Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $110.06/cwt on 84 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −96.74 against this barn's trailing median of $206.80.

Average price

$110.06

84 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$607

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$6.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.93

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	618	115.51	714	10thin
Medium and Large 2	583	109.66	639	37
Medium and Large 3	503	108.99	548	37

One grade step is worth $6.52/cwt here — about $165 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 sale84 hd

110.06

—

GA average17 barns · 1,273 hd

121.99

−11.93

This barn, trailing median28 sales

206.80

−96.74

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	1,709	89.01	1,521	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,198	60.26	722	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	842	50.75	427	4thin

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	—	418	140.15/cwt	135.00–145.00	586	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	680	109.02/cwt	106.00–112.00	741	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	755	99.00/cwt	98.00–100.00	747	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	618	114.69/cwt	111.00–121.00	709	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	739	94.71/cwt	93.00–99.00	700	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	516	114.22/cwt	110.00–117.00	589	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	119.68/cwt	115.00–122.00	801	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	109.51/cwt	107.00–112.00	742	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	117.00/cwt	115.00–119.00	838	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	120.79/cwt	117.00–125.00	689	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	513	115.99/cwt	115.00–117.00	595	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	130.97/cwt	130.00–133.00	678	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	122.66/cwt	122.00–124.00	763	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	138.45/cwt	135.00–142.00	658	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	148.46/cwt	145.00–152.00	643	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	518	95.24/cwt	94.00–97.00	493	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	437	109.74/cwt	107.00–114.00	480	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	105.44/cwt	103.00–108.00	511	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	116.15/cwt	110.00–120.00	677	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	109.79/cwt	106.00–114.00	680	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	99.43/cwt	95.00–104.00	611	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	114.65/cwt	113.00–116.00	537	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	106.24/cwt	102.00–109.00	606	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	381	122.69/cwt	120.00–130.00	467	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	118.16/cwt	115.00–122.00	382	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	108.09/cwt	105.00–111.00	577	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	113.33/cwt	110.00–115.00	402	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,333	56.19/cwt	52.00–58.00	749	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	838	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	436	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	845	49.50/cwt	49.00–50.00	418	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,062	64.33/cwt	63.00–66.00	683	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	109.91/cwt	106.00–114.00	747	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	106.33/cwt	105.00–108.00	753	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	676	101.76/cwt	95.00–105.00	688	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	375	128.91/cwt	125.00–132.00	483	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	615	100.04/cwt	97.00–104.00	615	3
Bulls	—	—	1,495	84.53/cwt	84.00–85.00	1,264	2
Bulls	—	—	1,852	92.00/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,704	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	573	99.99/cwt	98.00–105.00	573	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	623	105.68/cwt	103.00–107.00	658	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	127.17/cwt	125.00–135.00	532	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	566	109.87/cwt	105.00–113.00	622	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	419	118.27/cwt	115.00–122.00	496	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	526	107.86/cwt	107.00–109.00	567	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	484	107.88/cwt	105.00–114.00	522	8

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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