Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-03-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer and bull calves 12.00 lower, heifer calves mostly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $252.27/cwt on 57 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −137.88 against this barn's trailing median of $390.15.

Average price

$252.27

57 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,400

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$24

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

$4.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.08

vs GA average

−14.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	555	253.13	1,405	46
Medium and Large 3	555	248.65	1,380	11thin

One grade step is worth $4.49/cwt here — about $24 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $439.12, low $325.70, median $390.15 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 sale57 hd

252.27

—

GA average14 barns · 326 hd

249.18

+3.08

National average161 barns · 9,489 hd

266.87

−14.60

This barn, trailing median33 sales

390.15

−137.88

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	1,722	143.35	2,468	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,473	136.14	2,005	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,079	132.45	1,429	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,050	105.24	1,105	21

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,105	$1,533	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,125	$1,450	1thin

Every lot, as filed

66 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 3	250–300	291	366.98/cwt	366.00–370.00	1,068	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	421	328.31/cwt	326.00–332.00	1,382	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	322.84/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,343	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	237.02/cwt	232.00–238.00	1,474	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	338.52/cwt	337.00–340.00	1,405	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	357.54/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,126	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	317	301.63/cwt	300.00–305.00	956	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	283.05/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,480	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	340.69/cwt	337.00–345.00	1,271	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	292.86/cwt	290.00–297.00	1,119	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	738	216.00/cwt	215.00–217.00	1,594	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	263.76/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,353	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	303.33/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,380	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	194.26/cwt	190.00–197.00	1,379	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	247.04/cwt	242.00–252.00	1,668	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	278.71/cwt	276.00–285.00	1,605	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	258.02/cwt	254.00–259.00	1,623	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	252.12/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,409	42
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	317.06/cwt	316.00–318.00	1,436	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	304.06/cwt	300.00–309.00	1,575	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	1,533.14/head	1,450.00–1,625.00	1,533	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	292.31/cwt	291.00–295.00	1,248	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	317.36/cwt	315.00–320.00	873	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	287.61/cwt	280.00–289.00	1,314	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	301.84/cwt	301.00–310.00	1,132	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	260.33/cwt	260.00–261.00	1,739	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,634	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,535	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	347.49/cwt	346.00–350.00	1,279	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,034	93.28/cwt	89.00–99.00	965	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	115.63/cwt	114.00–118.00	1,171	8
Bulls	—	—	2,120	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,968	1
Bulls	—	—	1,412	134.71/cwt	133.00–137.00	1,902	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,405	132.62/cwt	128.00–135.00	1,863	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,021	125.19/cwt	120.00–129.00	1,278	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	364.95/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,015	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,117	105.34/cwt	101.00–110.00	1,177	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	141.43/cwt	141.00–142.00	2,228	2
Bulls	—	—	1,988	157.98/cwt	157.00–159.00	3,141	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,121	142.07/cwt	139.00–145.00	1,593	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,123	134.68/cwt	129.00–138.00	1,512	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	577	243.86/cwt	237.00–245.00	1,407	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	272.98/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,523	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	340.67/cwt	340.00–342.00	1,387	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	240.99/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,615	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	251.01/cwt	250.00–252.00	1,576	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	357.60/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,155	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	517	257.02/cwt	256.00–258.00	1,329	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	472	313.07/cwt	310.00–314.00	1,478	18
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	344.08/cwt	340.00–348.00	1,256	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	314	289.34/cwt	288.00–290.00	909	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	466	266.78/cwt	265.00–268.00	1,243	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	408	311.97/cwt	307.00–317.00	1,273	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	329	335.81/cwt	333.00–340.00	1,105	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	327.53/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,195	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	683	199.51/cwt	197.00–202.00	1,363	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	566	253.74/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,436	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	278.49/cwt	277.00–280.00	1,504	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	466	292.99/cwt	287.00–295.00	1,365	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	409	274.06/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,121	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	394	281.73/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,110	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	242.50/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,504	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	342	349.83/cwt	348.00–352.00	1,196	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	285.03/cwt	282.00–290.00	1,228	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	271.09/cwt	270.00–273.00	1,261	11

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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