Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-06-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows mostly steady, feeder steers and bulls mostly steady, feeder heifers 8.00 higher, steer and bull calves 9.00 to 11.00 higher, heifer calves 5.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $213.08/cwt on 160 head.

Average price

$213.08

160 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,141

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$164

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

$14.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.55

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	215.67	1,160	115
Medium and Large 2	535	207.36	1,109	39
Medium and Large 3	496	200.85	996	6thin

One grade step is worth $14.82/cwt here — about $164 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 sale160 hd

213.08

—

GA average16 barns · 1,472 hd

212.54

+0.55

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	1,602	122.47	1,962	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,495	121.27	1,813	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,295	104.91	1,359	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,077	88.26	950	38

Every lot, as filed

53 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	621	194.15/cwt	189.00–199.00	1,206	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	221.98/cwt	217.00–227.00	1,461	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,375	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	246.89/cwt	241.00–250.00	1,402	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	208.49/cwt	206.00–211.00	1,630	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	212.56/cwt	208.00–216.00	1,195	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	615	178.51/cwt	177.00–180.00	1,098	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	208.49/cwt	205.00–212.00	1,403	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	522	238.23/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,244	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	615	204.50/cwt	204.00–205.00	1,258	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	488	275.99/cwt	275.00–277.00	1,347	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	229.39/cwt	227.00–230.00	1,422	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	207.67/cwt	202.00–212.00	1,070	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	704	215.84/cwt	212.00–222.00	1,520	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	541	255.44/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,382	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	281.18/cwt	279.00–287.00	1,330	44
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	566	225.25/cwt	225.00–227.00	1,275	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	235.39/cwt	232.00–237.00	1,365	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	235.19/cwt	232.00–239.00	915	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	283.00/cwt	282.00–284.00	1,101	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	308	268.99/cwt	268.00–270.00	828	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	417	255.59/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,066	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	414	269.48/cwt	265.00–271.00	1,116	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	562	222.68/cwt	222.00–231.00	1,251	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	534	235.42/cwt	234.00–240.00	1,257	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	462	256.30/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,184	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	413	213.53/cwt	212.00–215.00	882	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	218.53/cwt	215.00–222.00	1,123	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	189.85/cwt	188.00–194.00	1,401	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	765	171.97/cwt	170.00–174.00	1,316	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	205.48/cwt	201.00–208.00	1,262	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	192.72/cwt	190.00–196.00	1,287	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	221.43/cwt	218.00–223.00	1,047	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	238.37/cwt	235.00–240.00	779	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	210.50/cwt	209.00–212.00	968	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	706	178.73/cwt	175.00–180.00	1,262	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	223.51/cwt	220.00–227.00	847	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	466	243.22/cwt	242.00–247.00	1,133	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	372	242.59/cwt	220.00–267.00	902	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	566	218.61/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,237	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	220.97/cwt	220.00–222.00	1,149	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	379	255.51/cwt	255.00–257.00	968	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	227.84/cwt	226.00–233.00	1,055	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,306	105.42/cwt	101.00–109.00	1,377	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,331	113.20/cwt	110.00–117.00	1,507	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	96.01/cwt	92.00–100.00	1,181	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,610	114.50/cwt	114.00–115.00	1,843	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,449	123.98/cwt	122.00–126.00	1,796	5
Bulls	—	—	1,356	116.85/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,584	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,087	93.97/cwt	93.00–95.00	1,021	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	982	80.98/cwt	78.00–84.00	795	8
Bulls	—	—	1,799	126.97/cwt	125.00–128.00	2,284	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,108	88.58/cwt	85.00–92.00	981	21

How this sale compares

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.

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