Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.13/cwt on 160 head.

Average price

$116.13

160 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$616

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$162

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

$25.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.24

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	119.23	670	101
Medium and Large 2	470	112.44	528	54
Medium and Large 3	542	93.62	507	5thin

One grade step is worth $25.61/cwt here — about $162 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 sale160 hd

116.13

—

GA average15 barns · 900 hd

114.90

+1.24

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	1,332	80.37	1,071	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,156	64.39	744	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	935	50.99	477	17

Every lot, as filed

38 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	—	460	135.99/cwt	135.00–137.00	626	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	233	155.16/cwt	150.00–160.00	362	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	265	152.50/cwt	150.00–155.00	404	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	618	105.19/cwt	104.00–106.00	650	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	419	136.47/cwt	132.00–140.00	572	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	572	110.63/cwt	107.00–115.00	633	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	133.46/cwt	132.00–135.00	645	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	113.99/cwt	112.00–116.00	659	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	126.56/cwt	120.00–129.00	745	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	154.64/cwt	150.00–155.00	659	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	118.82/cwt	117.00–121.00	758	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	143.78/cwt	138.00–146.00	775	55
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	713	102.99/cwt	102.00–104.00	734	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	95.44/cwt	93.00–98.00	740	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	638	87.47/cwt	85.00–90.00	558	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	123.81/cwt	118.00–124.00	650	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	114.86/cwt	114.00–116.00	706	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	288	126.03/cwt	125.00–127.00	363	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	569	100.15/cwt	95.00–104.00	570	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	103.65/cwt	101.00–104.00	787	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	110.63/cwt	105.00–115.00	524	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	121.88/cwt	115.00–125.00	457	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	478	97.72/cwt	96.00–100.00	467	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	106.86/cwt	105.00–110.00	548	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	103.48/cwt	95.00–105.00	654	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	115.74/cwt	110.00–116.00	498	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	933	53.95/cwt	50.00–57.00	503	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	943	58.00/cwt	57.00–59.00	547	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,403	70.62/cwt	70.00–72.00	991	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,132	63.94/cwt	60.00–67.00	724	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	121.34/cwt	120.00–124.00	494	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	131.77/cwt	130.00–132.00	501	8
Bulls	—	—	1,332	80.37/cwt	79.00–81.00	1,071	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	513	115.14/cwt	110.00–118.00	591	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	325	133.00/cwt	132.00–135.00	432	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	417	126.76/cwt	125.00–130.00	529	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	510	106.00/cwt	105.00–107.00	541	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	938	46.77/cwt	44.00–49.00	439	7

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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