Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2021-03-23

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Mar 23
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
746 head
▼ 364 vs last sale 1,110▲ 560 vs year ago 186 · +301.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
93 head
▼ 97 vs last sale 190▲ 9 vs year ago 84 · +10.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▼ 81 vs last sale 102▲ 21 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 steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves steady, heifer calves 3.00 to 5.00 higher, bull calves steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.90/cwt on 177 head.
Average price
$123.90
177 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$629
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$154
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.19
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542129.1570078
Medium and Large 2486123.3260055
Medium and Large 3474115.3254644
One grade step is worth $13.83/cwt here — about $154 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 sale177 hd
123.90
—
GA average17 barns · 1,619 hd
125.08
−1.19
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—Low1,64782.191,3549thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,53362.519587thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21060.7873621
CowsLean 85-90%High89352.1046512

Every lot, as filed

69 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 3—633114.41/cwt110.00–118.007246
HeifersMedium and Large 1—665115.12/cwt113.00–116.007667
SteersMedium and Large 2—778117.50/cwt116.00–119.009144
HeifersMedium and Large 1—732110.80/cwt107.00–112.008118
HeifersMedium and Large 2—324137.63/cwt133.00–143.004469
BullsMedium and Large 2—542124.02/cwt120.00–130.006726
SteersMedium and Large 2—330165.65/cwt162.00–170.005475
SteersMedium and Large 1—787127.94/cwt126.00–129.001,00715
BullsMedium and Large 2—420137.56/cwt135.00–140.005784
SteersMedium and Large 1—365166.05/cwt162.00–170.006065
SteersMedium and Large 2—585135.00/cwt130.00–138.007907
SteersMedium and Large 2—468151.52/cwt150.00–153.007094
HeifersMedium and Large 2—521118.72/cwt115.00–122.006198
BullsMedium and Large 1—655127.00/cwt126.00–128.008324
SteersMedium and Large 1—519156.74/cwt155.00–158.008134
BullsMedium and Large 1—532135.99/cwt133.00–140.007236
SteersMedium and Large 2—614128.64/cwt126.00–130.007906
SteersMedium and Large 2—515144.28/cwt140.00–148.007436
HeifersMedium and Large 2—386136.53/cwt132.00–140.0052711
SteersMedium and Large 1—328166.42/cwt165.00–168.005464
HeifersMedium and Large 1—466134.90/cwt130.00–136.0062918
HeifersMedium and Large 1—539131.89/cwt123.00–133.0071137
BullsMedium and Large 2—315163.99/cwt160.00–168.005178
BullsMedium and Large 2—473136.39/cwt132.00–142.006456
HeifersMedium and Large 1—433134.14/cwt130.00–140.005818
BullsMedium and Large 1—565132.50/cwt130.00–135.007498
BullsMedium and Large 1—629127.34/cwt122.00–130.008019
SteersMedium and Large 1—475163.58/cwt158.00–168.007774
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21869.49/cwt66.00–73.008462
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22461.81/cwt58.00–65.0075714
Bulls——1,63778.76/cwt77.00–81.001,2895
CowsLean 85-90%—90655.18/cwt53.00–60.005006
CowsLean 85-90%—88049.01/cwt46.00–52.004316
Bulls——1,66086.48/cwt83.00–90.001,4364
SteersMedium and Large 3—740112.97/cwt108.00–118.008364
HeifersMedium and Large 3—633104.02/cwt100.00–107.006586
SteersMedium and Large 3—420143.25/cwt140.00–145.006023
SteersMedium and Large 1—425163.86/cwt160.00–170.0069610
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,027727.27/cwt675.00–850.007,4693
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—993816.75/cwt700.00–925.008,1102
HeifersMedium and Large 3—523105.45/cwt100.00–110.005528
HeifersMedium and Large 3—575106.45/cwt105.00–108.006124
SteersMedium and Large 3—478143.34/cwt142.00–145.006856
BullsMedium and Large 1—425153.72/cwt150.00–160.006538
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,53362.51/cwt61.00–65.009587
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16954.41/cwt50.00–56.006365
BullsMedium and Large 3—328152.01/cwt150.00–153.004993
SteersMedium and Large 3—663111.03/cwt110.00–113.007363
HeifersMedium and Large 2—468123.74/cwt120.00–128.005799
HeifersMedium and Large 3—485114.26/cwt110.00–118.005546
BullsMedium and Large 1—370163.84/cwt160.00–168.006066
BullsMedium and Large 1—480150.02/cwt148.00–152.007204
BullsMedium and Large 2—572125.33/cwt123.00–128.007176
SteersMedium and Large 3—282156.65/cwt156.00–158.004423
HeifersMedium and Large 2—677101.67/cwt100.00–103.006886
HeifersMedium and Large 3—424123.29/cwt120.00–128.005238
HeifersMedium and Large 3—326124.74/cwt120.00–130.004076
BullsMedium and Large 3—485125.69/cwt122.00–130.006108
HeifersMedium and Large 2—617113.68/cwt112.00–115.007016
HeifersMedium and Large 2—575114.39/cwt110.00–118.006586
SteersMedium and Large 2—676124.39/cwt120.00–129.0084110
SteersMedium and Large 3—578126.53/cwt125.00–128.007314
SteersMedium and Large 3—524134.99/cwt130.00–138.007078
SteersMedium and Large 3—384155.47/cwt152.00–158.005978
BullsMedium and Large 2—288166.54/cwt165.00–168.004804
SteersMedium and Large 2—415155.20/cwt150.00–158.006445
BullsMedium and Large 2—378156.01/cwt155.00–157.005904
BullsMedium and Large 3—437121.36/cwt118.00–128.005303
HeifersMedium and Large 3—385126.71/cwt125.00–130.004886

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.