Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-02-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 5.00 to 7.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer and heifer calves 4.00 to 6.00 higher, bull calves 2.00 higher, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $173.80/cwt on 184 head.

Average price

$173.80

184 head · 474 lb average

Value per head Derived

$824

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$221

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

$16.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.25

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	506	176.46	893	125
Medium and Large 2	398	172.61	687	39
Medium and Large 3	422	159.51	672	20

One grade step is worth $16.95/cwt here — about $221 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 sale184 hd

173.80

—

GA average14 barns · 2,022 hd

161.55

+12.25

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	1,622	103.44	1,678	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,555	92.57	1,439	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,273	91.45	1,164	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,051	75.16	790	30

Every lot, as filed

60 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	164.79/cwt	160.00–170.00	783	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	281	176.79/cwt	172.00–178.00	497	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	387	169.36/cwt	168.00–170.00	655	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	179.88/cwt	178.00–182.00	863	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	191.38/cwt	188.00–194.00	739	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	164.72/cwt	160.00–167.00	959	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	179.87/cwt	175.00–184.00	579	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	197.82/cwt	189.00–199.00	665	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	164.19/cwt	162.00–166.00	893	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	187.57/cwt	185.00–195.00	1,170	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	211.13/cwt	208.00–214.00	1,136	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	961	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,480	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	173.65/cwt	167.00–177.00	906	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	159.16/cwt	157.00–165.00	1,009	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	186.35/cwt	180.00–189.00	812	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	192.44/cwt	190.00–195.00	1,132	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	198.41/cwt	197.00–202.00	1,030	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	292	225.68/cwt	225.00–226.00	659	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	204.99/cwt	202.00–208.00	1,185	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	218.10/cwt	216.00–227.00	901	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	215.33/cwt	213.00–219.00	991	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	224.95/cwt	220.00–230.00	864	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	233.10/cwt	227.00–237.00	746	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	211.01/cwt	210.00–212.00	928	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	389	217.07/cwt	215.00–222.00	844	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	321	223.92/cwt	222.00–227.00	719	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	616	162.98/cwt	162.00–165.00	1,004	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	278	223.49/cwt	222.00–225.00	621	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	579	169.29/cwt	165.00–175.00	980	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	186.21/cwt	185.00–187.00	884	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	68.74/cwt	63.00–71.00	739	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	941	84.13/cwt	81.00–87.00	792	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	75.17/cwt	72.00–80.00	807	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,555	92.57/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,439	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,241	90.87/cwt	86.00–94.00	1,128	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,148	83.84/cwt	80.00–88.00	962	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,383	96.79/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,339	16
Bulls	—	—	1,814	109.05/cwt	107.00–113.00	1,978	4
Bulls	—	—	1,469	98.96/cwt	96.00–103.00	1,454	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	206.72/cwt	205.00–210.00	879	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	480	167.47/cwt	165.00–170.00	804	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	368	192.52/cwt	190.00–195.00	708	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	215	207.56/cwt	205.00–210.00	446	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	154.41/cwt	154.00–155.00	877	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	456	176.26/cwt	175.00–180.00	804	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	156.00/cwt	155.00–157.00	874	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	278	211.56/cwt	207.00–215.00	588	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	608	156.00/cwt	155.00–157.00	948	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	368	207.55/cwt	205.00–210.00	764	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	658	159.97/cwt	155.00–161.00	1,053	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	530	182.57/cwt	180.00–185.00	968	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	167.54/cwt	165.00–170.00	545	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	283	161.01/cwt	160.00–162.00	456	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	178.94/cwt	175.00–182.00	658	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	419	163.17/cwt	162.00–165.00	684	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	517	148.78/cwt	145.00–155.00	769	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	153.51/cwt	152.00–155.00	726	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	172.29/cwt	167.00–177.00	734	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	152.47/cwt	150.00–155.00	950	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	159.19/cwt	158.00–163.00	1,078	13

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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