Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-03-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves 2.00 higher, heifer and bull calves unevenly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $189.23/cwt on 159 head.

Average price

$189.23

159 head · 497 lb average

Value per head Derived

$940

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$4.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.72

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	488	191.83	936	48
Medium and Large 1	537	188.55	1,013	69
Medium and Large 3	441	187.39	827	42

One grade step is worth $4.44/cwt here — about $109 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 sale159 hd

189.23

—

GA average15 barns · 2,249 hd

183.51

+5.72

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	—	High	1,642	115.56	1,898	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,202	91.34	1,098	40
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,724	89.75	1,547	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,075	75.31	810	15

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	175.00/cwt	174.00–177.00	1,071	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	359	217.11/cwt	215.00–218.00	779	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	212.55/cwt	210.00–215.00	782	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	179.96/cwt	177.00–183.00	1,206	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	433	221.58/cwt	220.00–225.00	959	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	195.62/cwt	192.00–197.00	959	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	524	168.02/cwt	165.00–172.00	880	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	199.60/cwt	199.00–205.00	735	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	183.21/cwt	180.00–186.00	1,031	22
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	585	190.97/cwt	187.00–195.00	1,117	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	213.52/cwt	212.00–215.00	1,036	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	162.76/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,021	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	341	216.99/cwt	216.00–220.00	740	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	511	179.45/cwt	177.00–185.00	917	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	305	243.33/cwt	240.00–245.00	742	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	391	244.45/cwt	242.00–248.00	956	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	252.51/cwt	250.00–260.00	965	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,278	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	219.18/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,256	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	246.34/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,044	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	232.93/cwt	230.00–234.00	1,141	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	207.89/cwt	202.00–210.00	1,318	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	224.23/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,168	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,257	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	412	234.98/cwt	230.00–240.00	968	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	618	189.98/cwt	188.00–192.00	1,174	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	308	247.48/cwt	245.00–250.00	762	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	581	195.68/cwt	190.00–198.00	1,137	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	235.99/cwt	235.00–237.00	861	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	221.63/cwt	220.00–225.00	931	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	685	175.99/cwt	175.00–177.00	1,206	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	74.82/cwt	72.00–78.00	792	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,097	68.04/cwt	65.00–70.00	746	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	85.14/cwt	83.00–87.00	914	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,286	101.63/cwt	98.00–105.00	1,307	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	92.94/cwt	90.00–97.00	1,129	19
Bulls	—	—	1,764	122.34/cwt	119.00–127.00	2,158	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,688	86.03/cwt	85.00–87.00	1,452	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,760	93.46/cwt	92.00–95.00	1,645	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	87.14/cwt	84.00–89.00	1,018	17
Bulls	—	—	1,673	114.43/cwt	111.00–118.00	1,914	8
Bulls	—	—	1,399	107.67/cwt	107.00–108.00	1,506	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	509	200.99/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,023	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	277	241.32/cwt	240.00–247.00	668	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	186.01/cwt	185.00–187.00	1,070	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	287	232.75/cwt	230.00–237.00	668	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	312	235.11/cwt	230.00–240.00	734	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	192.51/cwt	190.00–195.00	1,007	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	372	213.04/cwt	210.00–217.00	793	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	620	165.98/cwt	165.00–167.00	1,029	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	148.95/cwt	145.00–152.00	1,168	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	202.53/cwt	200.00–205.00	942	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	410	208.48/cwt	207.00–210.00	855	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	515	186.01/cwt	185.00–187.00	958	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	444	206.01/cwt	200.00–207.00	915	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	212.54/cwt	210.00–215.00	670	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	171.63/cwt	170.00–175.00	1,009	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	785	127.50/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,001	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	403	190.42/cwt	185.00–192.00	767	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	433	214.76/cwt	210.00–217.00	930	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	207.54/cwt	200.00–210.00	963	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	187.86/cwt	185.00–190.00	973	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	484	183.32/cwt	178.00–188.00	887	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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