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
Bulls—Low1,33880.931,08313
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 3—435126.34/cwt122.00–128.005506
HeifersMedium and Large 2—318124.81/cwt120.00–130.0039716
HeifersMedium and Large 3—338114.71/cwt110.00–119.003883
HeifersMedium and Large 2—580123.04/cwt120.00–125.007144
HeifersMedium and Large 2—470136.07/cwt130.00–139.006409
HeifersMedium and Large 2—416134.02/cwt132.00–138.005584
HeifersMedium and Large 2—662116.33/cwt115.00–117.007703
HeifersMedium and Large 2—522120.94/cwt117.00–126.006313
HeifersMedium and Large 2—366129.29/cwt123.00–132.004737
HeifersMedium and Large 2—619123.40/cwt120.00–127.007645
HeifersMedium and Large 1—466143.75/cwt140.00–145.0067034
HeifersMedium and Large 1—408142.93/cwt140.00–144.0058318
HeifersMedium and Large 1—332139.49/cwt133.00–143.004637
HeifersMedium and Large 1—578132.01/cwt130.00–140.007635
HeifersMedium and Large 1—524136.03/cwt132.00–138.007133
SteersMedium and Large 3—633119.74/cwt115.00–125.007585
SteersMedium and Large 3—568137.70/cwt135.00–140.007823
SteersMedium and Large 3—318141.65/cwt140.00–143.004503
SteersMedium and Large 1—564154.81/cwt152.00–156.0087328
SteersMedium and Large 1—469166.24/cwt160.00–167.007809
SteersMedium and Large 1—709137.31/cwt134.00–139.009746
SteersMedium and Large 1—527158.42/cwt155.00–159.008357
SteersMedium and Large 1—790131.49/cwt130.00–133.001,0392
SteersMedium and Large 1—328175.11/cwt172.00–178.005742
SteersMedium and Large 1—693143.83/cwt140.00–144.0099723
SteersMedium and Large 1—441168.30/cwt160.00–170.0074214
SteersMedium and Large 2—421157.50/cwt150.00–158.0066317
BullsMedium and Large 1—518131.50/cwt131.00–132.006812
BullsMedium and Large 2—572126.66/cwt125.00–127.007246
BullsMedium and Large 1—344172.58/cwt170.00–173.005947
BullsMedium and Large 1—665124.00/cwt122.00–125.008253
BullsMedium and Large 1—490140.66/cwt140.00–141.006893
BullsMedium and Large 1—422157.39/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
Bulls——1,30877.21/cwt75.00–80.001,0106
Bulls——1,36384.12/cwt81.00–88.001,1477
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—948595.65/cwt550.00–650.005,6472
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,088637.24/cwt625.00–650.006,9332
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,098586.79/cwt575.00–600.006,4432
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,349873.05/cwt775.00–925.0011,7778
BullsMedium and Large 3—343142.52/cwt140.00–145.004892
BullsMedium and Large 3—465114.12/cwt110.00–120.005318
BullsMedium and Large 2—478128.30/cwt125.00–135.006136
BullsMedium and Large 2—664110.29/cwt108.00–113.007324
BullsMedium and Large 2—368151.55/cwt150.00–153.005582
BullsMedium and Large 3—568107.67/cwt105.00–110.006123
BullsMedium and Large 2—320163.08/cwt158.00–168.005222
BullsMedium and Large 3—279144.23/cwt140.00–148.004025
BullsMedium and Large 3—378136.50/cwt133.00–140.005164
BullsMedium and Large 2—514124.19/cwt120.00–130.006389
BullsMedium and Large 2—426143.47/cwt140.00–146.006118
BullsMedium and Large 3—445132.67/cwt130.00–138.005903
HeifersMedium and Large 3—673107.04/cwt105.00–109.007202
HeifersMedium and Large 3—285126.18/cwt122.00–129.003605
HeifersMedium and Large 1—628136.53/cwt133.00–138.0085734
HeifersMedium and Large 1—364142.43/cwt138.00–145.0051815
HeifersMedium and Large 1—781116.80/cwt115.00–117.0091210
BullsMedium and Large 2—620124.24/cwt119.00–128.0077010
HeifersMedium and Large 3—582114.22/cwt108.00–118.006658
HeifersMedium and Large 3—369113.90/cwt110.00–120.004208
HeifersMedium and Large 3—473123.27/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.