Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder heifers steady, feeder bulls and steers had limited comparable sales, steer and bull calves 4.00 lower, heifer calves unevenly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $286.68/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −103.46 against this barn's trailing median of $390.15.

Average price

$286.68

52 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,503

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$68

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

$27.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.25

vs GA average

−12.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	514	296.33	1,523	28
Medium and Large 2	532	281.53	1,498	12thin
Medium and Large 3	540	269.33	1,455	12thin

One grade step is worth $27.00/cwt here — about $68 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 sale52 hd

286.68

—

GA average16 barns · 574 hd

265.44

+21.25

National average192 barns · 21,303 hd

298.86

−12.18

This barn, trailing median33 sales

390.15

−103.46

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	—	High	1,486	167.69	2,491	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,400	144.25	2,019	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,231	136.96	1,686	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,136	119.43	1,357	14

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)	1,208	$1,890	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,223	$1,844	2thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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 2	350–400	360	398.28/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,434	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	285.70/cwt	280.00–289.00	1,620	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	372.16/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,604	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,223	1,843.56/head	1,800.00–1,900.00	1,844	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,690	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	322.99/cwt	322.00–325.00	1,202	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	589	303.31/cwt	300.00–306.00	1,786	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	323.24/cwt	320.00–328.00	1,497	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	429	361.06/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,549	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	406.93/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,351	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	226.02/cwt	225.00–227.00	1,650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	274	345.76/cwt	342.00–350.00	947	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	310.56/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,416	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	294	409.16/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,203	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	382	397.98/cwt	397.00–400.00	1,520	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	321.82/cwt	320.00–326.00	1,654	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	733	251.64/cwt	250.00–252.00	1,845	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	663	233.32/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,547	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	584	270.81/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,582	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	461	295.18/cwt	290.00–299.00	1,361	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	327.41/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,097	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	674	245.92/cwt	245.00–246.00	1,658	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	281.53/cwt	279.00–287.00	1,498	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	384	315.77/cwt	312.00–317.00	1,213	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	528	270.65/cwt	270.00–272.00	1,429	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,146	124.35/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,425	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,491	150.39/cwt	148.00–158.00	2,242	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	135.50/cwt	132.00–139.00	1,583	13
Bulls	—	—	1,763	183.28/cwt	180.00–189.00	3,231	3
Bulls	—	—	1,170	156.68/cwt	155.00–158.00	1,833	3
Bulls	—	—	1,502	165.72/cwt	163.00–172.00	2,489	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,373	143.87/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,975	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,331	136.49/cwt	132.00–139.00	1,817	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,189	128.90/cwt	125.00–131.00	1,533	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,307	141.76/cwt	139.00–145.00	1,853	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,148	114.76/cwt	112.00–118.00	1,317	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	109.08/cwt	108.00–110.00	1,173	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	577	265.36/cwt	260.00–268.00	1,531	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	382.50/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,377	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	484	328.99/cwt	327.00–335.00	1,592	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	313	402.52/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,260	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	307.49/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,608	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	436	304.66/cwt	300.00–308.00	1,328	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	414.39/cwt	412.00–415.00	1,334	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	294.17/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,659	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,651	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	402.42/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,674	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	296.33/cwt	290.00–299.00	1,523	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	387.33/cwt	385.00–390.00	852	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,851	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	320.21/cwt	319.00–326.00	1,332	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	337.43/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,596	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,208	1,889.98/head	1,825.00–2,125.00	1,890	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	390.84/cwt	390.00–392.00	1,599	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	354	407.44/cwt	407.00–410.00	1,442	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,235	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	265.75/cwt	265.00–266.00	1,618	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	340.67/cwt	340.00–342.00	1,669	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	312.50/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,578	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	230.36/cwt	230.00–232.00	1,785	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	796	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,014	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	608	263.99/cwt	260.00–268.00	1,605	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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