Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Cows steady, Slaughter Bulls 5.00 higher, Feeder Steers and Bulls lightly tested, Heifers 3.00 higher, Steer calves, Heifer calves, and Bull calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $260.64/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −129.51 against this barn's trailing median of $390.15.

Average price

$260.64

31 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,394

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$27

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$16.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.45

vs GA average

−9.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	269.47	1,447	14thin
Medium and Large 3	517	253.61	1,312	13thin
Medium and Large 2	584	252.55	1,475	4thin

One grade step is worth $16.92/cwt here — about −$27 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale31 hd

260.64

—

GA average16 barns · 435 hd

253.19

+7.45

National average179 barns · 13,329 hd

270.59

−9.95

This barn, trailing median33 sales

390.15

−129.51

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	1,544	150.30	2,320	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,495	133.79	2,000	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,253	130.32	1,633	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,026	111.87	1,148	13

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)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	998	$1,353	8
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,085	$1,286	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,240	$1,650	2thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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	Medium and Large 3	350–400	361	333.28/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,203	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	512	326.55/cwt	320.00–328.00	1,672	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	252.55/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,475	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	387	285.31/cwt	280.00–288.00	1,104	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	273.88/cwt	270.00–278.00	1,331	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	337	312.97/cwt	310.00–316.00	1,055	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	243.47/cwt	240.00–247.00	1,400	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	357.30/cwt	350.00–358.00	1,411	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	345.92/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,321	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	755	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	333.38/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,444	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,093	1,388.70/head	1,200.00–1,475.00	1,389	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	344	367.45/cwt	360.00–368.00	1,264	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	285.67/cwt	281.00–290.00	1,363	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	297.23/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,118	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	273.78/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,407	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	263.73/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,498	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	342.55/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,398	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	313.42/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,667	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	375.38/cwt	370.00–376.00	1,209	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	355.02/cwt	350.00–358.00	1,374	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,033	1,421.21/head	1,125.00–1,650.00	1,421	7
Bulls	—	—	1,503	143.26/cwt	140.00–145.00	2,153	3
Bulls	—	—	1,521	150.50/cwt	150.00–154.00	2,289	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,274	141.77/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,806	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	124.77/cwt	120.00–129.00	1,538	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,271	132.96/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,690	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	116.73/cwt	113.00–120.00	1,132	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	343.29/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,407	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	141.04/cwt	139.00–144.00	2,052	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,547	134.73/cwt	132.00–137.00	2,084	7
Bulls	—	—	1,825	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	3,103	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,074	107.71/cwt	105.00–112.00	1,157	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,468	126.65/cwt	125.00–129.00	1,859	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	457	312.96/cwt	310.00–318.00	1,430	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	301.68/cwt	297.00–307.00	1,252	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	362.48/cwt	361.00–370.00	1,428	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	327.79/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,062	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	318.06/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,174	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	284	335.24/cwt	330.00–338.00	952	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	283	313.43/cwt	312.00–315.00	887	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	507	255.45/cwt	250.00–256.00	1,295	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	294.93/cwt	292.00–300.00	1,587	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	324.50/cwt	320.00–327.00	1,330	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	233.16/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,457	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	579	284.06/cwt	280.00–288.00	1,645	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	417	271.76/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,133	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	670	223.40/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,497	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	313	304.69/cwt	300.00–307.00	954	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	486	323.25/cwt	320.00–326.00	1,571	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	292	363.01/cwt	362.00–365.00	1,060	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	487	262.30/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,277	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	287	353.43/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,014	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,055	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	321	348.73/cwt	342.00–352.00	1,119	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	288.83/cwt	282.00–292.00	1,251	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	242.35/cwt	240.00–247.00	1,466	3

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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