Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2019-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-15

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 steady, heifer calves 3.00 lower, 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 $110.50/cwt on 128 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −96.16 against this barn's trailing median of $206.66.

Average price

$110.50

128 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$581

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$37

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

$25.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.52

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	433	128.38	555	29
Medium and Large 2	579	106.61	617	65
Medium and Large 3	505	102.68	519	34

One grade step is worth $25.70/cwt here — about $37 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 $206.66 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 sale128 hd

110.50

—

GA average16 barns · 1,578 hd

114.02

−3.52

This barn, trailing median29 sales

206.66

−96.16

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	1,825	77.75	1,419	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,578	49.11	775	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,336	49.05	655	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,054	42.26	446	9thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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 2	—	475	113.47/cwt	112.00–115.00	539	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	463	122.97/cwt	121.00–125.00	569	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	316	140.22/cwt	137.00–142.00	443	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	137.34/cwt	135.00–140.00	515	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	110.96/cwt	109.00–113.00	636	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	130.03/cwt	127.00–132.00	557	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	768	94.34/cwt	93.00–97.00	725	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	363	128.52/cwt	125.00–132.00	467	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	584	105.15/cwt	102.00–108.00	614	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	729	95.10/cwt	92.00–98.00	693	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	122.28/cwt	117.00–126.00	517	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	632	102.16/cwt	97.00–105.00	646	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	521	108.72/cwt	105.00–114.00	566	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	672	97.48/cwt	94.00–101.00	655	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	480	105.38/cwt	102.00–109.00	506	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	622	91.99/cwt	89.00–95.00	572	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	420	111.55/cwt	107.00–115.00	469	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	530	99.29/cwt	95.00–103.00	526	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	118.01/cwt	117.00–119.00	445	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	106.00/cwt	105.00–107.00	549	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	101.42/cwt	99.00–104.00	668	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	100.87/cwt	98.00–103.00	631	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	102.49/cwt	100.00–105.00	594	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	103.39/cwt	98.00–104.00	809	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,047	40.90/cwt	38.00–44.00	428	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	508	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,578	49.11/cwt	48.00–50.00	775	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	51.05/cwt	48.00–55.00	668	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,387	43.72/cwt	41.00–48.00	606	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,313	57.69/cwt	57.00–58.00	757	3
Bulls	—	—	1,870	81.03/cwt	80.00–82.00	1,515	2
Bulls	—	—	1,780	74.47/cwt	74.00–75.00	1,326	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	113.30/cwt	112.00–115.00	655	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	115.50/cwt	112.00–119.00	601	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	117.50/cwt	116.00–119.00	576	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	126.70/cwt	117.00–127.00	893	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	118.00/cwt	117.00–119.00	682	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	122.56/cwt	120.00–125.00	636	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	418	96.67/cwt	93.00–102.00	404	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	367	97.34/cwt	95.00–100.00	357	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	521	89.05/cwt	85.00–94.00	464	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	462	95.44/cwt	94.00–99.00	441	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	512	99.22/cwt	96.00–103.00	508	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	484	103.77/cwt	102.00–105.00	502	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	106.97/cwt	105.00–110.00	450	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	95.02/cwt	94.00–96.00	544	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	386	110.95/cwt	107.00–115.00	428	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	92.56/cwt	90.00–95.00	574	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.

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