Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and heifers 6.00 higher, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves 5.00 higher, heifer and bull 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 $251.97/cwt on 82 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −138.18 against this barn's trailing median of $390.15.

Average price

$251.97

82 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,381

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$30

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

$15.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.44

vs GA average

−16.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	260.90	1,401	34
Medium and Large 3	543	247.26	1,343	11thin
Medium and Large 2	559	245.16	1,371	37

One grade step is worth $15.75/cwt here — about $30 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 sale82 hd

251.97

—

GA average14 barns · 377 hd

246.53

+5.44

National average173 barns · 11,009 hd

268.38

−16.41

This barn, trailing median33 sales

390.15

−138.18

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	1,587	143.23	2,273	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,413	118.73	1,678	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,317	117.99	1,554	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,057	106.27	1,123	22

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)	1,115	$1,500	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,398	$2,005	2thin

Every lot, as filed

61 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 2	400–450	413	322.98/cwt	320.00–328.00	1,334	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	316	348.99/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,103	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	236.34/cwt	232.00–238.00	1,515	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	614	221.82/cwt	218.00–227.00	1,362	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	273.50/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,597	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	264.29/cwt	261.00–268.00	1,395	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	350.55/cwt	350.00–352.00	1,269	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	290.70/cwt	290.00–292.00	1,642	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	287.01/cwt	284.00–290.00	1,745	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	281.44/cwt	279.00–284.00	1,646	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	236.96/cwt	232.00–242.00	1,599	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,752	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	316.01/cwt	312.00–320.00	1,090	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	251.67/cwt	249.00–256.00	1,684	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	281.67/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,290	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,398	2,004.74/head	1,950.00–2,050.00	2,005	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	371.68/cwt	370.00–372.00	978	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	281.67/cwt	280.00–282.00	1,589	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	363.13/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,010	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	404	342.40/cwt	340.00–344.00	1,383	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	327.99/cwt	322.00–329.00	1,496	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	253.82/cwt	252.00–254.00	1,411	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,527	2
Bulls	—	—	1,390	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,890	1
Bulls	—	—	1,582	142.88/cwt	138.00–147.00	2,260	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,247	121.58/cwt	118.00–126.00	1,516	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	951	103.43/cwt	99.00–106.00	984	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,238	85.63/cwt	85.00–86.00	1,060	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,074	113.08/cwt	109.00–119.00	1,214	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	354.54/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,092	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	296.00/cwt	295.00–297.00	1,504	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	289.16/cwt	282.00–292.00	1,203	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,413	118.73/cwt	116.00–122.00	1,678	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,413	113.11/cwt	109.00–115.00	1,598	14
Bulls	—	—	1,830	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	2,818	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	543	247.26/cwt	247.00–250.00	1,343	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	318.04/cwt	317.00–320.00	1,209	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	261.79/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,107	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	316.30/cwt	313.00–322.00	1,673	82
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	328.81/cwt	328.00–330.00	1,361	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,242	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	281	300.11/cwt	295.00–305.00	843	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	507	271.68/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,377	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	254.63/cwt	252.00–259.00	1,339	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	359	292.16/cwt	289.00–296.00	1,049	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	271.05/cwt	269.00–272.00	1,244	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	363	282.31/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,025	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	214.91/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,332	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	308.52/cwt	305.00–309.00	1,675	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	905	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	285.92/cwt	285.00–286.00	1,387	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	264	350.15/cwt	347.00–352.00	924	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	486	263.22/cwt	258.00–265.00	1,279	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	426	308.12/cwt	305.00–309.00	1,313	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	275.22/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,170	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	281.00/cwt	280.00–282.00	1,433	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	691	220.50/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,524	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	283	307.59/cwt	305.00–312.00	870	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	591	236.18/cwt	235.00–241.00	1,396	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	330.21/cwt	327.00–333.00	1,440	30

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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