Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves 5.00 higher, heifer and bull calves mostly steady, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $124.12/cwt on 97 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −82.54 against this barn's trailing median of $206.66.

Average price

$124.12

97 head · 477 lb average

Value per head Derived

$592

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$28

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

$28.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.67

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	394	147.87	583	6thin
Medium and Large 2	495	124.80	618	53
Medium and Large 3	464	119.41	555	38

One grade step is worth $28.45/cwt here — about $28 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

29 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $218.83, low $175.58, median $206.66 across 29 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 sale97 hd

124.12

—

GA average17 barns · 1,460 hd

123.45

+0.67

This barn, trailing median29 sales

206.66

−82.54

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	1,476	84.79	1,251	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,110	62.99	699	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	947	54.35	515	6thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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	—	368	153.74/cwt	152.00–157.00	566	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	141.99/cwt	140.00–145.00	596	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	260	158.47/cwt	157.00–160.00	412	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	120.58/cwt	117.00–124.00	631	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	713	97.51/cwt	95.00–100.00	695	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	322	154.65/cwt	152.00–157.00	498	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,067	919.34/cwt	875.00–950.00	9,809	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	985	78.73/cwt	76.00–82.00	775	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	785	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	143.59/cwt	142.00–145.00	467	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	477	111.21/cwt	107.00–115.00	530	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	125.31/cwt	124.00–126.00	837	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	141.51/cwt	136.00–144.00	737	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	123.22/cwt	118.00–125.00	758	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	149.60/cwt	147.00–151.00	634	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	433	118.49/cwt	118.00–119.00	513	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	114.24/cwt	110.00–117.00	586	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	585	99.07/cwt	95.00–103.00	580	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	118.38/cwt	116.00–123.00	436	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	508	108.00/cwt	107.00–109.00	549	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	273	126.88/cwt	125.00–130.00	346	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,042	57.62/cwt	57.00–59.00	600	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	467	116.39/cwt	115.00–119.00	544	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	272	146.78/cwt	145.00–150.00	399	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	437	116.97/cwt	115.00–121.00	511	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	325	145.55/cwt	142.00–149.00	473	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	372	137.35/cwt	135.00–140.00	511	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	427	131.32/cwt	127.00–135.00	561	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	471	124.71/cwt	122.00–128.00	587	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	363	145.86/cwt	140.00–150.00	529	8
Bulls	—	—	1,410	84.27/cwt	82.00–87.00	1,188	12
Bulls	—	—	2,265	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	2,061	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	521	110.61/cwt	108.00–113.00	576	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	586	104.26/cwt	100.00–108.00	611	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,030	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	742	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	943	55.62/cwt	54.00–57.00	524	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	463	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,132	63.53/cwt	61.00–67.00	719	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	572	113.27/cwt	111.00–114.00	648	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	611	109.65/cwt	107.00–114.00	670	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	117.92/cwt	115.00–125.00	564	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	108.77/cwt	105.00–113.00	634	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	124.42/cwt	120.00–130.00	536	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	142.43/cwt	137.00–147.00	518	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	107.98/cwt	107.00–109.00	718	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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