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Southern Livestock

Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Mar 4

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934

← Feb 25Mar 4Mar 11 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,031 head

▲ 452 vs last sale 579▲ 104 vs year ago 927 · +11.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

313 head

▲ 121 vs last sale 192▲ 149 vs year ago 164 · +90.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

26 head

▼ 29 vs last sale 55▼ 10 vs year ago 36 · −27.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 6.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls had limited comparable sales from week before, steer calves 10.00 higher, heifer and bull calves 5.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

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 $284.59/cwt on 79 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −89.48 against this barn's trailing median of $374.07.

Average price

$284.59

79 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,568

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$91

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

$20.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.69

vs GA average

−20.43 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	295.63	1,569	28
Medium and Large 2	574	280.35	1,610	34
Medium and Large 3	537	274.89	1,477	17thin

One grade step is worth $20.74/cwt here — about $91 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale79 hd

284.59

—

GA average16 barns · 414 hd

278.90

+5.69

National average185 barns · 16,988 hd

305.02

−20.43

This barn, trailing median35 sales

374.07

−89.48

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	—	Low	1,768	201.81	3,568	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,202	151.43	1,820	56
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,426	148.07	2,112	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,073	130.03	1,396	32

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)	1,120	$2,048	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$2,300	1thin

Every lot

70 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	431.60/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,437	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	423.31/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,503	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	364	410.57/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,494	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	407.59/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,712	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	386.98/cwt	386.00–392.00	1,703	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	471	347.21/cwt	340.00–348.00	1,635	18
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	474	364.59/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,728	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	350.24/cwt	344.00–354.00	1,800	25
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	338.00/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,825	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	329.06/cwt	325.00–332.00	1,846	25
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	586	291.91/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,711	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	311.92/cwt	308.00–318.00	1,840	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	635	286.64/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,820	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	646	299.77/cwt	297.00–300.00	1,937	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	655	269.27/cwt	269.00–272.00	1,764	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	714	266.18/cwt	257.00–267.00	1,901	17
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,989	30
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	306	352.01/cwt	350.00–354.00	1,077	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	341	367.23/cwt	366.00–370.00	1,252	26
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	357.47/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,287	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	385	324.35/cwt	320.00–326.00	1,249	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	342.18/cwt	341.00–343.00	1,420	34
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	324.96/cwt	320.00–327.00	1,414	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	436	311.46/cwt	310.00–314.00	1,358	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	461	291.13/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,342	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	472	271.28/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,280	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	303.43/cwt	300.00–306.00	1,447	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	299.74/cwt	299.00–301.00	1,538	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	518	282.55/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,464	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	536	290.72/cwt	290.00–292.00	1,558	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	290.15/cwt	286.00–291.00	1,607	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	573	260.84/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,495	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	586	277.16/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,624	26
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	616	262.00/cwt	261.00–267.00	1,614	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	626	252.77/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,582	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	254.01/cwt	250.00–256.00	1,608	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	683	234.45/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,601	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	738	222.51/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,642	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	751	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,780	39
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	770	225.01/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,733	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	316	391.59/cwt	390.00–392.00	1,237	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	372	386.86/cwt	385.00–387.00	1,439	14
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	404.45/cwt	400.00–407.00	1,537	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	396.94/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,667	13
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	431	389.56/cwt	387.00–395.00	1,679	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,749	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	468	371.76/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,740	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	488	345.19/cwt	342.00–350.00	1,685	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	333.96/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,703	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	515	305.10/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,571	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	543	317.47/cwt	316.00–325.00	1,724	14
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	310.72/cwt	308.00–315.00	1,746	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	302.47/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,703	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	582	288.41/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,679	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	615	262.52/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,614	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 3	732	229.15/cwt	229.00–230.00	1,677	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,428	183.68/cwt	180.00–185.00	2,623	3
Bulls	—	—	1,643	202.15/cwt	197.00–204.00	3,321	4
Bulls	—	—	2,072	212.42/cwt	206.00–216.00	4,401	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,047	116.41/cwt	114.00–118.00	1,219	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,071	137.88/cwt	134.00–144.00	1,477	16
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,093	125.65/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,373	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,150	144.10/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,657	29
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,183	154.75/cwt	150.00–159.00	1,831	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,386	167.02/cwt	162.00–174.00	2,315	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,418	153.68/cwt	149.00–159.00	2,179	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,430	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,845	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,475	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,449	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,120	2,047.88/head	2,025.00–2,075.00	2,048	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,200	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1

