Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2020-03-24

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Mar 24
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
186 head
131 vs last sale 317 186 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
84 head
1 vs last sale 83 84 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 steady to 10.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested , steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves 7.00 higher, bull calves 4.00 to 6.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $138.28/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits 68.52 against this barn's trailing median of $206.80.
Average price
$138.28
40 head · 420 lb average
Value per head Derived
$581
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$300
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$14.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.29
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3250146.773675thin
Medium and Large 2333145.3448412thin
Medium and Large 1502132.7566723
One grade step is worth $14.02/cwt here — about −$300 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

28 sales
233212190169median 206.8012/1602/2404/2106/1608/04
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $218.83, low $183.05, median $206.80 across 28 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 sale40 hd
138.28
GA average12 barns · 469 hd
125.99
+12.29
This barn, trailing median28 sales
206.80
−68.52
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
BullsHigh1,55298.491,5284thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21573.0688726
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02659.2760814

Every lot, as filed

26 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
Bulls1,750108.08/cwt105.00–111.001,8912
BullsMedium and Large 2325144.35/cwt142.00–147.004692
BullsMedium and Large 2275152.24/cwt150.00–155.004194
BullsMedium and Large 2374141.07/cwt135.00–145.005286
BullsMedium and Large 3288146.03/cwt145.00–147.004212
BullsMedium and Large 3225147.27/cwt145.00–150.003313
CowsLean 85-90%97862.64/cwt60.00–65.006138
CowsLean 85-90%1,08954.77/cwt53.00–59.005966
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24873.86/cwt71.00–77.0092213
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15666.90/cwt64.00–70.007738
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22280.85/cwt79.00–85.009885
Bulls1,35388.89/cwt87.00–91.001,2032
SteersMedium and Large 376396.49/cwt94.00–99.007362
HeifersMedium and Large 1368128.83/cwt124.00–134.004742
HeifersMedium and Large 347999.77/cwt97.00–102.004784
HeifersMedium and Large 2372119.09/cwt115.00–122.004433
HeifersMedium and Large 1320132.38/cwt130.00–135.004244
HeifersMedium and Large 1423125.88/cwt122.00–130.005322
SteersMedium and Large 2763106.49/cwt103.00–110.008132
SteersMedium and Large 1515140.98/cwt140.00–142.007262
BullsMedium and Large 1525124.39/cwt122.00–127.006535
BullsMedium and Large 1615121.53/cwt119.00–125.007474
BullsMedium and Large 1579122.23/cwt120.00–124.007084
BullsMedium and Large 1465139.33/cwt136.00–144.006484
BullsMedium and Large 1428145.00/cwt144.00–146.006213
BullsMedium and Large 1337154.64/cwt152.00–157.005213

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.