Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2019-08-20

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Aug 20
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
512 head
32 vs last sale 480 512 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
41 vs last sale 101 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers mostly steady, feeder heifers steady to 2.00 higher, feeder bulls mostly steady, steer and heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves steady to 2.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $119.75/cwt on 116 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits 87.05 against this barn's trailing median of $206.80.
Average price
$119.75
116 head · 480 lb average
Value per head Derived
$575
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$90
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$21.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.53
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1435136.9959614thin
Medium and Large 2504118.0259575
Medium and Large 3437115.6250627
One grade step is worth $21.36/cwt here — about $90 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

28 sales
233212190169median 206.8012/1602/2404/2106/1608/04
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $218.83, low $183.05, median $206.80 across 28 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 sale116 hd
119.75
GA average15 barns · 1,003 hd
120.28
−0.53
This barn, trailing median28 sales
206.80
−87.05
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
BullsHigh1,50984.741,2794thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,36962.4385524
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03951.0153013

Every lot, as filed

46 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 1575118.03/cwt115.00–121.006794
BullsMedium and Large 2715101.99/cwt101.00–103.007294
BullsMedium and Large 2670102.37/cwt99.00–105.006865
BullsMedium and Large 2381133.70/cwt130.00–138.005097
BullsMedium and Large 2321140.28/cwt135.00–145.004508
BullsMedium and Large 2619105.48/cwt103.00–109.006538
BullsMedium and Large 2416126.16/cwt122.00–130.005259
BullsMedium and Large 2473120.16/cwt117.00–125.0056811
BullsMedium and Large 2574107.61/cwt104.00–112.0061811
BullsMedium and Large 2512115.74/cwt110.00–120.0059312
BullsMedium and Large 3275138.93/cwt137.00–140.003823
BullsMedium and Large 3520107.01/cwt106.00–109.005564
BullsMedium and Large 3477110.51/cwt107.00–115.005278
BullsMedium and Large 3424116.08/cwt112.00–120.0049212
HeifersMedium and Large 1410119.47/cwt117.00–121.004904
HeifersMedium and Large 1522115.61/cwt111.00–120.0060310
HeifersMedium and Large 1480114.79/cwt113.00–117.0055111
HeifersMedium and Large 266594.98/cwt94.00–96.006324
HeifersMedium and Large 2320119.86/cwt115.00–124.003848
HeifersMedium and Large 2424109.50/cwt105.00–114.004648
HeifersMedium and Large 2477107.50/cwt105.00–112.005139
HeifersMedium and Large 2569104.81/cwt100.00–108.005969
HeifersMedium and Large 2618100.51/cwt97.00–105.006219
HeifersMedium and Large 2373114.98/cwt110.00–120.0042912
HeifersMedium and Large 2528104.45/cwt101.00–105.0055118
HeifersMedium and Large 3343108.49/cwt107.00–110.003724
HeifersMedium and Large 3275115.52/cwt110.00–120.003186
SteersMedium and Large 1610122.98/cwt121.00–125.007504
SteersMedium and Large 1710123.33/cwt120.00–125.008766
SteersMedium and Large 1421139.51/cwt136.00–145.005877
SteersMedium and Large 1594133.58/cwt128.00–134.0079314
SteersMedium and Large 2475124.71/cwt122.00–127.005926
SteersMedium and Large 2524120.90/cwt118.00–123.006346
SteersMedium and Large 2572119.25/cwt115.00–123.006826
SteersMedium and Large 3465115.29/cwt110.00–119.005367
Bulls1,41093.00/cwt93.00–93.001,3111
Bulls1,56087.00/cwt87.00–87.001,3571
Bulls1,53379.48/cwt78.00–81.001,2182
CowsBoner 80-85%1,53570.12/cwt67.00–74.001,0766
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19056.52/cwt53.00–58.006738
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41262.55/cwt59.00–66.0088310
CowsLean 85-90%96346.07/cwt44.00–48.004444
CowsLean 85-90%1,07353.21/cwt51.00–55.005719
BullsMedium and Large 1413136.20/cwt133.00–142.005634
BullsMedium and Large 1385147.00/cwt145.00–148.005663
BullsMedium and Large 1328153.30/cwt150.00–155.005033

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.