Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-07-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $301.65/cwt on 68 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −135.07 against this barn's trailing median of $436.72.

Average price

$301.65

68 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,617

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$193

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$19.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.22

vs GA average

+10.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	305.51	1,674	40
Medium and Large 2	520	300.95	1,565	19thin
Medium and Large 3	518	285.99	1,481	9thin

One grade step is worth $19.51/cwt here — about $193 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale68 hd

301.65

—

GA average14 barns · 514 hd

288.43

+13.22

National average156 barns · 5,844 hd

291.09

+10.56

This barn, trailing median33 sales

436.72

−135.07

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	1,476	158.64	2,342	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,360	141.00	1,918	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,292	133.90	1,729	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	938	118.87	1,116	22

Every lot, as filed

51 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	291.49/cwt	287.00–293.00	1,113	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	280.97/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,219	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	242.15/cwt	237.00–244.00	1,351	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	270.85/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,305	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	321.63/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,335	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	259.45/cwt	259.00–260.00	1,466	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	288.41/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,379	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	221.24/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,515	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	444	296.22/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,315	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	263.38/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,351	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	341.61/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,076	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	263.50/cwt	262.00–265.00	1,502	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	272.53/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,409	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	314.18/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,304	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	268.16/cwt	267.00–271.00	1,368	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	331.87/cwt	330.00–337.00	1,523	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	297.46/cwt	296.00–302.00	1,701	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	313.55/cwt	305.00–314.00	1,643	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	331.29/cwt	327.00–340.00	1,355	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,360	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,918	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	126.86/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,597	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,528	145.03/cwt	144.00–146.00	2,216	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	941	121.83/cwt	118.00–126.00	1,146	13
Bulls	—	—	1,437	152.06/cwt	150.00–154.00	2,185	5
Bulls	—	—	1,515	165.23/cwt	162.00–171.00	2,503	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	316.67/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,124	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	336.29/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,224	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	274.17/cwt	274.00–275.00	1,694	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	300.95/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,565	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	337	291.24/cwt	290.00–295.00	981	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	503	255.57/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,286	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	228.54/cwt	227.00–230.00	1,435	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	408	282.52/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,153	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	518	285.99/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,481	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	322.45/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,187	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	303.47/cwt	302.00–305.00	1,426	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	313.97/cwt	310.00–317.00	1,328	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	271.00/cwt	270.00–275.00	976	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	573	229.06/cwt	225.00–232.00	1,313	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	327.40/cwt	322.00–335.00	1,251	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	296.49/cwt	295.00–302.00	1,385	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	257.38/cwt	255.00–262.00	1,439	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	469	259.24/cwt	255.00–262.00	1,216	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	514	248.78/cwt	245.00–251.00	1,279	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	277.09/cwt	276.00–278.00	1,186	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	130.34/cwt	129.00–132.00	1,288	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	908	106.73/cwt	102.00–109.00	969	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,266	139.76/cwt	133.00–144.00	1,769	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	309	354.59/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,096	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	283.18/cwt	277.00–286.00	1,744	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	351.72/cwt	350.00–352.00	1,294	7

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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