Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2019-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer and heifer calves mostly steady, bull calves unevenly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $112.91/cwt on 144 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −93.89 against this barn's trailing median of $206.80.

Average price

$112.91

144 head · 475 lb average

Value per head Derived

$536

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$26

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

$22.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.56

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	405	131.42	532	13thin
Medium and Large 2	505	113.17	571	60
Medium and Large 3	463	109.30	506	71

One grade step is worth $22.12/cwt here — about $26 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 sale144 hd

112.91

—

GA average16 barns · 1,694 hd

111.35

+1.56

This barn, trailing median28 sales

206.80

−93.89

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	1,569	76.49	1,200	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,196	48.90	585	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,002	45.50	456	18

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	—	457	122.01/cwt	120.00–126.00	558	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	410	130.99/cwt	130.00–132.00	537	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	136.41/cwt	132.00–140.00	512	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	737	93.00/cwt	92.00–95.00	685	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	378	124.67/cwt	122.00–127.00	471	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	783	88.18/cwt	85.00–90.00	690	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	314	137.97/cwt	135.00–143.00	433	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	107.23/cwt	105.00–109.00	561	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	424	125.14/cwt	120.00–128.00	531	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	477	112.52/cwt	109.00–118.00	537	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	103.39/cwt	101.00–106.00	592	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	278	129.66/cwt	127.00–132.00	360	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	633	94.77/cwt	93.00–97.00	600	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	574	97.07/cwt	93.00–100.00	557	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	434	112.18/cwt	107.00–117.00	487	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	515	100.10/cwt	95.00–104.00	516	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	482	103.94/cwt	100.00–108.00	501	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	317	128.78/cwt	125.00–135.00	408	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	388	118.51/cwt	117.00–120.00	460	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	683	93.01/cwt	90.00–96.00	635	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	343	113.98/cwt	112.00–117.00	391	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	92.30/cwt	90.00–94.00	665	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	106.70/cwt	103.00–113.00	507	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	582	99.99/cwt	95.00–104.00	582	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	102.88/cwt	100.00–104.00	535	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	316	105.59/cwt	102.00–110.00	334	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	429	100.00/cwt	97.00–103.00	429	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	476	97.04/cwt	92.00–102.00	462	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	109.88/cwt	105.00–114.00	404	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	138.48/cwt	137.00–140.00	589	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	129.82/cwt	125.00–135.00	545	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	117.80/cwt	115.00–120.00	607	25
Bulls	—	—	1,375	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,141	1
Bulls	—	—	1,735	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,562	1
Bulls	—	—	1,573	73.15/cwt	73.00–74.00	1,151	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	51.06/cwt	50.00–54.00	619	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	47.22/cwt	44.00–50.00	559	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	43.15/cwt	41.00–44.00	440	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	46.99/cwt	45.00–49.00	465	11

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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