Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls 4.00 higher, feeder steers 3.00 lower, feeder bulls and heifers mostly steady, steer and heifer calves 4.00 to 6.00 lower, bull caves 4.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $291.84/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −144.88 against this barn's trailing median of $436.72.

Average price

$291.84

21 head · 577 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,683

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$105

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

$0.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.41

vs GA average

−18.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	543	292.51	1,588	2thin
Medium and Large 1	580	291.77	1,693	19thin

One grade step is worth $0.74/cwt here — about −$105 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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $472.65, low $342.37, median $436.72 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 sale21 hd

291.84

—

GA average14 barns · 332 hd

294.25

−2.41

National average163 barns · 10,302 hd

310.77

−18.93

This barn, trailing median33 sales

436.72

−144.88

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	1,891	150.42	2,844	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,480	129.22	1,913	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,279	121.00	1,548	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,009	103.99	1,049	16

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,185	$1,624	2thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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	—	—	2,115	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	3,511	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,286	122.04/cwt	119.00–126.00	1,569	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,446	129.21/cwt	127.00–134.00	1,868	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,166	114.73/cwt	113.00–116.00	1,338	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	123.22/cwt	121.00–128.00	1,793	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,518	138.21/cwt	134.00–143.00	2,098	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	769	219.11/cwt	219.00–220.00	1,685	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	255.90/cwt	253.00–260.00	1,617	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	265.98/cwt	264.00–268.00	1,524	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	232.94/cwt	228.00–234.00	1,451	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	333.43/cwt	328.00–338.00	1,084	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	297.32/cwt	296.00–300.00	1,406	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	293.36/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,077	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	267.57/cwt	267.00–268.00	1,258	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	238.20/cwt	235.00–241.00	1,377	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	308	292.48/cwt	290.00–295.00	901	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	291.64/cwt	288.00–295.00	1,237	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	292.51/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,588	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	258.98/cwt	253.00–262.00	1,704	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	286.56/cwt	283.00–288.00	1,705	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	1,624.37/head	1,600.00–1,650.00	1,624	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	357	321.68/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,148	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	274.51/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,460	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	284.49/cwt	284.00–285.00	1,351	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	331.34/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,223	4
Bulls	—	—	1,555	141.10/cwt	139.00–143.00	2,194	2
Bulls	—	—	1,980	151.04/cwt	145.00–154.00	2,991	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	93.23/cwt	90.00–98.00	921	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,077	111.13/cwt	108.00–113.00	1,197	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	102.49/cwt	99.00–106.00	984	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	337.47/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,299	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	406	277.32/cwt	272.00–280.00	1,126	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	288.66/cwt	288.00–290.00	1,365	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	253.45/cwt	252.00–257.00	1,217	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	316.60/cwt	315.00–317.00	1,171	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	324.61/cwt	319.00–326.00	1,409	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	310.58/cwt	307.00–312.00	1,500	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	252.56/cwt	251.00–253.00	1,450	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	305.13/cwt	300.00–306.00	1,019	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	261.01/cwt	260.00–262.00	1,344	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	295.10/cwt	290.00–298.00	1,396	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	308.32/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,255	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	306.36/cwt	302.00–310.00	1,651	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,656	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	497	275.67/cwt	272.00–276.00	1,370	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	231.90/cwt	228.00–237.00	1,558	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	334.85/cwt	330.00–336.00	1,426	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,839	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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