Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls steady. Replacement Cattle steady. Feeder Bulls and Feeder Steers steady. Feeder Heifers steady to 4.00 higher. All Calf Classes steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $329.16/cwt on 50 head. That ranks 2 of 33 comparable sales and sits −60.99 against this barn's trailing median of $390.15.

Average price

$329.16

50 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,766

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$94

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

$44.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.16

vs GA average

−27.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	340.31	1,815	29
Medium and Large 2	532	317.91	1,691	17thin
Medium and Large 3	581	296.16	1,721	4thin

One grade step is worth $44.15/cwt here — about $94 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 sale50 hd

329.16

—

GA average15 barns · 517 hd

324.00

+5.16

National average188 barns · 19,415 hd

356.89

−27.73

This barn, trailing median33 sales

390.15

−60.99

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	1,634	182.45	2,981	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,399	156.49	2,189	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,295	150.46	1,948	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,130	143.30	1,619	31

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)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,065	$1,873	9
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,335	$1,850	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	800	$1,700	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,072	$2,480	5

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,308	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,713	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	329.18/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,011	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	331.41/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,859	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	450.91/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,533	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,993	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	405.26/cwt	395.00–415.00	2,107	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	394.68/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,255	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	344.95/cwt	340.00–347.50	1,766	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,771	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	307	426.74/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,310	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	639	330.11/cwt	305.00–335.00	2,109	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	357.10/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,343	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	392.80/cwt	385.00–407.50	1,430	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	418.45/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,578	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,203	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	281.66/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,783	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	252.48/cwt	240.00–270.00	1,830	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	344.21/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,793	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,101	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	278	441.09/cwt	425.00–450.00	1,226	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	316.23/cwt	311.00–318.00	2,271	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	445.22/cwt	435.00–460.00	1,643	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	471.91/cwt	465.00–475.00	1,298	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	458.05/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,470	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	292.54/cwt	285.00–300.00	2,103	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	424.89/cwt	420.00–427.00	1,971	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	359.99/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,865	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	335.97/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,858	15
Bred Cows	Small 2-3	—	800	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	443.10/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,604	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	300.85/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,995	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	312.48/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,944	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	429.04/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,785	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	261.68/cwt	255.00–265.00	2,010	3
Bred Cows	Small 2-3	—	826	1,222.39/head	1,200.00–1,250.00	1,222	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,344	160.86/cwt	157.00–165.00	2,162	7
Bulls	—	—	1,378	163.63/cwt	158.00–168.00	2,255	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	149.77/cwt	147.00–155.00	1,677	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,393	149.13/cwt	143.00–152.00	2,077	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,373	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,471	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	156.18/cwt	153.00–162.00	2,199	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	962	170.65/cwt	164.00–177.50	1,642	5
Bulls	—	—	1,834	200.98/cwt	194.00–207.00	3,686	6
Bulls	—	—	1,664	182.61/cwt	170.00–191.00	3,039	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	143.83/cwt	135.00–149.00	1,834	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,175	134.52/cwt	120.00–142.00	1,581	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	153.03/cwt	151.00–156.00	1,979	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	2,400.00/head	2,300.00–2,500.00	2,400	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,125	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,335	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,288	2,529.17/head	2,100.00–2,850.00	2,529	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,180	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	367.13/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,358	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	333	412.75/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,374	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	322.53/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,338	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	265	395.32/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,048	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	253.44/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,571	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	346.70/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,647	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	339.90/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,767	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	314.04/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,492	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,363	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	613	266.70/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,635	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	422	340.01/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,435	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	299.95/cwt	285.00–315.00	1,590	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,950	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	331.83/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,570	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	321.77/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,667	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	728	272.46/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,984	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	581	296.16/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,721	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	438	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,511	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	357.32/cwt	345.00–375.00	1,733	28
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	382	376.20/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,437	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	353.90/cwt	340.00–362.50	1,667	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	367.46/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,224	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	621	302.03/cwt	292.50–315.00	1,876	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	314.99/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,805	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	255.00/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,925	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	354.76/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,529	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	281	401.48/cwt	385.00–410.00	1,128	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	379.74/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,633	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	410.69/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,544	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	310.82/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,731	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	381.54/cwt	365.00–384.00	2,137	8

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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