Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2019-07-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $124.35/cwt on 158 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −82.45 against this barn's trailing median of $206.80.

Average price

$124.35

158 head · 472 lb average

Value per head Derived

$587

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$163

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

$5.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.43

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	125.80	667	36
Medium and Large 2	468	125.38	587	88
Medium and Large 3	419	120.16	504	34

One grade step is worth $5.64/cwt here — about $163 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 sale158 hd

124.35

—

GA average15 barns · 1,492 hd

121.92

+2.43

This barn, trailing median28 sales

206.80

−82.45

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	1,499	87.69	1,314	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,228	62.37	766	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	956	51.95	497	11

Every lot, as filed

53 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	—	610	100.67/cwt	100.00–102.00	614	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	795	93.00/cwt	91.00–95.00	739	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	117.63/cwt	116.00–119.00	609	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	107.47/cwt	105.00–110.00	659	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	121.48/cwt	120.00–123.00	565	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	100.34/cwt	99.00–101.00	727	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	112.65/cwt	112.00–114.00	651	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	125.64/cwt	125.00–127.00	534	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	418	118.62/cwt	115.00–122.00	496	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	364	122.52/cwt	120.00–126.00	446	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	530	112.57/cwt	110.00–115.00	597	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	321	132.75/cwt	130.00–135.00	426	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	473	114.38/cwt	110.00–116.00	541	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	369	135.48/cwt	130.00–139.00	500	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	123.25/cwt	117.00–127.00	583	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	427	127.08/cwt	125.00–131.00	543	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	513	121.63/cwt	117.00–125.00	624	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	317	141.69/cwt	137.00–145.00	449	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	672	110.66/cwt	104.00–114.00	744	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	627	111.39/cwt	108.00–114.00	698	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	559	110.59/cwt	109.00–112.00	618	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	619	118.84/cwt	115.00–123.00	736	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	118.72/cwt	116.00–122.00	677	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	373	142.14/cwt	140.00–145.00	530	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	530	128.00/cwt	127.00–129.00	678	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	413	137.72/cwt	135.00–139.00	569	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	979	53.08/cwt	50.00–57.00	520	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	853	46.89/cwt	45.00–49.00	400	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,247	62.15/cwt	59.00–66.00	775	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,376	69.81/cwt	68.00–71.00	961	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	990	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	554	4
Bulls	—	—	1,747	86.82/cwt	85.00–89.00	1,517	3
Bulls	—	—	1,330	82.70/cwt	82.00–83.00	1,100	3
Bulls	—	—	1,380	96.48/cwt	94.00–100.00	1,331	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	521	115.94/cwt	114.00–119.00	604	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	123.98/cwt	120.00–127.00	648	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	127.51/cwt	125.00–132.00	597	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	133.27/cwt	130.00–138.00	557	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	119.68/cwt	118.00–123.00	679	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	132.98/cwt	131.00–135.00	690	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	129.74/cwt	128.00–132.00	795	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	129.00/cwt	128.00–130.00	729	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	112.81/cwt	108.00–116.00	415	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	471	105.05/cwt	102.00–107.00	495	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	328	111.48/cwt	107.00–115.00	366	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	569	107.59/cwt	105.00–110.00	612	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	108.68/cwt	104.00–114.00	560	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	114.79/cwt	110.00–119.00	551	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	118.31/cwt	115.00–123.00	497	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	121.50/cwt	117.00–126.00	459	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	319	120.64/cwt	117.00–122.00	385	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	676	102.97/cwt	99.00–105.00	696	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	96.33/cwt	93.00–98.00	698	3

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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