Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-09-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 7.00 lower, feeder bulls, steers, and heifers mostly steady, steer and heifers calves 3.00 to 5.00 lower, bull calves steady, replacements steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $315.60/cwt on 67 head, up $19.53 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 34 comparable sales and sits −70.58 against this barn's trailing median of $386.19.

Average price

$315.60

▲ 19.53 vs prior sale

67 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,733

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$210

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

$38.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.19

vs GA average

−15.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	332.52	1,812	27
Medium and Large 2	555	308.50	1,712	28
Medium and Large 3	545	294.11	1,602	12thin

One grade step is worth $38.41/cwt here — about $210 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $439.12, low $296.08, median $386.19 across 34 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 sale67 hd

315.60

—

GA average13 barns · 355 hd

310.42

+5.19

National average157 barns · 5,611 hd

331.52

−15.92

This barn, trailing median34 sales

386.19

−70.58

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	1,384	190.56	2,637	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,507	160.48	2,418	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,199	156.13	1,872	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	915	145.53	1,331	11

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,154	$2,465	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,144	$2,374	11
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,028	$1,599	2thin

Every lot, as filed

64 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 2	500–550	523	313.62/cwt	305.00–317.00	1,640	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	355.19/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,861	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	370.84/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,739	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,564	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	280.14/cwt	260.00–290.00	2,003	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	340.47/cwt	335.00–346.00	1,913	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	308.62/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,741	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	616	303.74/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,871	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	304.66/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,764	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	366.20/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,567	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,691	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,192	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	669	287.58/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,924	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	336.74/cwt	332.00–342.00	1,785	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	411	362.52/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,490	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	330.99/cwt	330.00–332.00	2,062	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,729	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	336.91/cwt	330.00–338.00	1,823	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	371.68/cwt	370.00–372.00	1,795	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	276	476.92/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,316	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,284	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	313.22/cwt	312.00–315.00	1,760	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,057	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	277.53/cwt	275.00–280.00	2,123	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,158	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	329.98/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,052	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	927	136.32/cwt	135.00–139.00	1,264	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	888	152.85/cwt	149.00–155.00	1,357	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	923	146.66/cwt	142.00–148.00	1,354	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,507	160.48/cwt	154.00–167.00	2,418	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,189	148.21/cwt	142.00–152.00	1,762	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	169.34/cwt	166.00–175.00	2,198	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	656	306.67/cwt	290.00–310.00	2,012	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	366.55/cwt	362.00–385.00	1,378	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	561	302.88/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,699	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	482	324.53/cwt	312.00–340.00	1,564	25
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	624	302.73/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,889	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	457	351.02/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,604	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	795	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,147	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	348.60/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,652	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	376.75/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,236	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	361.60/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,392	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	683	275.09/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,879	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	269.92/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,687	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	723	257.49/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,862	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	381.25/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,373	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	526	335.60/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,765	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	623	259.97/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,620	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	466	310.19/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,445	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	536	298.44/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,600	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	409	346.47/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,417	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	588	272.47/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,602	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,239	2,110.09/head	2,000.00–2,250.00	2,110	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,109	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,265	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	346.37/cwt	340.00–352.00	1,437	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	519	308.26/cwt	290.00–325.00	1,600	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	311.27/cwt	300.00–327.00	1,836	8
Bulls	—	—	1,208	184.34/cwt	179.00–189.00	2,227	2
Bulls	—	—	1,735	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	3,522	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,169	157.75/cwt	153.00–164.00	1,844	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,154	2,465.22/head	2,300.00–3,000.00	2,465	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,089	2,524.56/head	2,350.00–2,750.00	2,525	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,028	1,598.78/head	1,500.00–1,700.00	1,599	2

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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