Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-08-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls 2.00 higher, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady, steer and bull calves steady, heifer calves 2.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $228.44/cwt on 98 head.

Average price

$228.44

98 head · 450 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,029

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$308

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

$10.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.00

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	488	229.54	1,119	61
Medium and Large 2	391	227.58	890	33
Medium and Large 3	371	218.72	811	4thin

One grade step is worth $10.82/cwt here — about $308 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 sale98 hd

228.44

—

GA average16 barns · 1,286 hd

220.44

+8.00

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	1,622	131.35	2,130	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,134	104.99	1,191	58
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,657	103.99	1,723	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,002	88.85	891	28

Every lot, as filed

42 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	—	275	237.36/cwt	235.00–240.00	653	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	403	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	967	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	233.87/cwt	230.00–237.00	767	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	217.02/cwt	215.00–219.00	1,031	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	386	228.78/cwt	225.00–232.00	883	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	223.93/cwt	220.00–228.00	952	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	248.22/cwt	248.00–249.00	1,186	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	257.39/cwt	252.00–258.00	1,174	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	248.66/cwt	248.00–249.00	1,268	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	265.66/cwt	265.00–266.00	1,124	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	212.98/cwt	210.00–214.00	1,506	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	208.68/cwt	208.00–210.00	1,384	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	256.38/cwt	250.00–260.00	943	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	245.49/cwt	242.00–248.00	1,385	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	236.27/cwt	232.00–240.00	1,470	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	307	267.35/cwt	265.00–270.00	821	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	615	212.52/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,307	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	558	217.50/cwt	217.00–218.00	1,214	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	246.01/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,046	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	472	226.97/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,071	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	508	221.66/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,126	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	440	231.71/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,020	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	244.61/cwt	240.00–248.00	812	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	228.76/cwt	224.00–230.00	1,176	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	229.76/cwt	225.00–233.00	1,052	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	371	218.72/cwt	215.00–220.00	811	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	226.86/cwt	220.00–228.00	1,264	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	380	236.61/cwt	232.00–240.00	899	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	217.35/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,141	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	201.34/cwt	200.00–202.00	1,339	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	324	258.83/cwt	256.00–265.00	839	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	428	221.20/cwt	220.00–224.00	947	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	319	248.72/cwt	248.00–252.00	793	11
Bulls	—	—	1,625	127.68/cwt	124.00–130.00	2,075	5
Bulls	—	—	1,613	140.52/cwt	140.00–141.00	2,267	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	105.74/cwt	102.00–109.00	1,227	38
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,189	112.54/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,338	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,017	97.58/cwt	95.00–101.00	992	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,657	103.99/cwt	102.00–105.00	1,723	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	90.70/cwt	86.00–94.00	928	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,143	100.06/cwt	97.00–102.00	1,144	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	927	82.58/cwt	79.00–85.00	766	11

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 →