Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2022-02-01

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Feb 1
● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,192 head
360 vs last sale 832 995 vs year ago 197 · +505.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
242 head
7 vs last sale 235 136 vs year ago 106 · +128.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
20 vs last sale 48 28 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 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sharply higher. Feeder steers 3.00 higher. Feeder bulls lightly tested. Feeder heifers 4.00 higher. Steer calves 2.00 higher. Heifer calves 2.00 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 $141.75/cwt on 352 head.
Average price
$141.75
352 head · 479 lb average
Value per head Derived
$678
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$265
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.39
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538147.06791143
Medium and Large 2469141.77665121
Medium and Large 3395133.1052688
One grade step is worth $13.96/cwt here — about $265 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 sale352 hd
141.75
GA average15 barns · 1,941 hd
138.37
+3.39
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
BullsAverage1,776116.172,06323
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42493.181,32724
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,29286.631,11956
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07178.7584374

Every lot, as filed

85 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
SteersMedium and Large 2629152.60/cwt150.00–155.0096033
SteersMedium and Large 3474151.54/cwt148.00–158.007184
SteersMedium and Large 1755144.55/cwt136.00–146.001,0917
SteersMedium and Large 1720150.31/cwt150.00–152.001,08213
SteersMedium and Large 3670137.51/cwt135.00–143.009214
SteersMedium and Large 3733130.60/cwt126.00–138.009573
SteersMedium and Large 3565142.62/cwt140.00–146.008065
SteersMedium and Large 3278181.29/cwt178.00–188.005043
HeifersMedium and Large 2432145.50/cwt140.00–150.0062920
HeifersMedium and Large 1479152.47/cwt150.00–155.0073026
SteersMedium and Large 2379176.34/cwt170.00–180.006688
HeifersMedium and Large 1427159.83/cwt155.00–161.0068211
HeifersMedium and Large 2371143.78/cwt140.00–148.0053311
HeifersMedium and Large 1377154.82/cwt150.00–159.0058418
HeifersMedium and Large 2578134.92/cwt132.00–138.007808
HeifersMedium and Large 2283147.98/cwt140.00–149.0041915
SteersMedium and Large 3335172.51/cwt170.00–178.005783
HeifersMedium and Large 2475145.64/cwt142.00–148.0069210
HeifersMedium and Large 2620123.06/cwt120.00–130.0076311
HeifersMedium and Large 1563143.76/cwt140.00–147.0080912
HeifersMedium and Large 3524130.36/cwt128.00–136.006839
SteersMedium and Large 3429163.19/cwt160.00–168.007007
SteersMedium and Large 1425183.84/cwt180.00–185.0078111
SteersMedium and Large 2439172.57/cwt170.00–178.007588
SteersMedium and Large 2338186.33/cwt180.00–190.006306
SteersMedium and Large 1376190.65/cwt188.00–197.007174
SteersMedium and Large 2568151.80/cwt150.00–155.008625
SteersMedium and Large 2463165.01/cwt162.00–168.007645
SteersMedium and Large 3524154.66/cwt150.00–158.008106
SteersMedium and Large 3614142.71/cwt138.00–148.008764
SteersMedium and Large 2504164.41/cwt162.00–168.008295
SteersMedium and Large 1343197.96/cwt193.00–203.006792
SteersMedium and Large 1525171.85/cwt170.00–172.0090220
SteersMedium and Large 1480175.78/cwt170.00–178.0084419
SteersMedium and Large 2682150.33/cwt150.00–151.001,02530
SteersMedium and Large 1584161.55/cwt161.00–165.009437
BullsMedium and Large 1512152.99/cwt151.00–158.0078320
BullsMedium and Large 2528144.17/cwt140.00–148.007619
BullsMedium and Large 2391169.98/cwt165.00–175.006654
BullsMedium and Large 1306191.03/cwt190.00–195.005855
BullsMedium and Large 1377181.96/cwt180.00–183.006863
BullsMedium and Large 1573151.45/cwt150.00–153.008682
CowsLean 85-90%1,06473.45/cwt70.00–77.0078239
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39890.58/cwt87.00–94.001,26619
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29179.86/cwt76.00–83.001,03123
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31596.59/cwt93.00–99.001,27014
CowsLean 85-90%1,12889.37/cwt86.00–93.001,00816
CowsLean 85-90%1,03780.67/cwt78.00–85.0083719
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,522103.06/cwt100.00–106.001,5695
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27787.48/cwt84.00–91.001,11719
Bulls1,838115.25/cwt111.00–118.002,11812
Bulls1,535107.79/cwt106.00–110.001,6554
Bulls1,807122.52/cwt119.00–126.002,2147
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3943583.36/cwt525.00–650.005,5012
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,110889.98/cwt750.00–1,025.009,8792
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3953602.10/cwt500.00–700.005,7383
BullsMedium and Large 2629127.90/cwt127.00–135.0080416
BullsMedium and Large 3317159.55/cwt155.00–165.005065
BullsMedium and Large 3426150.61/cwt145.00–155.006425
BullsMedium and Large 3563125.25/cwt120.00–128.007054
BullsMedium and Large 2478153.17/cwt150.00–160.007323
BullsMedium and Large 2277177.75/cwt175.00–179.004929
BullsMedium and Large 2420165.71/cwt160.00–168.0069618
BullsMedium and Large 2718122.49/cwt120.00–125.008792
BullsMedium and Large 1420181.30/cwt173.00–183.007618
BullsMedium and Large 3279160.02/cwt155.00–165.004464
BullsMedium and Large 3380155.91/cwt150.00–160.005927
BullsMedium and Large 3475142.45/cwt140.00–145.006776
HeifersMedium and Large 1628140.17/cwt133.00–142.0088017
HeifersMedium and Large 1509152.98/cwt150.00–154.007794
HeifersMedium and Large 3474131.32/cwt125.00–135.0062215
HeifersMedium and Large 3319133.11/cwt130.00–138.0042517
BullsMedium and Large 2572142.37/cwt139.00–148.008147
BullsMedium and Large 3518135.46/cwt133.00–138.007022
HeifersMedium and Large 3219140.51/cwt135.00–143.003087
HeifersMedium and Large 3411134.68/cwt128.00–138.0055420
HeifersMedium and Large 3567122.94/cwt120.00–125.006975
HeifersMedium and Large 2530144.58/cwt138.00–148.0076636
HeifersMedium and Large 1683138.42/cwt134.00–139.0094532
HeifersMedium and Large 1337156.57/cwt150.00–160.0052813
HeifersMedium and Large 2315143.58/cwt142.00–148.004526
HeifersMedium and Large 3376133.33/cwt130.00–135.005017
HeifersMedium and Large 2660121.72/cwt118.00–126.008034
HeifersMedium and Large 1729133.58/cwt132.00–135.0097410
HeifersMedium and Large 3288135.24/cwt133.00–138.003898

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.