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Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Sep 21
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
672 head
▼ 252 vs last sale 924▼ 21 vs year ago 693 · −3.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
119 head
▼ 88 vs last sale 207▲ 72 vs year ago 47 · +153.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
49 head
▼ 145 vs last sale 194▲ 49 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 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 3.00 lower. Feeder steers , heifers and bulls lightly tested. Steer calves 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Heifer calves steady to 1.00 lower. Bull calves 3.00 lower. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.53/cwt on 137 head.
Average price
$126.53
137 head · 496 lb average
Value per head Derived
$627
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$122
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$13.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.60
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2514132.0967980
Medium and Large 3469118.7455757
One grade step is worth $13.35/cwt here — about $122 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 sale137 hd
126.53
—
GA average15 barns · 1,668 hd
123.93
+2.60
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—Low1,51883.231,26413
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34462.0283328
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09161.8667539

Every lot, as filed

51 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 3—440127.02/cwt125.00–128.005593
HeifersMedium and Large 3—370120.19/cwt115.00–125.0044511
HeifersMedium and Large 2—414138.87/cwt135.00–140.0057518
HeifersMedium and Large 2—571127.75/cwt127.00–128.007294
HeifersMedium and Large 3—588107.74/cwt105.00–115.006349
SteersMedium and Large 3—380140.09/cwt135.00–145.005323
SteersMedium and Large 3—319140.49/cwt137.00–145.004484
SteersMedium and Large 3—625114.92/cwt110.00–120.007183
HeifersMedium and Large 3—315130.87/cwt130.00–133.004126
HeifersMedium and Large 3—545116.83/cwt110.00–120.0063712
SteersMedium and Large 2—530141.82/cwt140.00–145.007525
SteersMedium and Large 2—557132.52/cwt130.00–139.007388
SteersMedium and Large 1—733136.14/cwt131.00–138.0099811
SteersMedium and Large 1—678133.51/cwt132.00–135.009052
HeifersMedium and Large 3—477119.25/cwt115.00–125.0056916
HeifersMedium and Large 2—543131.05/cwt125.00–132.007127
SteersMedium and Large 2—672122.07/cwt118.00–125.008205
SteersMedium and Large 3—421138.49/cwt133.00–143.005834
SteersMedium and Large 3—474135.64/cwt134.00–143.006438
BullsMedium and Large 2—421141.64/cwt138.00–144.005967
BullsMedium and Large 3—66498.26/cwt93.00–100.006524
BullsMedium and Large 3—514121.99/cwt118.00–124.006273
BullsMedium and Large 3—479120.15/cwt115.00–123.0057619
BullsMedium and Large 3—620108.33/cwt107.00–110.006723
BullsMedium and Large 1—527141.34/cwt140.00–144.007453
SteersMedium and Large 1—567141.72/cwt140.00–145.008048
HeifersMedium and Large 2—634125.20/cwt120.00–127.007947
HeifersMedium and Large 2—775121.07/cwt117.00–122.0093811
HeifersMedium and Large 2—344142.50/cwt135.00–143.0049015
BullsMedium and Large 3—228134.90/cwt132.00–138.003082
BullsMedium and Large 3—378130.39/cwt125.00–135.004937
BullsMedium and Large 3—288137.43/cwt135.00–140.003962
HeifersMedium and Large 2—713120.58/cwt115.00–123.008608
BullsMedium and Large 3—412123.69/cwt120.00–130.005105
BullsMedium and Large 3—326130.00/cwt128.00–132.004248
BullsMedium and Large 2—386143.72/cwt140.00–145.0055512
BullsMedium and Large 3—559117.66/cwt115.00–119.006583
BullsMedium and Large 2—478134.12/cwt130.00–136.006418
HeifersMedium and Large 2—378132.86/cwt128.00–137.0050210
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,4241,220.19/cwt1,100.00–1,475.0017,37610
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—981718.35/cwt625.00–950.007,04712
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—970735.99/cwt600.00–950.007,1394
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,230751.42/cwt725.00–775.009,2422
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,205879.51/cwt700.00–1,175.0010,5989
Bulls——1,45579.93/cwt77.00–84.001,1638
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,34065.79/cwt63.00–70.0088214
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,34758.25/cwt55.00–62.0078514
Bulls——1,62088.50/cwt86.00–92.001,4345
CowsLean 85-90%—1,10966.03/cwt63.00–70.0073214
CowsLean 85-90%—1,09875.30/cwt72.00–79.008272
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07958.16/cwt55.00–62.0062823

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.