Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2020-02-04

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Feb 4
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
435 head
128 vs last sale 563 435 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
17 vs last sale 84 67 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 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves 4.00 lower, bull calves 6.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.78/cwt on 99 head.
Average price
$118.78
99 head · 425 lb average
Value per head Derived
$505
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$152
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$6.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.22
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1487122.005948thin
Medium and Large 2436119.9952363
Medium and Large 3384115.1644228
One grade step is worth $6.84/cwt here — about $152 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 sale99 hd
118.78
GA average16 barns · 1,574 hd
123.01
−4.22
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
BullsHigh1,73083.741,4497thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22462.2576214
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00346.2646410

Every lot, as filed

41 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 1275167.41/cwt165.00–170.004602
BullsMedium and Large 1230171.59/cwt170.00–175.003953
BullsMedium and Large 1786103.61/cwt102.00–105.008145
BullsMedium and Large 2615108.33/cwt103.00–111.006663
BullsMedium and Large 2463136.01/cwt135.00–137.006304
BullsMedium and Large 2563111.00/cwt110.00–112.006254
HeifersMedium and Large 352899.97/cwt98.00–102.005284
HeifersMedium and Large 3418110.65/cwt105.00–115.004636
HeifersMedium and Large 3385115.31/cwt112.00–119.004447
SteersMedium and Large 1665121.69/cwt121.00–123.008093
SteersMedium and Large 1558126.51/cwt125.00–128.007064
HeifersMedium and Large 2283131.53/cwt130.00–135.003723
HeifersMedium and Large 2528114.27/cwt109.00–117.0060311
HeifersMedium and Large 3339120.29/cwt117.00–122.004088
HeifersMedium and Large 2434118.64/cwt115.00–122.0051510
HeifersMedium and Large 2483116.98/cwt113.00–121.0056512
HeifersMedium and Large 3237130.38/cwt127.00–132.003093
HeifersMedium and Large 1413131.01/cwt130.00–132.005414
HeifersMedium and Large 1560112.99/cwt112.00–114.006334
HeifersMedium and Large 2225139.85/cwt135.00–145.003156
HeifersMedium and Large 2323129.64/cwt127.00–132.004196
HeifersMedium and Large 2624103.26/cwt98.00–108.006447
HeifersMedium and Large 2375122.22/cwt120.00–127.004588
BullsMedium and Large 3523116.77/cwt112.00–120.006119
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02553.98/cwt53.00–55.005532
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21169.87/cwt65.00–73.008465
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29159.17/cwt56.00–63.007647
CowsLean 85-90%1,00240.36/cwt39.00–42.004043
CowsLean 85-90%1,00348.79/cwt46.00–52.004897
Bulls1,81590.48/cwt90.00–91.001,6422
BullsMedium and Large 2359150.83/cwt147.00–155.005417
BullsMedium and Large 2428144.38/cwt140.00–150.006188
BullsMedium and Large 2513124.05/cwt119.00–128.0063611
BullsMedium and Large 3285146.38/cwt145.00–147.004173
BullsMedium and Large 3308146.81/cwt145.00–150.004525
Bulls1,72582.56/cwt80.00–87.001,4244
BullsMedium and Large 3432135.34/cwt130.00–140.0058510
BullsMedium and Large 3472128.59/cwt125.00–134.0060712
BullsMedium and Large 2328157.82/cwt155.00–160.005186
BullsMedium and Large 3381140.84/cwt135.00–145.005377
Bulls1,58075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,1851

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.