Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2022-02-15

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Feb 15
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
907 head
242 vs last sale 665 723 vs year ago 184 · +392.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
291 head
12 vs last sale 279 180 vs year ago 111 · +162.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
94 head
94 vs last sale 0 94 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 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers steady. Feeder bulls lightly tested. Feeder heifers 3.00 higher. Steer calves steady. Heifer calves 3.00 higher. Bull calves 3.00 higher. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $151.74/cwt on 252 head.
Average price
$151.74
252 head · 442 lb average
Value per head Derived
$670
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$170
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.93
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1455158.39721110
Medium and Large 2454148.5067594
Medium and Large 3386142.8655248
One grade step is worth $15.52/cwt here — about $170 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 sale252 hd
151.74
GA average18 barns · 2,428 hd
145.81
+5.93
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
BullsAverage1,676108.291,81514
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,43178.401,1228thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,29975.8598559
CowsLean 85-90%High1,02770.3972376

Every lot, as filed

79 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 2260155.75/cwt155.00–156.004058
HeifersMedium and Large 2419156.79/cwt150.00–159.0065716
HeifersMedium and Large 3558134.98/cwt130.00–140.007532
HeifersMedium and Large 2614139.04/cwt135.00–141.0085417
HeifersMedium and Large 1290161.59/cwt161.00–165.0046913
SteersMedium and Large 3719135.10/cwt130.00–140.009714
HeifersMedium and Large 2514143.50/cwt138.00–148.0073811
HeifersMedium and Large 1483158.29/cwt154.00–163.0076520
HeifersMedium and Large 2369156.08/cwt150.00–158.005768
HeifersMedium and Large 2584146.20/cwt142.00–148.008545
SteersMedium and Large 1328210.56/cwt205.00–215.0069112
SteersMedium and Large 2586152.49/cwt150.00–160.008947
HeifersMedium and Large 1344161.90/cwt161.00–165.0055711
HeifersMedium and Large 1381162.61/cwt160.00–165.0062019
HeifersMedium and Large 1510158.09/cwt151.00–161.0080632
HeifersMedium and Large 2490149.16/cwt143.00–152.0073110
SteersMedium and Large 2539177.02/cwt170.00–179.0095417
SteersMedium and Large 1463181.92/cwt180.00–187.0084230
SteersMedium and Large 3563146.14/cwt145.00–148.008238
SteersMedium and Large 3288194.10/cwt190.00–198.005592
SteersMedium and Large 3410171.50/cwt170.00–173.007032
SteersMedium and Large 1366203.69/cwt200.00–210.007467
SteersMedium and Large 3315184.92/cwt180.00–190.005822
SteersMedium and Large 2420182.43/cwt180.00–188.007668
SteersMedium and Large 3661147.90/cwt140.00–149.0097811
SteersMedium and Large 3523166.55/cwt165.00–168.008712
SteersMedium and Large 3363182.45/cwt180.00–185.006626
SteersMedium and Large 2477175.99/cwt175.00–178.008393
SteersMedium and Large 1405193.33/cwt190.00–195.007833
SteersMedium and Large 2663154.59/cwt150.00–155.001,02512
SteersMedium and Large 1573167.03/cwt165.00–170.0095712
SteersMedium and Large 2282201.87/cwt200.00–208.005696
SteersMedium and Large 2381198.31/cwt195.00–199.0075610
BullsMedium and Large 2426167.80/cwt165.00–170.0071512
BullsMedium and Large 1436175.82/cwt173.00–182.007678
BullsMedium and Large 1233211.95/cwt205.00–213.004948
BullsMedium and Large 1372191.65/cwt185.00–193.007136
BullsMedium and Large 2578142.88/cwt141.00–148.0082610
BullsMedium and Large 1615150.43/cwt146.00–155.009252
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43178.40/cwt75.00–82.001,1228
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29871.95/cwt69.00–76.0093437
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23690.44/cwt87.00–94.001,1184
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31580.64/cwt77.00–84.001,06018
CowsLean 85-90%92986.06/cwt82.00–88.007996
CowsLean 85-90%1,01966.67/cwt64.00–71.0067953
CowsLean 85-90%1,08876.45/cwt73.00–80.0083217
Bulls1,523111.59/cwt108.00–115.001,7008
Bulls1,881103.89/cwt100.00–107.001,9546
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,114921.58/cwt800.00–1,050.0010,2667
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,095902.44/cwt800.00–975.009,88220
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1961,112.73/cwt1,000.00–1,300.0013,30852
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2967744.14/cwt725.00–775.007,1963
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,058807.00/cwt700.00–875.008,5388
BullsMedium and Large 3507141.79/cwt138.00–148.0071910
BullsMedium and Large 3368163.30/cwt160.00–165.006013
BullsMedium and Large 3262165.20/cwt160.00–168.004333
BullsMedium and Large 3578131.60/cwt130.00–135.007613
BullsMedium and Large 1332194.16/cwt190.00–196.006453
BullsMedium and Large 3325168.94/cwt168.00–170.005492
BullsMedium and Large 2368175.17/cwt170.00–180.006452
BullsMedium and Large 1473173.72/cwt170.00–178.008224
BullsMedium and Large 3633121.96/cwt120.00–124.007722
BullsMedium and Large 3435152.44/cwt150.00–155.006632
BullsMedium and Large 2755124.00/cwt122.00–126.009362
BullsMedium and Large 2665134.06/cwt130.00–138.008912
HeifersMedium and Large 1583154.72/cwt153.00–157.009028
HeifersMedium and Large 2330153.42/cwt150.00–155.005065
HeifersMedium and Large 3330140.23/cwt135.00–145.004636
BullsMedium and Large 2527152.25/cwt150.00–153.008024
BullsMedium and Large 2485165.39/cwt160.00–168.008023
BullsMedium and Large 2263181.06/cwt175.00–185.004763
HeifersMedium and Large 3368144.04/cwt142.00–145.005306
HeifersMedium and Large 2213156.37/cwt148.00–158.003339
HeifersMedium and Large 3269140.80/cwt138.00–148.003798
HeifersMedium and Large 3426144.44/cwt138.00–148.0061526
HeifersMedium and Large 2663124.02/cwt122.00–126.008222
HeifersMedium and Large 1666141.28/cwt137.00–142.009417
HeifersMedium and Large 2722122.68/cwt122.00–124.008863
SteersMedium and Large 1510183.21/cwt182.00–184.009349

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.