Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-06-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves steady to 3.00 higher, heifer and bull calves steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.15/cwt on 43 head.

Average price

$122.15

43 head · 433 lb average

Value per head Derived

$529

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$163

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

$12.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.46

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	454	124.25	564	31
Medium and Large 2	387	118.29	458	9thin
Medium and Large 3	358	111.98	401	3thin

One grade step is worth $12.27/cwt here — about $163 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 sale43 hd

122.15

—

GA average17 barns · 1,487 hd

118.69

+3.46

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	1,805	95.22	1,719	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,282	72.78	933	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,071	59.05	632	6thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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	—	417	141.64/cwt	140.00–145.00	591	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	150.89/cwt	147.00–155.00	558	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	464	132.24/cwt	130.00–135.00	614	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	778	93.95/cwt	92.00–96.00	731	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	138.74/cwt	135.00–142.00	520	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	466	123.97/cwt	120.00–127.00	578	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	156.69/cwt	152.00–160.00	595	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	146.24/cwt	140.00–150.00	679	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	129.29/cwt	125.00–134.00	679	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	121.27/cwt	117.00–127.00	741	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	147.84/cwt	145.00–150.00	611	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	130.40/cwt	129.00–132.00	765	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	125.29/cwt	120.00–130.00	529	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	130.28/cwt	125.00–135.00	494	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	118.54/cwt	117.00–120.00	445	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	111.14/cwt	105.00–115.00	531	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	123.52/cwt	122.00–125.00	401	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	147.50/cwt	145.00–150.00	531	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	567	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,071	60.26/cwt	56.00–63.00	645	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	358	111.98/cwt	110.00–113.00	401	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	107.98/cwt	106.00–110.00	662	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	116.57/cwt	112.00–121.00	655	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	124.66/cwt	119.00–129.00	595	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	521	114.93/cwt	110.00–120.00	599	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	388	129.75/cwt	125.00–132.00	503	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	433	122.37/cwt	120.00–125.00	530	6
Bulls	—	—	1,805	95.22/cwt	92.00–98.00	1,719	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,085	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	868	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,380	69.17/cwt	68.00–70.00	955	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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