Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-07-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.03/cwt on 29 head.

Average price

$118.03

29 head · 491 lb average

Value per head Derived

$580

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

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

$7.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.24

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	452	120.48	545	16thin
Medium and Large 1	562	115.45	649	11thin
Medium and Large 3	415	112.56	467	2thin

One grade step is worth $7.92/cwt here — about $77 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 sale29 hd

118.03

—

GA average17 barns · 1,413 hd

118.27

−0.24

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,148	64.71	743	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,017	49.41	503	7thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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	—	373	157.42/cwt	155.00–160.00	587	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	663	113.48/cwt	112.00–115.00	752	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	483	127.05/cwt	125.00–129.00	614	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	114.02/cwt	110.00–118.00	653	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	773	95.97/cwt	94.00–98.00	742	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	527	117.63/cwt	115.00–123.00	620	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	123.40/cwt	121.00–128.00	756	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	139.58/cwt	136.00–142.00	660	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	122.37/cwt	118.00–125.00	640	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	114.00/cwt	113.00–115.00	619	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	122.35/cwt	120.00–125.00	576	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	120.70/cwt	115.00–125.00	501	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	112.56/cwt	110.00–115.00	467	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	111.00/cwt	110.00–112.00	672	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	123.49/cwt	122.00–125.00	821	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,101	73.83/cwt	70.00–76.00	813	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,161	63.72/cwt	61.00–67.00	740	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	54.04/cwt	52.00–56.00	562	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	45.94/cwt	44.00–49.00	459	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	122.00/cwt	121.00–123.00	651	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	112.00/cwt	110.00–113.00	635	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	419	133.53/cwt	130.00–135.00	559	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	395	127.50/cwt	125.00–130.00	504	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	438	118.48/cwt	115.00–122.00	519	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	573	104.58/cwt	100.00–108.00	599	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	531	109.72/cwt	106.00–112.00	583	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,159	58.30/cwt	56.00–60.00	676	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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