Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2019-06-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves mostly steady, 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 $134.99/cwt on 97 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −71.67 against this barn's trailing median of $206.66.

Average price

$134.99

97 head · 418 lb average

Value per head Derived

$564

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$12

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$14.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.31

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	391	137.09	535	64
Medium and Large 1	492	135.08	664	22
Medium and Large 3	427	122.56	524	11thin

One grade step is worth $14.54/cwt here — about $12 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 sale97 hd

134.99

—

GA average15 barns · 1,342 hd

123.68

+11.31

This barn, trailing median29 sales

206.66

−71.67

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	—	High	1,538	86.70	1,333	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,173	59.76	701	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,042	48.23	503	7thin

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	—	580	127.26/cwt	125.00–130.00	738	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	463	138.38/cwt	136.00–143.00	641	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	417	140.70/cwt	137.00–145.00	587	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	526	132.37/cwt	128.00–136.00	696	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	132.77/cwt	127.00–136.00	564	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	232	153.95/cwt	150.00–157.00	357	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	125.20/cwt	123.00–130.00	582	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	122.38/cwt	117.00–125.00	642	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	563	116.61/cwt	113.00–123.00	657	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	617	113.99/cwt	112.00–117.00	703	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	329	146.82/cwt	142.00–152.00	483	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	271	151.08/cwt	145.00–155.00	409	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	368	138.95/cwt	135.00–142.00	511	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	375	128.90/cwt	125.00–132.00	483	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	471	117.27/cwt	113.00–120.00	552	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	128.66/cwt	128.00–130.00	530	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	118.78/cwt	115.00–124.00	669	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	121.85/cwt	120.00–125.00	628	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	123.73/cwt	121.00–127.00	579	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	110.05/cwt	106.00–115.00	577	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	111.27/cwt	107.00–113.00	630	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	101.44/cwt	95.00–105.00	632	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	116.80/cwt	115.00–120.00	545	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	387	130.94/cwt	127.00–135.00	507	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	123.19/cwt	110.00–127.00	526	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	112.19/cwt	110.00–115.00	482	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	102.47/cwt	100.00–106.00	487	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	576	97.90/cwt	95.00–102.00	564	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	379	121.16/cwt	115.00–125.00	459	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	144.97/cwt	142.00–148.00	710	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	137.00/cwt	135.00–138.00	774	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	139.85/cwt	136.00–143.00	731	9
Bulls	—	—	1,610	90.97/cwt	90.00–92.00	1,465	3
Bulls	—	—	1,484	83.50/cwt	81.00–85.00	1,239	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	762	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,088	54.95/cwt	51.00–57.00	598	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	61.66/cwt	58.00–65.00	748	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,138	44.51/cwt	44.00–45.00	507	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,004	49.72/cwt	48.00–52.00	499	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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