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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
Bulls—Low1,59693.191,48710
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 2—526143.33/cwt140.00–147.007545
HeifersMedium and Large 2—428131.37/cwt130.00–135.005628
BullsMedium and Large 3—615114.78/cwt110.00–118.007065
BullsMedium and Large 2—628126.02/cwt124.00–128.007912
HeifersMedium and Large 3—326122.99/cwt120.00–128.004016
HeifersMedium and Large 2—730112.34/cwt111.00–114.008203
SteersMedium and Large 2—475153.67/cwt148.00–158.007303
SteersMedium and Large 2—684136.50/cwt131.00–138.009348
BullsMedium and Large 3—690102.50/cwt100.00–105.007072
HeifersMedium and Large 2—611132.17/cwt125.00–134.008085
BullsMedium and Large 3—424134.39/cwt130.00–138.005707
BullsMedium and Large 2—537131.42/cwt130.00–133.007069
BullsMedium and Large 2—577124.32/cwt120.00–129.007176
BullsMedium and Large 2—706104.97/cwt100.00–110.007412
HeifersMedium and Large 2—537130.57/cwt125.00–134.0070120
SteersMedium and Large 2—420153.06/cwt148.00–158.006433
SteersMedium and Large 2—569144.51/cwt137.00–147.0082220
BullsMedium and Large 2—432144.37/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
Bulls——1,41585.61/cwt83.00–89.001,2114
Bulls——1,902104.00/cwt103.00–106.001,9783
Bulls——1,53092.49/cwt90.00–94.001,4153
BullsMedium and Large 1—643132.00/cwt131.00–133.008492
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,185921.64/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 3—423133.45/cwt130.00–140.0056415
SteersMedium and Large 1—378166.64/cwt165.00–168.006303
BullsMedium and Large 3—379137.54/cwt132.00–140.005217
BullsMedium and Large 3—469125.47/cwt120.00–130.0058814
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2301,000.61/cwt925.00–1,075.0012,3082
SteersMedium and Large 1—529152.28/cwt151.00–155.0080611
HeifersMedium and Large 3—535115.41/cwt113.00–121.0061711
HeifersMedium and Large 1—576140.13/cwt134.00–143.0080713
SteersMedium and Large 3—571127.68/cwt125.00–135.007297
SteersMedium and Large 3—530132.55/cwt130.00–138.007035
SteersMedium and Large 3—616128.77/cwt127.00–133.007934
SteersMedium and Large 3—478137.23/cwt132.00–140.006564
HeifersMedium and Large 2—374131.21/cwt130.00–133.004919
BullsMedium and Large 3—278153.96/cwt150.00–158.004282
HeifersMedium and Large 3—478125.13/cwt120.00–130.0059821
HeifersMedium and Large 3—438118.83/cwt115.00–125.005208
BullsMedium and Large 3—323151.34/cwt150.00–155.004894
HeifersMedium and Large 3—366124.60/cwt118.00–128.0045611
SteersMedium and Large 2—708132.98/cwt130.00–134.009417
HeifersMedium and Large 3—573120.78/cwt115.00–125.006929
BullsMedium and Large 3—534123.84/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.