Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2020-12-15

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Dec 15
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
279 head
189 vs last sale 468 330 vs year ago 609 · 54.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
113 head
41 vs last sale 72 28 vs year ago 85 · +32.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
13 vs last sale 0 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves 7.00 lower, bull calves 9.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $105.79/cwt on 60 head.
Average price
$105.79
60 head · 441 lb average
Value per head Derived
$466
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$82
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$4.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.17
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2474108.7051617thin
Medium and Large 1558105.505894thin
Medium and Large 3414104.5443339
One grade step is worth $4.16/cwt here — about $82 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 sale60 hd
105.79
GA average18 barns · 2,387 hd
114.95
−9.17
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
BullsLow1,49578.081,1674thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11055.0061018
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03948.4950430

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Bulls1,37072.16/cwt71.00–73.009892
Bulls1,62084.00/cwt84.00–84.001,3612
CowsBoner 80-85%97560.82/cwt57.00–63.005933
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15067.00/cwt67.00–67.007711
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13652.89/cwt50.00–56.0060114
CowsLean 85-90%97652.23/cwt49.00–55.0051012
HeifersMedium and Large 2415112.56/cwt110.00–115.004674
HeifersMedium and Large 2525104.30/cwt102.00–107.005486
HeifersMedium and Large 2558100.48/cwt96.00–105.005614
SteersMedium and Large 2678112.67/cwt110.00–114.007643
SteersMedium and Large 2568115.65/cwt115.00–117.006576
BullsMedium and Large 3432114.68/cwt112.00–117.004956
BullsMedium and Large 362392.99/cwt90.00–96.005796
HeifersMedium and Large 3413102.55/cwt100.00–107.004247
HeifersMedium and Large 346299.55/cwt95.00–105.0046010
BullsMedium and Large 3515100.22/cwt95.00–105.0051610
HeifersMedium and Large 2340123.33/cwt120.00–125.004193
BullsMedium and Large 3367122.01/cwt120.00–125.004487
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,5101,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0015,1001
BullsMedium and Large 3469105.46/cwt100.00–110.004959
HeifersMedium and Large 353094.02/cwt92.00–96.004986
HeifersMedium and Large 3368110.58/cwt107.00–115.004077
HeifersMedium and Large 3322113.96/cwt110.00–117.003679
SteersMedium and Large 2490125.63/cwt124.00–129.006166
CowsLean 85-90%1,08146.00/cwt42.00–49.0049718
HeifersMedium and Large 1558105.50/cwt105.00–106.005894
BullsMedium and Large 2520112.45/cwt110.00–115.005854
BullsMedium and Large 2558103.48/cwt100.00–107.005774
BullsMedium and Large 267596.03/cwt95.00–97.006484
BullsMedium and Large 2486115.38/cwt112.00–120.005617

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.