Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers steady, feeder bulls and heifers lightly tested, steer and heifer calves 3.00 higher, bull calves 2.00 lower, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $262.53/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −127.62 against this barn's trailing median of $390.15.

Average price

$262.53

35 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,391

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$113

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

$14.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.43

vs GA average

−17.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	531	268.49	1,426	8thin
Medium and Large 1	538	265.50	1,429	16thin
Medium and Large 3	517	253.87	1,313	11thin

One grade step is worth $14.62/cwt here — about $113 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 sale35 hd

262.53

—

GA average15 barns · 409 hd

244.10

+18.43

National average188 barns · 25,726 hd

280.30

−17.77

This barn, trailing median33 sales

390.15

−127.62

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	1,670	145.03	2,422	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,564	120.59	1,885	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,216	115.18	1,400	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,059	104.96	1,112	26

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)	1,147	$1,800	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,250	$1,796	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,215	$1,889	2thin

Every lot, as filed

56 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 3	550–600	574	251.23/cwt	250.00–252.00	1,442	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,380	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	235.40/cwt	235.00–237.00	1,787	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	288	381.35/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,098	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	333.74/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,432	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	312.90/cwt	305.00–314.00	1,327	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	316.55/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,203	22
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,795.57/head	1,700.00–1,875.00	1,796	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	254.11/cwt	254.00–255.00	1,692	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	361.32/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,167	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	237.22/cwt	236.00–238.00	1,485	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	342.96/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,296	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	556	260.20/cwt	259.00–265.00	1,447	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	273.61/cwt	272.00–274.00	1,450	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	268.51/cwt	267.00–270.00	1,410	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	373.45/cwt	372.00–375.00	1,367	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	314	308.76/cwt	305.00–310.00	970	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	439	344.19/cwt	344.00–345.00	1,511	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	322.60/cwt	321.00–330.00	1,000	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	356.70/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,277	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	313.87/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,303	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	720	202.48/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,458	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,125	106.10/cwt	101.00–111.00	1,194	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,036	96.15/cwt	92.00–99.00	996	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	113.75/cwt	112.00–115.00	1,231	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	106.22/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,129	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,577	117.56/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,854	5
Bulls	—	—	1,826	144.27/cwt	140.00–147.00	2,634	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	487	261.10/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,272	9
Bulls	—	—	1,687	154.03/cwt	150.00–158.00	2,598	6
Bulls	—	—	1,446	137.04/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,982	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	123.62/cwt	123.00–124.00	1,916	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,329	124.27/cwt	122.00–127.00	1,652	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	116.82/cwt	112.00–120.00	1,418	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	200	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	800	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	364	307.71/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,120	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	282	316.63/cwt	310.00–320.00	893	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	253.20/cwt	250.00–254.00	1,570	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	437	295.32/cwt	290.00–298.00	1,291	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	517	253.87/cwt	249.00–258.00	1,313	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,451	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,551	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	242.16/cwt	241.00–246.00	1,746	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	284.27/cwt	283.00–286.00	1,328	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,421	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	272.57/cwt	270.00–273.00	1,398	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	293.57/cwt	290.00–299.00	1,714	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	335.14/cwt	335.00–336.00	1,595	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	1,889.04/head	1,850.00–1,925.00	1,889	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,147	1,799.67/head	1,725.00–1,900.00	1,800	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	367.52/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,316	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,591	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	200	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	920	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	316.14/cwt	315.00–319.00	1,631	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	276.99/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,346	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	268.49/cwt	266.00–270.00	1,426	8

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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