Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2019-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves mostly steady, heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher, 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 $128.50/cwt on 94 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −78.31 against this barn's trailing median of $206.80.

Average price

$128.50

94 head · 476 lb average

Value per head Derived

$612

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$83

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

$17.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.88

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	481	137.61	662	22
Medium and Large 2	466	132.39	616	34
Medium and Large 3	483	119.74	579	38

One grade step is worth $17.86/cwt here — about $83 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

28 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $218.83, low $183.05, median $206.80 across 28 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 sale94 hd

128.50

—

GA average15 barns · 1,262 hd

127.62

+0.88

This barn, trailing median28 sales

206.80

−78.31

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	—	Low	1,601	83.22	1,333	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,208	59.33	717	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	989	47.84	473	12

Every lot, as filed

39 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	—	421	142.83/cwt	140.00–145.00	601	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	459	142.28/cwt	140.00–145.00	653	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	526	131.72/cwt	129.00–135.00	693	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	118.51/cwt	115.00–123.00	679	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	433	136.58/cwt	130.00–140.00	591	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	471	134.57/cwt	132.00–137.00	634	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	531	126.06/cwt	122.00–129.00	669	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	141.03/cwt	137.00–145.00	515	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	667	98.04/cwt	97.00–100.00	654	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	334	139.95/cwt	137.00–147.00	467	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	530	109.75/cwt	108.00–115.00	582	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	622	103.35/cwt	100.00–106.00	643	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	585	109.14/cwt	106.00–111.00	638	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	372	132.83/cwt	127.00–137.00	494	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	102.34/cwt	100.00–106.00	635	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	414	126.77/cwt	125.00–130.00	525	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	312	134.90/cwt	132.00–140.00	421	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	564	111.37/cwt	106.00–115.00	628	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	132.51/cwt	130.00–137.00	492	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	114.58/cwt	112.00–120.00	598	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	486	119.52/cwt	117.00–122.00	581	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	107.00/cwt	106.00–108.00	556	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	272	124.63/cwt	122.00–127.00	339	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	107.29/cwt	105.00–112.00	515	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	627	93.21/cwt	90.00–96.00	584	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	117.40/cwt	115.00–120.00	497	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	364	124.32/cwt	122.00–127.00	453	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	321	124.60/cwt	120.00–130.00	400	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	138.00/cwt	136.00–139.00	766	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	134.99/cwt	132.00–138.00	699	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	129.03/cwt	128.00–130.00	739	4
Bulls	—	—	1,250	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	988	1
Bulls	—	—	1,625	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,463	1
Bulls	—	—	1,765	81.94/cwt	81.00–83.00	1,446	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	68.29/cwt	65.00–73.00	859	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,166	53.95/cwt	52.00–56.00	629	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,219	59.90/cwt	57.00–64.00	730	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,059	43.49/cwt	40.00–45.00	461	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	954	50.01/cwt	46.00–53.00	477	8

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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