Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2019-09-17

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Sep 17
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
479 head
▼ 150 vs last sale 629▲ 479 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
113 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 143▲ 113 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 5.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 lower, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves steady to 3.00 lower, bull calves steady to 4.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $110.54/cwt on 99 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −95.77 against this barn's trailing median of $206.32.
Average price
$110.54
99 head · 498 lb average
Value per head Derived
$550
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$84
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$4.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.57
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2521112.6558756
Medium and Large 3467107.8050443
One grade step is worth $4.84/cwt here — about $84 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 206.3202/0303/3105/1907/2109/29
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $218.83, low $175.58, median $206.32 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 sale99 hd
110.54
—
GA average16 barns · 1,488 hd
112.12
−1.57
This barn, trailing median29 sales
206.32
−95.77
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—Average1,95281.701,5953thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31251.9868230
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04546.4348521

Every lot, as filed

36 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 2—386128.53/cwt127.00–130.004964
BullsMedium and Large 2—410120.47/cwt118.00–122.004944
BullsMedium and Large 2—77091.96/cwt88.00–94.007084
BullsMedium and Large 2—66896.99/cwt95.00–98.006485
BullsMedium and Large 2—467113.90/cwt110.00–120.005326
BullsMedium and Large 2—527107.39/cwt105.00–112.005667
BullsMedium and Large 2—629102.93/cwt99.00–108.006477
BullsMedium and Large 2—330138.06/cwt135.00–142.004569
BullsMedium and Large 2—573106.12/cwt103.00–109.0060810
BullsMedium and Large 3—363116.65/cwt115.00–120.004233
BullsMedium and Large 3—518102.16/cwt98.00–104.005295
BullsMedium and Large 3—338129.34/cwt125.00–132.004376
BullsMedium and Large 3—431112.55/cwt110.00–117.004859
BullsMedium and Large 3—476103.44/cwt100.00–107.0049210
BullsMedium and Large 3—57495.14/cwt92.00–99.0054610
HeifersMedium and Large 2—67393.00/cwt88.00–98.006266
HeifersMedium and Large 2—608100.51/cwt95.00–104.0061110
HeifersMedium and Large 2—515101.49/cwt98.00–105.0052312
HeifersMedium and Large 2—573101.15/cwt96.00–104.0058012
HeifersMedium and Large 3—60888.66/cwt85.00–91.005393
HeifersMedium and Large 3—314107.75/cwt105.00–110.003385
HeifersMedium and Large 3—436101.59/cwt98.00–105.004437
HeifersMedium and Large 3—51693.13/cwt90.00–96.004818
HeifersMedium and Large 3—56889.80/cwt85.00–93.005109
HeifersMedium and Large 3—472101.40/cwt99.00–105.0047912
SteersMedium and Large 1—667119.38/cwt118.00–121.007965
SteersMedium and Large 1—721118.11/cwt113.00–123.008528
SteersMedium and Large 2—566117.24/cwt112.00–119.006644
SteersMedium and Large 2—488123.34/cwt120.00–124.0060212
SteersMedium and Large 2—638116.87/cwt115.00–117.0074622
Bulls——2,14583.00/cwt83.00–83.001,7801
Bulls——1,85581.05/cwt80.00–82.001,5032
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,43556.00/cwt56.00–56.008043
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29851.53/cwt49.00–55.0066927
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03149.19/cwt48.00–50.005079
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05544.36/cwt40.00–47.0046812

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.