Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2022-01-18

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Jan 18
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
463 head
340 vs last sale 803 146 vs year ago 317 · +46.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
134 head
36 vs last sale 170 51 vs year ago 83 · +61.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
31 vs last sale 62 31 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 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls unevenly steady. Feeder steers and feeder bulls lightly tested. Feeder heifers 2.00 higher. Steer calves 2.00 higher. Heifer calves steady. 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 $137.99/cwt on 149 head.
Average price
$137.99
149 head · 411 lb average
Value per head Derived
$567
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$157
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.03
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1434148.0964247
Medium and Large 2423138.2358551
Medium and Large 3377128.4448551
One grade step is worth $19.65/cwt here — about $157 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 sale149 hd
137.99
GA average14 barns · 1,607 hd
142.02
−4.03
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
BullsHigh1,803100.701,81512
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,27472.7792731
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08059.8164638

Every lot, as filed

64 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 3220125.00/cwt120.00–130.002754
HeifersMedium and Large 3277129.21/cwt125.00–133.003588
HeifersMedium and Large 2266140.83/cwt138.00–148.003757
HeifersMedium and Large 2625124.26/cwt120.00–128.007773
HeifersMedium and Large 2520133.60/cwt130.00–137.006952
HeifersMedium and Large 3520121.00/cwt115.00–125.006295
HeifersMedium and Large 1443154.16/cwt150.00–155.006836
HeifersMedium and Large 2575132.49/cwt130.00–133.007626
SteersMedium and Large 2329172.60/cwt170.00–175.005685
SteersMedium and Large 1318185.98/cwt180.00–190.0059112
SteersMedium and Large 3422162.33/cwt158.00–168.006856
HeifersMedium and Large 3376131.79/cwt128.00–135.004969
HeifersMedium and Large 2425142.75/cwt138.00–148.0060712
SteersMedium and Large 3478155.28/cwt153.00–158.007423
SteersMedium and Large 2518164.80/cwt160.00–170.008545
SteersMedium and Large 2283184.68/cwt180.00–188.005235
SteersMedium and Large 2430172.93/cwt170.00–178.0074420
HeifersMedium and Large 1522142.77/cwt140.00–148.007456
HeifersMedium and Large 2326142.24/cwt138.00–148.004647
SteersMedium and Large 1438182.51/cwt180.00–185.007994
SteersMedium and Large 2373172.80/cwt170.00–178.006457
SteersMedium and Large 2481167.76/cwt163.00–173.008074
SteersMedium and Large 1466177.26/cwt174.00–183.008267
SteersMedium and Large 3620139.77/cwt138.00–143.008674
SteersMedium and Large 3713122.53/cwt120.00–125.008742
SteersMedium and Large 1364182.69/cwt180.00–185.006658
BullsMedium and Large 2382173.72/cwt168.00–178.006648
BullsMedium and Large 1570150.24/cwt147.00–157.008563
BullsMedium and Large 1370181.51/cwt180.00–185.0067210
BullsMedium and Large 1337186.39/cwt180.00–190.006288
BullsMedium and Large 1518155.39/cwt152.00–160.008055
BullsMedium and Large 1469162.21/cwt160.00–165.007615
CowsLean 85-90%1,07457.81/cwt55.00–62.0062127
CowsLean 85-90%1,09564.72/cwt63.00–70.0070911
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30467.19/cwt64.00–71.0087614
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17586.68/cwt84.00–90.001,0183
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26675.37/cwt72.00–79.0095414
Bulls1,791105.31/cwt102.00–109.001,8865
Bulls1,81197.40/cwt95.00–101.001,7647
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3968694.62/cwt625.00–750.006,7246
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,103587.76/cwt575.00–600.006,4832
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,131859.04/cwt825.00–925.009,7165
BullsMedium and Large 2719116.00/cwt114.00–122.008344
BullsMedium and Large 2578135.15/cwt130.00–140.007812
BullsMedium and Large 2628125.53/cwt120.00–128.007884
BullsMedium and Large 2515144.30/cwt140.00–148.007433
BullsMedium and Large 2420169.60/cwt165.00–175.007127
BullsMedium and Large 3243161.64/cwt160.00–165.003933
HeifersMedium and Large 1323152.44/cwt150.00–155.0049211
HeifersMedium and Large 1459145.01/cwt141.00–151.006667
BullsMedium and Large 2480154.43/cwt150.00–159.007418
BullsMedium and Large 3271164.30/cwt158.00–168.004455
BullsMedium and Large 2272182.66/cwt180.00–185.004973
BullsMedium and Large 2315175.20/cwt170.00–178.0055211
HeifersMedium and Large 3610112.52/cwt110.00–115.006862
HeifersMedium and Large 3316130.11/cwt128.00–137.004117
BullsMedium and Large 3422158.93/cwt153.00–163.006717
BullsMedium and Large 3570122.54/cwt120.00–125.006982
HeifersMedium and Large 1570143.76/cwt140.00–145.008194
HeifersMedium and Large 1620134.30/cwt132.00–138.008333
HeifersMedium and Large 2375142.37/cwt140.00–148.005346
HeifersMedium and Large 2466133.25/cwt128.00–138.006218
HeifersMedium and Large 3421130.60/cwt125.00–135.0055016
HeifersMedium and Large 1368150.86/cwt149.00–153.0055510

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.