Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-12-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No report available for this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.65/cwt on 124 head.

Average price

$117.65

124 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$609

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$175

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

$13.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.23

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	122.29	683	70
Medium and Large 2	459	115.52	530	25
Medium and Large 3	469	108.31	507	29

One grade step is worth $13.97/cwt here — about $175 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 sale124 hd

117.65

—

GA average9 barns · 779 hd

117.88

−0.23

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	1,754	80.00	1,403	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,139	56.52	644	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	931	49.84	464	15

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 2	—	515	118.40/cwt	115.00–121.00	610	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	112.31/cwt	110.00–115.00	432	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	100.66/cwt	99.00–102.00	528	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	378	136.02/cwt	135.00–137.00	514	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	103.52/cwt	101.00–106.00	580	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	379	124.55/cwt	120.00–130.00	472	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	520	107.73/cwt	104.00–112.00	560	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	318	134.48/cwt	130.00–138.00	428	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	265	126.44/cwt	125.00–128.00	335	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	485	113.50/cwt	112.00–115.00	550	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	106.64/cwt	103.00–110.00	451	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	675	99.00/cwt	96.00–102.00	668	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	627	103.36/cwt	99.00–106.00	648	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	655	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	603	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	741	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	159.46/cwt	155.00–165.00	609	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	148.64/cwt	148.00–149.00	697	31
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,355	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	12,195	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	949	46.42/cwt	42.00–49.00	441	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	903	54.96/cwt	51.00–58.00	496	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,113	54.66/cwt	53.00–57.00	608	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,207	61.48/cwt	60.00–63.00	742	3
Bulls	—	—	1,645	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,217	1
Bulls	—	—	1,808	83.00/cwt	82.00–84.00	1,501	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	615	107.03/cwt	105.00–109.00	658	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	725	97.97/cwt	97.00–99.00	710	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	109.95/cwt	105.00–115.00	561	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	123.91/cwt	120.00–128.00	413	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	112.50/cwt	112.00–113.00	658	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	111.65/cwt	108.00–115.00	530	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	136.46/cwt	133.00–140.00	580	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	328	144.13/cwt	140.00–148.00	473	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	463	124.27/cwt	120.00–130.00	575	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	140.00/cwt	135.00–145.00	511	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	440	122.47/cwt	120.00–125.00	539	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	149.77/cwt	147.00–153.00	611	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	432	114.32/cwt	110.00–118.00	494	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	260	139.02/cwt	138.00–140.00	361	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	578	106.01/cwt	103.00–110.00	613	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	126.65/cwt	126.00–127.00	809	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	117.33/cwt	115.00–120.00	503	9

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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