Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady, steer and bull calves 4.00 lower, heifer calves unevenly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $264.55/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −125.60 against this barn's trailing median of $390.15.

Average price

$264.55

31 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,437

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$127

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$21.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.97

vs GA average

+0.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	273.52	1,453	13thin
Medium and Large 2	556	258.77	1,437	16thin
Medium and Large 3	525	252.52	1,326	2thin

One grade step is worth $21.00/cwt here — about $127 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

264.55

—

GA average14 barns · 426 hd

253.58

+10.97

National average181 barns · 13,137 hd

263.96

+0.59

This barn, trailing median33 sales

390.15

−125.60

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	1,583	147.75	2,339	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,485	129.23	1,919	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,275	126.73	1,615	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,022	105.10	1,075	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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,093	$1,564	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,030	$1,525	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	995	$1,375	1thin

Every lot, as filed

53 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,093	1,564.30/head	1,475.00–1,650.00	1,564	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	307	361.33/cwt	360.00–362.00	1,109	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,722	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	313.48/cwt	312.00–315.00	1,498	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	275.33/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,294	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	256.12/cwt	250.00–259.00	1,442	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	671	227.02/cwt	224.00–230.00	1,523	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	322.31/cwt	320.00–327.00	1,363	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	297.28/cwt	296.00–298.00	1,082	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	374	327.72/cwt	326.00–330.00	1,226	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	322.63/cwt	321.00–326.00	1,536	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	285.01/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,223	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	339.08/cwt	332.00–345.00	1,407	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	264.59/cwt	260.00–266.00	1,426	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	318.65/cwt	318.00–320.00	1,545	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	252.52/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,326	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	509	284.81/cwt	280.00–286.00	1,450	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	462	301.02/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,391	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,064	104.27/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,109	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	129.23/cwt	127.00–131.00	1,919	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,356	129.11/cwt	126.00–135.00	1,751	20
Bulls	—	—	1,712	150.88/cwt	146.00–155.00	2,583	5
Bulls	—	—	1,441	142.59/cwt	139.00–145.00	2,055	10
Bulls	—	—	1,843	159.73/cwt	158.00–161.00	2,944	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	281.85/cwt	278.00–287.00	1,043	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	277.43/cwt	275.00–278.00	1,193	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	95.60/cwt	92.00–98.00	930	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	116.44/cwt	113.00–120.00	1,141	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,176	121.74/cwt	117.00–125.00	1,432	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,360	139.75/cwt	136.00–145.00	1,901	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,525	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	340.99/cwt	340.00–342.00	1,415	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	347.54/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,130	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	296.08/cwt	285.00–300.00	971	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	261.54/cwt	257.00–267.00	1,224	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	623	215.14/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,340	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	245.85/cwt	244.00–247.00	1,758	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	301.00/cwt	300.00–302.00	1,529	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	309	320.27/cwt	315.00–322.00	990	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	338.67/cwt	335.00–340.00	908	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,658	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	293.75/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,642	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,631	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	353.71/cwt	350.00–354.00	1,284	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,454	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	284.26/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,447	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	347.70/cwt	345.00–348.00	1,412	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,541	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	294.76/cwt	292.00–297.00	1,497	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	284.54/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,329	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	355.98/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,168	5

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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