Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-06-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-02

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 unevenly steady, bull calves steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $129.54/cwt on 70 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −77.26 against this barn's trailing median of $206.80.

Average price

$129.54

70 head · 488 lb average

Value per head Derived

$633

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$48

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

$8.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.17

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	495	133.43	661	38
Medium and Large 3	407	125.97	512	4thin
Medium and Large 2	491	124.77	613	28

One grade step is worth $8.66/cwt here — about $48 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 sale70 hd

129.54

—

GA average15 barns · 1,229 hd

124.37

+5.17

This barn, trailing median28 sales

206.80

−77.26

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	1,925	98.00	1,887	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,210	67.22	813	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,740	67.00	1,166	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,100	55.40	609	4thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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	—	418	148.47/cwt	147.00–150.00	621	2
Bulls	—	—	1,925	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,887	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	528	125.27/cwt	121.00–131.00	661	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	424	133.99/cwt	130.00–137.00	568	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	205	176.67/cwt	170.00–180.00	362	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	315	154.69/cwt	152.00–157.00	487	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	642	109.34/cwt	107.00–112.00	702	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	115.99/cwt	115.00–118.00	713	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	122.28/cwt	120.00–126.00	768	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	107.66/cwt	104.00–110.00	770	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	561	118.28/cwt	115.00–123.00	664	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	112.36/cwt	108.00–114.00	756	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	580	110.48/cwt	108.00–113.00	641	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	120.39/cwt	117.00–124.00	574	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	132.22/cwt	128.00–135.00	693	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	127.98/cwt	126.00–129.00	738	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	112.01/cwt	111.00–113.00	809	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	116.97/cwt	115.00–121.00	791	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	123.22/cwt	120.00–127.00	641	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	112.04/cwt	110.00–114.00	532	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	121.02/cwt	120.00–122.00	518	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	107.21/cwt	102.00–111.00	564	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	104.21/cwt	103.00–107.00	695	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	107.96/cwt	103.00–112.00	665	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	423	123.46/cwt	122.00–125.00	522	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	390	128.48/cwt	127.00–130.00	501	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	629	106.69/cwt	102.00–110.00	671	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	485	126.73/cwt	120.00–130.00	615	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	383	138.16/cwt	135.00–145.00	529	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	533	115.46/cwt	114.00–117.00	615	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	576	120.54/cwt	116.00–124.00	694	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	477	133.16/cwt	130.00–135.00	635	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	381	155.61/cwt	152.00–160.00	593	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	727	103.68/cwt	100.00–109.00	754	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	675	107.03/cwt	105.00–108.00	722	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	627	115.33/cwt	113.00–117.00	723	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	95.01/cwt	90.00–98.00	542	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,740	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	1,166	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	72.48/cwt	71.00–74.00	863	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,257	65.37/cwt	62.00–69.00	822	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	58.63/cwt	56.00–61.00	679	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	55.40/cwt	54.00–58.00	609	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	120.50/cwt	115.00–125.00	457	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	87.67/cwt	85.00–91.00	640	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	92.99/cwt	90.00–97.00	590	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	126.01/cwt	125.00–127.00	394	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	108.06/cwt	103.00–112.00	614	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	115.77/cwt	113.00–119.00	491	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	118.50/cwt	114.00–123.00	620	9

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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