Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-06-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-11

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 lower, heifer and bull calves 4.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $249.11/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −141.03 against this barn's trailing median of $390.15.

Average price

$249.11

56 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,318

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$14.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.94

vs GA average

−16.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	529	257.48	1,362	20
Medium and Large 1	572	253.65	1,451	6thin
Medium and Large 3	520	242.63	1,262	30

One grade step is worth $14.85/cwt here — about $100 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 sale56 hd

249.11

—

GA average14 barns · 563 hd

246.17

+2.94

National average154 barns · 8,969 hd

265.37

−16.26

This barn, trailing median33 sales

390.15

−141.03

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	1,660	162.30	2,695	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,467	144.08	2,113	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,188	139.71	1,659	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	962	114.79	1,104	38

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
Bulls	—	—	1,780	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	3,204	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,166	139.18/cwt	134.00–144.00	1,623	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,131	128.57/cwt	125.00–132.00	1,454	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,421	144.80/cwt	142.00–151.00	2,058	7
Bulls	—	—	1,578	163.50/cwt	163.00–164.00	2,580	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,785	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	2,481	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	568	233.06/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,324	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	257.48/cwt	252.00–259.00	1,362	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	513	244.10/cwt	240.00–246.00	1,252	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	413	301.15/cwt	300.00–307.00	1,244	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	566	221.91/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,256	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	379	318.15/cwt	318.00–320.00	1,206	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	478	273.34/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,307	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	326.99/cwt	322.00–330.00	1,334	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	261.00/cwt	255.00–264.00	1,357	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	261.23/cwt	260.00–262.00	1,233	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	237.47/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,456	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	309.17/cwt	309.00–310.00	1,459	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	273.37/cwt	273.00–277.00	1,621	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	268	321.19/cwt	320.00–325.00	861	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	208.41/cwt	208.00–209.00	1,496	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	317.72/cwt	316.00–320.00	1,020	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	357	346.01/cwt	345.00–348.00	1,235	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	631	261.83/cwt	255.00–263.00	1,652	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	300.79/cwt	296.00–304.00	1,576	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	304.23/cwt	296.00–306.00	1,241	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	694	236.33/cwt	235.00–242.00	1,640	31
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	624	233.04/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,454	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,264	148.89/cwt	145.00–154.00	1,882	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,001	104.88/cwt	102.00–107.00	1,050	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	878	111.61/cwt	110.00–118.00	980	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	122.81/cwt	119.00–126.00	1,269	15
Bulls	—	—	1,683	152.25/cwt	149.00–155.00	2,562	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,528	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	282.51/cwt	275.00–284.00	1,195	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	287.68/cwt	287.00–288.00	1,525	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	305.04/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,001	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	362	293.36/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,062	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	713	213.54/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,523	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	344.93/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,249	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	323.51/cwt	322.00–325.00	996	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	322.80/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,314	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	283.55/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,455	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,565	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	365.08/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,132	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	219.32/cwt	216.00–220.00	1,474	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,657	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	235.72/cwt	234.00–239.00	1,476	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	253.65/cwt	253.00–255.00	1,451	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	357	301.33/cwt	300.00–302.00	1,076	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	269.78/cwt	269.00–270.00	1,667	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	274.33/cwt	274.00–275.00	1,407	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	292.70/cwt	287.00–296.00	1,229	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	352.44/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,121	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	279.80/cwt	277.00–285.00	1,340	4

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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