Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2022-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: No trend available

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.93/cwt on 119 head.

Average price

$134.93

119 head · 427 lb average

Value per head Derived

$576

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

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

$22.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.54

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	427	145.67	621	52
Medium and Large 2	466	131.07	611	31
Medium and Large 3	393	122.73	482	36

One grade step is worth $22.93/cwt here — about $140 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 sale119 hd

134.93

—

GA average7 barns · 569 hd

134.39

+0.54

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	1,522	90.15	1,372	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,285	66.22	851	65
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	957	63.15	604	43

Every lot, as filed

58 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	—	468	163.30/cwt	158.00–166.00	764	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	148.04/cwt	143.00–153.00	829	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	151.98/cwt	151.00–153.00	798	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	442	174.92/cwt	170.00–178.00	773	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	123.45/cwt	119.00–129.00	401	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	235	125.39/cwt	123.00–128.00	295	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	134.60/cwt	132.00–137.00	707	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	124.36/cwt	120.00–129.00	645	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	121.37/cwt	118.00–125.00	449	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	130.62/cwt	128.00–131.00	883	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	140.50/cwt	140.00–141.00	639	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	163.88/cwt	160.00–168.00	533	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	575	121.02/cwt	115.00–125.00	696	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	278	123.13/cwt	121.00–126.00	342	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	416	126.00/cwt	120.00–129.00	524	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	130.50/cwt	130.00–131.00	493	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	380	151.41/cwt	148.00–155.00	575	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	134.32/cwt	130.00–138.00	633	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	116.45/cwt	114.00–119.00	606	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	153.26/cwt	146.00–154.00	529	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	175.50/cwt	172.00–182.00	814	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	138.98/cwt	136.00–142.00	1,063	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	181.92/cwt	180.00–186.00	608	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	282	149.72/cwt	145.00–152.00	422	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	132.93/cwt	130.00–138.00	562	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	145.43/cwt	143.00–148.00	541	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	179.22/cwt	176.00–184.00	783	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	177.81/cwt	172.00–180.00	663	21
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	583	122.48/cwt	121.00–124.00	714	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	158.99/cwt	158.00–160.00	763	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	612	126.59/cwt	120.00–130.00	775	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	163.88/cwt	162.00–166.00	533	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	292	188.21/cwt	185.00–193.00	550	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	161.02/cwt	160.00–163.00	673	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	167.60/cwt	163.00–171.00	778	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	149.76/cwt	145.00–151.00	623	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	727	113.66/cwt	112.00–115.00	826	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	363	175.91/cwt	172.00–178.00	639	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	461	124.29/cwt	122.00–128.00	573	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	112.94/cwt	110.00–118.00	644	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	342	133.67/cwt	132.00–135.00	457	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	235	144.17/cwt	140.00–148.00	339	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	363	164.32/cwt	162.00–168.00	596	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	425	140.99/cwt	140.00–142.00	599	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	490	134.50/cwt	134.00–135.00	659	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	523	123.94/cwt	120.00–130.00	648	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	519	136.10/cwt	131.00–141.00	706	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,063	648.45/cwt	550.00–700.00	6,893	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,098	652.68/cwt	475.00–775.00	7,166	2
Bulls	—	—	1,453	79.20/cwt	77.00–83.00	1,151	2
Bulls	—	—	1,459	88.89/cwt	87.00–94.00	1,297	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	66.26/cwt	64.00–71.00	819	42
Bulls	—	—	1,683	98.15/cwt	95.00–102.00	1,652	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	966	73.43/cwt	70.00–77.00	709	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	56.91/cwt	54.00–61.00	561	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	883	65.58/cwt	63.00–69.00	579	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,459	75.02/cwt	73.00–79.00	1,095	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	60.45/cwt	57.00–63.00	797	14

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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