Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls steady. Replacement Cattle steady. Feeder Bulls sold 10.00 - 12.00 higher. Feeder Heifers sold 8.00 - 10.00 higher. Feeder Steers sold 4.00 - 6.00 higher. Bull Calves and Heifer Calves sold 2.00 - 4.00 higher. Steer Calves steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $335.33/cwt on 80 head. That ranks 2 of 33 comparable sales and sits −54.82 against this barn's trailing median of $390.15.

Average price

$335.33

80 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,847

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$135

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

$20.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.15

vs GA average

−24.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	340.46	1,881	60
Medium and Large 2	546	319.94	1,746	20

One grade step is worth $20.51/cwt here — about $135 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 sale80 hd

335.33

—

GA average14 barns · 759 hd

338.48

−3.15

National average158 barns · 7,895 hd

359.80

−24.47

This barn, trailing median33 sales

390.15

−54.82

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	1,516	187.81	2,847	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,410	171.66	2,420	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,209	161.90	1,957	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,011	148.56	1,502	51

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,093	$2,214	17
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	993	$2,140	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,057	$2,068	25
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,000	$2,100	1thin

Every lot, as filed

85 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	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	490.17/cwt	475.00–500.00	1,549	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	354.94/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,892	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	305.04/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,885	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	362.36/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,718	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	456.53/cwt	445.00–465.00	1,465	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,823	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	511.11/cwt	500.00–515.00	1,227	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	426.96/cwt	422.50–435.00	1,379	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	368.59/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,618	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	384.01/cwt	377.50–390.00	1,686	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	389.98/cwt	380.00–402.50	1,638	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	413.45/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,728	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	441.12/cwt	435.00–445.00	1,606	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,974	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	409.82/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,504	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	327.80/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,895	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	365.01/cwt	345.00–370.00	2,252	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	319.93/cwt	305.00–325.00	2,131	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	386.94/cwt	380.00–392.50	1,865	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	494.93/cwt	485.00–510.00	1,351	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	316.73/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,954	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	369.64/cwt	362.50–377.50	2,151	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	402.02/cwt	397.50–407.50	1,568	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	433.67/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,856	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	378.65/cwt	376.00–382.50	1,939	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,037	2,578.62/head	2,450.00–2,650.00	2,579	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	275.14/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,953	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	346.26/cwt	335.00–357.50	1,825	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	444.91/cwt	440.00–455.00	1,633	3
Bred Cows	Small 2-3	—	903	1,778.97/head	1,700.00–1,850.00	1,779	3
Bred Cows	Small 2-3	—	960	1,810.25/head	1,680.00–1,900.00	1,810	4
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	930	1,991.94/head	1,750.00–2,250.00	1,992	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	338.52/cwt	335.00–348.00	1,899	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	361.47/cwt	352.50–375.00	1,735	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,066	3
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	880	2,281.25/head	2,150.00–2,550.00	2,281	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	138.93/cwt	126.00–148.00	1,382	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,433	165.17/cwt	163.00–168.00	2,367	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,398	174.90/cwt	173.00–178.00	2,445	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	172.90/cwt	169.00–177.00	1,677	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,202	163.41/cwt	158.00–168.00	1,964	12
Bulls	—	—	1,483	178.39/cwt	168.00–184.00	2,646	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,071	1,853.84/head	1,650.00–2,100.00	1,854	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,198	152.60/cwt	148.00–154.00	1,828	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	2,416	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	155.85/cwt	150.00–163.00	1,605	25
Bulls	—	—	1,683	203.01/cwt	202.00–204.00	3,417	2
Bulls	—	—	1,415	191.45/cwt	191.00–192.00	2,709	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	327	411.36/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,345	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	392.37/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,793	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,106	1,891.03/head	1,650.00–2,050.00	1,891	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,153	2,584.53/head	2,200.00–3,000.00	2,585	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	2,688.45/head	2,500.00–2,950.00	2,688	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	378.73/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,477	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	316.77/cwt	290.00–325.00	1,663	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	300	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,230	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	429	350.06/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,502	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	474	336.31/cwt	315.00–345.00	1,594	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	483	315.90/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,526	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	403.28/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,742	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,122	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	267	363.38/cwt	350.00–380.00	970	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	371.87/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,209	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	355.78/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,327	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	381	381.20/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,452	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	282	470.44/cwt	455.00–480.00	1,327	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	357	375.00/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,339	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	557	300.12/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,672	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	488	335.05/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,635	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	436	309.38/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,349	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	405.22/cwt	400.00–410.00	912	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	342.58/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,980	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	717	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,205	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	394.87/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,315	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	336.00/cwt	325.00–337.50	1,808	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	429	357.89/cwt	357.50–360.00	1,535	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	317.03/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,658	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	335.31/cwt	332.00–337.00	2,377	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	345.68/cwt	345.00–346.00	2,333	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	340.18/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,769	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	324.31/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,881	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	355.00/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,633	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	412.59/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,555	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	326.57/cwt	320.00–332.50	1,995	11

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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