Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-14

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 lightly tested, heifer calves 4.00 to 6.00 higher, bull calves 9.00 to 11.00 higher, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $136.03/cwt on 116 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −70.78 against this barn's trailing median of $206.80.

Average price

$136.03

116 head · 480 lb average

Value per head Derived

$653

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$169

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

$8.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.74

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	402	139.75	561	37
Medium and Large 2	467	137.87	644	35
Medium and Large 1	555	131.43	730	44

One grade step is worth $8.31/cwt here — about −$169 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 sale116 hd

136.03

—

GA average16 barns · 1,416 hd

137.77

−1.74

This barn, trailing median28 sales

206.80

−70.78

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	1,663	83.01	1,380	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,290	48.76	629	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	885	39.93	353	17

Every lot, as filed

37 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	—	745	106.00/cwt	104.00–107.00	790	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	386	169.55/cwt	165.00–174.00	654	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	126.01/cwt	125.00–127.00	649	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	119.39/cwt	117.00–123.00	686	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	114.57/cwt	112.00–117.00	716	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	435	167.67/cwt	165.00–170.00	729	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	112.86/cwt	110.00–117.00	541	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	334	117.16/cwt	115.00–122.00	391	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	134.17/cwt	130.00–137.00	506	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	103.00/cwt	101.00–105.00	628	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	273	128.88/cwt	127.00–130.00	352	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	324	131.04/cwt	125.00–133.00	425	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	121.80/cwt	117.00–125.00	457	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	110.87/cwt	109.00–112.00	626	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	308	136.98/cwt	135.00–140.00	422	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	119.67/cwt	116.00–125.00	626	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	133.93/cwt	130.00–137.00	560	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	124.06/cwt	117.00–127.00	588	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	110.65/cwt	105.00–115.00	579	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	119.97/cwt	118.00–122.00	633	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	962	35.72/cwt	33.00–39.00	344	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	843	42.23/cwt	40.00–45.00	356	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,365	51.03/cwt	49.00–55.00	697	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,221	46.67/cwt	45.00–48.00	570	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	121.92/cwt	114.00–123.00	702	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	427	138.26/cwt	135.00–142.00	590	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	112.94/cwt	108.00–116.00	647	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	327	153.46/cwt	150.00–157.00	502	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	663	110.27/cwt	107.00–114.00	731	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	337	165.37/cwt	162.00–167.00	557	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	158.36/cwt	155.00–162.00	586	4
Bulls	—	—	1,663	83.01/cwt	81.00–85.00	1,380	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	424	152.14/cwt	147.00–157.00	645	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	466	138.60/cwt	135.00–142.00	646	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	470	128.46/cwt	125.00–132.00	604	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	523	110.81/cwt	109.00–112.00	580	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	362	147.09/cwt	145.00–152.00	532	9

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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