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 Mar 4, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,031Last week 579Year ago 927

Slaughter CattleReceipts 313Last week 192Year ago 164

Replacement CattleReceipts 26Last week 55Year ago 36

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	380	400.00–407.00	404.45
9	400–450	431	387.00–395.00	389.56
3	450–500	468	365.00–375.00	371.76
14	500–550	543	316.00–325.00	317.47
2	550–600	563	300.00–305.00	302.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	316	390.00–392.00	391.59
14	350–400	372	385.00–387.00	386.86
6	450–500	488	342.00–350.00	345.19
4	500–550	515	300.00–310.00	305.10
3	550–600	582	285.00–290.00	288.41
2	600–650	615	260.00–265.00	262.52
7	700–750	732	229.00–230.00	229.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	420	395.00–405.00	396.94
3	450–500	453	386.00	386.00
6	500–550	510	330.00–340.00	333.96
4	550–600	562	308.00–315.00	310.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	306	350.00–354.00	352.01
16	400–450	435	320.00–327.00	324.96
9	450–500	461	285.00–295.00	291.13
8	500–550	536	290.00–292.00	290.72
26	550–600	586	270.00–280.00	277.16
12	600–650	616	261.00–267.00	262.00
3	750–800	770	220.00–230.00	225.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	385	320.00–326.00	324.35
8	400–450	436	310.00–314.00	311.46
15	450–500	472	270.00–280.00	271.28
11	500–550	518	280.00–285.00	282.55
6	550–600	573	260.00–265.00	260.84
11	600–650	626	250.00–257.00	252.77
9	650–700	683	230.00–235.00	234.45
2	700–750	738	220.00–225.00	222.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	300–350	341	366.00–370.00	367.23
2	350–400	360	355.00–360.00	357.47
34	400–450	415	341.00–343.00	342.18
17	450–500	477	300.00–306.00	303.43
16	500–550	513	299.00–301.00	299.74
12	550–600	554	286.00–291.00	290.15
3	600–650	633	250.00–256.00	254.01
39	750–800	751	237.00	237.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	364	405.00–415.00	410.57
16	400–450	440	386.00–392.00	386.98
9	450–500	474	360.00–370.00	364.59
5	500–550	540	335.00–340.00	338.00
10	550–600	590	308.00–318.00	311.92
13	600–650	646	297.00–300.00	299.77
17	700–750	714	257.00–267.00	266.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	471	340.00–348.00	347.21
5	550–600	586	290.00–300.00	291.91
6	600–650	635	280.00–290.00	286.64
11	650–700	655	269.00–272.00	269.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	430.00–435.00	431.60
3	350–400	355	420.00–425.00	423.31
2	400–450	420	405.00–410.00	407.59
25	500–550	514	344.00–354.00	350.24
25	550–600	561	325.00–332.00	329.06
30	750–800	765	260.00	260.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,120	2,025.00–2,075.00	2,047.88

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	2,300.00	2,300.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,093	120.00–130.00	125.65
6	—	1,047	114.00–118.00	116.41
16	—	1,071	134.00–144.00	137.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,418	149.00–159.00	153.68
3	—	1,430	129.00	129.00
1	—	1,475	166.00	166.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,386	162.00–174.00	167.02
17	—	1,183	150.00–159.00	154.75
29	—	1,150	140.00–148.00	144.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,428	180.00–185.00	183.68
5	—	2,072	206.00–216.00	212.42
4	—	1,643	197.00–204.00	202.15

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.