Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 lower, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers had limited comparable sales, steer, bull and heifer calves, 7.00 to 9.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $218.10/cwt on 57 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −172.05 against this barn's trailing median of $390.15.

Average price

$218.10

57 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,168

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$45

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

$13.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.33

vs GA average

−20.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	528	226.56	1,197	20
Medium and Large 3	539	213.53	1,151	37

One grade step is worth $13.03/cwt here — about $45 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

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 sale57 hd

218.10

—

GA average14 barns · 647 hd

220.43

−2.33

National average182 barns · 14,937 hd

238.61

−20.51

This barn, trailing median33 sales

390.15

−172.05

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	1,550	145.54	2,255	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,403	123.96	1,739	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,303	122.98	1,603	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,142	109.99	1,256	41

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)	1,165	$1,687	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,225	$1,810	2thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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	500–550	520	226.61/cwt	217.00–229.00	1,178	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	488	226.53/cwt	225.00–228.00	1,105	20
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,225	1,810.20/head	1,700.00–1,925.00	1,810	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	404	284.57/cwt	284.00–286.00	1,150	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	257.79/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,346	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	210.06/cwt	204.00–211.00	1,424	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	292.93/cwt	285.00–295.00	946	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	231.38/cwt	230.00–232.00	990	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	486	222.71/cwt	220.00–229.00	1,082	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	267.27/cwt	266.00–270.00	1,278	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	242.19/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,378	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	416	248.06/cwt	245.00–252.00	1,032	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	631	196.93/cwt	195.00–200.00	1,243	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	613	195.77/cwt	195.00–197.00	1,200	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	441	274.24/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,209	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	247.80/cwt	245.00–255.00	949	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	744	212.63/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,582	23
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	667	211.16/cwt	210.00–213.00	1,408	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	227.50/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,297	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	509	248.58/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,265	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	533	215.13/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,147	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	566	208.67/cwt	205.00–212.00	1,181	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	364	266.38/cwt	260.00–270.00	970	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	471	267.85/cwt	257.00–271.00	1,262	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	238.00/cwt	235.00–240.00	857	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,184	117.85/cwt	116.00–119.00	1,395	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,147	112.12/cwt	109.00–115.00	1,286	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	130.26/cwt	127.00–137.00	1,824	3
Bulls	—	—	1,503	145.81/cwt	140.00–149.00	2,192	4
Bulls	—	—	1,480	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,968	1
Bulls	—	—	1,805	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	2,834	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	566	206.65/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,170	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	114.50/cwt	114.00–115.00	1,612	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,438	132.51/cwt	131.00–137.00	1,905	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,247	125.60/cwt	121.00–130.00	1,566	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,328	116.88/cwt	114.00–121.00	1,552	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	103.80/cwt	98.00–108.00	1,157	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	250.53/cwt	247.00–251.00	1,481	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	514	212.03/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,090	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	673	187.53/cwt	185.00–190.00	1,262	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	316	247.76/cwt	245.00–250.00	783	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	680	199.46/cwt	197.00–202.00	1,356	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	271.06/cwt	270.00–275.00	881	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	256.68/cwt	256.00–260.00	1,176	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	288.49/cwt	287.00–290.00	1,033	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	393	275.69/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,083	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	261.13/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,107	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	302.58/cwt	300.00–305.00	953	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	268.51/cwt	267.00–270.00	921	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	1,687.34/head	1,675.00–1,700.00	1,687	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	272.35/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,321	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	226.40/cwt	220.00–228.00	1,252	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	230.78/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,117	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	259.47/cwt	257.00–265.00	942	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	207.42/cwt	204.00–212.00	1,379	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	238.21/cwt	237.00–240.00	1,098	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	220.75/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,150	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	244.29/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,072	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	619	209.31/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,296	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	208.77/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,315	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	217.35/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,239	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	297.03/cwt	295.00–298.00	1,129	3

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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