Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: slaughter cows and bulls 4.00 lower, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers lightly tested, steer and heifer calves 2.00 higher, bull calves mostly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $216.92/cwt on 161 head.

Average price

$216.92

161 head · 511 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,109

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$281

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

$15.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.94

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	229.43	1,244	18thin
Medium and Large 2	528	215.87	1,140	105
Medium and Large 3	450	213.89	963	38

One grade step is worth $15.54/cwt here — about $281 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 sale161 hd

216.92

—

GA average16 barns · 1,377 hd

211.98

+4.94

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	1,519	120.19	1,825	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,575	92.00	1,449	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,178	90.50	1,066	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,047	82.91	868	39

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	212.48/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,201	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	482	223.00/cwt	220.00–224.00	1,075	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	510	224.48/cwt	222.00–227.00	1,145	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	408	228.73/cwt	228.00–232.00	933	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	516	216.89/cwt	214.00–218.00	1,119	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	673	186.68/cwt	185.00–190.00	1,256	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	257.58/cwt	255.00–258.00	1,102	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	639	230.55/cwt	225.00–231.00	1,473	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	245.41/cwt	244.00–249.00	1,382	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	252.88/cwt	247.00–255.00	1,360	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,508	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	231.83/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,340	24
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	577	221.60/cwt	220.00–224.00	1,279	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	516	239.01/cwt	235.00–243.00	1,233	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	226.45/cwt	222.00–230.00	940	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	232.95/cwt	231.00–235.00	1,228	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	493	232.50/cwt	232.00–235.00	1,146	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	229.16/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,325	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	234.29/cwt	233.00–236.00	1,464	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	255.57/cwt	254.00–256.00	1,252	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	389	220.25/cwt	220.00–222.00	857	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	213.85/cwt	210.00–215.00	994	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	438	216.33/cwt	215.00–218.00	948	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	603	207.51/cwt	207.00–210.00	1,251	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	194.57/cwt	192.00–195.00	1,294	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	214.08/cwt	209.00–219.00	1,259	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	478	217.46/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,039	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	366	245.33/cwt	245.00–246.00	898	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,312	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	218.77/cwt	216.00–223.00	1,041	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	217.01/cwt	216.00–222.00	1,157	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	562	196.01/cwt	195.00–200.00	1,102	5
Bulls	—	—	1,574	123.48/cwt	119.00–126.00	1,944	7
Bulls	—	—	1,810	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	2,299	1
Bulls	—	—	1,406	115.21/cwt	113.00–118.00	1,620	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,291	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,142	86.69/cwt	80.00–90.00	990	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	95.23/cwt	92.00–100.00	1,173	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,449	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,135	84.49/cwt	81.00–89.00	959	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	92.61/cwt	90.00–95.00	880	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	78.21/cwt	74.00–82.00	747	15

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 →