Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $319.74/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 2 of 32 comparable sales and sits −79.92 against this barn's trailing median of $399.66.

Average price

$319.74

27 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,751

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$64

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

$13.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.96

vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	329.98	1,812	7thin
Medium and Large 3	512	316.71	1,622	3thin
Medium and Large 2	553	316.06	1,749	17thin

One grade step is worth $13.92/cwt here — about $64 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $438.55, low $313.72, median $399.66 across 32 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 sale27 hd

319.74

—

GA average14 barns · 297 hd

318.78

+0.96

This barn, trailing median32 sales

399.66

−79.92

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	1,690	185.74	3,138	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,141	152.03	1,735	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,394	145.48	2,029	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,009	131.85	1,331	20

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,303	$2,257	4thin

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	400–450	431	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,478	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	411	379.98/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,562	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	275.79/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,591	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	778	247.54/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,926	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	415.95/cwt	414.00–417.00	1,739	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	373.36/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,408	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	421.89/cwt	419.00–425.00	1,742	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,000	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	275.86/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,746	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	307	390.03/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,197	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	512	316.71/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,622	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	379	390.97/cwt	385.00–392.00	1,482	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	321.60/cwt	315.00–326.00	1,865	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	316.25/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,682	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	423.42/cwt	418.00–428.00	1,550	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	389	401.12/cwt	396.00–410.00	1,560	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	347	371.42/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,289	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	638	263.22/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,679	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	354.30/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,694	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	262.54/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,785	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	337.95/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,565	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	316	397.06/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,255	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	275	434.15/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,194	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	506	332.51/cwt	332.00–335.00	1,683	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	733	226.95/cwt	222.00–232.00	1,664	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	437	331.41/cwt	328.00–335.00	1,448	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,098	146.48/cwt	140.00–151.00	1,608	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	2,036	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	129.32/cwt	127.00–134.00	1,350	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,403	136.50/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,915	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,153	155.69/cwt	152.00–164.00	1,795	8
Bulls	—	—	1,910	192.03/cwt	189.00–196.00	3,668	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,528	160.24/cwt	155.00–166.00	2,448	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,370	147.35/cwt	142.00–151.00	2,019	13
Bulls	—	—	1,618	186.30/cwt	181.00–190.00	3,014	9
Bulls	—	—	1,610	175.66/cwt	175.00–176.00	2,828	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	923	122.48/cwt	118.00–125.00	1,130	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,034	138.74/cwt	134.00–143.00	1,435	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	256	371.83/cwt	360.00–375.00	952	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	362.16/cwt	358.00–365.00	1,322	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	304.99/cwt	300.00–306.00	1,433	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	484	344.12/cwt	340.00–348.00	1,666	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	444	367.44/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,631	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	533	296.86/cwt	293.00–305.00	1,582	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	380.18/cwt	379.00–386.00	1,768	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	280.76/cwt	275.00–284.00	1,850	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	319.98/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,808	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,689	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	298.06/cwt	294.00–299.00	1,845	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	422.15/cwt	415.00–435.00	1,516	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,280	2,372.66/head	2,300.00–2,450.00	2,373	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,325	2,140.75/head	2,100.00–2,200.00	2,141	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	368.89/cwt	363.00–370.00	1,712	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	442.57/cwt	440.00–445.00	1,487	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	294.98/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,646	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	332.57/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,556	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	427.54/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,390	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	322.17/cwt	310.00–326.00	1,511	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	355.75/cwt	353.00–358.00	1,935	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	343.31/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,813	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	307.08/cwt	304.00–310.00	1,778	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	219	446.74/cwt	445.00–450.00	978	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	308.77/cwt	304.00–314.00	1,905	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	361.37/cwt	355.00–364.00	1,771	13

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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