Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2019-05-07

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, May 7
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
556 head
▼ 217 vs last sale 773▲ 556 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
124 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 161▲ 124 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 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 lower, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves unevenly steady, heifer and bull calves steady to 2.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $142.13/cwt on 145 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −64.53 against this barn's trailing median of $206.66.
Average price
$142.13
145 head · 441 lb average
Value per head Derived
$627
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$83
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.49
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1445154.676886thin
Medium and Large 2450143.8164764
Medium and Large 3433139.7060575
One grade step is worth $14.97/cwt here — about $83 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

29 sales
233209185162median 206.6601/2703/2405/1207/1409/22
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $218.83, low $175.58, median $206.66 across 29 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale145 hd
142.13
—
GA average16 barns · 1,489 hd
137.64
+4.49
This barn, trailing median29 sales
206.66
−64.53
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
Bulls—High1,59282.411,3129thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20654.2965533
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04645.4047515

Every lot, as filed

45 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
BullsMedium and Large 1—412158.01/cwt157.00–160.006513
BullsMedium and Large 1—477151.34/cwt150.00–154.007223
BullsMedium and Large 2—308161.65/cwt160.00–165.004983
BullsMedium and Large 2—578122.71/cwt121.00–125.007097
BullsMedium and Large 2—472140.61/cwt137.00–145.0066410
BullsMedium and Large 2—521132.90/cwt130.00–138.0069210
BullsMedium and Large 2—379152.61/cwt150.00–157.0057815
BullsMedium and Large 2—432149.23/cwt145.00–155.0064519
BullsMedium and Large 3—685112.31/cwt109.00–114.007693
BullsMedium and Large 3—620114.02/cwt113.00–115.007074
BullsMedium and Large 3—438137.99/cwt135.00–142.006048
BullsMedium and Large 3—270164.24/cwt160.00–167.0044310
BullsMedium and Large 3—341154.54/cwt150.00–157.0052710
BullsMedium and Large 3—478132.36/cwt127.00–137.0063313
BullsMedium and Large 3—525126.05/cwt122.00–128.0066213
BullsMedium and Large 3—378145.26/cwt142.00–150.0054914
HeifersMedium and Large 1—521129.24/cwt128.00–131.006734
HeifersMedium and Large 1—408136.20/cwt135.00–140.005566
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473133.15/cwt132.00–136.006307
HeifersMedium and Large 2—532123.96/cwt120.00–128.006593
HeifersMedium and Large 2—569121.25/cwt118.00–125.006904
HeifersMedium and Large 2—367132.52/cwt130.00–137.0048610
HeifersMedium and Large 2—471126.67/cwt123.00–130.0059710
HeifersMedium and Large 2—428128.52/cwt125.00–132.0055016
HeifersMedium and Large 3—283133.91/cwt130.00–137.003793
HeifersMedium and Large 3—460113.70/cwt112.00–117.005233
HeifersMedium and Large 3—407120.15/cwt117.00–122.004896
HeifersMedium and Large 3—363124.48/cwt120.00–127.004529
HeifersMedium and Large 3—312132.13/cwt127.00–135.0041211
SteersMedium and Large 1—465161.98/cwt160.00–164.007532
SteersMedium and Large 1—668133.96/cwt130.00–138.008954
SteersMedium and Large 1—625138.60/cwt136.00–142.008668
SteersMedium and Large 2—643128.49/cwt125.00–132.008262
SteersMedium and Large 2—428154.62/cwt152.00–157.006623
SteersMedium and Large 2—528146.99/cwt146.00–148.007764
SteersMedium and Large 2—482151.69/cwt148.00–154.007317
SteersMedium and Large 2—582143.29/cwt140.00–146.008349
Bulls——1,44090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,2961
Bulls——1,60576.55/cwt75.00–78.001,2293
Bulls——1,61584.40/cwt82.00–86.001,3635
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18863.53/cwt62.00–65.007552
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20449.92/cwt47.00–52.0060111
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20955.77/cwt53.00–60.0067420
CowsLean 85-90%—97642.60/cwt39.00–45.004166
CowsLean 85-90%—1,09247.27/cwt46.00–49.005169

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.