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
BullsAverage1,52195.991,4603thin
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 258297.31/cwt95.00–99.005663
SteersMedium and Large 1575125.76/cwt124.00–127.007234
SteersMedium and Large 2628115.60/cwt110.00–118.007265
HeifersMedium and Large 3278122.13/cwt120.00–127.003404
HeifersMedium and Large 2471111.22/cwt109.00–114.005245
HeifersMedium and Large 1460122.53/cwt120.00–125.005642
HeifersMedium and Large 2530108.51/cwt107.00–110.005754
SteersMedium and Large 1464137.97/cwt135.00–140.006404
SteersMedium and Large 2795101.00/cwt98.00–104.008034
SteersMedium and Large 2733106.52/cwt103.00–109.007814
SteersMedium and Large 2471130.53/cwt128.00–134.006154
SteersMedium and Large 2425135.97/cwt132.00–140.005783
SteersMedium and Large 1668117.77/cwt117.00–119.007874
SteersMedium and Large 1792107.33/cwt106.00–108.008503
SteersMedium and Large 1521130.14/cwt126.00–136.006788
SteersMedium and Large 1715113.00/cwt111.00–114.008085
SteersMedium and Large 1618125.62/cwt120.00–130.007765
BullsMedium and Large 2433134.58/cwt130.00–139.005832
BullsMedium and Large 1522127.40/cwt122.00–131.006658
BullsMedium and Large 1562123.00/cwt120.00–126.006913
BullsMedium and Large 1468134.02/cwt130.00–137.006273
BullsMedium and Large 1413143.36/cwt140.00–148.005923
BullsMedium and Large 1335153.55/cwt150.00–157.005142
BullsMedium and Large 3426124.72/cwt120.00–127.005314
BullsMedium and Large 3278138.98/cwt137.00–142.003864
BullsMedium and Large 3492117.00/cwt116.00–118.005763
BullsMedium and Large 2479124.90/cwt120.00–129.005984
BullsMedium and Large 3373126.90/cwt125.00–130.004735
BullsMedium and Large 2367137.35/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 2312143.37/cwt140.00–145.004473
Bulls1,52195.99/cwt95.00–98.001,4603
HeifersMedium and Large 2358119.69/cwt115.00–122.004283
HeifersMedium and Large 1361127.98/cwt126.00–132.004624
HeifersMedium and Large 1530117.35/cwt115.00–119.006223
HeifersMedium and Large 1328130.96/cwt130.00–132.004303
HeifersMedium and Large 1618102.96/cwt100.00–106.006362
CowsBoner 80-85%1,00758.25/cwt55.00–60.005876
HeifersMedium and Large 263094.01/cwt92.00–96.005923
HeifersMedium and Large 1592109.35/cwt106.00–113.006476
HeifersMedium and Large 1429124.26/cwt120.00–127.005334
HeifersMedium and Large 2427115.63/cwt112.00–118.004945
HeifersMedium and Large 267390.74/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.