Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2020-12-08

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Dec 8
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
468 head
61 vs last sale 407 340 vs year ago 808 · 42.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
72 head
10 vs last sale 82 48 vs year ago 120 · 40.0%
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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 heifer calves steady to 3.00 higher, bull calves 4.00 to 6.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.70/cwt on 127 head.
Average price
$123.70
127 head · 455 lb average
Value per head Derived
$563
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$158
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.02
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1448138.7662151
Medium and Large 2482115.1755550
Medium and Large 3419110.5446326
One grade step is worth $28.22/cwt here — about $158 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 sale127 hd
123.70
GA average17 barns · 2,387 hd
121.68
+2.02
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
BullsLow1,29272.499373thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21259.8672622
CowsLean 85-90%Average90151.114608thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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
Bulls1,29272.49/cwt70.00–75.009373
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21363.89/cwt60.00–67.007759
CowsBoner 80-85%1,64070.00/cwt70.00–70.001,1481
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17655.99/cwt51.00–59.0065812
CowsLean 85-90%90354.96/cwt51.00–57.004965
CowsLean 85-90%89744.69/cwt42.00–48.004013
SteersMedium and Large 1474155.32/cwt152.00–155.5073619
BullsMedium and Large 2460122.53/cwt120.00–125.005644
BullsMedium and Large 1318166.04/cwt165.00–167.005282
BullsMedium and Large 2314145.86/cwt142.00–150.0045811
HeifersMedium and Large 2423123.35/cwt122.00–125.005226
BullsMedium and Large 3315134.22/cwt130.00–138.004236
HeifersMedium and Large 2516109.63/cwt105.00–115.0056612
HeifersMedium and Large 1491133.44/cwt125.00–134.5065517
BullsMedium and Large 271897.99/cwt97.00–99.007044
SteersMedium and Large 1416166.78/cwt162.00–167.0069424
HeifersMedium and Large 2335132.60/cwt130.00–135.004445
HeifersMedium and Large 1426141.42/cwt132.00–142.0060234
HeifersMedium and Large 2395124.25/cwt120.00–130.004918
BullsMedium and Large 2379142.35/cwt138.00–145.005405
BullsMedium and Large 3485112.30/cwt110.00–115.005456
BullsMedium and Large 2423135.98/cwt135.00–137.005754
BullsMedium and Large 3523110.44/cwt106.00–115.005786
HeifersMedium and Large 2613102.01/cwt101.00–103.006256
HeifersMedium and Large 3282123.49/cwt120.00–125.003483
HeifersMedium and Large 2484115.16/cwt113.00–118.005577
HeifersMedium and Large 3323115.82/cwt113.00–120.003745
BullsMedium and Large 2520121.76/cwt115.00–126.006338
BullsMedium and Large 3620103.98/cwt103.00–105.006454
HeifersMedium and Large 2575104.64/cwt103.00–106.006026
HeifersMedium and Large 3363113.74/cwt110.00–118.004138
HeifersMedium and Large 367596.04/cwt93.00–99.006484
BullsMedium and Large 3278135.41/cwt132.00–140.003769
BullsMedium and Large 1385145.97/cwt145.00–147.005624
BullsMedium and Large 3565107.49/cwt105.00–110.006078
BullsMedium and Large 1438145.48/cwt140.00–148.006374
BullsMedium and Large 1575125.57/cwt120.00–129.007226
BullsMedium and Large 1468136.97/cwt133.00–142.006417
BullsMedium and Large 1530132.51/cwt129.00–136.007028
SteersMedium and Large 1558133.01/cwt132.00–135.007423
HeifersMedium and Large 3472105.06/cwt100.00–109.004966

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.