Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls had limited comparable sales, steer and bull calves steady, heifer calves 2.00 higher, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $229.55/cwt on 50 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −160.60 against this barn's trailing median of $390.15.

Average price

$229.55

50 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,285

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$98

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$10.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.21

vs GA average

−28.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	232.66	1,315	35
Medium and Large 2	547	222.30	1,217	15thin

One grade step is worth $10.36/cwt here — about $98 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale50 hd

229.55

—

GA average15 barns · 642 hd

229.34

+0.21

National average191 barns · 21,361 hd

257.81

−28.26

This barn, trailing median33 sales

390.15

−160.60

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	1,562	142.92	2,233	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,439	121.46	1,748	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,291	116.74	1,508	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,029	104.77	1,078	29

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)	1,258	$1,546	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,195	$1,522	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,218	$1,362	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,555	$2,150	1thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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	—	—	1,468	141.46/cwt	137.00–147.00	2,077	6
Bulls	—	—	1,865	155.27/cwt	153.00–158.00	2,896	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,029	105.66/cwt	102.00–110.00	1,087	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,199	123.35/cwt	121.00–128.00	1,479	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	106.32/cwt	105.00–109.00	1,435	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,375	123.28/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,695	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	422	257.17/cwt	254.00–262.00	1,085	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	252.40/cwt	250.00–255.00	934	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	329	254.19/cwt	254.00–255.00	836	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	317.10/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,018	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	217.10/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,235	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	491	237.73/cwt	237.00–239.00	1,167	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,218	1,362.47/head	1,350.00–1,375.00	1,362	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	232.43/cwt	230.00–234.00	1,199	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	472	227.11/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,072	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	254.25/cwt	252.00–255.00	1,203	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	251.09/cwt	248.00–256.00	1,439	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	230.10/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,185	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	241.28/cwt	238.00–244.00	1,035	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	1,521.63/head	1,425.00–1,625.00	1,522	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	273.60/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,176	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,258	1,545.75/head	1,450.00–1,600.00	1,546	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	357	286.68/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,023	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	196.23/cwt	195.00–200.00	1,364	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	268.18/cwt	268.00–270.00	818	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	249.66/cwt	249.00–250.00	1,016	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	267.14/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,141	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	235.51/cwt	235.00–237.00	1,189	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	232.29/cwt	229.00–234.00	1,331	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,580	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	275.04/cwt	267.00–277.00	1,394	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	263.51/cwt	262.00–265.00	1,260	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,555	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	246.01/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,267	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	218.70/cwt	212.00–222.00	1,349	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	232.78/cwt	227.00–236.00	1,322	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	217.76/cwt	217.00–218.00	1,374	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	242.58/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,152	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	308	306.65/cwt	305.00–310.00	944	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	281	320.41/cwt	320.00–322.00	900	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	638	191.65/cwt	190.00–195.00	1,223	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	427	226.52/cwt	225.00–228.00	967	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	262.35/cwt	260.00–267.00	950	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,630	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,891	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	112.84/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,233	9
Bulls	—	—	1,554	139.72/cwt	132.00–149.00	2,171	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,315	115.84/cwt	112.00–120.00	1,523	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	957	94.37/cwt	90.00–100.00	903	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	569	239.15/cwt	235.00–244.00	1,361	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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