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Southern Livestock

Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-31

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Mar 31

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934

← Mar 24Mar 31Apr 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

296 head

▲ 110 vs last sale 186▲ 296 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

104 head

▲ 20 vs last sale 84▲ 104 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 14.00 to 16.00 lower, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves mostly steady, heifer and bull calves steady to 5.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.43/cwt on 37 head.

Average price

$117.43

37 head · 449 lb average

Value per head Derived

$528

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$96

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

$16.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.11

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	450	122.79	552	20
Medium and Large 2	455	112.54	512	13thin
Medium and Large 3	428	106.51	456	4thin

One grade step is worth $16.28/cwt here — about $96 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 sale37 hd

117.43

—

GA average13 barns · 734 hd

123.54

−6.11

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	1,568	78.40	1,230	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,313	54.57	717	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,123	43.78	491	6thin

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	464	148.75/cwt	143.00–153.00	690	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	587	121.34/cwt	115.00–125.00	712	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	268	136.03/cwt	135.00–137.00	365	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	318	137.48/cwt	135.00–140.00	437	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	328	115.99/cwt	115.00–117.00	380	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	367	119.72/cwt	117.00–122.00	439	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	418	124.66/cwt	122.00–127.00	521	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	428	114.20/cwt	110.00–120.00	489	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	466	126.40/cwt	125.00–128.00	589	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	470	114.36/cwt	112.00–116.00	537	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	528	97.03/cwt	95.00–99.00	512	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	565	101.31/cwt	100.00–102.00	572	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	108.00/cwt	107.00–109.00	623	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	102.42/cwt	100.00–105.00	640	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	278	143.47/cwt	140.00–147.00	399	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	323	141.31/cwt	137.00–145.00	456	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	328	165.11/cwt	160.00–170.00	542	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	328	150.30/cwt	147.00–152.00	493	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	368	152.55/cwt	150.00–155.00	561	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	375	131.48/cwt	127.00–137.00	493	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	423	144.57/cwt	142.00–147.00	612	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	423	128.36/cwt	125.00–132.00	543	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	465	125.98/cwt	125.00–127.00	586	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	473	140.08/cwt	135.00–145.00	663	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	520	104.86/cwt	100.00–110.00	545	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,456	74.13/cwt	71.00–77.00	1,079	5
Bulls	—	—	1,709	83.73/cwt	82.00–85.00	1,431	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,110	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	544	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,125	42.73/cwt	39.00–45.00	481	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,256	58.53/cwt	56.00–61.00	735	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,382	49.81/cwt	47.00–53.00	688	5

This sale against other markets

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Southern Livestock - Oak Park, GA

Tue Mar 31, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 296Last week 186Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 104Last week 84Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,125	39.00–45.00	42.73
1	—	1,110	49.00	49.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,256	56.00–61.00	58.53
5	—	1,382	47.00–53.00	49.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,456	71.00–77.00	74.13
4	—	1,709	82.00–85.00	83.73

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	470	112.00–116.00	114.36
3	—	367	117.00–122.00	119.72
4	—	428	110.00–120.00	114.20
3	—	565	100.00–102.00	101.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	268	135.00–137.00	136.03
6	—	418	122.00–127.00	124.66
5	—	466	125.00–128.00	126.40
3	—	577	107.00–109.00	108.00
2	—	625	100.00–105.00	102.42
2	—	318	135.00–140.00	137.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	528	95.00–99.00	97.03
2	—	328	115.00–117.00	115.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	278	140.00–147.00	143.47
2	—	423	125.00–132.00	128.36
2	—	520	100.00–110.00	104.86
3	—	323	137.00–145.00	141.31
3	—	375	127.00–137.00	131.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	328	147.00–152.00	150.30
2	—	465	125.00–127.00	125.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	135.00–145.00	140.08
2	—	423	142.00–147.00	144.57
2	—	368	150.00–155.00	152.55
2	—	328	160.00–170.00	165.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	587	115.00–125.00	121.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	464	143.00–153.00	148.75

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.