Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2020-02-25

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Feb 25
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
408 head
204 vs last sale 612 408 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
92 head
4 vs last sale 88 92 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 calves mostly steady, heifer calves steady to 2.00 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 $125.28/cwt on 99 head.
Average price
$125.28
99 head · 478 lb average
Value per head Derived
$598
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$161
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.13
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1482130.1662852
Medium and Large 2484120.6158440
Medium and Large 3403115.724677thin
One grade step is worth $14.44/cwt here — about $161 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
125.28
GA average13 barns · 1,252 hd
131.41
−6.13
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
BullsAverage1,44587.671,2673thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,08361.8367017
CowsLean 85-90%Low94451.2048319

Every lot, as filed

43 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 1678116.49/cwt115.00–120.007904
BullsMedium and Large 1422161.57/cwt160.00–165.006825
BullsMedium and Large 1329178.02/cwt175.00–185.005866
BullsMedium and Large 1462156.34/cwt152.00–160.007226
BullsMedium and Large 1369169.93/cwt167.00–175.006277
BullsMedium and Large 2240174.67/cwt170.00–177.004193
BullsMedium and Large 2368161.08/cwt157.00–165.005934
BullsMedium and Large 2316165.30/cwt162.00–172.005225
BullsMedium and Large 2519128.62/cwt127.00–131.006685
BullsMedium and Large 2428155.02/cwt152.00–157.006636
BullsMedium and Large 2276170.10/cwt165.00–175.004698
BullsMedium and Large 3277160.31/cwt157.00–162.004443
BullsMedium and Large 3338158.51/cwt157.00–160.005364
BullsMedium and Large 3423142.51/cwt140.00–145.006034
BullsMedium and Large 3360148.02/cwt145.00–152.005336
HeifersMedium and Large 1518123.66/cwt122.00–127.006413
HeifersMedium and Large 1561117.75/cwt117.00–119.006614
HeifersMedium and Large 1369143.35/cwt140.00–146.005295
HeifersMedium and Large 1662113.03/cwt107.00–116.007486
HeifersMedium and Large 1717104.34/cwt102.00–107.007486
HeifersMedium and Large 1466133.63/cwt130.00–139.006238
HeifersMedium and Large 1317145.52/cwt140.00–150.004619
HeifersMedium and Large 1417138.77/cwt134.00–144.0057911
HeifersMedium and Large 2320137.99/cwt135.00–140.004424
HeifersMedium and Large 2365129.50/cwt125.00–134.004734
HeifersMedium and Large 2414124.55/cwt120.00–127.005165
HeifersMedium and Large 2609107.21/cwt105.00–109.006535
HeifersMedium and Large 2585112.99/cwt112.00–114.006616
HeifersMedium and Large 2478121.64/cwt118.00–127.005818
HeifersMedium and Large 2523118.06/cwt114.00–122.006178
HeifersMedium and Large 3528105.31/cwt102.00–107.005563
HeifersMedium and Large 3310123.52/cwt122.00–125.003834
SteersMedium and Large 1478161.38/cwt160.00–164.007713
SteersMedium and Large 1670124.34/cwt123.00–125.008333
SteersMedium and Large 2482146.64/cwt145.00–148.007073
Bulls1,27088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,1181
Bulls1,515100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,5151
Bulls1,55075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,1631
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27070.00/cwt70.00–70.008892
CowsBoner 80-85%1,01057.26/cwt54.00–60.005786
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09063.06/cwt61.00–68.006879
CowsLean 85-90%96846.68/cwt43.00–48.004526
CowsLean 85-90%93353.28/cwt50.00–56.0049713

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.