Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2019-06-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers, heifers, and bulls steady, steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves and bull calves 1.00 to 3.00 higher, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.49/cwt on 109 head.

Average price

$118.49

109 head · 448 lb average

Value per head Derived

$531

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

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

$8.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.25

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	516	123.30	636	8thin
Medium and Large 2	446	121.05	540	53
Medium and Large 3	440	114.86	505	48

One grade step is worth $8.44/cwt here — about $131 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.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale109 hd

118.49

—

GA average16 barns · 1,196 hd

114.23

+4.25

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	1,430	85.43	1,222	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,174	62.26	731	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,645	62.00	1,020	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	962	51.38	494	12

Every lot, as filed

34 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	—	593	123.32/cwt	120.00–127.00	731	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	429	135.66/cwt	130.00–140.00	582	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	382	149.77/cwt	145.00–152.00	572	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	126.98/cwt	125.00–130.00	601	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	519	123.29/cwt	120.00–126.00	640	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	423	127.57/cwt	125.00–130.00	540	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	627	104.45/cwt	102.00–110.00	655	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	328	142.27/cwt	138.00–145.00	467	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	570	112.93/cwt	110.00–115.00	644	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	383	133.99/cwt	130.00–137.00	513	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	523	118.51/cwt	117.00–120.00	620	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	123.30/cwt	120.00–128.00	636	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	487	121.99/cwt	118.00–124.00	594	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	122.98/cwt	120.00–127.00	508	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	125.97/cwt	122.00–130.00	467	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	114.96/cwt	110.00–120.00	600	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	538	107.49/cwt	105.00–110.00	578	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	491	115.68/cwt	114.00–117.00	568	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	372	117.40/cwt	115.00–120.00	437	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	426	115.69/cwt	110.00–120.00	493	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	671	113.41/cwt	110.00–117.00	761	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	993	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	7,199	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	598	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	751	1
Bulls	—	—	1,075	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	785	1
Bulls	—	—	1,535	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,458	1
Bulls	—	—	1,493	86.15/cwt	81.00–90.00	1,286	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	55.10/cwt	54.00–56.00	656	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	68.92/cwt	66.00–73.00	822	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,169	61.95/cwt	58.00–65.00	724	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,645	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	1,020	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	591	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	45.73/cwt	43.00–49.00	434	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	966	53.37/cwt	50.00–56.00	516	7

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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