Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2021-03-09

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Mar 9
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
883 head
164 vs last sale 719 286 vs year ago 597 · +47.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
132 head
14 vs last sale 118 35 vs year ago 97 · +36.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
3 vs last sale 28 15 vs year ago 16 · +93.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls 2.00 lower, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves 2.00 higher, heifer calves 2.00 to 4.00 lower, bull calves 3.00 to 5.00 higher, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.69/cwt on 92 head.
Average price
$148.69
92 head · 487 lb average
Value per head Derived
$725
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$188
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$4.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.74
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1526149.6578843
Medium and Large 2475149.1670832
Medium and Large 3412145.3659917thin
One grade step is worth $4.29/cwt here — about $188 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 sale92 hd
148.69
GA average15 barns · 1,370 hd
138.94
+9.74
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
BullsHigh1,68388.631,49213
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33963.4685027
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03752.4654416

Every lot, as filed

65 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
SteersMedium and Large 2270167.02/cwt163.00–170.004514
BullsMedium and Large 2419144.48/cwt140.00–148.006055
BullsMedium and Large 3435132.56/cwt130.00–135.005772
HeifersMedium and Large 2482114.25/cwt110.00–118.005517
BullsMedium and Large 2478141.70/cwt140.00–143.006773
SteersMedium and Large 1324170.93/cwt168.00–178.005546
HeifersMedium and Large 2670103.47/cwt102.00–105.006932
HeifersMedium and Large 1591116.79/cwt112.00–122.006905
HeifersMedium and Large 2323133.47/cwt130.00–137.004314
BullsMedium and Large 1466150.91/cwt149.00–158.0070310
SteersMedium and Large 1775123.79/cwt120.00–126.009595
HeifersMedium and Large 1325141.43/cwt140.00–143.004604
HeifersMedium and Large 1424131.19/cwt128.00–135.005565
SteersMedium and Large 1605130.00/cwt125.00–135.007872
BullsMedium and Large 2523124.76/cwt120.00–130.006525
BullsMedium and Large 1568137.00/cwt133.00–143.007783
HeifersMedium and Large 1468127.33/cwt122.00–130.005966
SteersMedium and Large 1683125.65/cwt124.00–128.008583
SteersMedium and Large 1735123.49/cwt122.00–126.009084
SteersMedium and Large 1570139.31/cwt135.00–145.007946
HeifersMedium and Large 1618114.66/cwt113.00–116.007093
SteersMedium and Large 1418166.31/cwt162.00–170.006956
BullsMedium and Large 1532140.71/cwt135.00–145.007497
BullsMedium and Large 1326176.40/cwt173.00–183.005758
SteersMedium and Large 1470160.14/cwt155.00–165.007536
HeifersMedium and Large 1375136.43/cwt130.00–140.005128
Bulls1,82397.01/cwt95.00–101.001,7684
CowsLean 85-90%1,08745.13/cwt42.00–47.004915
CowsLean 85-90%87960.00/cwt57.00–63.005275
CowsLean 85-90%1,12652.29/cwt49.00–55.005896
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38063.39/cwt60.00–67.0087516
Bulls1,65186.79/cwt84.00–91.001,4337
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,135786.62/cwt775.00–800.008,9282
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,142979.31/cwt875.00–1,075.0011,1845
BullsMedium and Large 1377165.61/cwt160.00–170.006245
BullsMedium and Large 1426155.45/cwt150.00–160.006624
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28657.33/cwt54.00–59.007376
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27471.04/cwt68.00–75.009055
HeifersMedium and Large 3419122.41/cwt118.00–125.005135
Bulls1,51578.29/cwt74.00–81.001,1862
BullsMedium and Large 3685107.67/cwt100.00–110.007386
BullsMedium and Large 3585113.96/cwt110.00–117.006673
BullsMedium and Large 3372141.70/cwt140.00–143.005273
HeifersMedium and Large 1512124.38/cwt120.00–128.006373
SteersMedium and Large 3528132.49/cwt130.00–135.007002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,110781.31/cwt725.00–850.008,6732
SteersMedium and Large 2408156.49/cwt155.00–158.006382
SteersMedium and Large 3330158.27/cwt155.00–160.005224
SteersMedium and Large 3378150.18/cwt145.00–153.005684
HeifersMedium and Large 3524107.21/cwt103.00–110.005626
HeifersMedium and Large 3385122.83/cwt120.00–128.004735
BullsMedium and Large 3484130.70/cwt125.00–135.006337
SteersMedium and Large 2470149.21/cwt145.00–153.007013
BullsMedium and Large 3610112.50/cwt110.00–115.006862
BullsMedium and Large 3283149.01/cwt148.00–150.004222
SteersMedium and Large 3475131.33/cwt128.00–138.006243
HeifersMedium and Large 2615110.01/cwt108.00–112.006776
HeifersMedium and Large 2523114.62/cwt112.00–118.005996
HeifersMedium and Large 2285133.33/cwt130.00–140.003803
SteersMedium and Large 2617115.09/cwt110.00–120.007103
BullsMedium and Large 2565126.25/cwt125.00–128.007134
SteersMedium and Large 3424144.57/cwt142.00–150.006134
SteersMedium and Large 2380165.25/cwt163.00–168.006284
SteersMedium and Large 2532146.14/cwt140.00–150.0077716
SteersMedium and Large 1374172.97/cwt170.00–175.006475

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.