Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 10.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, bulls and heifers had limited comparable sales, steer and bull calves 7.00 higher, heifer calves 4.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $263.93/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −126.22 against this barn's trailing median of $390.15.

Average price

$263.93

14 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,430

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$125

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

$37.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.31

vs GA average

−33.90 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	516	292.66	1,510	3thin
Medium and Large 2	556	257.40	1,431	5thin
Medium and Large 3	543	255.00	1,385	6thin

One grade step is worth $37.66/cwt here — about $125 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale14 hd

263.93

—

GA average15 barns · 410 hd

266.24

−2.31

National average119 barns · 5,510 hd

297.83

−33.90

This barn, trailing median33 sales

390.15

−126.22

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	1,640	183.11	3,004	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,368	163.29	2,234	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,186	150.95	1,790	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	985	126.90	1,250	12

Every lot, as filed

58 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	383	363.43/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,392	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	305.99/cwt	305.00–307.00	1,270	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	312	321.28/cwt	316.00–326.00	1,002	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	314.45/cwt	312.00–318.00	1,349	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	324.66/cwt	324.00–326.00	1,182	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	296.98/cwt	294.00–300.00	1,417	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	314.56/cwt	312.00–320.00	1,192	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	235	422.45/cwt	420.00–425.00	993	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	383	340.78/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,305	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	295.03/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,525	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	329	377.92/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,243	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	283.53/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,630	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	249.54/cwt	247.00–252.00	1,535	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	366.33/cwt	365.00–367.00	1,319	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	429	347.84/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,492	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	556	257.40/cwt	255.00–258.00	1,431	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	381.78/cwt	380.00–382.00	1,424	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	303.40/cwt	300.00–307.00	1,396	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	434	317.48/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,378	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	283.01/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,480	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	265	333.46/cwt	330.00–340.00	884	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	367.50/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,176	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	725	223.43/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,620	2
Bulls	—	—	1,795	198.52/cwt	198.00–199.00	3,563	2
Bulls	—	—	1,593	186.16/cwt	181.00–190.00	2,966	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	999	124.44/cwt	121.00–128.00	1,243	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	115.52/cwt	115.00–116.00	1,112	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,369	158.95/cwt	153.00–163.00	2,176	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,247	161.37/cwt	157.00–166.00	2,012	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,273	141.51/cwt	141.00–142.00	1,801	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	170.02/cwt	165.00–174.00	2,355	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,148	149.30/cwt	145.00–155.00	1,714	7
Bulls	—	—	1,632	166.73/cwt	165.00–168.00	2,721	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	140.71/cwt	139.00–144.00	1,629	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	976	136.27/cwt	134.00–139.00	1,330	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	280	320.98/cwt	320.00–322.00	899	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	572	273.31/cwt	272.00–277.00	1,563	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	563	245.67/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,383	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	264.33/cwt	264.00–265.00	1,382	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	467	284.98/cwt	280.00–288.00	1,331	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	307.53/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,122	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	292.66/cwt	290.00–294.00	1,510	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	257.66/cwt	257.00–258.00	1,708	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	375.07/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,369	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	347.57/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,446	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	393.27/cwt	387.00–397.00	1,251	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	312.64/cwt	305.00–317.00	1,610	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	334.39/cwt	330.00–337.00	1,431	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	609	262.50/cwt	250.00–266.00	1,599	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	323.49/cwt	320.00–327.00	1,491	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	457.50/cwt	455.00–460.00	984	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	352.01/cwt	347.00–357.00	968	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	342.54/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,079	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	338.03/cwt	336.00–342.00	1,565	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	230.50/cwt	230.00–232.00	1,671	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	369.04/cwt	368.00–370.00	1,602	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,658	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	316.00/cwt	312.00–320.00	1,548	2

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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