Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2020-05-12

Southern Livestock

Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, May 12

● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934

← May 5May 12May 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

438 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 434▼ 201 vs year ago 639 · −31.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

84 head

▲ 24 vs last sale 60▼ 7 vs year ago 91 · −7.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $131.79/cwt on 80 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −70.43 against this barn's trailing median of $202.22.

Average price

$131.79

80 head · 424 lb average

Value per head Derived

$559

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$19

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

$11.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.33

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	401	134.15	538	43
Medium and Large 1	468	133.09	623	23
Medium and Large 3	424	122.39	519	14thin

One grade step is worth $11.76/cwt here — about $19 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 sale80 hd

131.79

—

GA average16 barns · 1,107 hd

122.46

+9.33

This barn, trailing median29 sales

202.22

−70.43

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

29 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $218.83, low $174.74, median $202.22 across 29 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,653	96.34	1,592	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,184	63.21	748	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	961	49.62	477	16

Every lot

39 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	138.01/cwt	137.00–139.00	662	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	131.53/cwt	126.00–134.00	685	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	124.79/cwt	123.00–127.00	721	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	613	126.98/cwt	125.00–129.00	778	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	713	114.48/cwt	113.00–116.00	816	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	313	116.02/cwt	115.00–117.00	363	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	331	124.74/cwt	122.00–127.00	413	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	366	118.74/cwt	115.00–122.00	435	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	121.96/cwt	120.00–124.00	516	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	425	107.01/cwt	106.00–108.00	455	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	429	115.81/cwt	112.00–118.00	497	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	463	110.50/cwt	105.00–115.00	512	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	483	119.44/cwt	116.00–124.00	577	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	111.95/cwt	110.00–114.00	585	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	523	109.20/cwt	108.00–110.00	571	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	562	100.69/cwt	96.00–103.00	566	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	113.50/cwt	108.00–118.00	640	17
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	265	146.04/cwt	145.00–147.00	387	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	318	144.40/cwt	140.00–147.00	459	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	320	136.31/cwt	135.00–137.00	436	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	321	154.00/cwt	150.00–157.00	494	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	362	147.71/cwt	146.00–150.00	535	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	382	138.82/cwt	136.00–143.00	530	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	420	133.72/cwt	130.00–137.00	562	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	427	124.62/cwt	120.00–127.00	532	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	470	124.30/cwt	122.00–127.00	584	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	473	113.58/cwt	110.00–119.00	537	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	520	122.72/cwt	121.00–126.00	638	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	561	111.58/cwt	105.00–115.00	626	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	567	119.83/cwt	117.00–124.00	679	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	608	116.34/cwt	113.00–118.00	707	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,020	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	857	1
Bulls	—	—	1,675	90.79/cwt	90.00–92.00	1,521	4
Bulls	—	—	1,789	104.97/cwt	103.00–110.00	1,878	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	948	45.71/cwt	42.00–49.00	433	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	968	51.97/cwt	50.00–56.00	503	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,149	72.16/cwt	70.00–77.00	829	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,156	57.20/cwt	55.00–60.00	661	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,215	62.99/cwt	61.00–68.00	765	12

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 May 12, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 438Last week 434Year ago 639

Slaughter CattleReceipts 84Last week 60Year ago 91

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	608	113.00–118.00	116.34
4	—	321	150.00–157.00	154.00
4	—	520	121.00–126.00	122.72
6	—	362	146.00–150.00	147.71
6	—	567	117.00–124.00	119.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	265	145.00–147.00	146.04
5	—	561	105.00–115.00	111.58
6	—	470	122.00–127.00	124.30
8	—	318	140.00–147.00	144.40
10	—	382	136.00–143.00	138.82
10	—	420	130.00–137.00	133.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	320	135.00–137.00	136.31
5	—	427	120.00–127.00	124.62
6	—	473	110.00–119.00	113.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	110.00–114.00	111.95
5	—	423	120.00–124.00	121.96
8	—	483	116.00–124.00	119.44
17	—	564	108.00–118.00	113.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	562	96.00–103.00	100.69
4	—	331	122.00–127.00	124.74
5	—	523	108.00–110.00	109.20
8	—	366	115.00–122.00	118.74
9	—	463	105.00–115.00	110.50
13	—	429	112.00–118.00	115.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	313	115.00–117.00	116.02
2	—	425	106.00–108.00	107.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	713	113.00–116.00	114.48
3	—	480	137.00–139.00	138.01
4	—	613	125.00–129.00	126.98
5	—	521	126.00–134.00	131.53
8	—	578	123.00–127.00	124.79

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,020	84.00	84.00
4	—	1,675	90.00–92.00	90.79
4	—	1,789	103.00–110.00	104.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,149	70.00–77.00	72.16
7	—	1,156	55.00–60.00	57.20
12	—	1,215	61.00–68.00	62.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	948	42.00–49.00	45.71
10	—	968	50.00–56.00	51.97

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.