Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bull had limited comparable sales, steer and bull calves sharply higher, heifer calves 15.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $276.08/cwt on 75 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −114.07 against this barn's trailing median of $390.15.

Average price

$276.08

75 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,507

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$164

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

$20.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.25

vs GA average

−27.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	284.53	1,535	27
Medium and Large 2	553	272.18	1,505	43
Medium and Large 3	519	264.05	1,370	5thin

One grade step is worth $20.48/cwt here — about $164 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale75 hd

276.08

—

GA average16 barns · 477 hd

266.83

+9.25

National average192 barns · 30,803 hd

304.03

−27.95

This barn, trailing median33 sales

390.15

−114.07

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	—	Low	1,557	140.46	2,187	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,500	137.49	2,062	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,152	130.77	1,507	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	996	111.94	1,115	23

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)	1,056	$1,567	4thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	256.56/cwt	254.00–260.00	1,485	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	519	264.05/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,370	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,701	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	282.39/cwt	279.00–289.00	1,514	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	298.15/cwt	298.00–300.00	1,404	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	313.63/cwt	312.00–315.00	1,336	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	425.08/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,339	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	306.95/cwt	304.00–310.00	1,734	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	603	281.00/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,694	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	628	266.49/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,674	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	307.56/cwt	303.00–310.00	1,436	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	284.33/cwt	284.00–285.00	1,345	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,914	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	412.03/cwt	411.00–420.00	1,475	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	289.00/cwt	287.00–290.00	1,705	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,788	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	342.05/cwt	339.00–346.00	1,635	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	414.91/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,714	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	666	252.06/cwt	250.00–258.00	1,679	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	317.14/cwt	315.00–318.00	1,684	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	407.46/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,263	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	333.08/cwt	328.00–336.00	1,602	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,754	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	332.31/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,688	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	210.50/cwt	210.00–212.00	1,619	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	384.27/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,579	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	244.66/cwt	242.00–250.00	1,534	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	265.25/cwt	262.00–272.00	1,565	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	381.71/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,405	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	310.39/cwt	305.00–312.00	1,453	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	128.58/cwt	127.00–130.00	1,549	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	945	116.88/cwt	114.00–120.00	1,105	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,241	139.96/cwt	136.00–145.00	1,737	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	113.12/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,195	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	913	102.28/cwt	100.00–106.00	934	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	227.25/cwt	226.00–235.00	1,673	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	123.05/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,253	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,593	117.24/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,868	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	146.88/cwt	142.00–152.00	2,171	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,491	134.86/cwt	127.00–139.00	2,011	6
Bulls	—	—	1,465	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,948	2
Bulls	—	—	1,618	145.44/cwt	141.00–150.00	2,353	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,056	1,567.04/head	1,425.00–1,650.00	1,567	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	283.39/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,522	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	363.49/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,527	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	319.97/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,497	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	331.01/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,543	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	295.30/cwt	295.00–297.00	1,524	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	678	228.51/cwt	227.00–230.00	1,549	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	691	239.70/cwt	239.00–244.00	1,656	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	331.35/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,044	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	444	300.67/cwt	298.00–302.00	1,335	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	279.16/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,580	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	416.64/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,487	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	359.65/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,198	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	273.45/cwt	272.00–275.00	1,548	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	254.34/cwt	251.00–255.00	1,666	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	292.14/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,522	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	339.23/cwt	338.00–340.00	1,299	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	324.45/cwt	320.00–328.00	1,350	16

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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