Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls sharply higher, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers had limited comparable sales, steer and heifer calves 12.00 lower, bull calves sharply lower, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $266.36/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −123.78 against this barn's trailing median of $390.15.

Average price

$266.36

44 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,444

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$149

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

$31.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.56

vs GA average

−30.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	282.67	1,521	21
Medium and Large 3	546	251.48	1,372	23

One grade step is worth $31.19/cwt here — about $149 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 sale44 hd

266.36

—

GA average16 barns · 445 hd

262.80

+3.56

National average157 barns · 11,394 hd

297.00

−30.64

This barn, trailing median33 sales

390.15

−123.78

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	—	Average	1,875	195.84	3,673	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,505	144.86	2,180	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,248	144.84	1,808	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,048	120.61	1,264	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)	1,128	$2,060	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,095	$2,000	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,382	$2,323	6

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	300–350	333	378.17/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,259	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	667	270.35/cwt	270.00–271.00	1,803	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	243.13/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,605	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	281.34/cwt	280.00–282.00	1,584	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	778	213.53/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,661	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	289.44/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,537	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	262.40/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,627	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	568	269.12/cwt	265.00–272.00	1,529	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	359.72/cwt	357.00–365.00	1,162	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,460	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	295.01/cwt	294.00–300.00	1,215	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	282.17/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,496	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	482	301.38/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,453	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	348.33/cwt	347.00–355.00	1,289	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	261.25/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,345	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	242.57/cwt	242.00–243.00	1,521	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	414	362.10/cwt	360.00–363.00	1,499	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	434	277.11/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,203	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	675	246.50/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,664	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	312	299.43/cwt	295.00–305.00	934	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	661	227.67/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,505	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	372	341.07/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,269	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	279	309.38/cwt	305.00–315.00	863	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	619	233.21/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,444	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	478	277.46/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,326	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	840	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	907	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,104	125.03/cwt	122.00–129.00	1,380	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	119.18/cwt	118.00–120.00	1,255	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,608	155.73/cwt	152.00–159.00	2,504	8
Bulls	—	—	1,791	193.25/cwt	189.00–199.00	3,461	7
Bulls	—	—	1,959	207.77/cwt	206.00–210.00	4,070	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	139.38/cwt	137.00–144.00	1,589	16
Bulls	—	—	2,003	181.04/cwt	176.00–185.00	3,626	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,467	140.05/cwt	137.00–144.00	2,055	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,343	130.32/cwt	128.00–135.00	1,750	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	134.89/cwt	134.00–136.00	1,589	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,337	150.17/cwt	145.00–155.00	2,008	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	411	316.20/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,300	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	298.78/cwt	295.00–304.00	1,105	20
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	263.36/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,620	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	562	246.27/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,384	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	479	327.77/cwt	325.00–328.00	1,570	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	264	381.37/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,007	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	227.46/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,758	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	292.54/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,545	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	2,000.34/head	1,925.00–2,075.00	2,000	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,841	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,503	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	243	354.95/cwt	350.00–360.00	863	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	328.58/cwt	324.00–330.00	1,771	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,550	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	682	244.89/cwt	240.00–248.00	1,670	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	327.79/cwt	320.00–332.00	1,373	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,668	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	262	406.69/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,066	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,382	2,322.68/head	2,250.00–2,400.00	2,323	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,128	2,060.30/head	1,975.00–2,175.00	2,060	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	317.45/cwt	316.00–318.00	1,705	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	295.64/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,724	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	295.53/cwt	295.00–296.00	1,835	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,567	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	314.00/cwt	308.00–316.00	1,162	15

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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