Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers and bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers 2.00 higher, steer and bull calves mostly steady, heifer calves 5.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $259.93/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −130.21 against this barn's trailing median of $390.15.

Average price

$259.93

36 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,418

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$113

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

$30.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.86

vs GA average

−7.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	263.30	1,430	32
Medium and Large 3	565	233.03	1,317	4thin

One grade step is worth $30.27/cwt here — about $113 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 sale36 hd

259.93

—

GA average16 barns · 398 hd

244.08

+15.86

National average178 barns · 10,823 hd

267.59

−7.66

This barn, trailing median33 sales

390.15

−130.21

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	1,584	145.97	2,313	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,572	122.21	1,921	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,336	118.77	1,586	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	997	103.88	1,035	20

Every lot, as filed

44 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	—	—	1,200	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,560	1
Bulls	—	—	1,755	145.95/cwt	141.00–150.00	2,561	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,623	126.82/cwt	123.00–130.00	2,058	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	112.82/cwt	110.00–117.00	1,072	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,327	119.41/cwt	115.00–124.00	1,585	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	127.99/cwt	125.00–134.00	1,715	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	265.39/cwt	265.00–267.00	1,677	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	293	316.44/cwt	315.00–317.00	927	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	280.01/cwt	279.00–282.00	1,422	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	285.16/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,357	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	321.70/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,055	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	477	299.22/cwt	299.00–300.00	1,427	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	291.62/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,251	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	310.40/cwt	310.00–312.00	1,415	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	265.93/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,412	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	269	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	888	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	327.24/cwt	325.00–328.00	1,384	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	273.72/cwt	272.00–274.00	1,568	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	291.91/cwt	286.00–295.00	1,643	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	217.48/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,457	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,529	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	311.28/cwt	287.00–315.00	1,628	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	273.36/cwt	270.00–278.00	1,334	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	330.91/cwt	324.00–335.00	1,228	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	258.91/cwt	258.00–260.00	1,458	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,720	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,719	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	295.99/cwt	295.00–297.00	1,376	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	307.99/cwt	304.00–311.00	1,127	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	232.65/cwt	230.00–234.00	1,542	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	294	364.01/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,070	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	345.27/cwt	342.00–350.00	1,284	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	233.03/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,317	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	277.72/cwt	276.00–282.00	1,561	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	299.04/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,109	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	341.40/cwt	335.00–343.00	1,260	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	431	311.56/cwt	310.00–314.00	1,343	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	306.63/cwt	304.00–309.00	1,248	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	91.59/cwt	90.00–97.00	870	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	104.74/cwt	99.00–107.00	1,104	9
Bulls	—	—	1,350	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	2,079	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,349	110.10/cwt	107.00–114.00	1,485	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,661	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	427	275.25/cwt	272.00–276.00	1,175	9

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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