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Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Aug 31
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
662 head
189 vs last sale 851 351 vs year ago 311 · +112.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
136 head
6 vs last sale 130 76 vs year ago 60 · +126.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
9 vs last sale 37 19 vs year ago 9 · +211.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 3.00 lower. Feeder steers and feeder heifers lightly tested to steady. Feeder bulls steady. Steer calves steady to 1.00 higher. Heifer calves 2.00 lower. Bull calves steady to 1.00 higher. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.44/cwt on 244 head.
Average price
$128.44
244 head · 458 lb average
Value per head Derived
$589
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$7
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.50
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1396141.4056025
Medium and Large 2472131.36619100
Medium and Large 3461123.27568119
One grade step is worth $18.14/cwt here — about −$7 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 sale244 hd
128.44
GA average15 barns · 1,527 hd
126.94
+1.50
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
BullsAverage1,29287.151,12613
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,29568.9689335
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06163.1867049

Every lot, as filed

66 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
HeifersMedium and Large 3478123.45/cwt118.00–128.0059031
HeifersMedium and Large 3438120.99/cwt115.00–125.0053010
HeifersMedium and Large 2529131.71/cwt130.00–133.0069722
HeifersMedium and Large 1417141.05/cwt140.00–148.005888
HeifersMedium and Large 2377133.36/cwt130.00–138.005039
HeifersMedium and Large 3373121.86/cwt120.00–126.004556
HeifersMedium and Large 3630117.89/cwt115.00–125.007435
HeifersMedium and Large 2630128.89/cwt126.00–136.008128
SteersMedium and Large 1605143.99/cwt138.00–145.008717
SteersMedium and Large 1368173.45/cwt172.00–175.006382
HeifersMedium and Large 2293136.00/cwt133.00–140.003988
HeifersMedium and Large 2454132.39/cwt130.00–133.006015
HeifersMedium and Large 2325133.94/cwt130.00–138.004355
HeifersMedium and Large 2413132.71/cwt130.00–138.0054826
SteersMedium and Large 3320154.13/cwt150.00–158.004932
SteersMedium and Large 3363150.10/cwt145.00–155.005452
SteersMedium and Large 3524126.09/cwt122.00–130.006616
SteersMedium and Large 3471133.31/cwt128.00–138.006285
SteersMedium and Large 3660130.52/cwt128.00–133.008612
SteersMedium and Large 1576147.52/cwt146.00–148.008504
SteersMedium and Large 2734134.62/cwt133.00–135.009885
SteersMedium and Large 1517153.59/cwt148.00–157.0079411
SteersMedium and Large 2338162.44/cwt160.00–165.005492
SteersMedium and Large 2789131.58/cwt130.00–132.001,0387
SteersMedium and Large 2368166.45/cwt165.00–168.006132
SteersMedium and Large 3567128.28/cwt127.00–130.007274
SteersMedium and Large 2544144.59/cwt142.00–145.007877
BullsMedium and Large 2487142.22/cwt135.00–145.006935
BullsMedium and Large 2575131.61/cwt130.00–135.007573
BullsMedium and Large 2418152.49/cwt150.00–158.0063722
BullsMedium and Large 1366170.08/cwt165.00–175.006225
BullsMedium and Large 1333166.86/cwt165.00–173.005564
BullsMedium and Large 1480151.65/cwt150.00–153.007283
CowsLean 85-90%1,05258.44/cwt56.00–62.0061528
CowsLean 85-90%1,09373.92/cwt72.00–79.008085
CowsLean 85-90%1,06768.11/cwt64.00–71.0072716
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21577.91/cwt75.00–81.009476
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34470.57/cwt67.00–73.0094817
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26562.19/cwt60.00–65.0078712
Bulls1,29687.54/cwt84.00–90.001,1358
Bulls1,21380.29/cwt80.00–81.009743
Bulls1,39395.88/cwt93.00–98.001,3362
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,091812.97/cwt750.00–850.008,8704
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3922827.85/cwt700.00–950.007,6336
BullsMedium and Large 372597.43/cwt95.00–100.007062
BullsMedium and Large 3585118.44/cwt115.00–122.006932
BullsMedium and Large 3413145.33/cwt140.00–148.0060014
BullsMedium and Large 3534123.46/cwt118.00–128.0065910
BullsMedium and Large 3263136.76/cwt130.00–140.0036010
BullsMedium and Large 3326141.21/cwt140.00–145.004604
BullsMedium and Large 2661121.55/cwt117.00–127.008036
BullsMedium and Large 3619112.37/cwt105.00–115.006969
BullsMedium and Large 3383143.99/cwt140.00–150.005519
BullsMedium and Large 3469125.74/cwt120.00–130.0059014
BullsMedium and Large 2535132.42/cwt130.00–138.0070818
BullsMedium and Large 2619125.00/cwt120.00–130.007747
HeifersMedium and Large 3569115.59/cwt110.00–120.006588
HeifersMedium and Large 3224129.19/cwt125.00–135.002897
HeifersMedium and Large 3528125.82/cwt118.00–127.0066437
HeifersMedium and Large 1456140.83/cwt140.00–141.006426
HeifersMedium and Large 1329142.76/cwt140.00–145.004706
HeifersMedium and Large 1372141.03/cwt140.00–143.005255
HeifersMedium and Large 2670119.60/cwt116.00–125.008013
HeifersMedium and Large 2578127.04/cwt122.00–130.0073414
HeifersMedium and Large 3336122.67/cwt118.00–128.004128
HeifersMedium and Large 3268120.81/cwt115.00–125.003247

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.