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Southern Livestock

Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-02-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Feb 16

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934

← Feb 9Feb 16Feb 23 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

184 head

▼ 376 vs last sale 560▼ 428 vs year ago 612 · −69.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

111 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 111▲ 23 vs year ago 88 · +26.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 4.00 higher slaughter bulls 8.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves 3.00 to 5.00 lower, heifer calves mostly steady, bull calves 5.00 to 7.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $127.80/cwt on 29 head.

Average price

$127.80

29 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$646

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$49

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

$11.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.32

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	502	133.27	669	15thin
Medium and Large 3	509	121.94	621	14thin

One grade step is worth $11.34/cwt here — about $49 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 sale29 hd

127.80

—

GA average12 barns · 364 hd

139.12

−11.32

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	1,509	93.18	1,406	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,143	71.35	816	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	988	58.77	581	26

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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	363	152.99/cwt	152.00–154.00	555	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	375	143.58/cwt	142.00–145.00	538	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	425	129.05/cwt	128.00–130.00	548	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	437	138.85/cwt	135.00–143.00	607	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	135.05/cwt	130.00–140.00	648	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	487	123.30/cwt	120.00–127.00	600	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	528	120.27/cwt	118.00–125.00	635	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	570	124.20/cwt	122.00–128.00	708	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	580	115.03/cwt	112.00–118.00	667	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	660	100.53/cwt	96.00–105.00	663	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	690	115.99/cwt	115.00–117.00	800	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	313	118.60/cwt	115.00–123.00	371	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	381	117.49/cwt	115.00–120.00	448	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	423	113.47/cwt	112.00–115.00	480	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	424	123.25/cwt	120.00–128.00	523	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	475	110.28/cwt	107.00–113.00	524	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	118.70/cwt	115.00–125.00	570	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	517	100.57/cwt	95.00–105.00	520	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	533	112.74/cwt	107.00–116.00	601	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	412	123.28/cwt	120.00–125.00	508	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	465	128.67/cwt	128.00–130.00	598	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	528	111.51/cwt	110.00–113.00	589	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,352	81.91/cwt	78.00–84.00	1,107	3
Bulls	—	—	1,470	93.34/cwt	89.00–95.00	1,372	5
Bulls	—	—	1,730	104.19/cwt	102.00–107.00	1,802	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	980	55.70/cwt	52.00–59.00	546	13
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	988	45.89/cwt	45.00–47.00	453	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	997	64.74/cwt	61.00–68.00	645	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,107	67.99/cwt	64.00–71.00	753	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,186	75.26/cwt	72.00–79.00	893	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 Feb 16, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 184Last week 560Year ago 612

Slaughter CattleReceipts 111Last week 111Year ago 88

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,352	78.00–84.00	81.91
5	—	1,470	89.00–95.00	93.34
3	—	1,730	102.00–107.00	104.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,107	64.00–71.00	67.99
12	—	1,186	72.00–79.00	75.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	980	52.00–59.00	55.70
11	—	997	61.00–68.00	64.74
2	—	988	45.00–47.00	45.89

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	363	152.00–154.00	152.99
4	—	570	122.00–128.00	124.20
5	—	437	135.00–143.00	138.85
2	—	690	115.00–117.00	115.99
2	—	480	130.00–140.00	135.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	487	120.00–127.00	123.30
2	—	660	96.00–105.00	100.53
3	—	528	118.00–125.00	120.27
2	—	375	142.00–145.00	143.58
2	—	425	128.00–130.00	129.05
2	—	580	112.00–118.00	115.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	528	110.00–113.00	111.51
3	—	412	120.00–125.00	123.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	128.00–130.00	128.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	475	107.00–113.00	110.28
3	—	313	115.00–123.00	118.60
2	—	423	112.00–115.00	113.47
3	—	517	95.00–105.00	100.57
4	—	381	115.00–120.00	117.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	480	115.00–125.00	118.70
3	—	533	107.00–116.00	112.74
4	—	424	120.00–128.00	123.25

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.