Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-07-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $216.29/cwt on 148 head.

Average price

$216.29

148 head · 484 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,046

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$212

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

$5.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.04

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	219.22	1,129	47
Medium and Large 2	476	215.05	1,024	86
Medium and Large 3	428	214.17	917	15thin

One grade step is worth $5.05/cwt here — about $212 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 sale148 hd

216.29

—

GA average9 barns · 908 hd

208.25

+8.04

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	—	High	1,722	123.14	2,121	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,256	113.68	1,428	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,266	99.46	1,259	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,078	84.57	911	10

Every lot, as filed

45 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 3	—	390	217.85/cwt	217.00–218.00	850	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	589	198.48/cwt	197.00–200.00	1,169	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	223.25/cwt	218.00–227.00	1,500	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	256.97/cwt	255.00–259.00	1,061	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	593	240.29/cwt	238.00–245.00	1,425	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	491	243.88/cwt	242.00–248.00	1,197	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	309	241.24/cwt	240.00–250.00	745	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	224.53/cwt	217.00–227.00	1,055	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	419	232.78/cwt	230.00–235.00	975	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	607	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,287	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	567	215.14/cwt	212.00–216.00	1,220	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	508	221.00/cwt	220.00–222.00	1,123	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	98.55/cwt	94.00–103.00	1,210	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,019	79.28/cwt	77.00–83.00	808	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,180	92.49/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,091	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,381	106.28/cwt	104.00–109.00	1,468	14
Bulls	—	—	1,697	126.76/cwt	123.00–130.00	2,151	9
Bulls	—	—	1,755	118.49/cwt	115.00–122.00	2,079	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,107	88.11/cwt	87.00–89.00	975	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,256	113.68/cwt	112.00–116.00	1,428	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	90.58/cwt	87.00–93.00	1,049	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	214.01/cwt	212.00–215.00	1,119	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	237.54/cwt	235.00–240.00	772	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	559	204.59/cwt	202.00–212.00	1,144	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	376	237.94/cwt	232.00–242.00	895	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	468	210.13/cwt	205.00–215.00	983	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	514	214.09/cwt	212.00–215.00	1,100	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	216.42/cwt	214.00–219.00	1,022	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	226.30/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,027	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	215.49/cwt	212.00–217.00	894	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	422	221.16/cwt	220.00–227.00	933	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	522	206.22/cwt	205.00–207.00	1,076	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	206.99/cwt	202.00–208.00	1,312	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	205.24/cwt	202.00–207.00	1,084	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	233.35/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,435	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	191.56/cwt	190.00–194.00	1,381	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	221.72/cwt	220.00–224.00	933	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	574	205.99/cwt	201.00–209.00	1,182	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	233.78/cwt	228.00–238.00	984	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	225.42/cwt	222.00–230.00	832	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	233.00/cwt	230.00–234.00	1,328	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	236.24/cwt	232.00–239.00	1,228	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	246.82/cwt	246.00–248.00	1,012	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	230.81/cwt	230.00–232.00	1,205	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	257.25/cwt	255.00–258.00	1,178	4

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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