Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-11-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder heifers and bulls mostly steady, heifer calves steady, bull calves 4.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.08/cwt on 117 head.

Average price

$113.08

117 head · 467 lb average

Value per head Derived

$528

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

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

$15.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.46

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	473	117.93	557	43
Medium and Large 2	464	111.68	518	63
Medium and Large 3	459	102.12	469	11thin

One grade step is worth $15.81/cwt here — about $89 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 sale117 hd

113.08

—

GA average16 barns · 1,422 hd

113.54

−0.46

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	—	Average	1,634	82.05	1,341	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,440	61.00	878	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,025	55.69	571	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,014	42.85	434	4thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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	—	275	157.41/cwt	155.00–160.00	433	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	318	159.60/cwt	157.00–162.00	508	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	410	142.53/cwt	140.00–145.00	584	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	468	129.51/cwt	127.00–132.00	606	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	146.31/cwt	142.00–150.00	549	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	513	118.95/cwt	115.00–125.00	610	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	109.95/cwt	105.00–115.00	784	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	117.52/cwt	116.00–119.00	541	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	112.31/cwt	111.00–115.00	606	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	279	139.18/cwt	137.00–142.00	388	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	109.14/cwt	106.00–110.00	625	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	311	132.71/cwt	130.00–137.00	413	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	215	153.58/cwt	150.00–157.00	330	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	106.46/cwt	102.00–110.00	601	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	132.56/cwt	130.00–135.00	550	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	310	147.30/cwt	145.00–150.00	457	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	122.00/cwt	120.00–125.00	501	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	609	101.77/cwt	99.00–105.00	620	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	115.94/cwt	110.00–120.00	495	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	100.75/cwt	95.00–105.00	583	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	119.80/cwt	115.00–125.00	452	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	107.07/cwt	105.00–110.00	510	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	102.01/cwt	101.00–103.00	635	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	105.27/cwt	102.00–110.00	557	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	111.54/cwt	108.00–115.00	580	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	96.43/cwt	94.00–99.00	606	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	711	95.00/cwt	94.00–97.00	675	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	476	120.09/cwt	115.00–124.00	572	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	373	135.53/cwt	130.00–140.00	506	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	127.46/cwt	125.00–130.00	427	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	132.89/cwt	130.00–135.00	372	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	433	124.46/cwt	122.00–127.00	539	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	103.78/cwt	100.00–109.00	444	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	100.73/cwt	95.00–104.00	489	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	138.46/cwt	135.00–142.00	575	4
Bulls	—	—	1,611	82.66/cwt	80.00–87.00	1,332	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,028	57.65/cwt	57.00–59.00	593	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	878	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,165	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	559	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,022	53.73/cwt	53.00–54.00	549	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	41.13/cwt	39.00–44.00	396	3
Bulls	—	—	1,750	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,383	1

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 →