Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $297.10/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −139.62 against this barn's trailing median of $436.72.

Average price

$297.10

48 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,610

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$83

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

$29.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.78

vs GA average

−18.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	514	306.51	1,575	10thin
Medium and Large 1	553	301.04	1,664	28
Medium and Large 3	540	276.67	1,493	10thin

One grade step is worth $29.84/cwt here — about $83 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $472.65, low $342.37, median $436.72 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale48 hd

297.10

—

GA average12 barns · 231 hd

293.32

+3.78

National average167 barns · 13,796 hd

316.07

−18.97

This barn, trailing median33 sales

436.72

−139.62

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	1,635	131.02	2,142	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,146	117.22	1,343	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	940	95.13	894	19

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	970	$1,575	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,298	$1,535	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,150	$1,425	1thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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 2	650–700	665	253.08/cwt	250.00–258.00	1,683	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	350.61/cwt	350.00–352.00	1,283	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	512	285.38/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,461	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	304.92/cwt	302.00–307.00	1,046	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	758	206.76/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,567	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	264.15/cwt	262.00–266.00	1,376	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	312.49/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,509	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	285.56/cwt	285.00–286.00	1,228	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	280.71/cwt	278.00–287.00	1,387	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	340.41/cwt	335.00–341.00	1,484	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	824	206.93/cwt	206.00–209.00	1,705	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	306.51/cwt	302.00–309.00	1,575	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	292.43/cwt	292.00–295.00	1,100	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	237.42/cwt	235.00–238.00	1,370	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	230.66/cwt	230.00–232.00	1,446	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	333.56/cwt	332.00–342.00	1,244	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	731	224.09/cwt	224.00–227.00	1,638	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	302.31/cwt	300.00–304.00	1,430	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	483	296.52/cwt	294.00–299.00	1,432	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	275	343.45/cwt	340.00–345.00	944	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	272.48/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,403	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	284.22/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,080	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	245.48/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,321	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	330.00/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,106	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	83.59/cwt	80.00–87.00	786	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	920	101.24/cwt	97.00–106.00	931	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	92.23/cwt	89.00–95.00	890	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,139	108.98/cwt	108.00–112.00	1,241	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,341	127.44/cwt	124.00–130.00	1,709	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,096	118.18/cwt	114.00–123.00	1,295	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	633	227.83/cwt	227.00–228.00	1,442	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	319.86/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,167	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	255.62/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,623	8
Bulls	—	—	1,305	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,618	1
Bulls	—	—	1,610	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,335	1
Bulls	—	—	1,753	128.70/cwt	128.00–129.00	2,256	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	348.22/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,334	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	252.52/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,553	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	272.49/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,520	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	524	292.81/cwt	287.00–294.00	1,534	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	563	252.47/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,421	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	677	237.56/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,608	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,865	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	288.53/cwt	285.00–292.00	1,803	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	332.12/cwt	332.00–334.00	1,597	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	309.55/cwt	308.00–310.00	1,170	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	258.50/cwt	254.00–260.00	1,489	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	328.01/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,387	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	308.75/cwt	290.00–322.00	1,575	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	291.73/cwt	290.00–292.00	1,287	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,605	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	345.51/cwt	344.00–347.00	1,441	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	292.93/cwt	289.00–294.00	1,397	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,260	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	322.47/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,338	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	342.52/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,141	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,298	1,535.04/head	1,500.00–1,600.00	1,535	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	295.25/cwt	290.00–297.00	1,727	16

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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