Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: slaughter cows and bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves 2.00 higher, bull and steer calves steady, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $235.27/cwt on 82 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −154.88 against this barn's trailing median of $390.15.

Average price

$235.27

82 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,276

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$26.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.31

vs GA average

−5.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	252.00	1,401	18thin
Medium and Large 2	528	236.40	1,247	30
Medium and Large 3	548	225.42	1,236	34

One grade step is worth $26.58/cwt here — about $165 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 sale82 hd

235.27

—

GA average15 barns · 488 hd

226.96

+8.31

National average148 barns · 7,025 hd

240.69

−5.42

This barn, trailing median33 sales

390.15

−154.88

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	1,528	151.97	2,323	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,501	133.58	2,006	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,174	129.18	1,517	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	968	112.71	1,091	44

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,188	$1,527	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,380	$1,500	1thin

Every lot, as filed

61 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	480	253.64/cwt	250.00–254.00	1,217	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	229.67/cwt	225.00–232.00	1,224	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	616	206.78/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,274	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	246.34/cwt	245.00–249.00	1,407	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	219.66/cwt	217.00–222.00	1,270	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	249.61/cwt	246.00–255.00	1,058	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	231.00/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,317	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	249.83/cwt	245.00–252.00	1,167	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	213.03/cwt	210.00–214.00	1,331	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	488	233.05/cwt	232.00–237.00	1,137	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	273.04/cwt	270.00–276.00	1,294	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	441	264.95/cwt	264.00–272.00	1,168	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	218.15/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,141	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,380	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,170	1,452.56/head	1,425.00–1,475.00	1,453	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	539	251.36/cwt	250.00–252.00	1,355	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	237.48/cwt	235.00–241.00	1,233	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	227.20/cwt	224.00–230.00	1,181	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	223.41/cwt	220.00–226.00	1,296	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	307	286.68/cwt	285.00–290.00	880	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	200.66/cwt	200.00–202.00	1,234	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	238.28/cwt	235.00–239.00	1,358	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	471	248.90/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,172	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	206.01/cwt	205.00–207.00	1,288	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,275	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,594	1
Bulls	—	—	1,680	161.07/cwt	160.00–162.00	2,706	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,558	135.72/cwt	135.00–136.00	2,115	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,151	122.65/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,412	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	937	105.42/cwt	100.00–109.00	988	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,276	136.09/cwt	135.00–138.00	1,737	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	434	285.15/cwt	283.00–288.00	1,238	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,162	129.86/cwt	126.00–134.00	1,509	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,002	114.59/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,148	20
Bulls	—	—	1,446	150.66/cwt	146.00–155.00	2,179	4
Bulls	—	—	1,555	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	2,161	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	944	122.58/cwt	119.00–126.00	1,157	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,623	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	236.99/cwt	235.00–240.00	991	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	718	183.48/cwt	182.00–185.00	1,317	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	466	261.41/cwt	260.00–262.00	1,218	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	286.01/cwt	285.00–287.00	1,044	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	614	227.42/cwt	225.00–231.00	1,396	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	262.00/cwt	259.00–265.00	1,221	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	312.40/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,156	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,343	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,278	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,401	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	259.99/cwt	258.00–262.00	1,058	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,641	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	261.03/cwt	255.00–262.00	1,243	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,482	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,276	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	278.29/cwt	276.00–285.00	1,177	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	265.76/cwt	264.00–270.00	965	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	300.27/cwt	295.00–305.00	985	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	275.78/cwt	267.00–277.00	1,503	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	313.00/cwt	312.00–314.00	1,268	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	303.28/cwt	302.00–306.00	1,280	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	287.08/cwt	282.00–292.00	1,323	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	260.33/cwt	259.00–263.00	1,346	11

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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