Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-05-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-26

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 steady, heifer calves 2.00 higher, bull calves 2.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.53/cwt on 60 head.

Average price

$117.53

60 head · 442 lb average

Value per head Derived

$520

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$76

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

$20.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.15

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	435	123.15	535	33
Medium and Large 2	452	112.49	508	22
Medium and Large 3	447	102.65	459	5thin

One grade step is worth $20.50/cwt here — about $76 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 sale60 hd

117.53

—

GA average16 barns · 1,299 hd

119.69

−2.15

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	1,658	93.00	1,541	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,188	63.93	759	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	933	50.45	470	4thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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	134.00/cwt	132.00–135.00	620	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	529	123.80/cwt	120.00–126.00	655	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	572	117.69/cwt	115.00–121.00	673	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	207	154.01/cwt	150.00–160.00	319	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	267	153.08/cwt	150.00–155.00	409	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	469	124.14/cwt	120.00–129.00	582	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	150.47/cwt	149.00–152.00	554	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	136.38/cwt	135.00–138.00	645	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	133.61/cwt	129.00–137.00	704	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	127.19/cwt	125.00–132.00	719	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	114.51/cwt	113.00–116.00	664	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	137.36/cwt	135.00–140.00	518	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	321	124.75/cwt	122.00–127.00	400	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	124.68/cwt	123.00–126.00	642	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	130.24/cwt	127.00–133.00	626	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	135.14/cwt	130.00–138.00	570	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	333	136.04/cwt	135.00–137.00	453	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	382	130.05/cwt	127.00–133.00	497	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	120.38/cwt	117.00–125.00	448	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	109.99/cwt	108.00–112.00	531	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	105.83/cwt	102.00–109.00	553	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	102.49/cwt	101.00–104.00	485	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	102.75/cwt	100.00–107.00	442	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	115.23/cwt	112.00–118.00	589	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	108.95/cwt	103.00–112.00	630	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	132.97/cwt	127.00–138.00	435	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	119.69/cwt	116.00–123.00	563	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	124.10/cwt	120.00–128.00	511	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	94.53/cwt	92.00–97.00	589	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	133.58/cwt	130.00–137.00	501	4
Bulls	—	—	1,485	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,277	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,174	70.44/cwt	69.00–72.00	827	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,192	57.69/cwt	54.00–60.00	688	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,189	64.17/cwt	61.00–68.00	763	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	885	46.07/cwt	45.00–47.00	408	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	54.82/cwt	52.00–57.00	537	2
Bulls	—	—	1,830	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,830	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	431	133.58/cwt	130.00–137.00	576	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	368	130.08/cwt	126.00–134.00	479	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	613	99.44/cwt	95.00–104.00	610	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	225	144.67/cwt	140.00–147.00	326	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	273	137.87/cwt	135.00–142.00	376	4

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 →