Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2020-02-18

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Feb 18
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
612 head
▲ 157 vs last sale 455▲ 612 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
▼ 44 vs last sale 132▲ 88 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 and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer and bull calves 5.00 to 7.00 higher, heifer calves 7.00 higher, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.51/cwt on 204 head.
Average price
$133.51
204 head · 453 lb average
Value per head Derived
$605
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$170
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.71
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1474136.30646141
Medium and Large 2406128.8352454
Medium and Large 3404117.834769thin
One grade step is worth $18.47/cwt here — about $170 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 sale204 hd
133.51
—
GA average15 barns · 1,348 hd
130.80
+2.71
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—High1,62591.001,4792thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54064.009861thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20962.7375839
CowsLean 85-90%Average97049.8748412

Every lot, as filed

52 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—417164.96/cwt160.00–168.006886
BullsMedium and Large 1—255178.00/cwt175.00–180.004545
BullsMedium and Large 1—515132.48/cwt130.00–135.006824
BullsMedium and Large 1—715109.03/cwt105.00–111.007803
BullsMedium and Large 1—672115.67/cwt115.00–117.007773
BullsMedium and Large 1—638115.99/cwt115.00–117.007402
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05854.01/cwt49.00–56.005716
CowsLean 85-90%—88245.73/cwt44.00–47.004036
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,54064.00/cwt64.00–64.009861
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22964.08/cwt61.00–68.0078820
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14157.83/cwt55.00–60.0066014
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,31971.07/cwt69.00–77.009375
Bulls——1,755100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,7551
Bulls——1,49582.00/cwt82.00–82.001,2261
SteersMedium and Large 2—378164.08/cwt160.00–169.006208
SteersMedium and Large 2—415159.05/cwt157.00–161.006602
SteersMedium and Large 1—589142.80/cwt139.00–143.0084168
SteersMedium and Large 1—680123.21/cwt122.00–124.008385
SteersMedium and Large 1—516153.56/cwt150.00–158.007925
SteersMedium and Large 1—473163.62/cwt160.00–165.007745
SteersMedium and Large 1—363171.75/cwt170.00–175.006234
SteersMedium and Large 1—432167.31/cwt166.00–170.007233
HeifersMedium and Large 3—463112.59/cwt107.00–117.005215
HeifersMedium and Large 3—330124.39/cwt122.00–127.004104
HeifersMedium and Large 2—483124.03/cwt119.00–126.0059916
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373131.48/cwt127.00–137.0049011
BullsMedium and Large 1—312173.77/cwt172.00–175.005429
BullsMedium and Large 1—362168.63/cwt165.00–172.0061011
BullsMedium and Large 2—588118.65/cwt118.00–120.006983
BullsMedium and Large 2—263172.43/cwt170.00–175.004534
BullsMedium and Large 2—328165.75/cwt162.00–170.005446
BullsMedium and Large 2—375159.07/cwt155.00–165.005976
BullsMedium and Large 2—427156.30/cwt152.00–159.006677
BullsMedium and Large 2—481143.36/cwt142.00–145.006908
BullsMedium and Large 2—524127.49/cwt125.00–130.006688
BullsMedium and Large 3—262158.38/cwt155.00–160.004153
BullsMedium and Large 3—335157.01/cwt156.00–158.005264
BullsMedium and Large 3—395151.00/cwt150.00–152.005964
BullsMedium and Large 3—428143.98/cwt141.00–147.006164
BullsMedium and Large 3—460128.54/cwt125.00–132.005914
HeifersMedium and Large 1—238150.97/cwt150.00–152.003594
HeifersMedium and Large 1—559118.70/cwt115.00–125.006647
HeifersMedium and Large 1—321143.76/cwt140.00–147.004619
HeifersMedium and Large 1—426136.33/cwt133.00–142.005819
HeifersMedium and Large 1—275144.27/cwt142.00–147.0039710
HeifersMedium and Large 1—462131.81/cwt127.00–137.0060911
HeifersMedium and Large 1—367143.99/cwt139.00–149.0052812
HeifersMedium and Large 1—544134.72/cwt126.00–135.0073379
HeifersMedium and Large 2—227143.23/cwt140.00–147.003255
HeifersMedium and Large 2—268136.35/cwt132.00–142.003656
HeifersMedium and Large 2—517119.34/cwt117.00–121.006176
HeifersMedium and Large 2—427127.56/cwt122.00–132.0054510

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.