Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available this week due to holiday break.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $130.39/cwt on 132 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −76.10 against this barn's trailing median of $206.49.

Average price

$130.39

132 head · 481 lb average

Value per head Derived

$627

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$80

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

$3.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.42

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	403	132.73	535	34
Medium and Large 1	529	129.93	687	59
Medium and Large 2	476	129.03	614	39

One grade step is worth $3.70/cwt here — about −$80 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

30 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $218.83, low $175.58, median $206.49 across 30 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 sale132 hd

130.39

—

GA average8 barns · 1,008 hd

135.81

−5.42

This barn, trailing median30 sales

206.49

−76.10

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	1,540	79.09	1,218	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,297	53.30	691	54
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	926	39.82	369	16

Every lot, as filed

43 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	—	—	1,417	75.47/cwt	74.00–78.00	1,069	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	137.00/cwt	135.00–140.00	582	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	128.76/cwt	125.00–132.00	618	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	531	115.81/cwt	111.00–119.00	615	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	109.94/cwt	108.00–112.00	528	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	103.45/cwt	100.00–107.00	531	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	124.73/cwt	122.00–127.00	349	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	136.01/cwt	134.00–138.00	773	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	309	128.70/cwt	127.00–131.00	398	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	116.55/cwt	114.00–120.00	618	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	123.26/cwt	120.00–125.00	398	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	115.19/cwt	110.00–120.00	481	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	107.52/cwt	105.00–110.00	390	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	127.34/cwt	125.00–130.00	470	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,361	47.27/cwt	45.00–49.00	643	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	53.38/cwt	50.00–57.00	685	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	116.70/cwt	113.00–122.00	546	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	386	119.08/cwt	115.00–122.00	460	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	107.53/cwt	105.00–110.00	686	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	104.64/cwt	102.00–108.00	699	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	677	108.38/cwt	106.00–112.00	734	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	333	159.44/cwt	157.00–162.00	531	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	378	149.62/cwt	147.00–152.00	566	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	938	35.77/cwt	34.00–37.00	336	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	524	125.22/cwt	121.00–130.00	656	10
Bulls	—	—	2,025	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,823	1
Bulls	—	—	1,615	81.97/cwt	80.00–86.00	1,324	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	918	42.25/cwt	39.00–45.00	388	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,321	61.05/cwt	58.00–64.00	806	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	327	148.03/cwt	145.00–152.00	484	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	430	128.50/cwt	125.00–132.00	553	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	480	119.36/cwt	115.00–123.00	573	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	582	111.66/cwt	106.00–115.00	650	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	363	138.35/cwt	135.00–145.00	502	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	325	169.77/cwt	165.00–175.00	552	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	367	157.88/cwt	155.00–165.00	579	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	487	139.31/cwt	137.00–145.00	678	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	427	151.72/cwt	147.00–157.00	648	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	571	119.58/cwt	116.00–126.00	683	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	618	110.78/cwt	106.00–116.00	685	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	128.26/cwt	127.00–130.00	800	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	113.36/cwt	109.00–117.00	654	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	406	126.00/cwt	122.00–132.00	512	16

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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