Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2020-01-21

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Jan 21
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
692 head
308 vs last sale 384 692 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
108 head
12 vs last sale 96 108 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 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves mostly steady, heifer calves steady to 3.00 higher, bull calves steady to 4.00 higher, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.08/cwt on 187 head.
Average price
$121.08
187 head · 457 lb average
Value per head Derived
$553
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$114
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$12.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.52
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1467127.1159355
Medium and Large 2464119.67555101
Medium and Large 3417114.9847931
One grade step is worth $12.13/cwt here — about $114 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.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale187 hd
121.08
GA average15 barns · 1,515 hd
128.61
−7.52
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
BullsLow1,51076.191,1515thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10055.9161558
CowsLean 85-90%Average94042.1839717

Every lot, as filed

56 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
HeifersMedium and Large 3374118.44/cwt115.00–122.004437
HeifersMedium and Large 1655109.67/cwt109.00–111.007183
HeifersMedium and Large 1562116.00/cwt115.00–117.006526
HeifersMedium and Large 2379126.55/cwt122.00–132.0048013
HeifersMedium and Large 2324130.63/cwt127.00–135.0042311
HeifersMedium and Large 2279135.71/cwt132.00–140.003799
HeifersMedium and Large 2680100.47/cwt99.00–102.006834
HeifersMedium and Large 3276127.73/cwt125.00–130.003537
SteersMedium and Large 3480143.72/cwt137.00–147.006904
HeifersMedium and Large 1521121.68/cwt118.00–125.0063410
HeifersMedium and Large 1424132.39/cwt130.00–140.0056110
HeifersMedium and Large 3570101.02/cwt99.00–103.005764
HeifersMedium and Large 2581110.35/cwt105.00–115.0064116
HeifersMedium and Large 1321140.30/cwt136.00–142.004507
SteersMedium and Large 2518137.03/cwt135.00–139.007104
SteersMedium and Large 2480153.52/cwt152.00–155.007374
SteersMedium and Large 2373159.48/cwt157.00–162.005954
SteersMedium and Large 1478162.72/cwt160.00–167.007784
SteersMedium and Large 1607129.32/cwt126.00–131.007853
SteersMedium and Large 1575135.59/cwt131.00–138.007803
SteersMedium and Large 1413174.63/cwt170.00–177.007213
SteersMedium and Large 1513140.99/cwt140.00–142.007232
BullsMedium and Large 2665106.50/cwt105.00–108.007084
BullsMedium and Large 1564123.66/cwt119.00–127.0069710
BullsMedium and Large 1789106.57/cwt102.00–111.008415
BullsMedium and Large 1387170.24/cwt167.00–177.006595
BullsMedium and Large 1425164.49/cwt162.00–166.006994
BullsMedium and Large 1668114.68/cwt113.00–118.007663
BullsMedium and Large 3510118.65/cwt115.00–121.006056
BullsMedium and Large 2519126.92/cwt124.00–132.0065912
BullsMedium and Large 2368158.71/cwt155.00–165.005848
BullsMedium and Large 2329165.34/cwt160.00–170.005448
Bulls1,43475.49/cwt72.00–78.001,0834
Bulls1,81579.00/cwt79.00–79.001,4341
BullsMedium and Large 3433145.32/cwt142.00–150.0062915
BullsMedium and Large 3318152.99/cwt150.00–157.0048712
BullsMedium and Large 2580113.22/cwt110.00–116.006578
BullsMedium and Large 2479143.87/cwt140.00–149.006898
BullsMedium and Large 3376148.09/cwt145.00–152.0055710
BullsMedium and Large 3475135.93/cwt130.00–138.006467
CowsLean 85-90%96645.78/cwt42.00–48.0044210
CowsLean 85-90%90437.04/cwt35.00–41.003357
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07856.23/cwt53.00–60.0060626
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02448.56/cwt46.00–52.0049718
BullsMedium and Large 2618107.30/cwt103.00–111.006637
BullsMedium and Large 2430154.66/cwt152.00–157.006656
HeifersMedium and Large 1612113.01/cwt112.00–115.006923
HeifersMedium and Large 2525113.93/cwt111.00–116.0059810
HeifersMedium and Large 2622109.28/cwt107.00–112.006809
HeifersMedium and Large 1378137.18/cwt133.00–140.005199
HeifersMedium and Large 1486124.26/cwt123.00–126.006047
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23964.75/cwt61.00–68.0080214
HeifersMedium and Large 3518105.99/cwt105.00–107.005496
HeifersMedium and Large 2470117.77/cwt112.00–122.0055416
HeifersMedium and Large 2421123.77/cwt120.00–127.0052113
HeifersMedium and Large 3425114.45/cwt110.00–117.004867

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.