Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter Cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter Bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder Steers, Heifers and Bulls steady. Heifer calves sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Bull Calves and Steer Calves sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Replacement Cattle sold with a higher undertone.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $342.85/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 2 of 33 comparable sales and sits −93.86 against this barn's trailing median of $436.72.

Average price

$342.85

31 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,866

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$359

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

$35.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.65

vs GA average

−11.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	345.69	1,919	14thin
Medium and Large 2	540	344.59	1,860	15thin
Medium and Large 3	503	310.00	1,559	2thin

One grade step is worth $35.69/cwt here — about $359 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $472.65, low $342.37, median $436.72 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 sale31 hd

342.85

—

GA average12 barns · 278 hd

345.51

−2.65

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

−11.45

This barn, trailing median33 sales

436.72

−93.86

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	—	Low	1,481	166.90	2,471	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,184	137.93	1,633	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,385	136.26	1,888	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,063	131.65	1,400	28

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)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,276	$2,504	8
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,261	$2,440	23
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,132	$1,950	12
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	873	$1,842	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	940	$1,729	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	823	$1,715	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,185	$3,100	2thin

Every lot, as filed

67 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 3	500–550	529	289.42/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,531	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	567	259.56/cwt	257.50–265.00	1,472	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	427	355.02/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,516	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	715	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,627	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	319	371.88/cwt	370.00–377.50	1,186	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	383.24/cwt	380.00–387.50	1,246	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	243	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	929	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,590	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	334	409.60/cwt	405.00–412.00	1,368	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	332.93/cwt	332.50–335.00	1,528	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	305.39/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,567	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	417	339.12/cwt	330.00–342.00	1,414	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	327.60/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,894	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	313.84/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,936	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	673	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,804	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	388.89/cwt	386.00–395.00	1,583	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,702	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	627	258.19/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,619	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,400	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	472	349.36/cwt	347.50–352.00	1,649	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	800–850	828	238.81/cwt	235.00–242.50	1,977	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	268	413.18/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,107	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	608	279.96/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,702	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	503	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,559	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	347.20/cwt	346.00–350.00	1,854	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	345.69/cwt	340.00–348.00	1,919	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	363.64/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,745	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	321.69/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,837	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	391.22/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,604	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	346.49/cwt	320.00–348.00	1,660	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,597	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,615	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,758	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,388	130.67/cwt	123.00–135.00	1,814	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,384	139.46/cwt	138.00–143.00	1,930	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	129.27/cwt	125.00–131.00	1,523	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	142.12/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,710	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	129.05/cwt	123.00–132.00	1,323	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,163	136.31/cwt	132.00–139.00	1,585	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	114.79/cwt	112.00–117.00	1,205	3
Bulls	—	—	1,386	161.51/cwt	155.00–170.00	2,239	14
Bulls	—	—	1,702	179.48/cwt	171.00–186.00	3,055	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,108	138.68/cwt	134.00–144.00	1,537	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	823	1,714.57/head	1,600.00–1,900.00	1,715	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,155	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,147	1,769.70/head	1,750.00–1,800.00	1,770	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,121	2,078.87/head	1,950.00–2,250.00	2,079	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	1,974.72/head	1,950.00–2,000.00	1,975	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	862	1,753.09/head	1,650.00–1,850.00	1,753	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	940	1,728.59/head	1,650.00–1,800.00	1,729	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,186	1,982.16/head	1,900.00–2,050.00	1,982	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,160	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,272	2,508.91/head	2,150.00–2,850.00	2,509	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,293	2,647.60/head	2,150.00–3,000.00	2,648	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	623	271.24/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,690	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	708	230.90/cwt	222.00–240.00	1,635	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	558	280.02/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,563	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	397.54/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,272	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	371	391.08/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,451	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	291.64/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,671	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	592	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,717	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,395	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	315.57/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,483	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	367	356.05/cwt	350.00–357.50	1,307	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	414	348.95/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,445	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	317.39/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,470	6

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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