Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2019-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves lightly tested, heifer and bull calves steady to 2.00 higher, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $117.59/cwt on 113 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −89.21 against this barn's trailing median of $206.80.

Average price

$117.59

113 head · 472 lb average

Value per head Derived

$555

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

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

$17.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.77

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	455	129.89	591	30
Medium and Large 2	518	113.54	588	45
Medium and Large 3	430	112.68	484	38

One grade step is worth $17.21/cwt here — about $107 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 sale113 hd

117.59

—

GA average16 barns · 1,787 hd

121.36

−3.77

This barn, trailing median28 sales

206.80

−89.21

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	1,499	78.66	1,179	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,116	51.37	573	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	932	39.36	367	18

Every lot, as filed

46 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 1	—	585	104.53/cwt	103.00–106.00	612	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	99.05/cwt	96.00–105.00	609	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	120.65/cwt	119.00–124.00	456	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	269	128.13/cwt	125.00–132.00	345	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	469	105.26/cwt	104.00–107.00	494	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	364	125.22/cwt	122.00–130.00	456	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	613	95.20/cwt	94.00–96.00	584	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	579	95.97/cwt	91.00–100.00	556	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	424	111.90/cwt	109.00–115.00	474	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	417	121.57/cwt	117.00–127.00	507	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	537	109.52/cwt	107.00–115.00	588	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	476	116.12/cwt	112.00–120.00	553	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	99.62/cwt	97.00–104.00	623	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	320	138.42/cwt	137.00–140.00	443	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	793	88.01/cwt	86.00–90.00	698	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	715	91.97/cwt	87.00–97.00	658	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	378	136.85/cwt	132.00–140.00	517	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	366	145.64/cwt	142.00–152.00	533	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	514	116.00/cwt	115.00–117.00	596	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	122.40/cwt	121.00–125.00	579	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	410	137.56/cwt	132.00–142.00	564	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	688	101.99/cwt	100.00–104.00	702	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	332	147.94/cwt	145.00–152.00	491	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	910	42.58/cwt	39.00–45.00	387	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	959	35.34/cwt	31.00–38.00	339	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,094	52.53/cwt	49.00–56.00	575	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,071	46.12/cwt	43.00–48.00	494	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,338	62.47/cwt	59.00–66.00	836	4
Bulls	—	—	1,534	82.99/cwt	81.00–85.00	1,273	4
Bulls	—	—	1,430	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,001	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	116.82/cwt	113.00–119.00	605	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	114.47/cwt	111.00–118.00	664	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	129.76/cwt	125.00–130.00	851	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	99.32/cwt	95.00–105.00	367	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	100.78/cwt	96.00–105.00	426	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	309	103.43/cwt	102.00–105.00	320	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	487	96.00/cwt	95.00–97.00	468	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	285	109.63/cwt	107.00–112.00	312	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	528	92.60/cwt	90.00–95.00	489	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	104.19/cwt	100.00–107.00	537	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	105.05/cwt	103.00–108.00	494	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	111.44/cwt	107.00–116.00	418	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	319	114.11/cwt	112.00–120.00	364	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	100.99/cwt	100.00–102.00	568	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	111.00/cwt	108.00–114.00	458	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	111.43/cwt	110.00–114.00	573	10

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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