Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-28

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 8.00 higher, bull and heifer calves 5.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $317.15/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −119.57 against this barn's trailing median of $436.72.

Average price

$317.15

9 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,678

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$103

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

$11.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.97

vs GA average

+12.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	319.63	1,701	7thin
Medium and Large 2	518	308.48	1,598	2thin

One grade step is worth $11.15/cwt here — about $103 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 sale9 hd

317.15

—

GA average12 barns · 240 hd

301.18

+15.97

National average125 barns · 5,668 hd

305.14

+12.01

This barn, trailing median33 sales

436.72

−119.57

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	1,412	161.09	2,274	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,131	130.69	1,478	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	993	111.11	1,103	25

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)	1,110	$1,592	3thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	112.99/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,090	12
Bulls	—	—	1,439	166.46/cwt	161.00–170.00	2,395	6
Bulls	—	—	1,384	155.72/cwt	153.00–158.00	2,155	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,151	141.02/cwt	138.00–149.00	1,623	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,101	124.22/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,368	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	131.47/cwt	129.00–134.00	1,522	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	429	285.10/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,223	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	250.14/cwt	249.00–257.00	1,363	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	268.87/cwt	267.00–270.00	1,551	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	295.37/cwt	292.00–296.00	1,308	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	307.41/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,150	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	317.69/cwt	315.00–322.00	1,029	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	372.44/cwt	372.00–374.00	1,248	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	282	351.50/cwt	350.00–352.00	991	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	478	290.06/cwt	282.00–292.00	1,386	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	276.32/cwt	272.00–282.00	1,279	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	321.00/cwt	320.00–322.00	947	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	347.19/cwt	340.00–352.00	1,594	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	319.88/cwt	316.00–326.00	1,676	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	260.38/cwt	259.00–264.00	1,372	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	308.48/cwt	305.00–312.00	1,598	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	255.53/cwt	253.00–260.00	1,472	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	280.89/cwt	280.00–281.00	1,713	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	294.52/cwt	290.00–296.00	1,555	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	314.76/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,460	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	360.18/cwt	358.00–362.00	1,542	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	241.02/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,374	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,764	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,550	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	241.01/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,482	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	236.04/cwt	232.00–240.00	1,683	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	296.66/cwt	290.00–298.00	1,385	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	332.78/cwt	325.00–334.00	1,065	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	332.95/cwt	331.00–338.00	1,608	33
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,128	1,525.83/head	1,500.00–1,550.00	1,526	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	350.64/cwt	350.00–352.00	1,315	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	327.39/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,408	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	272.54/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,431	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	325.32/cwt	320.00–328.00	1,207	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,012	119.41/cwt	117.00–122.00	1,208	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	100.77/cwt	95.00–106.00	1,031	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	265.13/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,254	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	296.71/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,068	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	372	330.57/cwt	327.00–335.00	1,230	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	264.46/cwt	262.00–267.00	1,626	2

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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