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Southern Livestock

Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-30

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Apr 30

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934

← Apr 23Apr 30May 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,047 head

▲ 378 vs last sale 669▲ 525 vs year ago 522 · +100.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

133 head

▲ 19 vs last sale 114▼ 70 vs year ago 203 · −34.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

13 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 9▲ 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and heifers 6.00 higher, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves 5.00 higher, heifer and bull calves mostly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $251.97/cwt on 82 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −122.11 against this barn's trailing median of $374.07.

Average price

$251.97

82 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,381

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$30

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

$15.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.44

vs GA average

−16.41 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	260.90	1,401	34
Medium and Large 3	543	247.26	1,343	11thin
Medium and Large 2	559	245.16	1,371	37

One grade step is worth $15.75/cwt here — about $30 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale82 hd

251.97

—

GA average14 barns · 377 hd

246.53

+5.44

National average173 barns · 11,009 hd

268.38

−16.41

This barn, trailing median35 sales

374.07

−122.11

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

35 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $409.07, low $296.08, median $374.07 across 35 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,587	143.23	2,273	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,413	118.73	1,678	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,317	117.99	1,554	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,057	106.27	1,123	22

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)	1,115	$1,500	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,398	$2,005	2thin

Every lot

61 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	263	371.68/cwt	370.00–372.00	978	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,242	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	362	350.55/cwt	350.00–352.00	1,269	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	404	342.40/cwt	340.00–344.00	1,383	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	436	330.21/cwt	327.00–333.00	1,440	30
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	327.99/cwt	322.00–329.00	1,496	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	316.30/cwt	313.00–322.00	1,673	82
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	543	308.52/cwt	305.00–309.00	1,675	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	290.70/cwt	290.00–292.00	1,642	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	281.44/cwt	279.00–284.00	1,646	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	608	287.01/cwt	284.00–290.00	1,745	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	251.67/cwt	249.00–256.00	1,684	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	236.96/cwt	232.00–242.00	1,599	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,752	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	281	300.11/cwt	295.00–305.00	843	4
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	283	307.59/cwt	305.00–312.00	870	18
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	310	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	905	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	316.01/cwt	312.00–320.00	1,090	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	359	292.16/cwt	289.00–296.00	1,049	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	363	282.31/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,025	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	289.16/cwt	282.00–292.00	1,203	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	423	261.79/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,107	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	275.22/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,170	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	281.67/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,290	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	459	271.05/cwt	269.00–272.00	1,244	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	486	263.22/cwt	258.00–265.00	1,279	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	526	254.63/cwt	252.00–259.00	1,339	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	264.29/cwt	261.00–268.00	1,395	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	543	247.26/cwt	247.00–250.00	1,343	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	253.82/cwt	252.00–254.00	1,411	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	591	236.18/cwt	235.00–241.00	1,396	19
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	614	221.82/cwt	218.00–227.00	1,362	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	620	214.91/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,332	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,527	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	691	220.50/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,524	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	264	350.15/cwt	347.00–352.00	924	9
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	278	363.13/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,010	5
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	308	354.54/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,092	11
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	316	348.99/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,103	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	380	318.04/cwt	317.00–320.00	1,209	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	413	322.98/cwt	320.00–328.00	1,334	8
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	328.81/cwt	328.00–330.00	1,361	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	426	308.12/cwt	305.00–309.00	1,313	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	285.92/cwt	285.00–286.00	1,387	12
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	507	271.68/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,377	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	296.00/cwt	295.00–297.00	1,504	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	281.00/cwt	280.00–282.00	1,433	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	281.67/cwt	280.00–282.00	1,589	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	584	273.50/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,597	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	641	236.34/cwt	232.00–238.00	1,515	9
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,390	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,890	1
Bulls	—	—	1,582	142.88/cwt	138.00–147.00	2,260	10
Bulls	—	—	1,830	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	2,818	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	951	103.43/cwt	99.00–106.00	984	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,074	113.08/cwt	109.00–119.00	1,214	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,238	85.63/cwt	85.00–86.00	1,060	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,247	121.58/cwt	118.00–126.00	1,516	19
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,413	118.73/cwt	116.00–122.00	1,678	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,413	113.11/cwt	109.00–115.00	1,598	14
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,115	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,398	2,004.74/head	1,950.00–2,050.00	2,005	2

This sale against other markets

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Southern Livestock - Oak Park, GA

Tue Apr 30, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,047Last week 669Year ago 522

Slaughter CattleReceipts 133Last week 114Year ago 203

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 9Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	264	347.00–352.00	350.15
5	300–350	316	345.00–350.00	348.99
8	400–450	413	320.00–328.00	322.98
12	450–500	485	285.00–286.00	285.92
2	500–550	510	280.00–282.00	281.00
4	550–600	584	270.00–277.00	273.50
9	600–650	641	232.00–238.00	236.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	278	360.00–365.00	363.13
11	300–350	308	350.00–355.00	354.54
5	400–450	414	328.00–330.00	328.81
2	500–550	508	295.00–297.00	296.00
6	550–600	564	280.00–282.00	281.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	317.00–320.00	318.04
8	400–450	426	305.00–309.00	308.12
3	500–550	507	270.00–275.00	271.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	250–300	283	305.00–312.00	307.59
1	300–350	310	292.00	292.00
9	350–400	359	289.00–296.00	292.16
19	400–450	425	270.00–280.00	275.22
16	450–500	459	269.00–272.00	271.05
18	500–550	526	252.00–259.00	254.63
19	550–600	591	235.00–241.00	236.18
6	600–650	614	218.00–227.00	221.82
10	650–700	691	220.00–225.00	220.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	345	312.00–320.00	316.01
16	400–450	416	282.00–292.00	289.16
12	450–500	458	280.00–285.00	281.67
23	500–550	528	261.00–268.00	264.29
11	550–600	556	252.00–254.00	253.82
2	650–700	658	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	281	295.00–305.00	300.11
3	350–400	363	280.00–287.00	282.31
4	400–450	423	260.00–267.00	261.79
11	450–500	486	258.00–265.00	263.22
11	500–550	543	247.00–250.00	247.26
3	600–650	620	210.00–220.00	214.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	263	370.00–372.00	371.68
11	300–350	345	360.00	360.00
11	350–400	362	350.00–352.00	350.55
10	400–450	404	340.00–344.00	342.40
7	450–500	456	322.00–329.00	327.99
82	500–550	529	313.00–322.00	316.30
16	550–600	565	290.00–292.00	290.70
2	600–650	608	284.00–290.00	287.01
14	650–700	669	249.00–256.00	251.67
3	700–750	730	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	400–450	436	327.00–333.00	330.21
8	500–550	543	305.00–309.00	308.52
12	550–600	585	279.00–284.00	281.44
2	650–700	675	232.00–242.00	236.96

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,115	1,500.00	1,500.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,398	1,950.00–2,050.00	2,004.74

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,390	136.00	136.00
10	—	1,582	138.00–147.00	142.88
1	—	1,830	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,247	118.00–126.00	121.58
14	—	1,413	109.00–115.00	113.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	951	99.00–106.00	103.43
3	—	1,238	85.00–86.00	85.63
12	—	1,074	109.00–119.00	113.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,413	116.00–122.00	118.73

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.