Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-07-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: No trends available due to the market being closed for the July 4th Holidays.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $397.33/cwt on 76 head, down $3.88 from the prior sale. That ranks 23 of 33 comparable sales and sits +7.18 against this barn's trailing median of $390.15.

Average price

$397.33

▼ 3.88 vs prior sale

76 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,132

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$303

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

$68.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.87

vs GA average

−18.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	427.92	2,246	16thin
Medium and Large 2	540	402.82	2,174	41
Medium and Large 3	540	359.70	1,943	19thin

One grade step is worth $68.22/cwt here — about $303 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 sale76 hd

397.33

—

GA average10 barns · 304 hd

383.45

+13.87

National average149 barns · 8,242 hd

416.11

−18.79

This barn, trailing median33 sales

390.15

+7.18

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	1,626	213.14	3,466	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,252	182.87	2,290	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,089	163.48	1,781	18

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)	1,195	$2,729	30
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,242	$2,695	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	973	$2,392	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	865	$3,000	1thin

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	486.66/cwt	482.50–495.00	1,771	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	499.10/cwt	490.00–515.00	1,827	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,696	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,139	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	447.21/cwt	430.00–457.50	2,138	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	317.45/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,444	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	439.81/cwt	420.00–455.00	2,265	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	573.58/cwt	570.00–585.00	1,950	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	348.25/cwt	325.00–352.50	2,316	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,246	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	527.75/cwt	525.00–545.00	1,752	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	466.78/cwt	450.00–480.00	2,194	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	567.18/cwt	550.00–585.00	1,838	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	364.16/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,251	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	488.26/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,085	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	353.77/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,345	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	538.18/cwt	515.00–545.00	2,260	22
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,224	3,101.84/head	2,750.00–3,500.00	3,102	17
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,332	3,202.07/head	3,050.00–3,350.00	3,202	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,628	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,577	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	432.27/cwt	422.50–435.00	2,243	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	483.18/cwt	467.50–495.00	2,073	24
Bred Cows	Small 2-3	—	878	1,749.57/head	1,600.00–1,900.00	1,750	2
Bred Cows	Small 2-3	—	705	1,550.00/head	1,500.00–1,600.00	1,550	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	910	2,747.53/head	2,700.00–2,800.00	2,748	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	405.68/cwt	392.50–410.00	2,629	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	332.55/cwt	322.50–345.00	2,368	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	392.12/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,243	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	865	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bulls	—	—	1,520	181.06/cwt	174.00–187.00	2,752	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,153	176.04/cwt	170.00–185.00	2,030	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	185.82/cwt	183.00–193.00	2,328	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,188	3
Bulls	—	—	1,753	222.63/cwt	211.00–233.00	3,903	13
Bulls	—	—	1,483	207.23/cwt	196.00–210.00	3,073	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	368.46/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,299	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	451.82/cwt	430.00–462.50	1,884	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,175	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	404.83/cwt	390.00–415.00	2,154	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	445.41/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,561	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	487.26/cwt	465.00–495.00	2,085	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	336	527.68/cwt	525.00–540.00	1,773	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	413	432.30/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,785	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	412.27/cwt	395.00–417.50	2,185	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	445.13/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,874	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	550.73/cwt	535.00–560.00	2,098	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	449.84/cwt	440.00–465.00	2,119	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	369.21/cwt	365.00–372.50	2,119	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	285	512.76/cwt	505.00–520.00	1,461	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	603	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,276	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	352.47/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,249	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	688	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,477	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	427	403.47/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,723	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	484	392.65/cwt	375.00–410.00	1,900	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	466.52/cwt	455.00–485.00	1,540	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,113	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	383	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,838	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	363.75/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,066	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	573	346.77/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,987	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	534	362.13/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,934	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	484.79/cwt	470.00–510.00	2,269	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	467.20/cwt	457.50–475.00	2,457	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	421	416.31/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,753	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,829	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	379	450.91/cwt	445.00–465.00	1,709	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	477	403.68/cwt	385.00–422.50	1,926	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	981	147.00/cwt	130.00–155.00	1,442	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	163.09/cwt	158.00–168.00	1,835	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,440	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	2,800.47/head	2,700.00–2,900.00	2,800	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,108	1,933.75/head	1,800.00–2,050.00	1,934	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,209	2,331.55/head	1,750.00–2,650.00	2,332	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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