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Southern Livestock

Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Oct 20

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934

← Oct 13Oct 20Oct 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

184 head

▼ 172 vs last sale 356▼ 580 vs year ago 764 · −75.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

41 head

▼ 18 vs last sale 59▼ 66 vs year ago 107 · −61.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and bull calves mostly steady, heifer calves 3.00 lower, feeder heifers 4.00 lower, 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 $101.61/cwt on 47 head.

Average price

$101.61

47 head · 490 lb average

Value per head Derived

$498

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$15

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

$11.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.34

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	463	109.58	508	15thin
Medium and Large 3	503	97.87	492	32

One grade step is worth $11.71/cwt here — about $15 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 sale47 hd

101.61

—

GA average15 barns · 1,007 hd

108.95

−7.34

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	1,775	77.08	1,368	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,035	51.95	538	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	991	43.21	428	7thin

Every lot

23 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 · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	332	123.27/cwt	120.00–125.00	409	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	380	117.32/cwt	115.00–120.00	446	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	385	107.56/cwt	105.00–110.00	414	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	417	105.00/cwt	100.00–110.00	438	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	482	98.30/cwt	95.00–104.00	474	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	533	92.48/cwt	92.00–94.00	493	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	573	92.55/cwt	91.00–94.00	530	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	612	95.00/cwt	94.00–96.00	581	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	623	93.02/cwt	91.00–94.00	580	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	205	142.50/cwt	140.00–145.00	292	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	315	128.44/cwt	125.00–132.00	405	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	365	128.33/cwt	125.00–130.00	468	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	433	131.29/cwt	130.00–134.00	568	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	455	132.33/cwt	129.00–134.00	602	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	470	107.53/cwt	105.00–110.00	505	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	517	112.01/cwt	110.00–113.00	579	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	608	93.49/cwt	92.00–95.00	568	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,775	77.08/cwt	75.00–80.00	1,368	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	910	38.92/cwt	36.00–42.00	354	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	955	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	458	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,020	50.89/cwt	50.00–52.00	519	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,023	44.93/cwt	43.00–46.00	460	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,145	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	664	1

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 Oct 20, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 184Last week 356Year ago 764

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 59Year ago 107

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	58.00	58.00
1	—	955	48.00	48.00
2	—	1,020	50.00–52.00	50.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	910	36.00–42.00	38.92
5	—	1,023	43.00–46.00	44.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,775	75.00–80.00	77.08

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	517	110.00–113.00	112.01
3	—	433	130.00–134.00	131.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	205	140.00–145.00	142.50
4	—	470	105.00–110.00	107.53
3	—	365	125.00–130.00	128.33
4	—	315	125.00–132.00	128.44
4	—	608	92.00–95.00	93.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	455	129.00–134.00	132.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	380	115.00–120.00	117.32
3	—	332	120.00–125.00	123.27
6	—	612	94.00–96.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	482	95.00–104.00	98.30
9	—	573	91.00–94.00	92.55
3	—	623	91.00–94.00	93.02
4	—	385	105.00–110.00	107.56
4	—	533	92.00–94.00	92.48
6	—	417	100.00–110.00	105.00

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.