Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 5.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer and bull calves 6.00 lower, heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $373.24/cwt on 92 head. That ranks 9 of 33 comparable sales and sits −16.91 against this barn's trailing median of $390.15.

Average price

$373.24

92 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,981

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$304

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

$61.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+35.39

vs GA average

+4.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	382.00	2,019	74
Medium and Large 2	544	347.85	1,891	11thin
Medium and Large 3	535	320.57	1,715	7thin

One grade step is worth $61.43/cwt here — about $304 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

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 sale92 hd

373.24

—

GA average13 barns · 541 hd

337.85

+35.39

National average182 barns · 13,299 hd

368.91

+4.33

This barn, trailing median33 sales

390.15

−16.91

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	1,606	184.07	2,956	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,564	167.60	2,622	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,300	157.25	2,045	87
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,119	146.91	1,644	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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,365	$3,400	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,248	$2,694	6
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,298	$2,239	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,323	$3,758	4thin

Every lot, as filed

73 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 2	650–700	667	289.65/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,932	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	333.39/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,917	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	679	326.75/cwt	320.00–332.00	2,219	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	767	236.48/cwt	220.00–250.00	1,814	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	612	313.31/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,917	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	383.86/cwt	375.00–388.00	1,447	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	274.58/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,971	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	366.24/cwt	365.00–370.00	2,278	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	387.78/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,799	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,638	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	289	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,199	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	438.52/cwt	435.00–442.00	1,855	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	267.50/cwt	265.00–270.00	2,020	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	412.87/cwt	410.00–416.00	1,548	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	376.42/cwt	364.00–387.00	2,213	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,093	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	402.52/cwt	385.00–410.00	1,316	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,372	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	404.97/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,652	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	406.94/cwt	402.00–412.00	2,193	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	363.85/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,870	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	310.04/cwt	305.00–315.00	2,077	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	370.53/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,945	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,248	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	390.12/cwt	367.00–392.00	2,005	54
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	430.37/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,760	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	360.06/cwt	354.00–367.00	2,045	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	425.60/cwt	425.00–426.00	2,081	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,241	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	385.95/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,853	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	165.87/cwt	163.00–168.00	2,521	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,653	171.06/cwt	170.00–172.00	2,828	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	148.10/cwt	140.00–154.00	1,977	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	151.39/cwt	147.00–159.00	1,711	20
Bulls	—	—	1,617	185.39/cwt	181.00–190.00	2,998	5
Bulls	—	—	1,489	173.71/cwt	170.00–177.00	2,587	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	259	561.30/cwt	545.00–570.00	1,454	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,365	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,434	170.04/cwt	169.00–171.00	2,438	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,271	160.58/cwt	154.00–168.00	2,041	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,106	141.30/cwt	131.00–147.00	1,563	16
Bulls	—	—	1,813	201.48/cwt	199.00–204.00	3,653	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	383	374.30/cwt	355.00–415.00	1,434	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	479	381.42/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,827	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,298	2,238.62/head	1,235.00–3,150.00	2,239	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,248	2,693.83/head	2,400.00–2,850.00	2,694	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,323	3,758.41/head	3,200.00–4,050.00	3,758	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	368.21/cwt	350.00–377.00	2,110	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	372	352.19/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,310	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	464	349.46/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,621	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	275	437.36/cwt	435.00–445.00	1,203	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	315.08/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,670	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	364.93/cwt	355.00–372.00	1,755	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	417	356.35/cwt	335.00–385.00	1,486	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	324	438.93/cwt	420.00–447.00	1,422	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	416	352.88/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,468	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	353.27/cwt	342.00–360.00	1,879	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	338.57/cwt	337.00–342.00	2,109	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	261	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,357	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	307.52/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,737	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	348.33/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,080	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	325.79/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,704	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	415.63/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,733	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	371.69/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,799	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	344.93/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,828	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	317.52/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,873	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	415.24/cwt	415.00–417.00	1,964	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	443.18/cwt	440.00–447.00	1,649	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	267	516.56/cwt	500.00–525.00	1,379	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	313	479.76/cwt	470.00–490.00	1,502	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	409	382.56/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,565	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	467	346.64/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,619	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	361.65/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,022	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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