Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2019-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows 1.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady, steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder heifers and bulls steady to 2.00 higher, 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 $110.78/cwt on 108 head.

Average price

$110.78

108 head · 486 lb average

Value per head Derived

$538

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$19.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.40

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	407	126.35	514	13thin
Medium and Large 2	543	112.24	610	32
Medium and Large 3	473	106.83	506	63

One grade step is worth $19.53/cwt here — about $9 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 sale108 hd

110.78

—

GA average16 barns · 1,763 hd

105.38

+5.40

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	1,588	76.00	1,207	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,172	46.40	544	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	993	44.13	438	18

Every lot, as filed

36 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 3	—	613	95.49/cwt	93.00–98.00	585	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	111.54/cwt	107.00–117.00	413	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	111.09/cwt	107.00–115.00	467	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	471	107.28/cwt	105.00–113.00	505	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	333	115.69/cwt	110.00–120.00	385	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	571	102.36/cwt	99.00–103.00	584	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	508	114.57/cwt	110.00–119.00	582	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	330	143.32/cwt	142.00–145.00	473	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	378	136.33/cwt	132.00–140.00	515	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	563	112.30/cwt	107.00–115.00	632	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	467	122.99/cwt	120.00–127.00	574	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	375	132.40/cwt	130.00–135.00	497	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	467	111.71/cwt	105.00–115.00	522	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	513	102.35/cwt	100.00–105.00	525	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	671	94.73/cwt	90.00–100.00	636	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	418	123.14/cwt	117.00–127.00	515	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	574	99.63/cwt	97.00–104.00	572	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	122.40/cwt	120.00–125.00	524	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	129.74/cwt	127.00–132.00	505	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	117.45/cwt	114.00–121.00	561	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	112.97/cwt	110.00–116.00	604	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	109.00/cwt	108.00–110.00	625	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	121.87/cwt	117.00–125.00	525	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	617	106.23/cwt	102.00–111.00	655	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	531	102.81/cwt	100.00–110.00	546	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	118.63/cwt	115.00–122.00	561	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	508	122.51/cwt	120.00–125.00	622	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	995	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	537	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	960	61.28/cwt	60.00–63.00	588	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,035	61.42/cwt	59.00–64.00	636	5
Bulls	—	—	1,335	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	961	1
Bulls	—	—	1,840	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,472	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	51.49/cwt	49.00–55.00	592	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,179	44.70/cwt	42.00–47.00	527	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	864	48.89/cwt	47.00–52.00	422	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	42.77/cwt	40.00–45.00	441	14

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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