Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2019-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $125.84/cwt on 187 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −80.48 against this barn's trailing median of $206.32.

Average price

$125.84

187 head · 446 lb average

Value per head Derived

$561

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$58

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

$16.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.33

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	409	138.96	568	30
Medium and Large 2	478	124.06	593	91
Medium and Large 3	417	122.32	510	66

One grade step is worth $16.64/cwt here — about $58 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 $206.32 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 sale187 hd

125.84

—

GA average16 barns · 1,598 hd

121.51

+4.33

This barn, trailing median29 sales

206.32

−80.48

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	1,505	85.48	1,286	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,192	63.92	762	66
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,035	51.75	535	25

Every lot, as filed

55 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 3	—	377	126.80/cwt	122.00–130.00	478	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	273	142.40/cwt	137.00–147.00	389	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	321	133.62/cwt	130.00–137.00	429	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	231	153.48/cwt	150.00–157.00	355	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	620	100.12/cwt	95.00–105.00	621	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	560	102.48/cwt	100.00–105.00	574	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	122.39/cwt	118.00–127.00	587	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	111.31/cwt	107.00–116.00	632	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	129.44/cwt	125.00–133.00	544	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	113.58/cwt	110.00–116.00	600	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	376	137.01/cwt	132.00–142.00	515	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	323	144.45/cwt	140.00–148.00	467	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	618	109.99/cwt	106.00–114.00	680	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	520	107.73/cwt	103.00–112.00	560	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	108.65/cwt	107.00–111.00	623	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	123.63/cwt	120.00–126.00	448	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	133.26/cwt	130.00–137.00	433	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	121.67/cwt	120.00–123.00	515	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	476	112.80/cwt	107.00–117.00	537	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	263	152.97/cwt	150.00–157.00	402	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	669	105.39/cwt	102.00–109.00	705	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	710	103.00/cwt	102.00–105.00	731	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	313	152.44/cwt	150.00–155.00	477	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	463	131.33/cwt	128.00–134.00	608	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	373	142.98/cwt	142.00–144.00	533	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	135.80/cwt	135.00–137.00	570	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	585	118.01/cwt	117.00–119.00	690	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	53.24/cwt	50.00–57.00	545	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,072	47.02/cwt	46.00–48.00	504	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	63.31/cwt	60.00–67.00	762	40
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,219	70.55/cwt	68.00–75.00	860	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,123	58.23/cwt	57.00–59.00	654	12
Bulls	—	—	1,491	81.68/cwt	80.00–83.00	1,218	5
Bulls	—	—	1,544	87.61/cwt	84.00–90.00	1,353	4
Bulls	—	—	1,415	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,358	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	135.13/cwt	132.00–137.00	491	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	120.85/cwt	118.00–124.00	686	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	114.02/cwt	111.00–117.00	815	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	123.53/cwt	122.00–125.00	642	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	117.02/cwt	116.00–119.00	743	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	119.07/cwt	116.00–122.00	798	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	132.80/cwt	131.00–136.00	555	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	133.35/cwt	131.00–136.00	697	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	140.82/cwt	139.00–145.00	684	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	127.25/cwt	126.00–128.00	719	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	516	102.26/cwt	100.00–104.00	528	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	113.20/cwt	110.00–117.00	417	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	334	121.56/cwt	120.00–125.00	406	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	101.77/cwt	97.00–106.00	481	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	573	98.07/cwt	95.00–101.00	562	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	108.82/cwt	105.00–113.00	569	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	114.86/cwt	110.00–119.00	488	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	624	104.30/cwt	101.00–109.00	651	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	115.11/cwt	108.00–118.00	546	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	676	101.79/cwt	96.00–106.00	688	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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