Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2021-08-17

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Aug 17
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
536 head
467 vs last sale 1,003 2 vs year ago 538 · 0.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
140 head
142 vs last sale 282 98 vs year ago 42 · +233.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
33 head
8 vs last sale 25 21 vs year ago 12 · +175.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers steady to 1.00 higher. Feeder heifers lightly tested. Feeder bulls steady to 1.00 higher. Steer calves 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Heifer calves steady to 2.00 lower. Bull calves 2.00 higher. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.66/cwt on 124 head.
Average price
$126.66
124 head · 491 lb average
Value per head Derived
$621
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$243
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.03
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1576140.1380713thin
Medium and Large 2506129.8065745
Medium and Large 3463121.8756466
One grade step is worth $18.26/cwt here — about $243 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 sale124 hd
126.66
GA average16 barns · 2,096 hd
132.70
−6.03
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
BullsLow1,59693.191,48710
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33970.6994735
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05065.9769250

Every lot, as filed

49 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 2526143.33/cwt140.00–147.007545
HeifersMedium and Large 2428131.37/cwt130.00–135.005628
BullsMedium and Large 3615114.78/cwt110.00–118.007065
BullsMedium and Large 2628126.02/cwt124.00–128.007912
HeifersMedium and Large 3326122.99/cwt120.00–128.004016
HeifersMedium and Large 2730112.34/cwt111.00–114.008203
SteersMedium and Large 2475153.67/cwt148.00–158.007303
SteersMedium and Large 2684136.50/cwt131.00–138.009348
BullsMedium and Large 3690102.50/cwt100.00–105.007072
HeifersMedium and Large 2611132.17/cwt125.00–134.008085
BullsMedium and Large 3424134.39/cwt130.00–138.005707
BullsMedium and Large 2537131.42/cwt130.00–133.007069
BullsMedium and Large 2577124.32/cwt120.00–129.007176
BullsMedium and Large 2706104.97/cwt100.00–110.007412
HeifersMedium and Large 2537130.57/cwt125.00–134.0070120
SteersMedium and Large 2420153.06/cwt148.00–158.006433
SteersMedium and Large 2569144.51/cwt137.00–147.0082220
BullsMedium and Large 2432144.37/cwt140.00–148.0062411
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20275.51/cwt72.00–79.0090811
CowsLean 85-90%1,07557.41/cwt55.00–62.0061715
CowsLean 85-90%1,04467.08/cwt63.00–70.0070022
Bulls1,41585.61/cwt83.00–89.001,2114
Bulls1,902104.00/cwt103.00–106.001,9783
Bulls1,53092.49/cwt90.00–94.001,4153
BullsMedium and Large 1643132.00/cwt131.00–133.008492
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,185921.64/cwt800.00–1,025.0010,9218
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40268.48/cwt65.00–71.0096024
CowsLean 85-90%1,03073.95/cwt71.00–78.0076213
SteersMedium and Large 3423133.45/cwt130.00–140.0056415
SteersMedium and Large 1378166.64/cwt165.00–168.006303
BullsMedium and Large 3379137.54/cwt132.00–140.005217
BullsMedium and Large 3469125.47/cwt120.00–130.0058814
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2301,000.61/cwt925.00–1,075.0012,3082
SteersMedium and Large 1529152.28/cwt151.00–155.0080611
HeifersMedium and Large 3535115.41/cwt113.00–121.0061711
HeifersMedium and Large 1576140.13/cwt134.00–143.0080713
SteersMedium and Large 3571127.68/cwt125.00–135.007297
SteersMedium and Large 3530132.55/cwt130.00–138.007035
SteersMedium and Large 3616128.77/cwt127.00–133.007934
SteersMedium and Large 3478137.23/cwt132.00–140.006564
HeifersMedium and Large 2374131.21/cwt130.00–133.004919
BullsMedium and Large 3278153.96/cwt150.00–158.004282
HeifersMedium and Large 3478125.13/cwt120.00–130.0059821
HeifersMedium and Large 3438118.83/cwt115.00–125.005208
BullsMedium and Large 3323151.34/cwt150.00–155.004894
HeifersMedium and Large 3366124.60/cwt118.00–128.0045611
SteersMedium and Large 2708132.98/cwt130.00–134.009417
HeifersMedium and Large 3573120.78/cwt115.00–125.006929
BullsMedium and Large 3534123.84/cwt118.00–128.0066115

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.