Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2020-11-03

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Nov 3
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
229 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 196▼ 314 vs year ago 543 · −57.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 49▼ 76 vs year ago 127 · −59.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder heifers mostly steady, feeder bulls 2.00 higher, heifer calves mostly steady, bull calves 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 $130.45/cwt on 81 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −76.21 against this barn's trailing median of $206.66.
Average price
$130.45
81 head · 413 lb average
Value per head Derived
$539
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$49
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$21.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.41
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1400139.7455928
Medium and Large 2419126.8053145
Medium and Large 3430118.505108thin
One grade step is worth $21.24/cwt here — about $49 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 sale81 hd
130.45
—
GA average14 barns · 1,046 hd
120.04
+10.41
This barn, trailing median29 sales
206.66
−76.21
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—High1,34985.221,1505thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22560.4074022
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01048.014855thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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—423142.01/cwt140.00–143.006013
BullsMedium and Large 1—565113.96/cwt110.00–118.006444
BullsMedium and Large 1—322151.20/cwt150.00–152.004875
BullsMedium and Large 1—471128.62/cwt127.00–130.006065
BullsMedium and Large 1—360146.38/cwt142.00–152.005278
SteersMedium and Large 1—527128.01/cwt127.00–130.006753
BullsMedium and Large 2—558106.48/cwt103.00–110.005944
BullsMedium and Large 2—471122.80/cwt120.00–125.005785
BullsMedium and Large 1—275153.61/cwt152.00–157.004223
HeifersMedium and Large 2—370120.64/cwt117.00–125.004465
BullsMedium and Large 2—366135.52/cwt132.00–140.0049610
HeifersMedium and Large 2—326125.51/cwt120.00–130.004098
SteersMedium and Large 1—330153.55/cwt152.00–155.005072
BullsMedium and Large 2—622100.68/cwt99.00–103.006266
HeifersMedium and Large 1—415121.63/cwt120.00–125.005053
BullsMedium and Large 2—264146.81/cwt142.00–150.003886
BullsMedium and Large 2—228148.85/cwt145.00–155.003394
BullsMedium and Large 3—430118.50/cwt115.00–122.005108
HeifersMedium and Large 3—57094.19/cwt93.00–95.005375
BullsMedium and Large 2—522109.40/cwt106.00–114.005716
BullsMedium and Large 2—308143.51/cwt142.00–145.004424
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19358.10/cwt54.00–62.006939
HeifersMedium and Large 2—62896.37/cwt93.00–100.006057
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01048.01/cwt47.00–50.004855
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24866.18/cwt63.00–69.008269
Bulls——1,31089.28/cwt88.00–91.001,1704
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24552.55/cwt52.00–53.006544
Bulls——1,50569.00/cwt69.00–69.001,0381
HeifersMedium and Large 2—282132.35/cwt130.00–135.003736

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.