Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-06-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-16

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 3.00 higher, bull calves steady to 2.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $124.09/cwt on 59 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −82.72 against this barn's trailing median of $206.80.

Average price

$124.09

59 head · 488 lb average

Value per head Derived

$605

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$155

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

$6.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.80

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	524	127.75	670	19thin
Medium and Large 2	494	123.03	608	26
Medium and Large 3	425	121.08	515	14thin

One grade step is worth $6.67/cwt here — about $155 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 sale59 hd

124.09

—

GA average16 barns · 1,265 hd

122.28

+1.80

This barn, trailing median28 sales

206.80

−82.72

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	1,561	99.70	1,556	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,140	67.87	773	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	999	52.08	520	9thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	140.57/cwt	137.00–145.00	597	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	106.98/cwt	105.00–110.00	765	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	161.01/cwt	160.00–162.00	539	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	139.43/cwt	137.00–142.00	660	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	285	118.50/cwt	117.00–120.00	338	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	127.39/cwt	125.00–130.00	605	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	111.04/cwt	108.00–114.00	750	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	99.99/cwt	98.00–102.00	710	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	110.43/cwt	105.00–113.00	675	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	412	114.68/cwt	112.00–117.00	472	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	67.48/cwt	65.00–70.00	752	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	59.72/cwt	58.00–62.00	606	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	45.96/cwt	45.00–48.00	453	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	133.30/cwt	130.00–135.00	477	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	97.75/cwt	95.00–102.00	596	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	676	99.16/cwt	96.00–102.00	670	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	785	92.64/cwt	91.00–95.00	727	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	133.72/cwt	130.00–137.00	568	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	483	123.22/cwt	120.00–127.00	595	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	362	139.68/cwt	135.00–145.00	506	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	62.85/cwt	62.00–64.00	814	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	75.01/cwt	74.00–76.00	840	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	526	116.47/cwt	112.00–120.00	613	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	381	127.30/cwt	125.00–130.00	485	4
Bulls	—	—	1,360	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,210	1
Bulls	—	—	1,628	103.27/cwt	102.00–104.00	1,681	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	410	124.53/cwt	122.00–127.00	511	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	465	114.64/cwt	112.00–117.00	533	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	129.47/cwt	124.00–133.00	726	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	113.09/cwt	109.00–116.00	529	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	116.34/cwt	115.00–118.00	791	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	126.34/cwt	125.00–129.00	666	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	145.70/cwt	145.00–147.00	615	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	113.97/cwt	112.00–116.00	818	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	119.18/cwt	115.00–125.00	667	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	674	108.49/cwt	105.00–110.00	731	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	417	141.64/cwt	140.00–145.00	591	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	718	106.47/cwt	105.00–108.00	764	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	330	157.50/cwt	155.00–160.00	520	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	278	162.66/cwt	160.00–165.00	452	2

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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