Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2020-12-15

Southern Livestock

Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Dec 15

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934

← Dec 8Dec 15Jan 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

279 head

▼ 189 vs last sale 468▼ 330 vs year ago 609 · −54.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

113 head

▲ 41 vs last sale 72▲ 28 vs year ago 85 · +32.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

13 head

▲ 13 vs last sale 0▲ 13 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 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves 7.00 lower, bull calves 9.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.

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 $105.79/cwt on 60 head.

Average price

$105.79

60 head · 441 lb average

Value per head Derived

$466

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$82

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

$4.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.17

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	474	108.70	516	17thin
Medium and Large 1	558	105.50	589	4thin
Medium and Large 3	414	104.54	433	39

One grade step is worth $4.16/cwt here — about $82 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 sale60 hd

105.79

—

GA average18 barns · 2,387 hd

114.95

−9.17

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	1,495	78.08	1,167	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,110	55.00	610	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,039	48.49	504	30

Every lot

30 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	490	125.63/cwt	124.00–129.00	616	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	568	115.65/cwt	115.00–117.00	657	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	678	112.67/cwt	110.00–114.00	764	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	322	113.96/cwt	110.00–117.00	367	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	340	123.33/cwt	120.00–125.00	419	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	368	110.58/cwt	107.00–115.00	407	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	413	102.55/cwt	100.00–107.00	424	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	415	112.56/cwt	110.00–115.00	467	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	462	99.55/cwt	95.00–105.00	460	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	525	104.30/cwt	102.00–107.00	548	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	530	94.02/cwt	92.00–96.00	498	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	558	105.50/cwt	105.00–106.00	589	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	558	100.48/cwt	96.00–105.00	561	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	367	122.01/cwt	120.00–125.00	448	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	432	114.68/cwt	112.00–117.00	495	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	469	105.46/cwt	100.00–110.00	495	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	486	115.38/cwt	112.00–120.00	561	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	515	100.22/cwt	95.00–105.00	516	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	520	112.45/cwt	110.00–115.00	585	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	558	103.48/cwt	100.00–107.00	577	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	623	92.99/cwt	90.00–96.00	579	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	675	96.03/cwt	95.00–97.00	648	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,370	72.16/cwt	71.00–73.00	989	2
Bulls	—	—	1,620	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,361	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	975	60.82/cwt	57.00–63.00	593	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	976	52.23/cwt	49.00–55.00	510	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,081	46.00/cwt	42.00–49.00	497	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,136	52.89/cwt	50.00–56.00	601	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,150	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	771	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,510	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	15,100	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 Dec 15, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 279Last week 468Year ago 609

Slaughter CattleReceipts 113Last week 72Year ago 85

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,370	71.00–73.00	72.16
2	—	1,620	84.00	84.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	975	57.00–63.00	60.82
1	—	1,150	67.00	67.00
14	—	1,136	50.00–56.00	52.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	976	49.00–55.00	52.23
18	—	1,081	42.00–49.00	46.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	415	110.00–115.00	112.56
6	—	525	102.00–107.00	104.30
4	—	558	96.00–105.00	100.48
3	—	340	120.00–125.00	123.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	413	100.00–107.00	102.55
10	—	462	95.00–105.00	99.55
6	—	530	92.00–96.00	94.02
7	—	368	107.00–115.00	110.58
9	—	322	110.00–117.00	113.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	558	105.00–106.00	105.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	678	110.00–114.00	112.67
6	—	568	115.00–117.00	115.65
6	—	490	124.00–129.00	125.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	432	112.00–117.00	114.68
6	—	623	90.00–96.00	92.99
10	—	515	95.00–105.00	100.22
7	—	367	120.00–125.00	122.01
9	—	469	100.00–110.00	105.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	520	110.00–115.00	112.45
4	—	558	100.00–107.00	103.48
4	—	675	95.00–97.00	96.03
7	—	486	112.00–120.00	115.38

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,510	1,000.00	1,000.00

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.