Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 5.00 lower, slaughter bulls 4.00 lower, feeder steers and bulls 3.00 lower, feeder heifers 6.00 lower, steer and heifer calves 6.00 lower, bull calves 3.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $211.17/cwt on 172 head.

Average price

$211.17

172 head · 455 lb average

Value per head Derived

$960

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$219

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

$23.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.58

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	311	231.86	721	14thin
Medium and Large 2	489	210.39	1,029	69
Medium and Large 3	451	208.52	940	89

One grade step is worth $23.34/cwt here — about −$219 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 sale172 hd

211.17

—

GA average16 barns · 1,342 hd

207.59

+3.58

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	1,598	118.20	1,889	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,663	91.23	1,517	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,240	88.12	1,093	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,023	79.69	815	41

Every lot, as filed

56 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	—	—	1,674	119.87/cwt	117.00–121.00	2,007	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	378	238.26/cwt	238.00–240.00	901	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	526	201.40/cwt	190.00–205.00	1,059	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	243.02/cwt	242.00–245.00	1,179	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,532	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	269	225.79/cwt	225.00–227.00	607	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	618	180.70/cwt	180.00–182.00	1,117	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	214.90/cwt	210.00–218.00	1,004	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	227.52/cwt	225.00–230.00	724	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	458	233.52/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,070	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	221.42/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,362	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	389	214.22/cwt	210.00–216.00	833	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	311	231.86/cwt	230.00–235.00	721	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	340	212.22/cwt	210.00–217.00	722	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	554	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,263	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	231.33/cwt	231.00–232.00	1,434	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	248.35/cwt	246.00–252.00	1,051	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	662	188.67/cwt	188.00–190.00	1,249	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	178.49/cwt	177.00–180.00	1,303	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	412	215.25/cwt	215.00–216.00	887	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	537	225.30/cwt	220.00–228.00	1,210	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	280.66/cwt	280.00–282.00	1,005	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	248.01/cwt	245.00–249.00	1,302	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	342	271.93/cwt	270.00–280.00	930	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	476	222.58/cwt	222.00–225.00	1,059	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	186.51/cwt	185.00–188.00	1,240	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	472	230.31/cwt	227.00–232.00	1,087	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	319	290.21/cwt	290.00–292.00	926	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	612	202.38/cwt	200.00–207.00	1,239	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,465	97.94/cwt	97.00–99.00	1,435	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,241	91.12/cwt	88.00–95.00	1,131	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	82.54/cwt	79.00–87.00	1,001	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,101	73.90/cwt	69.00–76.00	814	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,595	85.45/cwt	82.00–89.00	1,363	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,730	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,678	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	949	87.18/cwt	86.00–88.00	827	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	82.04/cwt	77.00–85.00	808	21
Bulls	—	—	2,090	125.45/cwt	125.00–126.00	2,622	2
Bulls	—	—	1,326	113.64/cwt	113.00–114.00	1,507	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	252.43/cwt	250.00–255.00	934	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	410	217.25/cwt	216.00–226.00	891	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	520	211.00/cwt	205.00–214.00	1,097	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	283	292.43/cwt	290.00–295.00	828	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	524	219.68/cwt	216.00–222.00	1,151	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	308	263.35/cwt	260.00–265.00	811	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	561	204.77/cwt	200.00–207.00	1,149	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	190.93/cwt	188.00–197.00	1,203	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	506	212.40/cwt	210.00–213.00	1,075	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	412	243.64/cwt	242.00–247.00	1,004	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	458	216.33/cwt	216.00–217.00	991	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	422	230.46/cwt	227.00–232.00	973	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	459	206.97/cwt	200.00–210.00	950	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	193.24/cwt	190.00–197.00	1,198	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	596	198.00/cwt	196.00–199.00	1,180	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	222.99/cwt	220.00–225.00	836	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	411	213.52/cwt	205.00–215.00	878	24

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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