Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers had limited comparable sales from week before, steer and heifer calves mostly steady, bull 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 $222.40/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −167.75 against this barn's trailing median of $390.15.

Average price

$222.40

46 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,202

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

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

$16.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.94

vs GA average

−35.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	233.39	1,300	10thin
Medium and Large 2	527	226.00	1,191	9thin
Medium and Large 3	539	217.13	1,171	27

One grade step is worth $16.27/cwt here — about $129 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale46 hd

222.40

—

GA average14 barns · 551 hd

221.46

+0.94

National average194 barns · 18,518 hd

258.39

−35.99

This barn, trailing median33 sales

390.15

−167.75

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	1,597	141.01	2,252	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,435	126.50	1,815	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,210	116.42	1,409	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,071	105.43	1,129	36

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)	1,207	$1,617	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,130	$1,614	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,173	$1,512	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,288	$2,022	12

Every lot, as filed

55 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	200–250	236	336.27/cwt	335.00–340.00	794	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	298.27/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,250	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	246.26/cwt	245.00–248.00	1,204	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	262.46/cwt	258.00–266.00	1,134	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	227.25/cwt	225.00–228.00	1,318	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	1,613.72/head	1,600.00–1,625.00	1,614	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	227.85/cwt	225.00–229.00	1,176	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,403	2,247.57/head	2,125.00–2,325.00	2,248	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	246.81/cwt	245.00–250.00	948	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	612	205.34/cwt	200.00–208.00	1,257	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	246.04/cwt	242.00–250.00	1,051	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	292.18/cwt	288.00–296.00	1,087	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	369	279.72/cwt	277.00–285.00	1,032	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	637	204.03/cwt	202.00–205.00	1,300	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	557	212.39/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,183	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,283	1,860.96/head	1,825.00–1,900.00	1,861	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,206	1,849.61/head	1,800.00–1,875.00	1,850	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	261.65/cwt	257.00–264.00	871	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	260	257.00/cwt	255.00–258.00	668	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	219.52/cwt	217.00–222.00	1,240	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	290.15/cwt	285.00–295.00	957	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,257	115.62/cwt	112.00–119.00	1,453	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	106.02/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,156	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,061	95.92/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,018	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,121	106.55/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,194	4
Bulls	—	—	1,645	145.90/cwt	144.00–150.00	2,400	3
Bulls	—	—	1,561	137.35/cwt	135.00–139.00	2,144	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	250.40/cwt	245.00–254.00	1,102	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	467	219.86/cwt	219.00–225.00	1,027	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	112.59/cwt	111.00–116.00	1,129	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,355	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,789	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,833	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	122.51/cwt	121.00–125.00	1,409	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	236.35/cwt	230.00–242.00	1,342	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,621	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	537	218.23/cwt	215.00–219.00	1,172	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	424	238.45/cwt	235.00–242.00	1,011	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	247.40/cwt	245.00–250.00	792	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	557	208.32/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,160	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	233	353.03/cwt	350.00–355.00	823	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,024	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	275.04/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,155	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	262.60/cwt	259.00–268.00	1,218	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,470	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	307.12/cwt	302.00–308.00	1,090	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	315.00/cwt	310.00–320.00	677	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	245.66/cwt	245.00–246.00	1,290	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	261.46/cwt	261.00–262.00	1,467	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	330.78/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,032	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,173	1,511.94/head	1,500.00–1,525.00	1,512	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	231.42/cwt	230.00–232.00	1,328	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,285	2,133.04/head	2,050.00–2,225.00	2,133	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,207	1,616.92/head	1,525.00–1,725.00	1,617	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	273.15/cwt	270.00–274.00	847	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,230	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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