Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls 7.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer and bull calves steady, heifer calves steady to 4.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $131.79/cwt on 80 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −75.01 against this barn's trailing median of $206.80.

Average price

$131.79

80 head · 424 lb average

Value per head Derived

$559

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$19

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

$11.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.33

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	401	134.15	538	43
Medium and Large 1	468	133.09	623	23
Medium and Large 3	424	122.39	519	14thin

One grade step is worth $11.76/cwt here — about $19 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 sale80 hd

131.79

—

GA average16 barns · 1,107 hd

122.46

+9.33

This barn, trailing median28 sales

206.80

−75.01

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	1,653	96.34	1,592	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,184	63.21	748	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	961	49.62	477	16

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	—	608	116.34/cwt	113.00–118.00	707	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	321	154.00/cwt	150.00–157.00	494	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	122.72/cwt	121.00–126.00	638	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	362	147.71/cwt	146.00–150.00	535	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	567	119.83/cwt	117.00–124.00	679	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	265	146.04/cwt	145.00–147.00	387	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	561	111.58/cwt	105.00–115.00	626	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	124.30/cwt	122.00–127.00	584	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	318	144.40/cwt	140.00–147.00	459	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	382	138.82/cwt	136.00–143.00	530	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	133.72/cwt	130.00–137.00	562	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	320	136.31/cwt	135.00–137.00	436	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	427	124.62/cwt	120.00–127.00	532	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	473	113.58/cwt	110.00–119.00	537	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	111.95/cwt	110.00–114.00	585	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	121.96/cwt	120.00–124.00	516	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	119.44/cwt	116.00–124.00	577	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	113.50/cwt	108.00–118.00	640	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	100.69/cwt	96.00–103.00	566	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	331	124.74/cwt	122.00–127.00	413	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	109.20/cwt	108.00–110.00	571	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	118.74/cwt	115.00–122.00	435	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	110.50/cwt	105.00–115.00	512	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	115.81/cwt	112.00–118.00	497	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	313	116.02/cwt	115.00–117.00	363	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	107.01/cwt	106.00–108.00	455	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	114.48/cwt	113.00–116.00	816	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	138.01/cwt	137.00–139.00	662	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	126.98/cwt	125.00–129.00	778	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	131.53/cwt	126.00–134.00	685	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	124.79/cwt	123.00–127.00	721	8
Bulls	—	—	1,020	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	857	1
Bulls	—	—	1,675	90.79/cwt	90.00–92.00	1,521	4
Bulls	—	—	1,789	104.97/cwt	103.00–110.00	1,878	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,149	72.16/cwt	70.00–77.00	829	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,156	57.20/cwt	55.00–60.00	661	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	62.99/cwt	61.00–68.00	765	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	948	45.71/cwt	42.00–49.00	433	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	51.97/cwt	50.00–56.00	503	10

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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