Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2022-03-08

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Mar 8
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
758 head
76 vs last sale 682 125 vs year ago 883 · 14.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
131 head
22 vs last sale 153 1 vs year ago 132 · 0.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
44 head
7 vs last sale 51 13 vs year ago 31 · +41.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 3.00 higher. Feeder steers and feeder bulls lightly tested. Feeder heifers steady. Steer calves 3.00 lower. Bull calves 4.00 lower. Heifer calves 5.00 lower. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.25/cwt on 206 head.
Average price
$140.25
206 head · 504 lb average
Value per head Derived
$707
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$95
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$6.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.86
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2499143.3371568
Medium and Large 1588141.8883554
Medium and Large 3454136.7262084
One grade step is worth $6.61/cwt here — about $95 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 sale206 hd
140.25
GA average14 barns · 1,966 hd
145.11
−4.86
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
BullsHigh1,633107.931,76217
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,49287.121,30011
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24886.071,07420
CowsLean 85-90%High1,05771.3075440

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
SteersMedium and Large 1722145.70/cwt140.00–147.001,05217
HeifersMedium and Large 3533134.53/cwt128.00–138.0071710
HeifersMedium and Large 3468131.41/cwt128.00–135.0061511
HeifersMedium and Large 3283139.48/cwt135.00–145.003955
HeifersMedium and Large 2392152.10/cwt150.00–155.005969
HeifersMedium and Large 3335142.51/cwt140.00–145.0047714
SteersMedium and Large 2461176.19/cwt171.00–179.008125
HeifersMedium and Large 2473145.97/cwt140.00–149.0069025
HeifersMedium and Large 1633141.75/cwt140.00–142.008978
SteersMedium and Large 3432174.73/cwt170.00–178.007559
SteersMedium and Large 3665125.04/cwt120.00–130.008323
SteersMedium and Large 2784124.03/cwt122.00–128.009726
SteersMedium and Large 2713134.35/cwt130.00–138.009583
SteersMedium and Large 1507172.33/cwt172.00–173.008746
HeifersMedium and Large 1460151.33/cwt150.00–152.0069612
SteersMedium and Large 3462165.26/cwt160.00–168.007643
SteersMedium and Large 2673138.46/cwt135.00–142.009322
SteersMedium and Large 2572163.98/cwt161.00–165.0093820
SteersMedium and Large 1779133.50/cwt132.00–135.001,0402
SteersMedium and Large 3380175.55/cwt170.00–180.006677
SteersMedium and Large 3520152.31/cwt148.00–158.0079212
SteersMedium and Large 2536167.05/cwt160.00–169.008959
SteersMedium and Large 2641144.65/cwt143.00–146.0092715
SteersMedium and Large 3712123.68/cwt120.00–128.008816
SteersMedium and Large 3337185.22/cwt180.00–190.006248
SteersMedium and Large 2423185.88/cwt185.00–188.007867
BullsMedium and Large 3269168.46/cwt165.00–175.004535
BullsMedium and Large 2318172.22/cwt170.00–178.005488
BullsMedium and Large 2272181.75/cwt180.00–185.004943
BullsMedium and Large 2368171.51/cwt170.00–173.006314
BullsMedium and Large 1343188.97/cwt185.00–193.006482
BullsMedium and Large 1380181.30/cwt180.00–185.006894
CowsLean 85-90%1,06380.88/cwt79.00–84.008606
CowsLean 85-90%1,04972.47/cwt69.00–76.0076023
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19594.56/cwt92.00–98.001,1304
CowsLean 85-90%1,07163.63/cwt62.00–68.0068111
Bulls2,190117.60/cwt116.00–122.002,5754
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47583.65/cwt80.00–87.001,2347
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52193.20/cwt88.00–95.001,4184
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26085.92/cwt83.00–90.001,08311
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26279.61/cwt75.00–82.001,0055
Bulls1,469100.86/cwt98.00–105.001,4827
Bulls1,453109.73/cwt107.00–113.001,5946
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,135873.68/cwt800.00–1,000.009,9164
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,012853.73/cwt800.00–950.008,6405
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,068966.15/cwt825.00–1,200.0010,31810
BullsMedium and Large 2562142.64/cwt140.00–145.008023
BullsMedium and Large 3421162.48/cwt158.00–168.0068414
BullsMedium and Large 3324165.42/cwt165.00–168.005367
BullsMedium and Large 3521140.60/cwt135.00–145.0073314
BullsMedium and Large 3573130.56/cwt125.00–135.007486
BullsMedium and Large 3464149.12/cwt145.00–155.0069214
HeifersMedium and Large 1663133.00/cwt128.00–138.0088218
HeifersMedium and Large 1578144.85/cwt140.00–146.0083716
HeifersMedium and Large 2512142.73/cwt140.00–144.0073114
BullsMedium and Large 2515149.99/cwt148.00–152.0077211
BullsMedium and Large 3372159.51/cwt155.00–165.005939
BullsMedium and Large 3606125.01/cwt120.00–130.007584
HeifersMedium and Large 2571136.51/cwt130.00–138.0077920
HeifersMedium and Large 3372138.99/cwt135.00–145.0051713
HeifersMedium and Large 3435143.79/cwt140.00–148.0062519
HeifersMedium and Large 3789120.33/cwt119.00–121.009496
HeifersMedium and Large 3615123.36/cwt120.00–130.007596
BullsMedium and Large 3735108.49/cwt107.00–110.007972

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.