Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers and heifers 10.00 higher, feeder bulls steady, steer and heifer calves 9.00 higher, bull calves steady, replacements lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $307.01/cwt on 68 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −83.14 against this barn's trailing median of $390.15.

Average price

$307.01

68 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,677

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$179

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

$27.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.03

vs GA average

−7.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	315.19	1,740	39
Medium and Large 2	534	303.95	1,624	15thin
Medium and Large 3	543	287.48	1,561	14thin

One grade step is worth $27.71/cwt here — about $179 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 sale68 hd

307.01

—

GA average16 barns · 425 hd

299.97

+7.03

National average174 barns · 12,680 hd

314.58

−7.57

This barn, trailing median33 sales

390.15

−83.14

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	1,554	186.93	2,905	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,443	154.43	2,229	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,158	149.49	1,730	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	934	133.38	1,246	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)	1,268	$2,151	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,203	$2,127	3thin

Every lot, as filed

64 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	381.89/cwt	377.00–384.00	1,421	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	687	267.09/cwt	266.00–268.00	1,835	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	304.46/cwt	297.00–307.00	1,748	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	399.72/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,531	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	374.40/cwt	370.00–377.00	1,404	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	269.19/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,736	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	407.26/cwt	405.00–408.00	1,784	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	291.88/cwt	286.00–300.00	1,547	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	322.50/cwt	322.00–325.00	1,306	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	240.07/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,753	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	330.36/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,533	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	324.39/cwt	322.00–327.00	1,729	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	911	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,214	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	431.44/cwt	424.00–434.00	1,773	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,988	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	336.93/cwt	332.00–339.00	1,944	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	450.32/cwt	450.00–452.00	1,387	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	536	342.16/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,834	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	316.85/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,996	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	378.89/cwt	378.00–380.00	1,796	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	295.69/cwt	295.00–297.00	1,960	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	342.85/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,947	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	403.80/cwt	395.00–406.00	1,837	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	334.64/cwt	329.00–336.00	2,068	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	351	446.05/cwt	444.00–447.00	1,566	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	289.40/cwt	282.00–290.00	2,092	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	389.33/cwt	388.00–390.00	1,818	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	341.97/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,806	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	325.02/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,658	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	366.23/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,696	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	377	401.49/cwt	397.00–406.00	1,514	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	303.98/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,748	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,139	141.70/cwt	137.00–145.00	1,614	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	971	135.69/cwt	133.00–139.00	1,318	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	891	130.68/cwt	129.00–132.00	1,164	6
Bulls	—	—	1,625	195.82/cwt	193.00–200.00	3,182	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,288	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	146.08/cwt	145.00–147.00	2,137	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	160.50/cwt	158.00–166.00	2,043	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	149.43/cwt	146.00–155.00	1,666	21
Bulls	—	—	1,604	187.70/cwt	183.00–194.00	3,011	8
Bulls	—	—	1,283	174.99/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,245	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,268	2,151.04/head	2,125.00–2,175.00	2,151	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,203	2,127.08/head	2,050.00–2,200.00	2,127	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	442.40/cwt	435.00–447.00	1,407	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	351.13/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,650	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	333	410.05/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,365	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	342	423.57/cwt	422.00–430.00	1,449	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	317.17/cwt	312.00–325.00	1,833	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	290.00/cwt	288.00–294.00	1,781	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	310.57/cwt	305.00–314.00	1,603	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	339	390.50/cwt	387.00–392.00	1,324	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	276.49/cwt	276.00–277.00	1,590	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	397.47/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,725	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	451.77/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,188	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	419	386.75/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,620	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	308.67/cwt	302.00–315.00	1,460	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	285.75/cwt	285.00–286.00	1,669	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	236.60/cwt	233.00–240.00	1,815	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	340.71/cwt	335.00–344.00	1,455	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	324.28/cwt	322.00–328.00	1,540	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	359.11/cwt	355.00–366.00	1,505	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	412.40/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,311	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	288.06/cwt	283.00–292.00	1,795	41

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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