Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.32/cwt on 108 head.

Average price

$117.32

108 head · 486 lb average

Value per head Derived

$570

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$164

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

$11.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.30

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	123.64	664	22
Medium and Large 2	485	117.62	571	58
Medium and Large 3	448	111.73	500	28

One grade step is worth $11.91/cwt here — about $164 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 sale108 hd

117.32

—

GA average17 barns · 1,593 hd

117.62

−0.30

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	1,493	85.19	1,272	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,145	58.00	664	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,054	49.57	522	13

Every lot, as filed

41 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	—	279	169.23/cwt	165.00–172.00	472	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	320	167.11/cwt	164.00–170.00	535	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	407	139.59/cwt	138.00–142.00	568	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	114.66/cwt	112.00–118.00	654	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	120.78/cwt	117.00–125.00	634	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	463	125.48/cwt	123.00–129.00	581	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	141.94/cwt	137.00–147.00	582	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	116.63/cwt	114.00–119.00	895	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	135.60/cwt	135.00–137.00	639	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	92.50/cwt	90.00–95.00	976	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	95.07/cwt	90.00–100.00	998	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	327	133.98/cwt	130.00–137.00	438	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	123.84/cwt	118.00–125.00	878	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	123.16/cwt	118.00–128.00	769	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	129.34/cwt	126.00–134.00	661	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	126.22/cwt	122.00–128.00	727	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	130.65/cwt	126.00–133.00	630	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	120.55/cwt	115.00–125.00	559	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	114.36/cwt	108.00–117.00	599	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	357	118.58/cwt	115.00–121.00	423	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	111.48/cwt	109.00–114.00	747	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	426	116.17/cwt	110.00–119.00	495	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	458	108.23/cwt	105.00–114.00	496	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	141.01/cwt	140.00–142.00	454	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	140.48/cwt	139.00–143.00	506	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	116.24/cwt	115.00–118.00	672	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	116.36/cwt	112.00–117.00	745	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	107.98/cwt	105.00–114.00	608	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	122.52/cwt	120.00–130.00	512	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	490	115.00/cwt	114.00–116.00	564	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	362	142.18/cwt	137.00–146.00	515	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	664	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	45.49/cwt	42.00–47.00	461	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,089	53.07/cwt	50.00–56.00	578	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	526	105.78/cwt	100.00–108.00	556	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	513	111.36/cwt	110.00–113.00	571	6
Bulls	—	—	1,493	85.19/cwt	84.00–88.00	1,272	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	414	122.13/cwt	117.00–125.00	506	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	343	156.60/cwt	152.00–161.00	537	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	130.83/cwt	125.00–135.00	543	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	329	146.03/cwt	142.00–150.00	480	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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →