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Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Jan 19
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
317 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 295▼ 375 vs year ago 692 · −54.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
83 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 70▼ 25 vs year ago 108 · −23.1%
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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 and heifers mostly steady, feeder bulls 3.00 lower, steer calves mostly steady, heifer calves 3.00 lower, bull calves 5.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $123.34/cwt on 69 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −82.97 against this barn's trailing median of $206.32.
Average price
$123.34
69 head · 478 lb average
Value per head Derived
$590
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$26
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$42.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.14
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1361152.5455112thin
Medium and Large 2474127.3260324
Medium and Large 3525109.8457633
One grade step is worth $42.70/cwt here — about −$26 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 206.3202/0303/3105/1907/2109/29
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $218.83, low $175.58, median $206.32 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 sale69 hd
123.34
—
GA average16 barns · 1,138 hd
126.48
−3.14
This barn, trailing median29 sales
206.32
−82.97
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—Average1,72680.111,3827thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27658.5174616
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44057.008211thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05951.0254010

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Bulls——1,81882.02/cwt79.00–84.001,4915
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,28960.11/cwt58.00–65.0077512
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23553.71/cwt52.00–55.006634
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,44057.00/cwt57.00–57.008211
CowsLean 85-90%—1,08452.63/cwt50.00–55.005717
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00047.25/cwt46.00–49.004733
BullsMedium and Large 3—432127.83/cwt123.00–133.005525
HeifersMedium and Large 3—365113.73/cwt108.00–118.004156
HeifersMedium and Large 2—517106.44/cwt102.00–110.005505
BullsMedium and Large 3—521115.73/cwt110.00–120.006038
HeifersMedium and Large 3—475104.30/cwt100.00–110.004956
SteersMedium and Large 2—432145.02/cwt140.00–150.006265
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373122.50/cwt120.00–125.004578
HeifersMedium and Large 2—310122.70/cwt120.00–125.003806
BullsMedium and Large 1—282158.25/cwt155.00–165.004463
BullsMedium and Large 3—58096.54/cwt92.00–101.005604
HeifersMedium and Large 3—414109.22/cwt105.00–113.004529
BullsMedium and Large 3—63093.46/cwt90.00–96.005898
BullsMedium and Large 1—311162.15/cwt157.00–165.005045
HeifersMedium and Large 1—362133.27/cwt130.00–135.004823
SteersMedium and Large 2—320157.62/cwt155.00–160.005044
BullsMedium and Large 2—365147.24/cwt143.00–153.005378
HeifersMedium and Large 3—60992.27/cwt90.00–95.005627
SteersMedium and Large 3—477130.18/cwt125.00–135.006215
SteersMedium and Large 1—427159.64/cwt153.00–163.006825
BullsMedium and Large 2—67597.06/cwt93.00–101.006554
BullsMedium and Large 3—365112.00/cwt112.00–112.004092
Bulls——1,49575.33/cwt73.00–77.001,1262
BullsMedium and Large 1—425150.50/cwt148.00–153.006402
BullsMedium and Large 1—540121.99/cwt121.00–123.006592
HeifersMedium and Large 2—415119.98/cwt115.00–125.004986
SteersMedium and Large 2—515138.30/cwt135.00–140.007123
BullsMedium and Large 3—482116.96/cwt113.00–123.005646
SteersMedium and Large 1—363162.55/cwt160.00–165.005902
BullsMedium and Large 2—333144.61/cwt140.00–150.004826
BullsMedium and Large 2—625103.63/cwt99.00–107.006486
SteersMedium and Large 2—479140.75/cwt138.00–148.006745
HeifersMedium and Large 2—559103.28/cwt101.00–106.005777
HeifersMedium and Large 3—51994.60/cwt94.00–95.004915

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.