Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2019-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves mostly steady, heifer and bull calves 4.00 to 6.00 lower, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $106.75/cwt on 191 head.

Average price

$106.75

191 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$539

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$76

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$8.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.96

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	517	109.81	568	120
Medium and Large 3	485	101.58	492	71

One grade step is worth $8.22/cwt here — about $76 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 sale191 hd

106.75

—

GA average16 barns · 1,363 hd

104.79

+1.96

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	1,563	73.79	1,153	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,285	48.24	620	44
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,470	46.00	676	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,019	42.00	428	19

Every lot, as filed

47 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	—	408	133.51/cwt	132.00–135.00	545	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	465	123.47/cwt	122.00–125.00	574	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	330	144.75/cwt	142.00–149.00	478	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	139.36/cwt	135.00–145.00	509	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	107.03/cwt	106.00–108.00	557	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	94.49/cwt	93.00–96.00	638	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	278	135.17/cwt	132.00–140.00	376	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	320	134.03/cwt	130.00–137.00	429	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	383	128.35/cwt	125.00–132.00	492	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	103.51/cwt	100.00–107.00	588	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	114.02/cwt	110.00–117.00	534	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	623	95.23/cwt	93.00–98.00	593	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	118.76/cwt	115.00–125.00	508	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	593	93.99/cwt	92.00–96.00	557	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	362	119.32/cwt	117.00–122.00	432	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	475	105.76/cwt	101.00–109.00	502	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	523	100.08/cwt	95.00–104.00	523	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	99.34/cwt	97.00–102.00	659	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	617	104.10/cwt	97.00–107.00	642	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	110.51/cwt	108.00–116.00	507	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	113.40/cwt	113.00–117.00	479	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	561	110.50/cwt	105.00–111.00	620	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	643	90.49/cwt	88.00–93.00	582	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	40.68/cwt	38.00–44.00	424	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	46.94/cwt	45.00–50.00	437	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	676	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	45.05/cwt	43.00–50.00	562	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,434	51.48/cwt	48.00–55.00	738	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	927	61.77/cwt	61.00–63.00	573	3
Bulls	—	—	1,555	71.38/cwt	70.00–76.00	1,110	6
Bulls	—	—	1,585	81.03/cwt	80.00–82.00	1,284	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,073	56.90/cwt	56.00–58.00	611	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,003	57.43/cwt	56.00–59.00	576	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	110.05/cwt	106.00–114.00	677	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	126.97/cwt	125.00–129.00	550	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	135.87/cwt	132.00–140.00	507	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	119.89/cwt	118.00–120.00	736	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	125.53/cwt	125.00–130.00	598	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	692	115.59/cwt	112.00–117.00	800	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	133.53/cwt	132.00–135.00	551	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	526	100.01/cwt	95.00–105.00	526	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	105.21/cwt	102.00–109.00	445	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	97.80/cwt	96.00–100.00	557	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	393	107.00/cwt	105.00–110.00	421	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	476	100.44/cwt	97.00–103.00	478	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	316	109.78/cwt	107.00–115.00	347	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	723	90.49/cwt	88.00–93.00	654	4

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →