Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves and bulls steady to 3.00 lower, heifer calves 4.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $257.10/cwt on 103 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −133.04 against this barn's trailing median of $390.15.

Average price

$257.10

103 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,400

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$23

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

$21.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.57

vs GA average

−7.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	514	266.72	1,371	16thin
Medium and Large 2	550	257.55	1,418	71
Medium and Large 3	549	245.50	1,348	16thin

One grade step is worth $21.22/cwt here — about $23 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

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 sale103 hd

257.10

—

GA average16 barns · 669 hd

248.53

+8.57

National average180 barns · 13,997 hd

264.52

−7.42

This barn, trailing median33 sales

390.15

−133.04

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	—	High	1,564	152.38	2,382	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,613	130.04	2,098	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,204	127.39	1,534	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,063	103.80	1,103	24

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)	1,154	$1,701	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,035	$1,625	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	968	$1,777	3thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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	—	—	1,642	159.75/cwt	157.00–162.00	2,623	3
Bulls	—	—	1,155	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,605	1
Bulls	—	—	1,650	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,442	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,031	122.38/cwt	118.00–125.00	1,262	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	128.44/cwt	126.00–133.00	1,648	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,613	130.04/cwt	129.00–131.00	2,098	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	260.01/cwt	252.00–263.00	1,409	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	248.38/cwt	247.00–250.00	1,446	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	281.50/cwt	280.00–288.00	1,196	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	406	322.15/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,308	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	315.30/cwt	314.00–316.00	1,034	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	331.01/cwt	330.00–332.00	1,351	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	709	201.00/cwt	200.00–202.00	1,425	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	488	261.72/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,277	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	511	252.87/cwt	250.00–256.00	1,292	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	270.37/cwt	270.00–271.00	1,271	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,154	1,700.87/head	1,650.00–1,775.00	1,701	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	350.22/cwt	350.00–352.00	1,191	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	293.03/cwt	292.00–300.00	1,090	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	326	337.59/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,101	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	322.47/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,209	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	296.03/cwt	290.00–298.00	1,220	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	320.57/cwt	320.00–322.00	1,035	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,504	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	294.50/cwt	290.00–296.00	1,511	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	228.91/cwt	226.00–230.00	1,451	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	272.88/cwt	270.00–273.00	1,534	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	307.49/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,408	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	334.99/cwt	332.00–342.00	1,363	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	294.27/cwt	290.00–297.00	1,389	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	507	291.68/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,479	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	232.34/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,457	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	266.72/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,371	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	602	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,445	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	342.31/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,239	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	322.51/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,509	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	344.66/cwt	344.00–350.00	1,224	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	968	1,776.68/head	1,700.00–1,825.00	1,777	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	429	323.68/cwt	318.00–326.00	1,389	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	488	286.62/cwt	284.00–289.00	1,399	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	276.25/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,409	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	432	272.89/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,179	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	375.24/cwt	370.00–377.00	1,175	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	340.96/cwt	340.00–342.00	1,429	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	105.14/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,149	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,059	116.10/cwt	113.00–119.00	1,229	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,009	94.29/cwt	90.00–99.00	951	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,543	141.10/cwt	135.00–144.00	2,177	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	579	239.77/cwt	235.00–241.00	1,388	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	307.31/cwt	305.00–312.00	1,438	6

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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