Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available due to markets being closed previous two weeks

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $106.47/cwt on 42 head.

Average price

$106.47

42 head · 482 lb average

Value per head Derived

$514

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$133

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$1.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.87

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	527	107.11	564	21
Medium and Large 1	622	105.99	659	3thin
Medium and Large 3	408	105.82	431	18thin

One grade step is worth $1.29/cwt here — about $133 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 sale42 hd

106.47

—

GA average7 barns · 488 hd

114.34

−7.87

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	1,730	83.69	1,448	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,271	58.07	738	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	957	51.16	489	8thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	989	55.44/cwt	52.00–59.00	548	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,431	64.21/cwt	63.00–65.00	919	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	409	114.36/cwt	110.00–118.00	468	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	420	119.94/cwt	115.00–125.00	504	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	131.43/cwt	128.00–135.00	637	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	103.64/cwt	101.00–108.00	536	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	57.56/cwt	55.00–61.00	706	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,138	49.34/cwt	48.00–52.00	561	3
Bulls	—	—	1,730	83.69/cwt	80.00–88.00	1,448	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	903	44.02/cwt	43.00–45.00	398	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	144.32/cwt	143.00–145.00	599	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	480	117.31/cwt	112.00–122.00	563	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	529	126.43/cwt	123.00–130.00	669	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	110.56/cwt	105.00–115.00	409	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	152.21/cwt	147.00–155.00	560	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	585	121.07/cwt	117.00–123.00	708	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	339	155.09/cwt	150.00–160.00	526	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	313	109.37/cwt	105.00–113.00	342	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	104.95/cwt	102.00–108.00	603	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	109.00/cwt	108.00–110.00	859	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	238	137.42/cwt	135.00–140.00	327	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	517	125.30/cwt	120.00–130.00	648	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	615	103.03/cwt	101.00–105.00	634	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	140.07/cwt	135.00–145.00	518	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	91.00/cwt	87.00–95.00	569	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	119.66/cwt	118.00–122.00	858	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	373	133.16/cwt	130.00–135.00	497	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	758	92.67/cwt	92.00–94.00	702	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	106.48/cwt	105.00–108.00	655	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	142.45/cwt	140.00–145.00	677	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	105.99/cwt	105.00–108.00	659	3

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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