373	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,151	50.30/cwt	46.00–53.00	579	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	65.69/cwt	62.00–69.00	813	2
Bulls	—	—	1,060	83.04/cwt	82.00–84.00	880	2
Bulls	—	—	1,505	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,174	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	608	114.99/cwt	113.00–117.00	699	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	146.81/cwt	144.00–150.00	687	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	148.07/cwt	145.00–152.00	626	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	153.11/cwt	150.00–157.00	589	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	132.52/cwt	130.00–135.00	742	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	141.99/cwt	141.00–143.00	767	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	143.16/cwt	137.00–147.00	816	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	136.21/cwt	134.00–138.00	846	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	147.42/cwt	147.00–149.00	774	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	152.23/cwt	150.00–154.00	723	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	529	111.14/cwt	105.00–115.00	588	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	391	118.64/cwt	115.00–122.00	464	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	285	130.33/cwt	127.00–132.00	371	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	129.80/cwt	125.00–135.00	483	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	118.77/cwt	115.00–122.00	633	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	132.76/cwt	130.00–137.00	427	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	571	113.76/cwt	108.00–118.00	650	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	124.58/cwt	120.00–127.00	519	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	107.20/cwt	104.00–109.00	667	5

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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