Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available due to market being closed past two weeks.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $230.61/cwt on 201 head.

Average price

$230.61

201 head · 459 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,059

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$221

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

$2.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.57

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	423	231.94	980	70
Medium and Large 1	502	229.99	1,154	113
Medium and Large 3	331	229.28	760	18thin

One grade step is worth $2.65/cwt here — about $221 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 sale201 hd

230.61

—

GA average10 barns · 813 hd

220.04

+10.57

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	—	Low	1,540	112.52	1,732	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,430	108.95	1,558	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,281	99.55	1,275	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,055	84.32	889	33

Every lot, as filed

55 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	604	235.00/cwt	234.00–237.00	1,419	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,610	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	329	272.43/cwt	270.00–280.00	896	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,498	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	280.68/cwt	280.00–281.00	1,095	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	383	278.39/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,066	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	471	244.23/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,150	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	253.50/cwt	252.00–255.00	1,065	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	328	273.74/cwt	270.00–280.00	898	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	391	268.24/cwt	262.00–272.00	1,049	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	227.47/cwt	225.00–230.00	876	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	331	244.64/cwt	240.00–249.00	810	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	213.97/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,203	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	246.69/cwt	244.00–248.00	1,095	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	275.12/cwt	275.00–276.00	1,252	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	487	220.59/cwt	220.00–229.00	1,074	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	593	238.21/cwt	236.00–244.00	1,413	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,344	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	272.51/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,166	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	559	232.76/cwt	227.00–234.00	1,301	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	287.21/cwt	285.00–289.00	1,215	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	251.85/cwt	246.00–255.00	947	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	289.53/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,106	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	299.25/cwt	295.00–305.00	928	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	227.40/cwt	225.00–229.00	1,182	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	238.16/cwt	233.00–240.00	1,126	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	575	190.46/cwt	186.00–195.00	1,095	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	240.72/cwt	238.00–242.00	881	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	225.21/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,189	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,393	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	213.73/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,118	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	621	194.25/cwt	194.00–195.00	1,206	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	692	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,287	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	311	230.37/cwt	230.00–235.00	716	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	408	237.72/cwt	232.00–238.00	970	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	223.50/cwt	220.00–227.00	939	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	853	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	316	285.34/cwt	280.00–290.00	902	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	507	208.36/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,056	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	439	260.49/cwt	260.00–262.00	1,144	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	589	213.99/cwt	213.00–215.00	1,260	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	275	292.50/cwt	290.00–295.00	804	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	507	222.35/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,127	3
Bulls	—	—	1,522	107.08/cwt	106.00–109.00	1,630	5
Bulls	—	—	1,509	115.46/cwt	113.00–120.00	1,742	5
Bulls	—	—	1,780	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	2,225	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	77.23/cwt	75.00–80.00	775	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,374	109.86/cwt	107.00–115.00	1,509	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,039	92.42/cwt	90.00–94.00	960	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,346	99.01/cwt	95.00–104.00	1,333	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	89.86/cwt	86.00–93.00	1,002	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,343	105.91/cwt	104.00–108.00	1,422	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,467	114.80/cwt	109.00–118.00	1,684	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,405	94.46/cwt	94.00–95.00	1,327	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	85.74/cwt	83.00–89.00	943	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.

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