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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $211.70/cwt on 156 head.

Average price

$211.70

156 head · 487 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,030

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$61

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$14.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.76

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	436	214.46	936	77
Medium and Large 1	544	211.22	1,149	64
Medium and Large 3	500	199.52	997	15thin

One grade step is worth $14.94/cwt here — about −$61 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 sale156 hd

211.70

—

GA average16 barns · 1,605 hd

204.94

+6.76

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	1,563	119.34	1,865	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,185	107.00	1,268	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,122	90.31	1,013	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,021	78.83	805	29

Every lot, as filed

49 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 1	—	519	214.74/cwt	212.00–220.00	1,115	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	204.69/cwt	200.00–209.00	972	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	194.18/cwt	190.00–195.00	1,307	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	214.24/cwt	210.00–217.00	921	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	218.03/cwt	216.00–219.00	1,027	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	401	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,123	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	528	196.04/cwt	193.00–199.00	1,035	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	233.47/cwt	227.00–235.00	782	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	205.01/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,060	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	584	238.75/cwt	234.00–241.00	1,394	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	234.82/cwt	232.00–237.00	1,240	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,531	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,257	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	249.72/cwt	244.00–253.00	1,311	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	211.74/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,220	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	413	262.45/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,084	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	249.02/cwt	243.00–252.00	1,427	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	270.56/cwt	269.00–277.00	1,190	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	427	243.95/cwt	242.00–244.00	1,042	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	466	237.93/cwt	235.00–242.00	1,109	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	432	232.05/cwt	230.00–236.00	1,002	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	524	223.98/cwt	222.00–230.00	1,174	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	605	206.50/cwt	202.00–208.00	1,249	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	378	274.68/cwt	268.00–278.00	1,038	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,057	78.89/cwt	75.00–84.00	834	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,181	83.27/cwt	80.00–86.00	983	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,153	100.46/cwt	99.00–102.00	1,158	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,085	92.54/cwt	88.00–95.00	1,004	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	989	71.32/cwt	67.00–74.00	705	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	994	86.24/cwt	85.00–88.00	857	8
Bulls	—	—	1,559	122.71/cwt	119.00–127.00	1,913	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,185	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,268	1
Bulls	—	—	1,773	108.64/cwt	106.00–111.00	1,926	2
Bulls	—	—	1,511	115.65/cwt	114.00–118.00	1,747	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	518	192.51/cwt	190.00–195.00	997	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	540	214.41/cwt	214.00–217.00	1,158	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	388	244.23/cwt	240.00–245.00	948	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	310	261.67/cwt	260.00–265.00	811	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	458	222.34/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,018	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	410	223.64/cwt	220.00–225.00	917	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	222.67/cwt	221.00–226.00	966	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	219.09/cwt	205.00–224.00	723	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	183.89/cwt	183.00–186.00	1,232	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	319	274.71/cwt	272.00–280.00	876	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	378	256.15/cwt	253.00–259.00	968	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	275	285.27/cwt	280.00–290.00	784	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	422	207.67/cwt	205.00–209.00	876	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	222.64/cwt	217.00–225.00	822	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,539	6

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 →