Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2020-05-12

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, May 12
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
438 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 434▼ 201 vs year ago 639 · −31.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
84 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 60▼ 7 vs year ago 91 · −7.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls 7.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer and bull calves steady, heifer calves steady to 4.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $131.79/cwt on 80 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −74.87 against this barn's trailing median of $206.66.
Average price
$131.79
80 head · 424 lb average
Value per head Derived
$559
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$19
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$11.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.33
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2401134.1553843
Medium and Large 1468133.0962323
Medium and Large 3424122.3951914thin
One grade step is worth $11.76/cwt here — about $19 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

29 sales
233209185162median 206.6601/2703/2405/1207/1409/22
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $218.83, low $175.58, median $206.66 across 29 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 sale80 hd
131.79
—
GA average16 barns · 1,107 hd
122.46
+9.33
This barn, trailing median29 sales
206.66
−74.87
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—Low1,65396.341,5929thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18463.2174824
CowsLean 85-90%Low96149.6247716

Every lot, as filed

39 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—608116.34/cwt113.00–118.007073
BullsMedium and Large 1—321154.00/cwt150.00–157.004944
BullsMedium and Large 1—520122.72/cwt121.00–126.006384
BullsMedium and Large 1—362147.71/cwt146.00–150.005356
BullsMedium and Large 1—567119.83/cwt117.00–124.006796
BullsMedium and Large 2—265146.04/cwt145.00–147.003874
BullsMedium and Large 2—561111.58/cwt105.00–115.006265
BullsMedium and Large 2—470124.30/cwt122.00–127.005846
BullsMedium and Large 2—318144.40/cwt140.00–147.004598
BullsMedium and Large 2—382138.82/cwt136.00–143.0053010
BullsMedium and Large 2—420133.72/cwt130.00–137.0056210
BullsMedium and Large 3—320136.31/cwt135.00–137.004363
BullsMedium and Large 3—427124.62/cwt120.00–127.005325
BullsMedium and Large 3—473113.58/cwt110.00–119.005376
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523111.95/cwt110.00–114.005852
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423121.96/cwt120.00–124.005165
HeifersMedium and Large 1—483119.44/cwt116.00–124.005778
HeifersMedium and Large 1—564113.50/cwt108.00–118.0064017
HeifersMedium and Large 2—562100.69/cwt96.00–103.005663
HeifersMedium and Large 2—331124.74/cwt122.00–127.004134
HeifersMedium and Large 2—523109.20/cwt108.00–110.005715
HeifersMedium and Large 2—366118.74/cwt115.00–122.004358
HeifersMedium and Large 2—463110.50/cwt105.00–115.005129
HeifersMedium and Large 2—429115.81/cwt112.00–118.0049713
HeifersMedium and Large 3—313116.02/cwt115.00–117.003632
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425107.01/cwt106.00–108.004552
SteersMedium and Large 1—713114.48/cwt113.00–116.008162
SteersMedium and Large 1—480138.01/cwt137.00–139.006623
SteersMedium and Large 1—613126.98/cwt125.00–129.007784
SteersMedium and Large 1—521131.53/cwt126.00–134.006855
SteersMedium and Large 1—578124.79/cwt123.00–127.007218
Bulls——1,02084.00/cwt84.00–84.008571
Bulls——1,67590.79/cwt90.00–92.001,5214
Bulls——1,789104.97/cwt103.00–110.001,8784
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14972.16/cwt70.00–77.008295
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15657.20/cwt55.00–60.006617
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21562.99/cwt61.00–68.0076512
CowsLean 85-90%—94845.71/cwt42.00–49.004336
CowsLean 85-90%—96851.97/cwt50.00–56.0050310

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.