Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2021-12-07

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Dec 7
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
812 head
189 vs last sale 623 344 vs year ago 468 · +73.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
187 head
29 vs last sale 216 115 vs year ago 72 · +159.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
52 head
44 vs last sale 96 52 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. Slaughter bulls unevenly steady. Feeder steers lightly tested. Feeder heifers 2.00 higher. Feeder bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Steer calves 4.00 higher. Heifer calves 3.00 higher. Bull calves steady. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.06/cwt on 221 head.
Average price
$132.06
221 head · 483 lb average
Value per head Derived
$638
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$176
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.22
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1513138.50710126
Medium and Large 2441127.1356151
Medium and Large 3447119.3553444
One grade step is worth $19.15/cwt here — about $176 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 sale221 hd
132.06
GA average16 barns · 2,116 hd
128.85
+3.22
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
BullsLow1,33880.931,08313
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31958.8477635
CowsLean 85-90%High98754.3653751

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 3435126.34/cwt122.00–128.005506
HeifersMedium and Large 2318124.81/cwt120.00–130.0039716
HeifersMedium and Large 3338114.71/cwt110.00–119.003883
HeifersMedium and Large 2580123.04/cwt120.00–125.007144
HeifersMedium and Large 2470136.07/cwt130.00–139.006409
HeifersMedium and Large 2416134.02/cwt132.00–138.005584
HeifersMedium and Large 2662116.33/cwt115.00–117.007703
HeifersMedium and Large 2522120.94/cwt117.00–126.006313
HeifersMedium and Large 2366129.29/cwt123.00–132.004737
HeifersMedium and Large 2619123.40/cwt120.00–127.007645
HeifersMedium and Large 1466143.75/cwt140.00–145.0067034
HeifersMedium and Large 1408142.93/cwt140.00–144.0058318
HeifersMedium and Large 1332139.49/cwt133.00–143.004637
HeifersMedium and Large 1578132.01/cwt130.00–140.007635
HeifersMedium and Large 1524136.03/cwt132.00–138.007133
SteersMedium and Large 3633119.74/cwt115.00–125.007585
SteersMedium and Large 3568137.70/cwt135.00–140.007823
SteersMedium and Large 3318141.65/cwt140.00–143.004503
SteersMedium and Large 1564154.81/cwt152.00–156.0087328
SteersMedium and Large 1469166.24/cwt160.00–167.007809
SteersMedium and Large 1709137.31/cwt134.00–139.009746
SteersMedium and Large 1527158.42/cwt155.00–159.008357
SteersMedium and Large 1790131.49/cwt130.00–133.001,0392
SteersMedium and Large 1328175.11/cwt172.00–178.005742
SteersMedium and Large 1693143.83/cwt140.00–144.0099723
SteersMedium and Large 1441168.30/cwt160.00–170.0074214
SteersMedium and Large 2421157.50/cwt150.00–158.0066317
BullsMedium and Large 1518131.50/cwt131.00–132.006812
BullsMedium and Large 2572126.66/cwt125.00–127.007246
BullsMedium and Large 1344172.58/cwt170.00–173.005947
BullsMedium and Large 1665124.00/cwt122.00–125.008253
BullsMedium and Large 1490140.66/cwt140.00–141.006893
BullsMedium and Large 1422157.39/cwt150.00–161.006643
CowsLean 85-90%1,04065.53/cwt63.00–70.006823
CowsLean 85-90%1,05857.25/cwt55.00–62.0060618
CowsLean 85-90%93951.51/cwt47.00–54.0048430
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30055.73/cwt52.00–59.0072424
CowsBoner 80-85%1,51571.49/cwt68.00–75.001,0833
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30163.43/cwt60.00–67.008258
Bulls1,30877.21/cwt75.00–80.001,0106
Bulls1,36384.12/cwt81.00–88.001,1477
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3948595.65/cwt550.00–650.005,6472
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,088637.24/cwt625.00–650.006,9332
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,098586.79/cwt575.00–600.006,4432
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,349873.05/cwt775.00–925.0011,7778
BullsMedium and Large 3343142.52/cwt140.00–145.004892
BullsMedium and Large 3465114.12/cwt110.00–120.005318
BullsMedium and Large 2478128.30/cwt125.00–135.006136
BullsMedium and Large 2664110.29/cwt108.00–113.007324
BullsMedium and Large 2368151.55/cwt150.00–153.005582
BullsMedium and Large 3568107.67/cwt105.00–110.006123
BullsMedium and Large 2320163.08/cwt158.00–168.005222
BullsMedium and Large 3279144.23/cwt140.00–148.004025
BullsMedium and Large 3378136.50/cwt133.00–140.005164
BullsMedium and Large 2514124.19/cwt120.00–130.006389
BullsMedium and Large 2426143.47/cwt140.00–146.006118
BullsMedium and Large 3445132.67/cwt130.00–138.005903
HeifersMedium and Large 3673107.04/cwt105.00–109.007202
HeifersMedium and Large 3285126.18/cwt122.00–129.003605
HeifersMedium and Large 1628136.53/cwt133.00–138.0085734
HeifersMedium and Large 1364142.43/cwt138.00–145.0051815
HeifersMedium and Large 1781116.80/cwt115.00–117.0091210
BullsMedium and Large 2620124.24/cwt119.00–128.0077010
HeifersMedium and Large 3582114.22/cwt108.00–118.006658
HeifersMedium and Large 3369113.90/cwt110.00–120.004208
HeifersMedium and Large 3473123.27/cwt118.00–128.0058312

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.