Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady, steer and bull calves 5.00 lower, heifer calves 3.00 lower, feeder steers and heifers had limited comparable sales from week before, feeder bulls 4.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $311.29/cwt on 129 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −125.42 against this barn's trailing median of $436.72.

Average price

$311.29

129 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,639

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$12

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

$12.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.06

vs GA average

+2.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	522	314.69	1,642	94
Medium and Large 2	540	302.18	1,631	35

One grade step is worth $12.50/cwt here — about $12 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 sale129 hd

311.29

—

GA average14 barns · 330 hd

303.24

+8.06

National average164 barns · 13,053 hd

309.16

+2.13

This barn, trailing median33 sales

436.72

−125.42

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	1,687	165.93	2,799	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,301	139.55	1,816	55
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,442	137.25	1,979	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	994	112.15	1,114	25

Every lot, as filed

55 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	331.13/cwt	328.00–334.00	1,563	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	296.44/cwt	296.00–297.00	1,663	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	288.35/cwt	287.00–291.00	1,612	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	234.10/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,468	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	311.53/cwt	310.00–312.00	1,199	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	262.28/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,364	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	262.61/cwt	262.00–265.00	1,373	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	272.52/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,431	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	290.98/cwt	289.00–295.00	1,202	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	292.51/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,354	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	239.30/cwt	239.00–240.00	1,369	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	389	361.31/cwt	357.00–362.00	1,405	22
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	486	320.88/cwt	315.00–323.00	1,559	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	312.56/cwt	305.00–314.00	1,641	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	280	313.45/cwt	310.00–315.00	878	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	568	254.60/cwt	252.00–260.00	1,446	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	720	208.53/cwt	207.00–210.00	1,501	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	487	278.38/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,356	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	579	231.27/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,339	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	616	270.07/cwt	269.00–273.00	1,664	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	416	274.98/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,144	5
Bulls	—	—	1,470	157.07/cwt	155.00–159.00	2,309	4
Bulls	—	—	1,955	176.25/cwt	172.00–181.00	3,446	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,900	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,371	133.89/cwt	133.00–136.00	1,836	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,175	120.09/cwt	117.00–124.00	1,411	6
Bulls	—	—	1,708	167.41/cwt	165.00–170.00	2,859	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,274	129.60/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,651	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	881	114.36/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,008	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,355	149.09/cwt	145.00–155.00	2,020	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	105.40/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,039	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,272	138.02/cwt	134.00–143.00	1,756	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,494	143.67/cwt	138.00–147.00	2,146	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	337	362.63/cwt	360.00–364.00	1,222	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	477	256.68/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,224	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	379	329.22/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,248	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	305.18/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,297	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	407	335.22/cwt	332.00–340.00	1,364	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	248.30/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,266	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	248.16/cwt	246.00–253.00	1,531	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	237.51/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,568	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	329.77/cwt	325.00–333.00	1,068	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	279.49/cwt	278.00–280.00	1,574	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	322.04/cwt	316.00–325.00	1,630	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	301.63/cwt	301.00–305.00	1,252	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	239.73/cwt	238.00–240.00	1,541	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,848	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,532	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	310.71/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,485	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	318.33/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,321	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	362.80/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,190	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	272.38/cwt	269.00–274.00	1,275	45
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	329	343.00/cwt	342.00–345.00	1,128	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	639	235.47/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,505	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	341.82/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,272	3

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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