Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 6.00 lower, slaughter bulls 3.00 lower, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves 2.00 higher, heifer and bull calves steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $258.67/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −131.47 against this barn's trailing median of $390.15.

Average price

$258.67

36 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,400

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$21.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.37

vs GA average

−11.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	265.90	1,423	22
Medium and Large 3	534	248.71	1,328	9thin
Medium and Large 2	580	244.84	1,420	5thin

One grade step is worth $21.06/cwt here — about $3 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 sale36 hd

258.67

—

GA average15 barns · 486 hd

247.31

+11.37

National average178 barns · 11,596 hd

270.19

−11.52

This barn, trailing median33 sales

390.15

−131.47

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	1,696	142.06	2,409	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,280	123.52	1,582	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,538	115.35	1,774	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	992	101.13	1,003	17

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)	1,190	$1,686	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,170	$1,868	2thin

Every lot, as filed

59 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	202.47/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,373	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	260.67/cwt	254.00–264.00	1,577	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	282.65/cwt	281.00–286.00	1,196	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	270.65/cwt	270.00–272.00	1,326	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	294.01/cwt	290.00–297.00	1,097	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	321.97/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,349	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	477	281.64/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,343	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	1,686.40/head	1,675.00–1,700.00	1,686	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	308.69/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,003	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	332.55/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,257	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	335.53/cwt	332.00–338.00	1,456	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	244.84/cwt	240.00–246.00	1,420	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	363	325.70/cwt	325.00–327.00	1,182	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	312	347.87/cwt	345.00–352.00	1,085	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	233.47/cwt	232.00–235.00	1,354	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	760	194.97/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,482	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	337.39/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,113	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	627	219.03/cwt	217.00–220.00	1,373	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	296.06/cwt	290.00–299.00	1,540	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	285	303.93/cwt	302.00–310.00	866	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	508	286.00/cwt	285.00–287.00	1,453	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	267.68/cwt	260.00–268.00	1,298	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	273.56/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,171	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	101.99/cwt	99.00–106.00	997	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,495	112.17/cwt	111.00–113.00	1,677	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,559	116.94/cwt	116.00–118.00	1,823	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,348	123.48/cwt	119.00–126.00	1,665	10
Bulls	—	—	1,622	142.95/cwt	139.00–145.00	2,319	7
Bulls	—	—	1,785	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	2,231	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	307	296.63/cwt	290.00–300.00	911	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	113.23/cwt	109.00–116.00	1,495	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,179	130.43/cwt	127.00–135.00	1,538	9
Bulls	—	—	1,910	147.46/cwt	147.00–148.00	2,816	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	969	112.95/cwt	109.00–116.00	1,094	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,017	93.63/cwt	89.00–96.00	952	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	286.18/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,182	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	521	253.06/cwt	250.00–256.00	1,318	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	292.47/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,360	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	311.67/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,309	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	376	285.14/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,072	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	280	342.17/cwt	340.00–345.00	958	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	244.63/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,507	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	302.46/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,400	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	698	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,787	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	291.68/cwt	289.00–296.00	1,677	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	343.62/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,289	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	331.60/cwt	330.00–332.00	1,456	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,777	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	341.68/cwt	340.00–342.00	1,428	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,489	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	302.06/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,625	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	701	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,689	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,553	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	235.66/cwt	235.00–236.00	1,426	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	271.97/cwt	266.00–275.00	1,401	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	1,867.57/head	1,800.00–1,925.00	1,868	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	257.12/cwt	250.00–258.00	1,450	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	261.74/cwt	259.00–265.00	1,688	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	215.38/cwt	213.00–219.00	1,531	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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