Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2019-04-30

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Apr 30
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
773 head
48 vs last sale 821 773 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
161 head
32 vs last sale 129 161 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers unevenly steady, feeder heifers steady to 2.00 lower, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves steady to 3.00 lower, heifer and bull calves 3.00 to 5.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.62/cwt on 178 head.
Average price
$124.62
178 head · 505 lb average
Value per head Derived
$629
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$181
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.63
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1575128.8574151
Medium and Large 2480126.4060671
Medium and Large 3472118.5356056
One grade step is worth $10.32/cwt here — about $181 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale178 hd
124.62
GA average16 barns · 1,695 hd
134.25
−9.63
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,46887.961,2917thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20358.0969953
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43558.008321thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07847.5951319

Every lot, as filed

58 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 2368135.04/cwt130.00–140.0049710
HeifersMedium and Large 2568121.13/cwt117.00–124.006888
HeifersMedium and Large 2673108.70/cwt107.00–112.007326
HeifersMedium and Large 2327137.25/cwt135.00–142.004496
HeifersMedium and Large 2606112.75/cwt112.00–115.006834
HeifersMedium and Large 1655124.85/cwt120.00–125.0081833
HeifersMedium and Large 1360141.83/cwt140.00–145.005116
HeifersMedium and Large 1509129.74/cwt127.00–131.006604
HeifersMedium and Large 1455134.25/cwt133.00–136.006114
HeifersMedium and Large 1425136.04/cwt135.00–137.005784
BullsMedium and Large 3327156.04/cwt152.00–160.0051016
BullsMedium and Large 3470134.12/cwt130.00–139.0063011
BullsMedium and Large 3362149.53/cwt147.00–155.0054110
BullsMedium and Large 3268163.89/cwt157.00–167.0043910
BullsMedium and Large 3413141.01/cwt137.00–145.005826
BullsMedium and Large 3530125.56/cwt124.00–129.006655
BullsMedium and Large 2365157.82/cwt155.00–162.0057610
BullsMedium and Large 2526133.01/cwt130.00–138.007008
BullsMedium and Large 2328164.23/cwt162.00–167.005397
BullsMedium and Large 2418149.66/cwt147.00–152.006266
BullsMedium and Large 2278170.16/cwt167.00–175.004735
BullsMedium and Large 2615123.66/cwt118.00–128.007614
BullsMedium and Large 2566127.50/cwt125.00–131.007224
BullsMedium and Large 2720109.98/cwt109.00–111.007922
BullsMedium and Large 2485141.04/cwt139.00–143.006842
BullsMedium and Large 1581135.75/cwt134.00–137.007894
BullsMedium and Large 1524143.77/cwt140.00–147.007534
BullsMedium and Large 1473151.99/cwt150.00–154.007192
BullsMedium and Large 1418159.96/cwt158.00–162.006692
CowsLean 85-90%1,10449.47/cwt46.00–53.0054613
CowsLean 85-90%1,02143.52/cwt40.00–45.004446
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43558.00/cwt58.00–58.008321
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19858.41/cwt56.00–63.0070036
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17053.87/cwt52.00–55.0063012
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31365.91/cwt64.00–68.008655
Bulls1,47887.12/cwt84.00–91.001,2886
Bulls1,40593.00/cwt93.00–93.001,3071
SteersMedium and Large 3529138.33/cwt135.00–144.007326
SteersMedium and Large 3586134.43/cwt130.00–137.007885
SteersMedium and Large 3420147.39/cwt145.00–150.006195
SteersMedium and Large 3380154.28/cwt152.00–155.005864
SteersMedium and Large 2628125.64/cwt123.00–132.0078919
SteersMedium and Large 2521148.82/cwt145.00–153.007756
SteersMedium and Large 2475153.59/cwt150.00–155.007305
SteersMedium and Large 2670124.21/cwt122.00–126.008324
SteersMedium and Large 2561141.25/cwt138.00–145.007924
SteersMedium and Large 2772115.94/cwt113.00–120.008953
SteersMedium and Large 1628136.49/cwt135.00–138.008572
HeifersMedium and Large 3465117.67/cwt115.00–123.0054714
HeifersMedium and Large 3531114.46/cwt109.00–119.0060810
HeifersMedium and Large 3571112.37/cwt107.00–116.006428
HeifersMedium and Large 3425121.19/cwt115.00–125.005158
HeifersMedium and Large 3385125.03/cwt122.00–127.004818
HeifersMedium and Large 3335129.78/cwt125.00–135.004355
HeifersMedium and Large 3632109.30/cwt106.00–111.006913
HeifersMedium and Large 2430130.20/cwt125.00–133.0056016
HeifersMedium and Large 2481127.63/cwt125.00–132.0061411
HeifersMedium and Large 2524124.13/cwt120.00–127.0065010

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.