Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2019-09-24

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Sep 24
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
567 head
▲ 88 vs last sale 479▲ 567 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
116 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 113▲ 116 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 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer and heifer calves mostly steady, bull calves unevenly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $112.91/cwt on 144 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −93.75 against this barn's trailing median of $206.66.
Average price
$112.91
144 head · 475 lb average
Value per head Derived
$536
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$26
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.56
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1405131.4253213thin
Medium and Large 2505113.1757160
Medium and Large 3463109.3050671
One grade step is worth $22.12/cwt here — about $26 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 sale144 hd
112.91
—
GA average16 barns · 1,694 hd
111.35
+1.56
This barn, trailing median29 sales
206.66
−93.75
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—Average1,56976.491,2008thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19648.9058532
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00245.5045618

Every lot, as filed

39 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—457122.01/cwt120.00–126.005583
BullsMedium and Large 1—410130.99/cwt130.00–132.005374
BullsMedium and Large 1—375136.41/cwt132.00–140.005126
BullsMedium and Large 2—73793.00/cwt92.00–95.006853
BullsMedium and Large 2—378124.67/cwt122.00–127.004716
BullsMedium and Large 2—78388.18/cwt85.00–90.006906
BullsMedium and Large 2—314137.97/cwt135.00–143.004337
BullsMedium and Large 2—523107.23/cwt105.00–109.005618
BullsMedium and Large 2—424125.14/cwt120.00–128.0053110
BullsMedium and Large 2—477112.52/cwt109.00–118.0053710
BullsMedium and Large 2—573103.39/cwt101.00–106.0059210
BullsMedium and Large 3—278129.66/cwt127.00–132.003604
BullsMedium and Large 3—63394.77/cwt93.00–97.006008
BullsMedium and Large 3—57497.07/cwt93.00–100.005579
BullsMedium and Large 3—434112.18/cwt107.00–117.0048710
BullsMedium and Large 3—515100.10/cwt95.00–104.0051611
BullsMedium and Large 3—482103.94/cwt100.00–108.0050114
BullsMedium and Large 3—317128.78/cwt125.00–135.0040815
HeifersMedium and Large 2—388118.51/cwt117.00–120.004604
HeifersMedium and Large 2—68393.01/cwt90.00–96.006354
HeifersMedium and Large 2—343113.98/cwt112.00–117.003915
HeifersMedium and Large 2—72092.30/cwt90.00–94.006656
HeifersMedium and Large 2—475106.70/cwt103.00–113.0050711
HeifersMedium and Large 2—58299.99/cwt95.00–104.0058212
HeifersMedium and Large 2—520102.88/cwt100.00–104.0053525
HeifersMedium and Large 3—316105.59/cwt102.00–110.003349
HeifersMedium and Large 3—429100.00/cwt97.00–103.004299
HeifersMedium and Large 3—47697.04/cwt92.00–102.0046210
HeifersMedium and Large 3—368109.88/cwt105.00–114.0040412
SteersMedium and Large 1—425138.48/cwt137.00–140.005894
SteersMedium and Large 2—420129.82/cwt125.00–135.005454
SteersMedium and Large 2—515117.80/cwt115.00–120.0060725
Bulls——1,37583.00/cwt83.00–83.001,1411
Bulls——1,73590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,5621
Bulls——1,57373.15/cwt73.00–74.001,1516
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21351.06/cwt50.00–54.0061914
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18347.22/cwt44.00–50.0055918
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02043.15/cwt41.00–44.004407
CowsLean 85-90%—99046.99/cwt45.00–49.0046511

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.