Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-06

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 mostly steady, heifer and bull calves 4.00 to 6.00 lower, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.33/cwt on 77 head.

Average price

$113.33

77 head · 501 lb average

Value per head Derived

$568

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$222

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

$14.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.52

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	573	121.94	698	24
Medium and Large 2	504	112.14	565	22
Medium and Large 3	443	107.50	477	31

One grade step is worth $14.44/cwt here — about $222 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 sale77 hd

113.33

—

GA average17 barns · 1,352 hd

112.80

+0.52

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	1,738	80.29	1,395	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,192	53.29	635	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,021	44.23	452	13

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	561	109.26/cwt	103.00–112.00	613	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	118.38/cwt	115.00–120.00	519	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	119.56/cwt	115.00–125.00	560	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	583	108.20/cwt	105.00–115.00	631	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	618	104.82/cwt	102.00–108.00	648	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	107.22/cwt	105.00–113.00	567	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	122.81/cwt	120.00–125.00	453	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	124.72/cwt	120.00–129.00	646	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	123.16/cwt	121.00–124.00	693	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	108.49/cwt	107.00–110.00	738	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	120.49/cwt	119.00–121.00	817	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	131.19/cwt	127.00–135.00	558	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	722	97.31/cwt	95.00–100.00	703	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	361	143.69/cwt	140.00–145.00	519	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	109.12/cwt	105.00–114.00	467	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	479	104.63/cwt	100.00–108.00	501	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	457	130.32/cwt	127.00–132.00	596	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	112.32/cwt	111.00–113.00	747	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	580	96.37/cwt	90.00–100.00	559	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	118.34/cwt	115.00–125.00	391	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	409	118.49/cwt	115.00–122.00	485	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	367	131.99/cwt	130.00–134.00	484	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	96.70/cwt	95.00–100.00	508	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	114.25/cwt	110.00–119.00	594	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	118.00/cwt	117.00–119.00	584	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	113.00/cwt	110.00–115.00	429	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,221	54.70/cwt	51.00–58.00	668	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	40.96/cwt	36.00–43.00	393	6
Bulls	—	—	1,808	75.02/cwt	72.00–77.00	1,356	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,085	48.11/cwt	46.00–50.00	522	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	471	109.98/cwt	107.00–112.00	518	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	573	100.28/cwt	95.00–105.00	575	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	109.03/cwt	104.00–114.00	785	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	132.98/cwt	130.00–135.00	616	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	47.04/cwt	44.00–50.00	505	7
Bulls	—	—	1,685	84.24/cwt	82.00–88.00	1,419	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	97.02/cwt	95.00–99.00	595	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	101.00/cwt	100.00–102.00	680	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	144.83/cwt	142.00–146.00	621	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	125.73/cwt	122.00–126.00	767	15

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 →