Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-07-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.55/cwt on 102 head.

Average price

$119.55

102 head · 483 lb average

Value per head Derived

$577

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$10

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

$9.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.13

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	458	124.58	571	45
Medium and Large 3	502	115.58	581	57

One grade step is worth $9.00/cwt here — about −$10 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 sale102 hd

119.55

—

GA average8 barns · 595 hd

118.43

+1.13

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	1,363	90.21	1,229	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,079	64.73	698	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,099	55.43	609	20

Every lot, as filed

24 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,027	71.65/cwt	70.00–73.00	736	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,089	63.34/cwt	60.00–69.00	690	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	528	113.59/cwt	110.00–116.00	600	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	108.38/cwt	105.00–111.00	612	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	130.62/cwt	128.00–133.00	481	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	370	135.11/cwt	130.00–140.00	500	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	125.74/cwt	120.00–130.00	537	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	122.79/cwt	120.00–126.00	592	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	522	117.36/cwt	114.00–123.00	613	18
Bulls	—	—	1,280	86.72/cwt	84.00–89.00	1,110	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	478	129.02/cwt	125.00–133.00	617	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	120.69/cwt	118.00–126.00	631	12
Bulls	—	—	1,445	93.71/cwt	92.00–97.00	1,354	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,580	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	16,590	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,099	55.43/cwt	52.00–59.00	609	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	424	123.53/cwt	120.00–127.00	524	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	477	118.42/cwt	114.00–124.00	565	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	472	132.02/cwt	130.00–135.00	623	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	124.30/cwt	120.00–128.00	650	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	415	131.94/cwt	127.00–137.00	548	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	468	129.97/cwt	125.00–135.00	608	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	632	103.01/cwt	101.00–105.00	651	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	568	109.44/cwt	106.00–113.00	622	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	121.61/cwt	117.00–124.00	647	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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