Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls 2.00 higher, feeder steers mostly steady, feeder bulls and heifers had limited comparable sales, steer and bull calves 16.00 higher, heifer calves 5.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $281.74/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −154.98 against this barn's trailing median of $436.72.

Average price

$281.74

25 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,529

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$164

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

$16.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.21

vs GA average

−27.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	283.70	1,549	22
Medium and Large 3	518	267.33	1,385	3thin

One grade step is worth $16.37/cwt here — about $164 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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $472.65, low $342.37, median $436.72 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 sale25 hd

281.74

—

GA average14 barns · 393 hd

274.53

+7.21

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

−27.52

This barn, trailing median33 sales

436.72

−154.98

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	1,771	139.68	2,474	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,515	117.78	1,785	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,347	116.77	1,573	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,047	103.60	1,084	25

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)	1,298	$1,623	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,280	$1,575	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,310	$1,950	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	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	255.60/cwt	254.00–260.00	1,327	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	309	329.07/cwt	327.00–335.00	1,017	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	315.60/cwt	314.00–320.00	1,316	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	266	352.56/cwt	345.00–355.00	938	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	339.47/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,242	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	267.67/cwt	262.00–272.00	1,389	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	269.57/cwt	268.00–277.00	1,577	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,864	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	328.03/cwt	326.00–330.00	1,384	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	486	282.49/cwt	280.00–284.00	1,373	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	274.07/cwt	274.00–275.00	995	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	518	267.33/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,385	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	314.45/cwt	313.00–315.00	1,472	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,628	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	254.07/cwt	254.00–255.00	1,578	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	297.83/cwt	297.00–300.00	1,510	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	223.07/cwt	222.00–227.00	1,403	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	237.14/cwt	236.00–242.00	1,634	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	248.78/cwt	240.00–258.00	1,157	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	482	233.79/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,127	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	226.79/cwt	225.00–231.00	1,218	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	218.51/cwt	217.00–219.00	1,558	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	257.58/cwt	256.00–262.00	1,195	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	229.50/cwt	227.00–232.00	1,411	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	518	222.32/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,152	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	263.28/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,000	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	259.76/cwt	257.00–260.00	1,070	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	274.10/cwt	270.00–278.00	1,170	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	684	222.96/cwt	222.00–225.00	1,525	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	323.69/cwt	322.00–327.00	1,188	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	237.57/cwt	235.00–242.00	1,378	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	250.59/cwt	247.00–255.00	927	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	323.60/cwt	322.00–324.00	1,320	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	237.62/cwt	235.00–238.00	1,559	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,280	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,298	1,623.27/head	1,525.00–1,725.00	1,623	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,310	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Bulls	—	—	1,806	140.51/cwt	136.00–145.00	2,538	8
Bulls	—	—	1,885	152.39/cwt	149.00–155.00	2,873	2
Bulls	—	—	1,670	133.26/cwt	128.00–135.00	2,225	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,055	107.32/cwt	106.00–110.00	1,132	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,046	104.66/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,095	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,438	114.28/cwt	111.00–117.00	1,643	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	94.78/cwt	90.00–98.00	1,029	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,555	115.32/cwt	115.00–116.00	1,793	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,497	124.50/cwt	122.00–130.00	1,864	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,523	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	113.19/cwt	112.00–114.00	1,124	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,421	123.49/cwt	118.00–129.00	1,755	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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