Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 5.00 lower, slaughter bulls 10. higher, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers lightly tested, steer and bull calves 15.00 higher, heifer calves 10.00 higher, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $256.02/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −134.13 against this barn's trailing median of $390.15.

Average price

$256.02

7 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,460

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$211

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

$31.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.99

vs GA average

−50.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	577	274.02	1,581	3thin
Medium and Large 3	565	242.52	1,370	4thin

One grade step is worth $31.50/cwt here — about $211 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 sale7 hd

256.02

—

GA average12 barns · 224 hd

265.01

−8.99

National average189 barns · 18,586 hd

307.01

−50.99

This barn, trailing median33 sales

390.15

−134.13

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	1,624	198.50	3,224	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,198	146.91	1,760	46
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,365	145.80	1,990	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,033	127.13	1,313	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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,033	$1,989	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,060	$1,882	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,396	$2,546	4thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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 3	300–350	324	389.30/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,261	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	351.67/cwt	350.00–352.00	1,611	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	270	402.59/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,087	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	404.03/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,354	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	322.50/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,709	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	425.54/cwt	415.00–427.00	1,311	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,985	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,948	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	334.87/cwt	330.00–338.00	1,765	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	397.69/cwt	397.00–398.00	1,662	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	274.02/cwt	270.00–276.00	1,581	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	336.92/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,230	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	426	309.12/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,317	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	242	376.69/cwt	375.00–380.00	912	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,609	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	317.54/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,842	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	292.84/cwt	292.00–295.00	1,353	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	323.90/cwt	322.00–328.00	1,393	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	347.92/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,343	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	303.82/cwt	302.00–304.00	1,470	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	365.86/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,035	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	335.05/cwt	330.00–338.00	1,384	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	404.91/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,672	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	304.95/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,616	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	292.93/cwt	288.00–297.00	1,793	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	1,611	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	372	323.32/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,203	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	242.52/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,370	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,396	2,545.93/head	2,350.00–2,750.00	2,546	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,033	1,988.71/head	1,900.00–2,150.00	1,989	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	1,881.72/head	1,800.00–1,950.00	1,882	2
Bulls	—	—	1,602	194.94/cwt	193.00–197.00	3,123	5
Bulls	—	—	1,680	207.40/cwt	202.00–212.00	3,484	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,329	147.35/cwt	145.00–150.00	1,958	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	155.03/cwt	154.00–157.00	2,217	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,342	137.18/cwt	134.00–142.00	1,841	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	126.41/cwt	125.00–129.00	1,188	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,128	132.75/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,497	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	118.95/cwt	118.00–120.00	1,225	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	155.16/cwt	150.00–161.00	2,064	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	991	137.02/cwt	133.00–140.00	1,358	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,184	144.97/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,716	23

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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