Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2020-05-19

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, May 19
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
579 head
▲ 141 vs last sale 438▼ 133 vs year ago 712 · −18.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
101 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 84▼ 1 vs year ago 102 · −1.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls steady to 5.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer, heifer, and bull calves steady to 2.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.98/cwt on 55 head.
Average price
$112.98
55 head · 483 lb average
Value per head Derived
$546
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$211
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$16.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.89
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3278122.133404thin
Medium and Large 1477119.2156824
Medium and Large 2519106.0855127
One grade step is worth $16.05/cwt here — about −$211 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 sale55 hd
112.98
—
GA average17 barns · 1,815 hd
117.87
−4.89
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—Average1,52195.991,4603thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24466.3482535
CowsLean 85-90%Average98651.3450615

Every lot, as filed

46 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2—58297.31/cwt95.00–99.005663
SteersMedium and Large 1—575125.76/cwt124.00–127.007234
SteersMedium and Large 2—628115.60/cwt110.00–118.007265
HeifersMedium and Large 3—278122.13/cwt120.00–127.003404
HeifersMedium and Large 2—471111.22/cwt109.00–114.005245
HeifersMedium and Large 1—460122.53/cwt120.00–125.005642
HeifersMedium and Large 2—530108.51/cwt107.00–110.005754
SteersMedium and Large 1—464137.97/cwt135.00–140.006404
SteersMedium and Large 2—795101.00/cwt98.00–104.008034
SteersMedium and Large 2—733106.52/cwt103.00–109.007814
SteersMedium and Large 2—471130.53/cwt128.00–134.006154
SteersMedium and Large 2—425135.97/cwt132.00–140.005783
SteersMedium and Large 1—668117.77/cwt117.00–119.007874
SteersMedium and Large 1—792107.33/cwt106.00–108.008503
SteersMedium and Large 1—521130.14/cwt126.00–136.006788
SteersMedium and Large 1—715113.00/cwt111.00–114.008085
SteersMedium and Large 1—618125.62/cwt120.00–130.007765
BullsMedium and Large 2—433134.58/cwt130.00–139.005832
BullsMedium and Large 1—522127.40/cwt122.00–131.006658
BullsMedium and Large 1—562123.00/cwt120.00–126.006913
BullsMedium and Large 1—468134.02/cwt130.00–137.006273
BullsMedium and Large 1—413143.36/cwt140.00–148.005923
BullsMedium and Large 1—335153.55/cwt150.00–157.005142
BullsMedium and Large 3—426124.72/cwt120.00–127.005314
BullsMedium and Large 3—278138.98/cwt137.00–142.003864
BullsMedium and Large 3—492117.00/cwt116.00–118.005763
BullsMedium and Large 2—479124.90/cwt120.00–129.005984
BullsMedium and Large 3—373126.90/cwt125.00–130.004735
BullsMedium and Large 2—367137.35/cwt135.00–142.005043
CowsLean 85-90%—97854.06/cwt50.00–57.0052910
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00345.89/cwt43.00–49.004605
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,36763.96/cwt61.00–68.0087416
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20372.99/cwt70.00–76.0087813
BullsMedium and Large 2—312143.37/cwt140.00–145.004473
Bulls——1,52195.99/cwt95.00–98.001,4603
HeifersMedium and Large 2—358119.69/cwt115.00–122.004283
HeifersMedium and Large 1—361127.98/cwt126.00–132.004624
HeifersMedium and Large 1—530117.35/cwt115.00–119.006223
HeifersMedium and Large 1—328130.96/cwt130.00–132.004303
HeifersMedium and Large 1—618102.96/cwt100.00–106.006362
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,00758.25/cwt55.00–60.005876
HeifersMedium and Large 2—63094.01/cwt92.00–96.005923
HeifersMedium and Large 1—592109.35/cwt106.00–113.006476
HeifersMedium and Large 1—429124.26/cwt120.00–127.005334
HeifersMedium and Large 2—427115.63/cwt112.00–118.004945
HeifersMedium and Large 2—67390.74/cwt89.00–93.006114

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.