Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2022-03-15

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Mar 15
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
556 head
202 vs last sale 758 554 vs year ago 1,110 · 49.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
138 head
7 vs last sale 131 52 vs year ago 190 · 27.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
52 head
8 vs last sale 44 50 vs year ago 102 · 49.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls unevenly steady. Feeder steers 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder bulls lightly tested. Feeder heifers steady. Steer calves 4.00 higher. Bull calves 4.00 higher. Heifer 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 $145.00/cwt on 161 head.
Average price
$145.00
161 head · 501 lb average
Value per head Derived
$727
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$201
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.48
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1528151.6980172
Medium and Large 2515143.0773646
Medium and Large 3442135.8760043
One grade step is worth $15.82/cwt here — about $201 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 sale161 hd
145.00
GA average15 barns · 1,793 hd
140.53
+4.48
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
BullsAverage1,492109.521,63416
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46590.081,32016
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,15987.451,01324
CowsLean 85-90%Low95573.7070437

Every lot, as filed

74 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 1280175.27/cwt170.00–180.004912
HeifersMedium and Large 1755127.00/cwt120.00–128.009598
HeifersMedium and Large 2617135.38/cwt132.00–139.008353
SteersMedium and Large 1758142.65/cwt140.00–144.001,0813
HeifersMedium and Large 1612141.48/cwt140.00–142.008666
HeifersMedium and Large 3575125.74/cwt120.00–130.007234
HeifersMedium and Large 3538132.49/cwt130.00–135.007138
HeifersMedium and Large 3625122.58/cwt120.00–128.007663
HeifersMedium and Large 2409150.02/cwt148.00–152.006144
SteersMedium and Large 3375185.21/cwt183.00–188.006956
SteersMedium and Large 2539173.25/cwt173.00–175.009348
HeifersMedium and Large 2474142.93/cwt140.00–148.006778
HeifersMedium and Large 2675131.25/cwt130.00–133.008864
HeifersMedium and Large 2536142.86/cwt142.00–145.0076610
SteersMedium and Large 3681130.84/cwt128.00–133.008917
SteersMedium and Large 1468185.64/cwt183.00–188.008696
SteersMedium and Large 3330183.97/cwt180.00–190.006076
HeifersMedium and Large 1530155.56/cwt150.00–157.0082417
HeifersMedium and Large 1474156.39/cwt150.00–160.0074117
HeifersMedium and Large 2391154.53/cwt148.00–158.006048
SteersMedium and Large 1406195.84/cwt190.00–198.007957
SteersMedium and Large 3578144.28/cwt140.00–148.008343
SteersMedium and Large 2559159.26/cwt155.00–161.008904
SteersMedium and Large 2644150.73/cwt148.00–151.0097118
SteersMedium and Large 2428182.95/cwt178.00–188.007835
SteersMedium and Large 3638139.00/cwt138.00–140.008872
SteersMedium and Large 1713146.80/cwt139.00–148.001,04713
SteersMedium and Large 1663152.19/cwt150.00–156.001,00911
SteersMedium and Large 1537178.16/cwt176.00–185.0095711
SteersMedium and Large 2668145.26/cwt140.00–149.009707
SteersMedium and Large 2465173.26/cwt170.00–175.008063
BullsMedium and Large 1465179.24/cwt175.00–183.008333
BullsMedium and Large 2383174.39/cwt170.00–178.006686
BullsMedium and Large 2728120.05/cwt117.00–123.008742
BullsMedium and Large 1562152.74/cwt150.00–155.008588
BullsMedium and Large 2210188.87/cwt185.00–195.003974
BullsMedium and Large 1763121.49/cwt119.00–124.009272
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13581.05/cwt77.00–84.0092012
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15797.59/cwt95.00–102.001,1296
CowsLean 85-90%96966.66/cwt62.00–69.0064612
CowsLean 85-90%1,03984.20/cwt81.00–86.008757
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20890.12/cwt85.00–92.001,0896
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45392.74/cwt89.00–95.001,3485
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46682.36/cwt79.00–86.001,2077
CowsLean 85-90%91374.30/cwt70.00–77.0067818
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,478100.28/cwt97.00–104.001,4824
Bulls1,489113.56/cwt109.00–116.001,6919
Bulls1,496104.33/cwt101.00–108.001,5617
BullsMedium and Large 2335178.20/cwt175.00–185.005974
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,018787.65/cwt725.00–850.008,0182
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,013737.96/cwt725.00–750.007,4762
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4541,200.37/cwt1,075.00–1,325.0017,45314
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,176868.03/cwt650.00–975.0010,20814
BullsMedium and Large 1426173.87/cwt172.00–180.0074113
BullsMedium and Large 3520143.19/cwt140.00–145.007454
BullsMedium and Large 1673134.68/cwt130.00–140.0090610
BullsMedium and Large 3605125.50/cwt123.00–128.007592
BullsMedium and Large 2634134.50/cwt130.00–138.008539
BullsMedium and Large 2523156.43/cwt150.00–160.0081813
BullsMedium and Large 2411164.09/cwt160.00–168.0067410
BullsMedium and Large 1611140.79/cwt140.00–150.0086013
BullsMedium and Large 3580135.57/cwt130.00–138.007865
BullsMedium and Large 3455152.67/cwt150.00–158.006953
BullsMedium and Large 2565145.74/cwt140.00–148.008235
HeifersMedium and Large 1568150.07/cwt145.00–153.008529
HeifersMedium and Large 3469133.02/cwt130.00–138.006247
HeifersMedium and Large 3373141.38/cwt138.00–145.005276
HeifersMedium and Large 3281146.96/cwt145.00–150.004135
HeifersMedium and Large 1438156.56/cwt153.00–163.0068610
BullsMedium and Large 1520168.59/cwt163.00–173.008773
HeifersMedium and Large 3415141.34/cwt140.00–145.005874
HeifersMedium and Large 2579137.98/cwt137.00–140.007999
HeifersMedium and Large 3320138.72/cwt135.00–145.004446
HeifersMedium and Large 1395162.33/cwt160.00–165.006413

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.