Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2019-07-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer and heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves steady to 2.00 higher, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $127.90/cwt on 105 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −78.90 against this barn's trailing median of $206.80.

Average price

$127.90

105 head · 446 lb average

Value per head Derived

$570

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$207

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

$6.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.05

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	342	132.07	452	21
Medium and Large 2	450	127.57	574	60
Medium and Large 1	526	125.09	658	24

One grade step is worth $6.98/cwt here — about −$207 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 sale105 hd

127.90

—

GA average16 barns · 1,659 hd

123.85

+4.05

This barn, trailing median28 sales

206.80

−78.90

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	1,538	87.81	1,351	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,219	58.61	714	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,030	50.31	518	22

Every lot, as filed

38 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	—	508	126.99/cwt	125.00–129.00	645	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	613	119.96/cwt	117.00–123.00	735	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	118.65/cwt	117.00–120.00	676	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	476	129.95/cwt	128.00–133.00	619	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	574	113.74/cwt	109.00–116.00	653	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	328	142.56/cwt	140.00–147.00	468	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	388	136.03/cwt	130.00–140.00	528	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	464	124.10/cwt	119.00–127.00	576	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	526	118.26/cwt	114.00–122.00	622	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	433	129.66/cwt	125.00–135.00	561	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	428	120.96/cwt	119.00–122.00	518	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	386	124.78/cwt	120.00–127.00	482	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	278	141.04/cwt	137.00–147.00	392	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	329	134.36/cwt	130.00–137.00	442	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	114.40/cwt	113.00–116.00	644	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	118.07/cwt	117.00–120.00	545	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	109.31/cwt	108.00–110.00	621	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	316	115.48/cwt	115.00–117.00	365	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	686	102.99/cwt	102.00–104.00	707	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	110.40/cwt	105.00–114.00	577	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	617	104.75/cwt	100.00–109.00	646	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	111.82/cwt	108.00–116.00	529	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	119.92/cwt	115.00–123.00	450	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	116.73/cwt	114.00–122.00	497	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	110.00/cwt	107.00–113.00	451	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	263	119.95/cwt	115.00–125.00	315	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	110.95/cwt	110.00–112.00	366	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	386	102.76/cwt	100.00–105.00	397	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	131.99/cwt	130.00–135.00	738	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	137.94/cwt	135.00–142.00	446	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	788	98.67/cwt	97.00–100.00	778	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	130.49/cwt	129.00–132.00	630	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	126.00/cwt	125.00–127.00	636	4
Bulls	—	—	1,538	87.81/cwt	85.00–92.00	1,351	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,231	61.30/cwt	59.00–65.00	755	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,207	55.92/cwt	52.00–58.00	675	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	966	46.31/cwt	44.00–48.00	447	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	51.81/cwt	49.00–54.00	546	16

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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