Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-05

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $116.62/cwt on 99 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −90.18 against this barn's trailing median of $206.80.

Average price

$116.62

99 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$610

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$122

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1

$8.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.39

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	519	118.26	613	73
Medium and Large 3	504	112.52	568	21
Medium and Large 1	669	109.99	736	5thin

One grade step is worth $8.27/cwt here — about −$122 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

28 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $218.83, low $183.05, median $206.80 across 28 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 sale99 hd

116.62

—

GA average16 barns · 1,313 hd

120.01

−3.39

This barn, trailing median28 sales

206.80

−90.18

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	1,498	82.67	1,238	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,205	58.82	709	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	992	49.96	496	13

Every lot, as filed

39 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	—	669	109.99/cwt	108.00–112.00	736	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	709	95.72/cwt	90.00–100.00	679	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	407	137.00/cwt	135.00–139.00	558	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	661	99.42/cwt	95.00–104.00	657	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	320	143.89/cwt	142.00–145.00	460	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	138.20/cwt	135.00–142.00	511	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	115.02/cwt	114.00–116.00	765	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	120.67/cwt	120.00–122.00	652	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,300	915.38/cwt	875.00–950.00	11,900	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	671	93.60/cwt	90.00–95.00	628	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	117.47/cwt	115.00–120.00	441	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	110.52/cwt	105.00–115.00	529	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	106.23/cwt	100.00–110.00	561	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	110.83/cwt	107.00–115.00	679	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	107.82/cwt	106.00–110.00	728	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	581	98.90/cwt	95.00–104.00	575	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	113.97/cwt	111.00–118.00	487	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	116.66/cwt	116.00–118.00	534	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	122.31/cwt	120.00–124.00	526	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	107.00/cwt	106.00–108.00	595	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	124.00/cwt	122.00–125.00	403	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,031	53.59/cwt	50.00–56.00	553	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	113.03/cwt	112.00–114.00	424	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	103.00/cwt	102.00–104.00	469	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	685	84.94/cwt	81.00–89.00	582	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	89.52/cwt	87.00–92.00	560	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	97.37/cwt	95.00–105.00	618	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	614	105.76/cwt	100.00–110.00	649	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	623	98.78/cwt	98.00–101.00	615	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	485	117.80/cwt	117.00–119.00	571	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	61.84/cwt	60.00–68.00	733	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,219	56.71/cwt	55.00–59.00	691	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	44.16/cwt	42.00–47.00	411	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	103.42/cwt	100.00–106.00	543	5
Bulls	—	—	1,205	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	964	1
Bulls	—	—	1,595	83.56/cwt	81.00–86.00	1,333	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	436	123.11/cwt	120.00–128.00	537	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	583	110.86/cwt	105.00–115.00	646	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	115.19/cwt	110.00–119.00	597	13

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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