Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2019-05-28

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, May 28
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
270 head
▼ 442 vs last sale 712▲ 270 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 102▲ 80 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 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves steady, heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher, bull calves steady to 2.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $137.40/cwt on 81 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −69.26 against this barn's trailing median of $206.66.
Average price
$137.40
81 head · 432 lb average
Value per head Derived
$593
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$46
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$7.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.54
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2418139.6458347
Medium and Large 1503136.6868716thin
Medium and Large 3406132.2153718thin
One grade step is worth $7.43/cwt here — about $46 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 sale81 hd
137.40
—
GA average16 barns · 1,070 hd
128.87
+8.54
This barn, trailing median29 sales
206.66
−69.26
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—Average1,56486.771,3574thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21858.7371622
CowsLean 85-90%Average99544.074399thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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—357152.33/cwt150.00–155.005443
BullsMedium and Large 1—407148.01/cwt147.00–150.006023
BullsMedium and Large 1—526132.21/cwt130.00–136.006955
BullsMedium and Large 1—625124.97/cwt121.00–127.007815
BullsMedium and Large 2—283157.32/cwt155.00–160.004456
BullsMedium and Large 2—361145.18/cwt140.00–150.005246
BullsMedium and Large 2—482134.03/cwt131.00–137.006466
BullsMedium and Large 2—558122.34/cwt117.00–127.006836
BullsMedium and Large 2—429138.91/cwt137.00–142.005967
BullsMedium and Large 2—517124.43/cwt120.00–130.006437
BullsMedium and Large 2—322151.83/cwt147.00–155.004899
BullsMedium and Large 3—230159.57/cwt155.00–162.003673
BullsMedium and Large 3—525114.98/cwt114.00–116.006043
BullsMedium and Large 3—332138.44/cwt135.00–142.004605
BullsMedium and Large 3—484123.42/cwt120.00–127.005977
HeifersMedium and Large 1—419132.21/cwt130.00–135.005544
HeifersMedium and Large 1—578125.18/cwt119.00–128.007244
HeifersMedium and Large 1—477126.17/cwt125.00–127.006026
HeifersMedium and Large 2—328134.01/cwt132.00–135.004403
HeifersMedium and Large 2—360127.78/cwt125.00–132.004604
HeifersMedium and Large 2—595112.25/cwt107.00–116.006684
HeifersMedium and Large 2—480120.13/cwt115.00–125.005775
HeifersMedium and Large 2—413125.13/cwt120.00–127.005176
HeifersMedium and Large 2—534116.69/cwt115.00–119.006237
HeifersMedium and Large 3—380119.43/cwt117.00–122.004542
HeifersMedium and Large 3—513107.03/cwt105.00–109.005492
HeifersMedium and Large 3—62299.35/cwt95.00–103.006183
HeifersMedium and Large 3—421114.22/cwt112.00–115.004814
SteersMedium and Large 1—617132.31/cwt130.00–137.008163
SteersMedium and Large 2—478146.36/cwt145.00–148.007003
SteersMedium and Large 2—621126.18/cwt123.00–128.007845
Bulls——1,56486.77/cwt86.00–88.001,3574
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17168.16/cwt65.00–72.007984
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15753.96/cwt52.00–55.006249
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30159.30/cwt57.00–62.007719
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07246.36/cwt45.00–47.004973
CowsLean 85-90%—95742.92/cwt40.00–44.004116

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.