Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-01-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $280.09/cwt on 157 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −110.06 against this barn's trailing median of $390.15.

Average price

$280.09

157 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,527

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$160

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

$23.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.07

vs GA average

−24.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	283.33	1,551	121
Medium and Large 2	540	275.41	1,487	22
Medium and Large 3	536	259.47	1,390	14thin

One grade step is worth $23.86/cwt here — about $160 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

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 sale157 hd

280.09

—

GA average10 barns · 442 hd

271.02

+9.07

National average182 barns · 24,858 hd

304.64

−24.55

This barn, trailing median33 sales

390.15

−110.06

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	1,691	170.53	2,884	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,291	136.01	1,756	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,288	135.64	1,747	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,047	112.01	1,173	13

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)	1,200	$1,818	3thin

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 1	400–450	409	328.29/cwt	320.00–342.00	1,343	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	391.26/cwt	390.00–397.00	1,589	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	267.72/cwt	260.00–269.00	1,668	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	318.00/cwt	317.00–327.00	1,759	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,790	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	294.22/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,648	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	431.24/cwt	430.00–432.00	1,583	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,714	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	253.33/cwt	252.00–254.00	1,702	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	335.58/cwt	335.00–337.00	1,185	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	357.58/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,699	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	362.59/cwt	362.00–365.00	1,693	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,934	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	556	275.93/cwt	272.00–278.00	1,534	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	306.34/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,483	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	284	349.01/cwt	345.00–355.00	991	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	352.54/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,111	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	305.96/cwt	303.00–312.00	1,716	37
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	677	272.82/cwt	272.00–274.00	1,847	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	514	261.52/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,344	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	436	365.03/cwt	360.00–368.00	1,592	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	476	324.07/cwt	322.00–327.00	1,543	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	297.57/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,592	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	274.66/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,420	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	325.51/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,250	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,323	145.81/cwt	145.00–147.00	1,929	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,277	132.51/cwt	128.00–135.00	1,692	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,314	139.91/cwt	137.00–144.00	1,838	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	128.20/cwt	125.00–132.00	1,596	5
Bulls	—	—	1,407	154.60/cwt	150.00–159.00	2,175	3
Bulls	—	—	1,475	167.97/cwt	160.00–175.00	2,478	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	255.77/cwt	252.00–260.00	1,471	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	292.56/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,243	2
Bulls	—	—	2,034	182.14/cwt	179.00–184.00	3,705	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	101.00/cwt	97.00–104.00	1,033	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,153	122.46/cwt	122.00–123.00	1,412	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,031	115.31/cwt	108.00–127.00	1,189	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	264.22/cwt	264.00–265.00	1,789	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	417.59/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,533	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	389	311.30/cwt	307.00–315.00	1,211	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	281.96/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,325	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	342	341.65/cwt	340.00–347.00	1,168	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	310.97/cwt	310.00–312.00	1,633	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	337.49/cwt	332.00–340.00	1,748	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	272.98/cwt	272.00–274.00	1,965	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	283.46/cwt	280.00–286.00	1,548	109
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	322.78/cwt	322.00–323.00	1,685	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	343.80/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,654	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	376.79/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,601	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	408.33/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,266	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,817.57/head	1,775.00–1,875.00	1,818	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,446	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	282.10/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,577	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	349	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,466	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	326.83/cwt	322.00–329.00	1,752	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	343.95/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,586	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	395.66/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,543	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	311.42/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,311	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	310.51/cwt	307.00–315.00	1,593	4

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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