Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-07-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week . No trend is available.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.10/cwt on 170 head.

Average price

$130.10

170 head · 492 lb average

Value per head Derived

$640

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$51

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

$24.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.22

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	408	146.23	596	25
Medium and Large 2	489	131.35	642	83
Medium and Large 3	531	121.92	647	62

One grade step is worth $24.31/cwt here — about −$51 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 sale170 hd

130.10

—

GA average14 barns · 1,417 hd

131.32

−1.22

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	1,523	95.48	1,454	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,217	70.97	864	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,015	59.94	608	42

Every lot, as filed

63 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	183.73/cwt	180.00–188.00	505	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	143.63/cwt	140.00–148.00	471	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	603	127.81/cwt	125.00–132.00	771	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	225	154.09/cwt	153.00–155.00	347	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	154.92/cwt	150.00–160.00	658	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	369	157.00/cwt	153.00–160.00	579	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	467	143.29/cwt	140.00–145.00	669	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	311	170.56/cwt	165.00–175.00	530	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	406	133.55/cwt	130.00–138.00	542	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	152.50/cwt	148.00–155.00	791	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	168.33/cwt	165.00–175.00	619	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	162.71/cwt	160.00–164.00	848	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	150.25/cwt	145.00–155.00	556	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	132.71/cwt	130.00–138.00	697	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	440	140.33/cwt	140.00–141.00	617	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	158.04/cwt	156.00–163.00	605	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	180.60/cwt	176.00–185.00	573	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	409	145.58/cwt	142.00–148.00	595	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	437	157.85/cwt	150.00–160.00	690	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	76.20/cwt	73.00–79.00	925	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	69.04/cwt	66.00–72.00	841	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	150.74/cwt	142.00–152.00	930	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	155.49/cwt	150.00–159.00	725	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	124.49/cwt	120.00–130.00	718	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	383	148.49/cwt	147.00–150.00	569	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	152.88/cwt	145.00–155.00	861	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	140.80/cwt	140.00–141.00	943	5
Bulls	—	—	1,392	90.13/cwt	88.00–93.00	1,255	3
Bulls	—	—	1,653	100.83/cwt	98.00–103.00	1,667	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	57.94/cwt	55.00–61.00	568	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	64.40/cwt	62.00–68.00	704	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	143.32/cwt	142.00–145.00	674	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	124.85/cwt	120.00–128.00	537	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	225	137.96/cwt	135.00–143.00	310	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	718	122.48/cwt	121.00–124.00	879	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	275	175.32/cwt	173.00–178.00	482	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	168.33/cwt	165.00–175.00	695	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	667	114.10/cwt	108.00–118.00	761	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	277	139.35/cwt	138.00–140.00	386	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	491	122.18/cwt	120.00–128.00	600	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	992	688.53/cwt	675.00–725.00	6,830	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,050	675.48/cwt	650.00–700.00	7,093	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	140.49/cwt	140.00–143.00	657	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	114.32/cwt	114.00–115.00	835	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	133.94/cwt	130.00–138.00	891	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	578	126.45/cwt	121.00–130.00	731	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	114.63/cwt	110.00–119.00	659	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	621	117.69/cwt	116.00–119.00	731	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	533	125.53/cwt	118.00–128.00	669	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	120.98/cwt	120.00–122.00	869	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	132.69/cwt	130.00–138.00	480	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	489	132.53/cwt	130.00–138.00	648	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	583	112.47/cwt	110.00–115.00	656	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	670	123.51/cwt	122.00–125.00	828	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	327	129.95/cwt	125.00–135.00	425	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	618	125.98/cwt	120.00–129.00	779	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	488	134.36/cwt	130.00–139.00	656	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	511	131.22/cwt	130.00–135.00	671	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	528	123.33/cwt	120.00–129.00	651	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	263	170.57/cwt	168.00–173.00	449	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	610	133.52/cwt	132.00–135.00	814	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	160.90/cwt	160.00–161.00	750	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	127.31/cwt	124.00–130.00	983	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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