Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-08-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $219.79/cwt on 162 head.

Average price

$219.79

162 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,195

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$302

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

$16.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.06

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	221.80	1,219	129
Medium and Large 2	544	214.20	1,166	25
Medium and Large 3	448	204.88	917	8thin

One grade step is worth $16.91/cwt here — about $302 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 sale162 hd

219.79

—

GA average15 barns · 1,456 hd

214.73

+5.06

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	1,614	128.62	2,076	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,517	110.90	1,683	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,168	106.52	1,244	56
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	960	89.97	864	30

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,308	$1,431	2thin

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	510	201.32/cwt	200.00–202.00	1,027	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	580	196.98/cwt	196.00–200.00	1,142	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	419	225.27/cwt	220.00–227.00	944	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	223.16/cwt	222.00–225.00	1,093	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	245.75/cwt	245.00–246.00	1,032	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	592	203.99/cwt	203.00–206.00	1,208	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	248.32/cwt	248.00–249.00	1,187	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	255.60/cwt	254.00–256.00	1,178	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	255.41/cwt	255.00–256.00	1,101	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	249.68/cwt	245.00–252.00	1,081	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	223.41/cwt	219.00–228.00	1,184	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	202.49/cwt	200.00–205.00	958	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	215.78/cwt	215.00–217.00	1,111	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	617	229.78/cwt	226.00–231.00	1,418	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	247.68/cwt	244.00–254.00	1,382	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	241.42/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,591	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	203.99/cwt	202.00–205.00	1,571	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	232.75/cwt	230.00–237.00	861	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	439	205.68/cwt	200.00–210.00	903	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	514	222.45/cwt	222.00–223.00	1,143	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	581	231.25/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,344	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	488	227.44/cwt	224.00–228.00	1,110	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	219.72/cwt	217.00–221.00	1,052	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	208.44/cwt	205.00–209.00	1,324	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	230.37/cwt	227.00–234.00	972	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	218.77/cwt	218.00–219.00	1,245	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	239.00/cwt	238.00–240.00	1,477	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	406	241.73/cwt	235.00–244.00	981	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	654	204.66/cwt	200.00–207.00	1,338	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	530	219.75/cwt	218.00–220.00	1,165	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	216.33/cwt	215.00–223.00	1,372	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	229.00/cwt	227.00–231.00	1,069	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	621	208.63/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,296	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,308	1,431.45/head	1,300.00–1,550.00	1,431	2
Bulls	—	—	1,543	125.20/cwt	121.00–127.00	1,932	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,571	107.73/cwt	106.00–109.00	1,692	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,474	113.44/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,672	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	962	88.42/cwt	85.00–94.00	851	16
Bulls	—	—	1,590	117.17/cwt	116.00–119.00	1,863	2
Bulls	—	—	1,656	133.20/cwt	130.00–137.00	2,206	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,078	97.09/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,047	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	105.98/cwt	101.00–109.00	1,314	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	95.86/cwt	94.00–100.00	944	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	893	81.46/cwt	80.00–84.00	727	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,118	114.04/cwt	110.00–117.00	1,275	17

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →