Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2020-08-11

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Aug 11
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
418 head
▲ 77 vs last sale 341▼ 62 vs year ago 480 · −12.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
72 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 59▼ 29 vs year ago 101 · −28.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers unevenly steady, feeder heifers 3.00 higher, feeder bulls mostly steady, steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves steady to 4.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.60/cwt on 126 head.
Average price
$117.60
126 head · 518 lb average
Value per head Derived
$609
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$124
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.04
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2477118.8056745
Medium and Large 3401117.6847222
Medium and Large 1593116.6669159
One grade step is worth $2.14/cwt here — about −$124 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 sale126 hd
117.60
—
GA average17 barns · 1,459 hd
119.64
−2.04
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—Average1,61287.011,4033thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22058.6371516
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,65554.008941thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06852.2455811

Every lot, as filed

42 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 1—560117.39/cwt115.00–119.0065718
HeifersMedium and Large 1—515122.24/cwt119.00–124.0063015
HeifersMedium and Large 1—720107.52/cwt105.00–111.007746
HeifersMedium and Large 2—624104.26/cwt100.00–107.006514
HeifersMedium and Large 2—378130.49/cwt125.00–135.004934
HeifersMedium and Large 2—328134.37/cwt132.00–137.004412
HeifersMedium and Large 3—383119.73/cwt115.00–124.004599
HeifersMedium and Large 3—429115.08/cwt110.00–119.004945
HeifersMedium and Large 1—675109.75/cwt106.00–113.007417
SteersMedium and Large 1—640124.97/cwt123.00–130.0080011
SteersMedium and Large 1—710119.56/cwt116.00–120.0084919
SteersMedium and Large 1—575128.88/cwt127.00–129.0074117
HeifersMedium and Large 2—422123.16/cwt121.00–127.0052012
HeifersMedium and Large 2—468118.87/cwt115.00–124.0055611
HeifersMedium and Large 2—574111.50/cwt107.00–114.006406
BullsMedium and Large 2—632110.72/cwt109.00–113.007007
BullsMedium and Large 2—422130.31/cwt125.00–135.005506
BullsMedium and Large 2—326155.91/cwt152.00–162.005084
BullsMedium and Large 2—722101.32/cwt96.00–104.007323
BullsMedium and Large 2—370152.27/cwt150.00–157.005633
BullsMedium and Large 1—356165.80/cwt162.00–170.005905
HeifersMedium and Large 2—527113.97/cwt109.00–118.006016
HeifersMedium and Large 3—323123.49/cwt122.00–125.003994
HeifersMedium and Large 3—483110.53/cwt108.00–114.005344
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,65554.00/cwt54.00–54.008941
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06045.94/cwt43.00–48.004873
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07154.60/cwt51.00–58.005858
HeifersMedium and Large 1—370143.38/cwt140.00–145.005313
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625113.21/cwt112.00–114.007085
HeifersMedium and Large 1—775105.35/cwt99.00–108.008165
BullsMedium and Large 2—572115.44/cwt110.00–119.0066011
BullsMedium and Large 3—575107.03/cwt102.00–109.006154
BullsMedium and Large 3—429120.19/cwt118.00–122.005165
BullsMedium and Large 3—383143.53/cwt140.00–147.005506
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29462.07/cwt60.00–65.008036
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17656.56/cwt55.00–58.0066510
Bulls——1,68091.00/cwt91.00–91.001,5291
BullsMedium and Large 3—522109.84/cwt106.00–114.005738
BullsMedium and Large 2—534117.91/cwt115.00–123.006308
BullsMedium and Large 3—471114.43/cwt110.00–119.005396
Bulls——1,57885.02/cwt84.00–86.001,3422
BullsMedium and Large 2—478125.29/cwt120.00–129.0059911

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.