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Southern Livestock

Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Feb 25

● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934

← Feb 18Feb 25Mar 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

579 head

▼ 64 vs last sale 643▼ 468 vs year ago 1,047 · −44.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

192 head

▲ 30 vs last sale 162▲ 37 vs year ago 155 · +23.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

55 head

▲ 55 vs last sale 0▲ 27 vs year ago 28 · +96.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 5.00 lower, slaughter bulls 10. higher, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers lightly tested, steer and bull calves 15.00 higher, heifer calves 10.00 higher, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $256.02/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −118.05 against this barn's trailing median of $374.07.

Average price

$256.02

7 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,460

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$211

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

$31.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.99

vs GA average

−50.99 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	577	274.02	1,581	3thin
Medium and Large 3	565	242.52	1,370	4thin

One grade step is worth $31.50/cwt here — about $211 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale7 hd

256.02

—

GA average12 barns · 224 hd

265.01

−8.99

National average189 barns · 18,586 hd

307.01

−50.99

This barn, trailing median35 sales

374.07

−118.05

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

35 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $409.07, low $296.08, median $374.07 across 35 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,624	198.50	3,224	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,198	146.91	1,760	46
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,365	145.80	1,990	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,033	127.13	1,313	13

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)	1,033	$1,989	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,060	$1,882	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,396	$2,546	4thin

Every lot

42 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	397.69/cwt	397.00–398.00	1,662	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	442	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,609	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	334.87/cwt	330.00–338.00	1,765	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	317.54/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,842	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	603	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,948	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,985	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	242	376.69/cwt	375.00–380.00	912	3
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	283	365.86/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,035	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	336.92/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,230	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	372	323.32/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,203	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	347.92/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,343	22
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	335.05/cwt	330.00–338.00	1,384	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	426	309.12/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,317	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	323.90/cwt	322.00–328.00	1,393	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	462	292.84/cwt	292.00–295.00	1,353	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	303.82/cwt	302.00–304.00	1,470	32
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	565	242.52/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,370	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	274.02/cwt	270.00–276.00	1,581	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 3	270	402.59/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,087	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	308	425.54/cwt	415.00–427.00	1,311	11
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	324	389.30/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,261	7
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	404.03/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,354	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	1,611	10
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	404.91/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,672	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	351.67/cwt	350.00–352.00	1,611	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	322.50/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,709	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	304.95/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,616	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	292.93/cwt	288.00–297.00	1,793	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,602	194.94/cwt	193.00–197.00	3,123	5
Bulls	—	—	1,680	207.40/cwt	202.00–212.00	3,484	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	940	126.41/cwt	125.00–129.00	1,188	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	991	137.02/cwt	133.00–140.00	1,358	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,030	118.95/cwt	118.00–120.00	1,225	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,128	132.75/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,497	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,184	144.97/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,716	23
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,329	147.35/cwt	145.00–150.00	1,958	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,330	155.16/cwt	150.00–161.00	2,064	15
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,342	137.18/cwt	134.00–142.00	1,841	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,430	155.03/cwt	154.00–157.00	2,217	8
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,396	2,545.93/head	2,350.00–2,750.00	2,546	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,033	1,988.71/head	1,900.00–2,150.00	1,989	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,060	1,881.72/head	1,800.00–1,950.00	1,882	2

This sale against other markets

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Southern Livestock - Oak Park, GA

Tue Feb 25, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 579Last week 643Year ago 1,047

Slaughter CattleReceipts 192Last week 162Year ago 155

Replacement CattleReceipts 55Last week 0Year ago 28

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	400.00–405.00	402.59
7	300–350	324	385.00–395.00	389.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	308	415.00–427.00	425.54
10	350–400	380	424.00	424.00
2	400–450	413	400.00–410.00	404.91
6	450–500	458	350.00–352.00	351.67
2	500–550	530	320.00–325.00	322.50
6	600–650	612	288.00–297.00	292.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	335	400.00–405.00	404.03
3	500–550	530	300.00–310.00	304.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	418	397.00–398.00	397.69
9	500–550	527	330.00–338.00	334.87
2	550–600	580	315.00–320.00	317.54
7	600–650	603	323.00	323.00
4	700–750	738	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	442	364.00	364.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	242	375.00–380.00	376.69
5	250–300	283	360.00–370.00	365.86
22	350–400	386	340.00–350.00	347.92
16	400–450	413	330.00–338.00	335.05
32	450–500	484	302.00–304.00	303.82
3	550–600	577	270.00–276.00	274.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	365	330.00–340.00	336.92
14	400–450	430	322.00–328.00	323.90
7	450–500	462	292.00–295.00	292.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	320.00–325.00	323.32
7	400–450	426	305.00–315.00	309.12
4	550–600	565	240.00–245.00	242.52

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,396	2,350.00–2,750.00	2,545.93

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,033	1,900.00–2,150.00	1,988.71
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,060	1,800.00–1,950.00	1,881.72

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,602	193.00–197.00	194.94
2	—	1,680	202.00–212.00	207.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,329	145.00–150.00	147.35
8	—	1,430	154.00–157.00	155.03
10	—	1,342	134.00–142.00	137.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	940	125.00–129.00	126.41
5	—	1,128	130.00–136.00	132.75
3	—	1,030	118.00–120.00	118.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,330	150.00–161.00	155.16
8	—	991	133.00–140.00	137.02
23	—	1,184	140.00–149.00	144.97

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.