Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steers calves lightly tested, heifer calves 3.00 lower,bull calves 8.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.83/cwt on 30 head.

Average price

$115.83

30 head · 364 lb average

Value per head Derived

$421

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$242

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

$6.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.35

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	286	117.20	335	12thin
Medium and Large 2	402	115.41	464	16thin
Medium and Large 1	520	110.98	577	2thin

One grade step is worth $6.22/cwt here — about −$242 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 sale30 hd

115.83

—

GA average12 barns · 645 hd

121.18

−5.35

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	2,050	87.00	1,784	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,198	58.31	699	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	909	45.69	415	9thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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	—	463	129.99/cwt	128.00–132.00	602	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	417	134.62/cwt	132.00–137.00	561	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	318	140.98/cwt	140.00–142.00	448	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	460	120.99/cwt	120.00–122.00	557	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	422	130.61/cwt	127.00–135.00	551	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	533	115.71/cwt	110.00–119.00	617	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	122.55/cwt	120.00–124.00	703	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	238	119.42/cwt	117.00–127.00	284	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	269	120.41/cwt	115.00–125.00	324	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	110.98/cwt	110.00–112.00	577	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	110.00/cwt	107.00–113.00	534	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	317	122.34/cwt	120.00–125.00	388	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	127.54/cwt	125.00–130.00	597	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,219	60.28/cwt	57.00–64.00	735	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	943	51.07/cwt	50.00–52.00	482	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	899	44.15/cwt	41.00–47.00	397	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	116.69/cwt	115.00–120.00	443	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	113.26/cwt	110.00–117.00	485	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	378	108.89/cwt	105.00–112.00	412	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	390	128.52/cwt	127.00–130.00	501	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	270	136.36/cwt	135.00–137.00	368	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	803	1
Bulls	—	—	2,050	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,784	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	315	130.27/cwt	127.00–137.00	410	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,154	53.86/cwt	50.00–56.00	622	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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →