Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-07-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves steady to 2.00 lower, bull calves steady, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $124.85/cwt on 85 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −81.95 against this barn's trailing median of $206.80.

Average price

$124.85

85 head · 472 lb average

Value per head Derived

$589

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$69

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

$30.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.00

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	416	146.39	609	19thin
Medium and Large 2	514	122.49	629	29
Medium and Large 3	467	115.65	540	37

One grade step is worth $30.75/cwt here — about $69 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 sale85 hd

124.85

—

GA average17 barns · 1,377 hd

121.85

+3.00

This barn, trailing median28 sales

206.80

−81.95

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	—	High	1,846	96.35	1,778	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,169	64.28	752	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	985	45.52	448	2thin

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	114.00/cwt	113.00–116.00	707	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	321	162.36/cwt	155.00–165.00	521	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	153.56/cwt	150.00–157.00	560	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	478	125.03/cwt	122.00–127.00	598	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	507	119.67/cwt	118.00–122.00	607	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	788	92.01/cwt	91.00–94.00	725	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	127.50/cwt	125.00–133.00	590	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	840	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,223	79.42/cwt	76.00–83.00	971	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,218	82.74/cwt	78.00–88.00	1,008	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	119.92/cwt	117.00–125.00	516	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	106.51/cwt	105.00–108.00	607	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	361	124.57/cwt	122.00–127.00	450	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	112.57/cwt	107.00–117.00	600	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	125.96/cwt	122.00–130.00	705	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	121.49/cwt	118.00–125.00	799	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	108.52/cwt	107.00–110.00	445	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	107.60/cwt	106.00–110.00	522	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	115.43/cwt	110.00–120.00	444	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	101.36/cwt	98.00–104.00	623	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	120.99/cwt	117.00–123.00	615	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	115.19/cwt	114.00–116.00	649	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	633	107.74/cwt	107.00–109.00	682	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	70.92/cwt	70.00–72.00	808	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	58.06/cwt	56.00–59.00	754	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,134	65.17/cwt	61.00–68.00	739	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	45.52/cwt	45.00–46.00	448	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	120.43/cwt	118.00–125.00	571	9
Bulls	—	—	1,885	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,866	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	363	126.71/cwt	125.00–132.00	460	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	515	107.55/cwt	105.00–111.00	554	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	467	112.16/cwt	110.00–115.00	524	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	566	107.76/cwt	106.00–109.00	610	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	427	117.95/cwt	115.00–125.00	504	9
Bulls	—	—	1,838	95.82/cwt	93.00–98.00	1,761	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	721	102.45/cwt	97.00–109.00	739	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	260	154.03/cwt	150.00–157.00	400	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	434	129.53/cwt	126.00–135.00	562	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	615	100.56/cwt	97.00–104.00	618	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	343	136.03/cwt	132.00–140.00	467	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.

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