Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter Cows mostly steady. Slaughter Bulls sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Feeder Steers sold 1.00 higher. Feeder Bulls and Feeder Heifers steady. Steer Calves Sold 10.00-12.00 higher. Bull Calves sold 6.00-8.00 higher. Heifer Calves sold 1.00-2.00 lower. Replacement Cattle sold with a higher undertone.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $302.11/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −88.04 against this barn's trailing median of $390.15.

Average price

$302.11

42 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,665

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$33.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.89

vs GA average

−19.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	311.44	1,714	23
Medium and Large 2	548	302.57	1,657	10thin
Medium and Large 3	558	277.76	1,549	9thin

One grade step is worth $33.68/cwt here — about $165 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 sale42 hd

302.11

—

GA average16 barns · 615 hd

304.00

−1.89

National average175 barns · 12,815 hd

321.18

−19.07

This barn, trailing median33 sales

390.15

−88.04

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	1,593	160.95	2,563	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,402	144.89	2,032	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,261	142.31	1,795	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,018	131.45	1,339	36

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)	1,008	$2,054	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,125	$1,947	9
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,161	$1,615	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,011	$3,022	22

Every lot, as filed

82 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	450–500	478	324.62/cwt	315.00–328.00	1,552	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	432	333.15/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,439	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	337	369.20/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,244	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	225	397.67/cwt	390.00–405.00	895	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	288	421.76/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,215	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	446.21/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,477	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	307.53/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,725	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	348.38/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,331	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	258	372.43/cwt	370.00–375.00	961	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,764	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	384	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,306	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	312.14/cwt	308.00–320.00	1,657	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	537	289.98/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,557	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	568	271.65/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,543	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,860	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,650	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	335.33/cwt	334.00–340.00	1,559	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	293.00/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,653	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	339.58/cwt	338.00–340.00	1,426	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,817	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,007	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	568	326.64/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,855	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	850–900	865	222.99/cwt	220.00–224.00	1,929	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	603	302.55/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,824	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	365.61/cwt	364.00–366.00	2,040	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,030	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	354.09/cwt	350.00–358.00	1,880	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	688	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,926	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	614	325.16/cwt	324.00–328.00	1,996	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	414.68/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,725	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	395.01/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,841	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	372.48/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,011	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	385.10/cwt	384.00–388.00	1,860	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	421.07/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,604	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,176	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	387.68/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,803	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	404.14/cwt	402.50–410.00	1,710	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,887	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	417.52/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,536	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	317.56/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,001	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	445.05/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,193	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,340	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,822	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,461	142.12/cwt	139.00–145.00	2,076	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	131.45/cwt	127.00–134.00	1,315	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	118.61/cwt	112.00–122.00	1,231	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,024	138.29/cwt	136.00–143.00	1,416	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,260	163.49/cwt	162.00–165.00	2,060	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	145.65/cwt	143.00–150.00	1,832	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	138.20/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,748	13
Bulls	—	—	1,857	168.68/cwt	165.00–172.00	3,132	3
Bulls	—	—	1,328	153.21/cwt	140.00–162.00	2,035	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	945	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,109	1,703.83/head	1,500.00–1,800.00	1,704	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	984	1,844.60/head	1,500.00–2,200.00	1,845	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,143	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	230	423.48/cwt	420.00–430.00	974	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,137	2,141.42/head	2,000.00–2,250.00	2,141	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	2,334.13/head	2,000.00–2,600.00	2,334	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	900	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,173	1,691.75/head	1,613.00–1,750.00	1,692	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,078	3,210.90/head	2,650.00–3,500.00	3,211	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	933	3,221.58/head	3,150.00–3,300.00	3,222	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	980	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	976	2,673.23/head	2,500.00–2,850.00	2,673	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,054	3,195.39/head	2,650.00–3,500.00	3,195	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	379.12/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,607	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	338	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,335	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	283	401.71/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,137	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	484	327.49/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,585	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	422	348.51/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,471	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	324.55/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,697	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	614	299.94/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,842	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	322.93/cwt	322.00–330.00	1,789	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	421.18/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,424	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	720	232.57/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,675	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	380.06/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,463	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	344.30/cwt	344.00–345.00	1,412	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	408.16/cwt	400.00–412.50	1,543	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	306.62/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,564	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	368.02/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,726	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	665	258.22/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,717	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	572	280.03/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,602	3

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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