Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.08/cwt on 103 head.

Average price

$114.08

103 head · 427 lb average

Value per head Derived

$487

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$148

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

$6.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.39

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	490	115.33	566	15thin
Medium and Large 2	423	115.14	487	71
Medium and Large 3	384	108.56	417	17thin

One grade step is worth $6.76/cwt here — about $148 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 sale103 hd

114.08

—

GA average15 barns · 1,447 hd

114.47

−0.39

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	1,637	87.14	1,426	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,240	63.17	783	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	986	50.60	499	7thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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 2	—	617	107.41/cwt	105.00–110.00	663	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	567	111.34/cwt	107.00–115.00	631	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	531	113.04/cwt	109.00–116.00	600	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	128.60/cwt	125.00–134.00	598	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	270	148.69/cwt	145.00–152.00	401	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	517	124.89/cwt	121.00–129.00	646	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	468	136.97/cwt	136.00–138.00	641	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	427	141.33/cwt	140.00–142.00	603	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	54.44/cwt	52.00–58.00	590	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	45.47/cwt	43.00–50.00	389	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,198	65.08/cwt	61.00–68.00	780	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,319	58.81/cwt	56.00–60.00	776	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	868	1
Bulls	—	—	1,635	86.38/cwt	83.00–90.00	1,412	4
Bulls	—	—	1,893	94.68/cwt	92.00–100.00	1,792	3
Bulls	—	—	1,255	77.33/cwt	74.00–82.00	970	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	117.02/cwt	116.00–118.00	614	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	129.98/cwt	126.00–133.00	676	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	135.32/cwt	131.00–138.00	654	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	388	142.45/cwt	140.00–145.00	553	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	135.01/cwt	134.00–136.00	695	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	109.95/cwt	105.00–114.00	401	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	100.68/cwt	95.00–104.00	471	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	443	104.75/cwt	100.00–109.00	464	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	233	121.37/cwt	120.00–122.00	283	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	119.96/cwt	116.00–125.00	444	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	114.62/cwt	110.00–119.00	479	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	110.03/cwt	105.00–115.00	525	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	102.75/cwt	100.00–105.00	595	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	271	129.35/cwt	125.00–135.00	351	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	319	122.96/cwt	120.00–125.00	392	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	218	134.23/cwt	130.00–140.00	293	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	92.71/cwt	90.00–94.00	626	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	107.61/cwt	105.00–110.00	567	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	86.00/cwt	85.00–87.00	615	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	99.46/cwt	95.00–104.00	617	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	107.84/cwt	106.00–111.00	611	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	112.22/cwt	111.00–115.00	581	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	122.45/cwt	120.00–128.00	527	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	126.00/cwt	125.00–127.00	460	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	562	103.83/cwt	100.00–109.00	584	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	441	122.25/cwt	120.00–127.00	539	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	472	121.60/cwt	117.00–124.00	574	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	323	135.64/cwt	135.00–137.00	438	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	268	136.77/cwt	135.00–140.00	367	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	135.60/cwt	130.00–140.00	576	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	367	140.54/cwt	135.00–145.00	516	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	322	143.03/cwt	140.00–147.00	461	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 →