Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-01-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $135.32/cwt on 137 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −71.00 against this barn's trailing median of $206.32.

Average price

$135.32

137 head · 472 lb average

Value per head Derived

$639

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$144

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

$11.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.84

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	424	137.49	583	60
Medium and Large 2	480	137.00	658	54
Medium and Large 1	578	125.67	726	23

One grade step is worth $11.82/cwt here — about −$144 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 $206.32 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 sale137 hd

135.32

—

GA average16 barns · 1,699 hd

140.15

−4.84

This barn, trailing median29 sales

206.32

−71.00

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	1,387	79.43	1,102	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,292	62.02	801	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	901	48.41	436	12

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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	44.00/cwt	42.00–46.00	374	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	117.88/cwt	112.00–122.00	569	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	105.96/cwt	102.00–110.00	604	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	103.31/cwt	98.00–106.00	659	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	273	122.98/cwt	120.00–127.00	336	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	738	93.03/cwt	90.00–96.00	687	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	98.02/cwt	95.00–101.00	676	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	117.28/cwt	115.00–120.00	432	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	381	126.59/cwt	122.00–132.00	482	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	119.98/cwt	118.00–122.00	630	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	113.85/cwt	110.00–117.00	597	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	321	130.32/cwt	125.00–135.00	418	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	409	124.97/cwt	120.00–128.00	511	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	117.67/cwt	115.00–121.00	712	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	135.40/cwt	133.00–137.00	695	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	131.21/cwt	128.00–135.00	744	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	116.19/cwt	112.00–119.00	482	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	131.04/cwt	129.00–133.00	675	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	123.80/cwt	119.00–128.00	703	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	705	107.00/cwt	105.00–109.00	754	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	116.94/cwt	115.00–119.00	731	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	134.50/cwt	132.00–137.00	699	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	147.53/cwt	145.00–150.00	708	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	938	51.56/cwt	47.00–54.00	484	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	113.97/cwt	111.00–117.00	638	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	135.82/cwt	135.00–137.00	429	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	133.11/cwt	130.00–137.00	556	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	127.77/cwt	125.00–132.00	603	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	366	156.35/cwt	152.00–162.00	572	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	324	153.65/cwt	148.00–157.00	498	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	375	145.99/cwt	142.00–150.00	547	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	54.24/cwt	53.00–56.00	668	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,375	69.96/cwt	67.00–75.00	962	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	60.23/cwt	57.00–65.00	758	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	788	96.49/cwt	95.00–98.00	760	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	478	140.68/cwt	135.00–145.00	672	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	280	158.79/cwt	155.00–165.00	445	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	308	159.67/cwt	157.00–162.00	492	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	612	110.34/cwt	109.00–112.00	675	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	148.46/cwt	145.00–155.00	628	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	416	141.44/cwt	137.00–145.00	588	16
Bulls	—	—	1,150	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	886	1
Bulls	—	—	1,446	80.04/cwt	78.00–83.00	1,157	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	476	130.67/cwt	125.00–135.00	622	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	529	116.29/cwt	111.00–121.00	615	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	113.04/cwt	111.00–115.00	639	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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