Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2019-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and bulls steady, feeder heifers steady to 2.00 higher, steer and heifer calves mostly steady, bull calves 3.00 to 5.00 higher, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $105.22/cwt on 168 head.

Average price

$105.22

168 head · 493 lb average

Value per head Derived

$519

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$174

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

$11.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.44

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	109.14	618	44
Medium and Large 2	475	106.99	508	81
Medium and Large 3	454	97.86	444	43

One grade step is worth $11.27/cwt here — about $174 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 sale168 hd

105.22

—

GA average15 barns · 1,400 hd

111.66

−6.44

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	1,459	74.88	1,093	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,157	50.66	586	39
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,730	50.00	865	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	967	38.48	372	19

Every lot, as filed

52 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	—	308	155.97/cwt	152.00–160.00	480	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	725	107.48/cwt	105.00–110.00	779	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	478	129.67/cwt	127.00–132.00	620	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	605	111.67/cwt	110.00–114.00	676	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	672	103.64/cwt	102.00–106.00	696	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	411	146.43/cwt	142.00–152.00	602	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	419	109.32/cwt	105.00–113.00	458	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	87.50/cwt	85.00–90.00	490	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	121.99/cwt	120.00–123.00	742	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	158.33/cwt	155.00–161.00	670	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	527	93.66/cwt	92.00–95.00	494	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	426	98.85/cwt	95.00–102.00	421	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	384	114.21/cwt	110.00–118.00	439	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	97.91/cwt	94.00–101.00	605	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	101.75/cwt	98.00–105.00	578	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	324	118.87/cwt	115.00–123.00	385	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	608	84.51/cwt	83.00–86.00	514	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	481	95.16/cwt	92.00–100.00	458	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	101.10/cwt	96.00–105.00	720	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	105.00/cwt	103.00–107.00	652	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	305	111.00/cwt	110.00–112.00	339	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	388	105.02/cwt	102.00–107.00	407	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	108.01/cwt	106.00–110.00	619	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	124.08/cwt	120.00–127.00	465	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	101.70/cwt	98.00–106.00	690	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	92.01/cwt	91.00–93.00	615	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	105.94/cwt	102.00–110.00	496	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	104.01/cwt	102.00–106.00	545	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,201	50.95/cwt	48.00–55.00	612	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,730	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	865	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	953	33.48/cwt	32.00–35.00	319	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	42.11/cwt	38.00–45.00	412	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	118.00/cwt	117.00–119.00	484	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	113.01/cwt	112.00–114.00	518	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	663	99.01/cwt	96.00–102.00	656	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	380	142.05/cwt	137.00–146.00	540	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	135.45/cwt	130.00–140.00	580	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	417	123.05/cwt	120.00–127.00	513	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	65.10/cwt	64.00–68.00	814	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,061	45.09/cwt	42.00–47.00	478	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	155.87/cwt	153.00–160.00	569	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	328	146.05/cwt	145.00–147.00	479	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	526	116.02/cwt	110.00–119.00	610	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	559	109.99/cwt	105.00–115.00	615	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	477	119.30/cwt	115.00–122.00	569	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	622	101.99/cwt	100.00–104.00	634	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	467	109.14/cwt	105.00–115.00	510	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	584	100.22/cwt	97.00–104.00	585	10
Bulls	—	—	1,388	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	944	2
Bulls	—	—	1,507	79.46/cwt	78.00–80.00	1,197	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	315	134.15/cwt	130.00–140.00	423	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	513	104.76/cwt	102.00–107.00	537	8

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 →