Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trends Available this week due to Holiday

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $292.41/cwt on 80 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −144.30 against this barn's trailing median of $436.72.

Average price

$292.41

80 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,621

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$73

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

$4.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.14

vs GA average

−10.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	530	295.92	1,568	23
Medium and Large 2	564	291.00	1,641	57

One grade step is worth $4.92/cwt here — about −$73 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 sale80 hd

292.41

—

GA average9 barns · 269 hd

284.27

+8.14

National average160 barns · 9,699 hd

302.91

−10.50

This barn, trailing median33 sales

436.72

−144.30

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	1,453	165.26	2,401	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,207	136.87	1,652	60
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,422	132.26	1,880	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,030	124.72	1,285	19

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)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,160	$1,545	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,159	$1,777	60
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,078	$1,687	4thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	303.82/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,285	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,411	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,076	124.22/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,337	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	115.04/cwt	111.00–120.00	1,215	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	966	132.14/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,276	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,163	152.76/cwt	145.00–155.00	1,777	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,207	138.77/cwt	135.00–144.00	1,675	26
Bulls	—	—	1,394	167.44/cwt	164.00–174.00	2,334	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	251.76/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,533	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	264.87/cwt	263.00–269.00	1,396	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	297.22/cwt	290.00–298.00	1,299	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	315.37/cwt	312.00–320.00	1,198	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	603	241.00/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,453	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	291.00/cwt	290.00–294.00	1,641	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	276.47/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,280	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	456	263.87/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,203	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	283.63/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,191	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	336.65/cwt	330.00–338.00	1,205	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	305.16/cwt	300.00–308.00	1,419	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	263.77/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,503	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	305.25/cwt	300.00–308.00	1,157	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	949	1,369.21/head	975.00–1,575.00	1,369	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	1,545.20/head	1,375.00–1,700.00	1,545	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,390	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,724	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	292.38/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,073	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,078	1,687.41/head	1,675.00–1,700.00	1,687	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	293.37/cwt	290.00–297.00	1,388	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,418	139.52/cwt	135.00–144.00	1,978	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	130.08/cwt	125.00–134.00	1,587	26
Bulls	—	—	1,283	154.54/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,983	5
Bulls	—	—	1,853	178.75/cwt	175.00–181.00	3,312	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,781	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	353	325.28/cwt	320.00–328.00	1,148	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,223	1,900.74/head	1,625.00–2,375.00	1,901	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	281.54/cwt	280.00–283.00	1,304	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	343.28/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,232	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	307.26/cwt	300.00–308.00	1,171	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	336.71/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,448	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	457	272.85/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,247	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	426	274.46/cwt	272.00–276.00	1,169	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	533	256.90/cwt	255.00–257.00	1,369	57
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	295.92/cwt	292.00–299.00	1,568	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	417	283.98/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,184	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	305	305.42/cwt	300.00–310.00	932	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	569	253.92/cwt	250.00–256.00	1,445	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	600–650	610	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,641	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	591	244.35/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,444	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	316.06/cwt	312.00–318.00	1,321	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,045	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,097	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	293.21/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,144	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	323.85/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,402	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	317.90/cwt	310.00–319.00	1,466	8

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →