Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-03

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 steady, heifer calves steady to 2.00 lower, bulls calves unevenly steady, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.08/cwt on 88 head.

Average price

$122.08

88 head · 473 lb average

Value per head Derived

$578

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$24

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

$11.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.26

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	448	124.29	557	44
Medium and Large 1	515	123.65	637	28
Medium and Large 3	471	113.24	533	16thin

One grade step is worth $11.05/cwt here — about $24 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 sale88 hd

122.08

—

GA average13 barns · 1,665 hd

131.34

−9.26

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	1,562	85.00	1,327	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,207	64.67	780	42
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,510	63.00	951	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	915	51.02	467	8thin

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 3	—	468	135.79/cwt	132.00–138.00	635	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	383	150.99/cwt	147.00–153.00	578	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	114.77/cwt	112.00–116.00	723	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	118.03/cwt	115.00–120.00	667	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	418	143.82/cwt	138.00–148.00	601	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	314	151.48/cwt	150.00–152.00	476	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	160.71/cwt	155.00–165.00	595	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	314	165.96/cwt	162.00–172.00	521	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	154.83/cwt	152.00–157.00	666	6
Bulls	—	—	1,560	84.85/cwt	82.00–89.00	1,324	4
Bulls	—	—	1,723	94.06/cwt	92.00–96.00	1,621	2
Bulls	—	—	1,403	76.24/cwt	74.00–78.00	1,070	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,329	70.85/cwt	69.00–77.00	942	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,122	58.09/cwt	56.00–59.00	652	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	912	54.18/cwt	51.00–56.00	494	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	920	45.76/cwt	45.00–47.00	421	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,510	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	951	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	64.32/cwt	61.00–68.00	765	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	134.24/cwt	130.00–138.00	434	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	295	136.33/cwt	135.00–137.00	402	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	105.59/cwt	105.00–112.00	693	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	131.30/cwt	126.00–134.00	667	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	134.00/cwt	133.00–135.00	567	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	135.04/cwt	134.00–136.00	641	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	121.78/cwt	119.00–124.00	580	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	576	109.13/cwt	106.00–114.00	629	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	535	137.99/cwt	137.00–139.00	738	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	478	155.66/cwt	155.00–157.00	744	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	578	129.01/cwt	125.00–131.00	746	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	618	124.30/cwt	123.00–125.00	768	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	324	179.28/cwt	175.00–185.00	581	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	143.02/cwt	142.00–144.00	665	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	149.26/cwt	145.00–153.00	713	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,083	815.46/cwt	775.00–875.00	8,831	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	963	83.51/cwt	83.00–84.00	804	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	982	71.35/cwt	71.00–72.00	701	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	672	114.70/cwt	112.00–117.00	771	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	714	116.26/cwt	115.00–117.00	830	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	568	123.74/cwt	121.00–127.00	703	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	146.96/cwt	145.00–150.00	852	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	135.73/cwt	132.00–142.00	839	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	122.37/cwt	120.00–124.00	828	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	537	118.22/cwt	114.00–123.00	635	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	461	113.02/cwt	112.00–115.00	521	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	422	116.65/cwt	113.00–120.00	492	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	143.05/cwt	140.00–146.00	465	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	152.40/cwt	149.00–156.00	792	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	140.73/cwt	135.00–145.00	742	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	133.01/cwt	127.00–137.00	491	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	526	109.98/cwt	106.00–113.00	578	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	139.24/cwt	138.00–140.00	522	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	126.10/cwt	122.00–130.00	530	6

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 →