Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2020-08-04

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Aug 4
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
341 head
149 vs last sale 192 223 vs year ago 564 · 39.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
59 head
11 vs last sale 48 87 vs year ago 146 · 59.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $123.81/cwt on 70 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits 82.99 against this barn's trailing median of $206.80.
Average price
$123.81
70 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$619
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$70
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$26.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.58
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1495132.8465718thin
Medium and Large 2483126.0260938
Medium and Large 3553106.2158714thin
One grade step is worth $26.64/cwt here — about $70 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 sale70 hd
123.81
GA average17 barns · 1,372 hd
125.39
−1.58
This barn, trailing median28 sales
206.80
−82.99
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
BullsAverage1,47289.541,3187thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,23167.0582630
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,68066.001,1091thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12455.076196thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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 2588106.49/cwt105.00–108.006262
HeifersMedium and Large 1323141.05/cwt140.00–142.004562
HeifersMedium and Large 2633104.36/cwt102.00–107.006613
HeifersMedium and Large 2330138.50/cwt137.00–140.004572
HeifersMedium and Large 1664107.24/cwt106.00–108.007124
HeifersMedium and Large 3386119.96/cwt117.00–123.004637
HeifersMedium and Large 3468106.27/cwt103.00–109.004973
HeifersMedium and Large 2471119.30/cwt117.00–125.0056213
SteersMedium and Large 1465141.11/cwt136.00–146.006562
SteersMedium and Large 2585122.42/cwt118.00–127.007162
SteersMedium and Large 1617121.01/cwt119.00–124.007475
SteersMedium and Large 1514136.23/cwt130.00–140.007005
HeifersMedium and Large 2439121.01/cwt120.00–124.005315
HeifersMedium and Large 2361127.75/cwt125.00–135.004614
SteersMedium and Large 2485130.00/cwt126.00–134.006312
SteersMedium and Large 1570134.46/cwt130.00–139.007662
BullsMedium and Large 1563123.51/cwt122.00–125.006954
BullsMedium and Large 1364153.03/cwt150.00–157.005574
BullsMedium and Large 1620118.36/cwt116.00–121.007343
BullsMedium and Large 1513126.66/cwt125.00–130.006503
BullsMedium and Large 1475132.96/cwt131.00–135.006322
BullsMedium and Large 1423142.03/cwt137.00–147.006012
HeifersMedium and Large 3524102.51/cwt100.00–105.005374
HeifersMedium and Large 1592118.01/cwt116.00–119.006993
HeifersMedium and Large 1728103.64/cwt102.00–106.007543
HeifersMedium and Large 1514121.52/cwt117.00–125.006254
BullsMedium and Large 2620111.00/cwt105.00–115.006884
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,68066.00/cwt66.00–66.001,1091
CowsLean 85-90%1,12455.07/cwt51.00–58.006196
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13358.23/cwt57.00–59.006605
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32973.12/cwt70.00–76.0097210
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19965.95/cwt62.00–69.0079115
BullsMedium and Large 3532106.58/cwt105.00–110.005673
BullsMedium and Large 2474124.46/cwt120.00–130.005908
Bulls1,63794.29/cwt93.00–95.001,5443
Bulls1,34885.98/cwt84.00–89.001,1594
BullsMedium and Large 2287153.99/cwt152.00–155.004423
BullsMedium and Large 2372144.68/cwt142.00–147.005383
BullsMedium and Large 3573103.42/cwt100.00–106.005937
BullsMedium and Large 2510121.61/cwt118.00–124.006205
BullsMedium and Large 2437132.86/cwt127.00–136.005817
BullsMedium and Large 2563114.36/cwt111.00–117.006448
BullsMedium and Large 3430119.60/cwt115.00–124.005142
BullsMedium and Large 3638102.02/cwt100.00–104.006512

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.