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Southern Livestock

Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-21

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, May 21

● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934

← May 14May 21May 28 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

810 head

▲ 198 vs last sale 612▲ 38 vs year ago 772 · +4.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

231 head

▲ 67 vs last sale 164▲ 3 vs year ago 228 · +1.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

32 head

▲ 22 vs last sale 10▼ 9 vs year ago 41 · −22.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 7.00 higher, slaughter bulls 12.00 higher, feeder steers 7.00 higher, feeder heifers and bulls mostly steady, steer calves 15.00 higher, bull and heifer calves 6.00 higher, replacement cows steady.

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 $252.50/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −121.57 against this barn's trailing median of $374.07.

Average price

$252.50

33 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,370

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$135

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

$6.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.28

vs GA average

−23.96 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	253.79	1,439	17thin
Medium and Large 2	510	253.62	1,293	10thin
Medium and Large 3	528	246.97	1,304	6thin

One grade step is worth $6.82/cwt here — about $135 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale33 hd

252.50

—

GA average14 barns · 422 hd

246.22

+6.28

National average163 barns · 12,702 hd

276.46

−23.96

This barn, trailing median35 sales

374.07

−121.57

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	1,596	166.40	2,656	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,437	144.57	2,077	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,218	128.61	1,566	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	950	107.18	1,018	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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$1,699	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,215	$1,576	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,370	$2,202	2thin

Every lot

50 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	398	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,465	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	402	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,467	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	433	342.49/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,483	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	460	298.46/cwt	298.00–300.00	1,373	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	335.46/cwt	332.00–340.00	1,583	22
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	496	320.09/cwt	319.00–325.00	1,588	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	319.07/cwt	315.00–322.00	1,678	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	313.98/cwt	310.00–318.00	1,752	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	623	262.49/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,635	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	280.49/cwt	275.00–286.00	1,764	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	256.17/cwt	254.00–258.00	1,719	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	253.62/cwt	253.00–254.00	1,829	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	290	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	963	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	366	297.42/cwt	292.00–300.00	1,089	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	307.04/cwt	306.00–312.00	1,244	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	292.67/cwt	282.00–296.00	1,244	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	457	273.58/cwt	270.00–276.00	1,250	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	288.51/cwt	282.00–290.00	1,321	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	481	263.01/cwt	259.00–269.00	1,265	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	253.62/cwt	250.00–259.00	1,293	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	260.49/cwt	260.00–261.00	1,349	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	528	246.97/cwt	242.00–248.00	1,304	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	251.73/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,465	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	233.99/cwt	232.00–236.00	1,561	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	669	224.53/cwt	222.00–226.00	1,502	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	331	342.86/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,135	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	346.52/cwt	345.00–348.00	1,265	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	358.32/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,387	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	406	302.70/cwt	295.00–304.00	1,229	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	312.17/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,358	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	298.22/cwt	295.00–299.00	1,396	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	507	283.32/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,436	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	296.00/cwt	295.00–297.00	1,504	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	558	266.66/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,488	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,493	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	228.33/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,557	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,350	151.64/cwt	149.00–154.00	2,047	3
Bulls	—	—	1,593	164.45/cwt	159.00–169.00	2,620	6
Bulls	—	—	1,747	177.59/cwt	170.00–184.00	3,102	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	863	93.48/cwt	90.00–99.00	807	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	970	107.76/cwt	103.00–111.00	1,045	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	981	114.83/cwt	113.00–118.00	1,126	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,073	119.29/cwt	115.00–123.00	1,280	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,226	127.90/cwt	124.00–133.00	1,568	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,327	137.81/cwt	135.00–144.00	1,829	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,410	147.90/cwt	145.00–155.00	2,085	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,473	140.13/cwt	136.00–143.00	2,064	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,200	1,699.38/head	1,600.00–1,825.00	1,699	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,215	1,576.23/head	1,500.00–1,650.00	1,576	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,370	2,201.82/head	2,150.00–2,250.00	2,202	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 May 21, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 810Last week 612Year ago 772

Slaughter CattleReceipts 231Last week 164Year ago 228

Replacement CattleReceipts 32Last week 10Year ago 41

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	290	332.00	332.00
6	400–450	405	306.00–312.00	307.04
11	450–500	458	282.00–290.00	288.51
4	500–550	518	260.00–261.00	260.49
13	550–600	582	250.00–257.00	251.73
4	650–700	667	232.00–236.00	233.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	366	292.00–300.00	297.42
10	400–450	425	282.00–296.00	292.67
5	450–500	457	270.00–276.00	273.58
10	500–550	510	250.00–259.00	253.62
8	650–700	669	222.00–226.00	224.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	481	259.00–269.00	263.01
6	500–550	528	242.00–248.00	246.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	331	340.00–345.00	342.86
2	350–400	365	345.00–348.00	346.52
7	400–450	406	295.00–304.00	302.70
3	500–550	507	280.00–285.00	283.32
3	550–600	558	265.00–270.00	266.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	387	350.00–360.00	358.32
6	400–450	435	310.00–315.00	312.17
8	450–500	468	295.00–299.00	298.22
4	500–550	508	295.00–297.00	296.00
4	600–650	612	244.00	244.00
3	650–700	682	225.00–230.00	228.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	398	368.00	368.00
7	400–450	402	365.00	365.00
22	450–500	472	332.00–340.00	335.46
18	500–550	526	315.00–322.00	319.07
4	550–600	558	310.00–318.00	313.98
10	600–650	629	275.00–286.00	280.49
6	650–700	671	254.00–258.00	256.17
8	700–750	721	253.00–254.00	253.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	433	335.00–345.00	342.49
11	450–500	496	319.00–325.00	320.09
2	600–650	623	260.00–265.00	262.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	460	298.00–300.00	298.46

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,200	1,600.00–1,825.00	1,699.38
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,215	1,500.00–1,650.00	1,576.23

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	—	1,370	2,150.00–2,250.00	2,201.82

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,226	124.00–133.00	127.90
6	—	1,073	115.00–123.00	119.29
7	—	1,327	135.00–144.00	137.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	970	103.00–111.00	107.76
6	—	863	90.00–99.00	93.48
10	—	981	113.00–118.00	114.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,473	136.00–143.00	140.13
4	—	1,410	145.00–155.00	147.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,350	149.00–154.00	151.64
6	—	1,593	159.00–169.00	164.45
5	—	1,747	170.00–184.00	177.59

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.