Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $295.91/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −94.24 against this barn's trailing median of $390.15.

Average price

$295.91

29 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,601

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$13.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.37

vs GA average

−19.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	303.17	1,650	13thin
Medium and Large 2	538	290.01	1,561	16thin

One grade step is worth $13.16/cwt here — about $90 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 sale29 hd

295.91

—

GA average15 barns · 302 hd

284.54

+11.37

National average179 barns · 17,787 hd

314.96

−19.05

This barn, trailing median33 sales

390.15

−94.24

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	1,886	188.48	3,554	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,231	146.44	1,802	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,405	143.82	2,020	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	999	129.64	1,295	12

Every lot, as filed

45 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	—	—	1,733	201.23/cwt	198.00–205.00	3,487	2
Bulls	—	—	1,934	176.27/cwt	173.00–180.00	3,409	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	2,148	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	126.20/cwt	122.00–128.00	1,300	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	996	134.87/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,343	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	116.51/cwt	116.00–117.00	1,122	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	364.94/cwt	360.00–373.00	1,376	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	295.67/cwt	290.00–302.00	1,532	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	363.95/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,678	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	307.04/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,609	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	388.27/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,817	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	350.54/cwt	348.00–355.00	1,497	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	338	357.48/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,208	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	627	253.51/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,590	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	683	247.45/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,690	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,681	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	396.83/cwt	390.00–399.00	1,421	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	300.75/cwt	300.00–301.00	1,675	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	681	262.50/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,788	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	338.03/cwt	330.00–346.00	1,403	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	298.23/cwt	295.00–302.00	1,449	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	313.51/cwt	312.00–315.00	1,749	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	412.81/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,697	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,772	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	319.00/cwt	318.00–320.00	1,448	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	285.06/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,804	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	282.73/cwt	277.00–285.00	1,595	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	400.73/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,330	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	270.21/cwt	265.00–272.00	1,694	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	426.67/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,515	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,921	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,939	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	274	413.59/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,133	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	422.44/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,364	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	617	266.65/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,645	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	438	315.59/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,382	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	481	277.04/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,333	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	469	339.65/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,593	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	424.73/cwt	400.00–447.00	1,368	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,063	135.83/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,444	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,314	145.81/cwt	141.00–151.00	1,916	12
Bulls	—	—	1,896	190.60/cwt	184.00–194.00	3,614	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	160.68/cwt	154.00–165.00	1,980	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	140.42/cwt	138.00–145.00	1,977	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	775	213.41/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,654	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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