Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady, feeder steers 8.00 higher, feeder bulls and heifers steady, steer and bull calves 3.00 higher, heifer calves steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $217.57/cwt on 81 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −172.58 against this barn's trailing median of $390.15.

Average price

$217.57

81 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,200

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$144

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

$20.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.43

vs GA average

−22.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	228.48	1,289	14thin
Medium and Large 2	549	216.12	1,186	60
Medium and Large 3	550	208.14	1,144	7thin

One grade step is worth $20.34/cwt here — about $144 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 sale81 hd

217.57

—

GA average15 barns · 519 hd

212.14

+5.43

National average173 barns · 10,203 hd

240.09

−22.52

This barn, trailing median33 sales

390.15

−172.58

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	1,527	145.87	2,227	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,569	114.78	1,801	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,286	112.70	1,450	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,069	102.90	1,100	27

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)	1,270	$1,725	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,413	$1,850	3thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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	650–700	665	200.98/cwt	200.00–202.00	1,337	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	272.38/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,038	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	213.51/cwt	212.00–215.00	1,202	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	327.54/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,032	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	263.50/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,133	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	206.56/cwt	202.00–210.00	1,293	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	268.85/cwt	267.00–270.00	1,307	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	619	195.24/cwt	192.00–198.00	1,209	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	221.33/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,160	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	242.90/cwt	237.00–246.00	1,003	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	238.81/cwt	238.00–240.00	1,371	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	738	205.66/cwt	205.00–207.00	1,518	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	250.47/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,162	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	512	223.03/cwt	222.00–225.00	1,142	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	188.47/cwt	187.00–190.00	1,366	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	253.40/cwt	248.00–257.00	912	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	227.26/cwt	225.00–228.00	1,450	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	280.93/cwt	277.00–284.00	1,208	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	313	311.70/cwt	310.00–315.00	976	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	775	174.94/cwt	170.00–180.00	1,356	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	254.88/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,070	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	677	189.68/cwt	187.00–195.00	1,284	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	226.70/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,054	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	212.14/cwt	210.00–214.00	1,205	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,036	95.18/cwt	90.00–99.00	986	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	943	112.40/cwt	112.00–113.00	1,060	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,127	107.23/cwt	102.00–110.00	1,208	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,569	114.78/cwt	114.00–116.00	1,801	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	112.83/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,433	13
Bulls	—	—	2,005	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	2,627	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	421	230.07/cwt	225.00–234.00	969	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	537	216.68/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,164	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,392	103.88/cwt	98.00–108.00	1,446	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	121.25/cwt	120.00–123.00	1,474	6
Bulls	—	—	1,859	154.00/cwt	151.00–160.00	2,863	4
Bulls	—	—	1,269	143.34/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,819	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	287.81/cwt	282.00–295.00	1,071	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	231.31/cwt	230.00–232.00	1,198	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	220.99/cwt	215.00–224.00	1,023	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	362	243.24/cwt	240.00–250.00	881	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	558	206.24/cwt	202.00–213.00	1,151	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	539	210.67/cwt	210.00–212.00	1,136	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	230.41/cwt	225.00–231.00	1,578	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	243.69/cwt	242.00–246.00	1,484	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	221.33/cwt	220.00–222.00	1,251	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,490	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	208.49/cwt	207.00–210.00	1,278	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	214.20/cwt	214.00–215.00	1,294	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	262.26/cwt	260.00–266.00	1,220	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	270.81/cwt	267.00–275.00	1,178	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	303	340.14/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,031	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	265.99/cwt	257.00–267.00	1,367	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	249.08/cwt	247.00–252.00	1,402	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,714	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,413	1,850.44/head	1,825.00–1,875.00	1,850	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	299.88/cwt	295.00–300.00	924	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	228.48/cwt	222.00–229.00	1,289	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	242.53/cwt	237.00–243.00	1,142	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	247.90/cwt	247.00–248.00	1,078	10

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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