Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls had limited comparable sales from last week, steer and bull calves 4.00 lower, heifer calves 2.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $248.63/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −141.52 against this barn's trailing median of $390.15.

Average price

$248.63

49 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,324

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$73

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

$11.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.47

vs GA average

−9.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	530	252.54	1,339	28
Medium and Large 1	562	249.50	1,402	6thin
Medium and Large 3	525	240.98	1,265	15thin

One grade step is worth $11.56/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

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 sale49 hd

248.63

—

GA average15 barns · 495 hd

243.16

+5.47

National average139 barns · 7,218 hd

258.46

−9.83

This barn, trailing median33 sales

390.15

−141.52

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	1,786	150.51	2,688	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,638	129.95	2,129	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,356	127.82	1,734	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,125	117.31	1,320	23

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,265	$1,725	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,265	$1,621	2thin

Every lot, as filed

63 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 2	450–500	463	278.14/cwt	276.00–285.00	1,288	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	1,620.80/head	1,525.00–1,700.00	1,621	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	1,724.87/head	1,650.00–1,850.00	1,725	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,626	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	668	218.51/cwt	217.00–220.00	1,460	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	222.48/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,368	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	474	270.23/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,281	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	251.22/cwt	250.00–252.00	1,424	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	319.37/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,191	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	406	295.01/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,198	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	268.46/cwt	266.00–272.00	1,122	20
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	527	280.03/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,476	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	363	303.20/cwt	301.00–310.00	1,101	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	293.18/cwt	292.00–295.00	956	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	301.81/cwt	300.00–302.00	1,476	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	219.92/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,462	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	281.59/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,239	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	253.95/cwt	250.00–258.00	1,206	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	618	221.74/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,370	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	255.59/cwt	250.00–256.00	1,314	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	276.79/cwt	275.00–277.00	1,215	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	288.64/cwt	285.00–292.00	1,068	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	387	281.85/cwt	280.00–284.00	1,091	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	265	292.59/cwt	290.00–295.00	775	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	305	321.70/cwt	320.00–325.00	981	3
Bulls	—	—	1,818	152.30/cwt	148.00–155.00	2,769	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	117.33/cwt	115.00–122.00	1,288	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	127.50/cwt	125.00–133.00	1,454	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,166	108.77/cwt	105.00–114.00	1,268	6
Bulls	—	—	1,655	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,648	1
Bulls	—	—	1,715	142.30/cwt	139.00–144.00	2,440	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	517	242.29/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,253	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	517	256.68/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,327	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,638	129.95/cwt	126.00–135.00	2,129	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,371	129.73/cwt	127.00–134.00	1,779	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,336	122.33/cwt	118.00–126.00	1,634	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,859	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,644	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	286.52/cwt	285.00–288.00	1,180	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	303.20/cwt	300.00–308.00	1,319	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	311	278.51/cwt	275.00–280.00	866	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	578	232.47/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,344	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	275.98/cwt	274.00–278.00	1,628	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,249	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	372.99/cwt	368.00–375.00	1,380	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	343.86/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,148	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	269.08/cwt	269.00–270.00	1,423	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	245.98/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,636	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	329.46/cwt	329.00–330.00	1,387	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	264.51/cwt	260.00–268.00	1,243	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	616	244.50/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,506	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	332.56/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,091	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	249.50/cwt	247.00–250.00	1,402	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	303.74/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,233	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	370.23/cwt	365.00–375.00	796	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	290.61/cwt	287.00–295.00	1,505	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	282.66/cwt	282.00–284.00	1,645	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	609	234.99/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,431	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,769	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,547	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,438	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	589	241.35/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,422	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	265.22/cwt	260.00–266.00	1,369	9

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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