Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2022-04-12

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Apr 12
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
668 head
65 vs last sale 733 264 vs year ago 932 · 28.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
224 head
26 vs last sale 198 96 vs year ago 128 · +75.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
21 vs last sale 0 16 vs year ago 5 · +320.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls 2.00 lower. Feeder steers 2.00 higher. Feeder bulls 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers 2.00 higher. Steer calves 2.00 higher. Bull calves steady. Heifer calves steady. Replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.75/cwt on 232 head.
Average price
$141.75
232 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$720
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$187
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.23
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548145.8680058
Medium and Large 2511142.32727125
Medium and Large 3452135.4061349
One grade step is worth $10.46/cwt here — about $187 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 sale232 hd
141.75
GA average15 barns · 1,681 hd
142.97
−1.23
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
BullsAverage1,443104.541,50923
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22887.781,0784thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42180.241,14038
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01774.1575487

Every lot, as filed

65 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 2758113.99/cwt110.00–118.008642
HeifersMedium and Large 1576145.90/cwt145.00–146.0084010
HeifersMedium and Large 3429133.11/cwt130.00–135.005715
HeifersMedium and Large 2715117.64/cwt115.00–120.008413
HeifersMedium and Large 3319143.28/cwt140.00–148.004577
HeifersMedium and Large 1426152.83/cwt150.00–155.0065119
HeifersMedium and Large 2338152.17/cwt150.00–155.005149
HeifersMedium and Large 2378154.45/cwt150.00–158.0058414
HeifersMedium and Large 1528150.69/cwt150.00–152.007963
HeifersMedium and Large 2281153.84/cwt150.00–160.004324
HeifersMedium and Large 2517144.85/cwt140.00–148.0074933
HeifersMedium and Large 3617123.20/cwt120.00–128.007605
HeifersMedium and Large 2433144.92/cwt140.00–148.0062810
SteersMedium and Large 3314180.94/cwt179.00–185.005683
SteersMedium and Large 2515166.37/cwt158.00–167.0085722
SteersMedium and Large 3639146.60/cwt146.00–148.0093710
SteersMedium and Large 3428173.73/cwt168.00–177.0074420
HeifersMedium and Large 3478132.57/cwt130.00–138.006346
HeifersMedium and Large 2483143.02/cwt140.00–148.0069114
SteersMedium and Large 2743139.45/cwt135.00–140.001,0369
SteersMedium and Large 3468163.26/cwt160.00–165.007644
SteersMedium and Large 2647152.25/cwt151.00–156.009854
SteersMedium and Large 2677150.53/cwt147.00–153.001,01915
HeifersMedium and Large 2638136.42/cwt132.00–137.0087025
SteersMedium and Large 3584150.36/cwt150.00–153.008788
SteersMedium and Large 1771138.74/cwt132.00–140.001,07018
BullsMedium and Large 2616133.76/cwt130.00–138.008248
BullsMedium and Large 2373163.71/cwt160.00–168.006118
BullsMedium and Large 2555143.33/cwt140.00–145.007953
BullsMedium and Large 1513152.51/cwt150.00–155.007824
BullsMedium and Large 1383179.93/cwt178.00–182.006892
BullsMedium and Large 1325180.73/cwt176.00–182.005875
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22887.78/cwt85.00–92.001,0784
CowsLean 85-90%99969.02/cwt65.00–72.0069035
CowsLean 85-90%1,13083.26/cwt81.00–88.0094111
CowsLean 85-90%1,00276.09/cwt73.00–80.0076241
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35584.44/cwt83.00–90.001,1449
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44278.93/cwt75.00–82.001,13829
Bulls1,555107.85/cwt105.00–112.001,6774
Bulls1,41598.20/cwt95.00–102.001,39013
Bulls1,430116.06/cwt113.00–120.001,6606
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,188814.00/cwt775.00–850.009,6702
BullsMedium and Large 3238164.71/cwt160.00–170.003926
BullsMedium and Large 3581131.02/cwt128.00–135.007619
BullsMedium and Large 3483143.87/cwt140.00–148.006958
BullsMedium and Large 3285153.55/cwt150.00–157.004385
BullsMedium and Large 3668123.49/cwt122.00–125.008252
BullsMedium and Large 3616124.21/cwt118.00–128.007654
BullsMedium and Large 3367152.49/cwt150.00–155.0056011
BullsMedium and Large 2485155.31/cwt150.00–158.0075311
BullsMedium and Large 2421162.49/cwt160.00–165.0068412
BullsMedium and Large 2265163.80/cwt160.00–170.0043414
BullsMedium and Large 3778104.09/cwt100.00–108.008102
BullsMedium and Large 3529132.66/cwt130.00–135.0070210
HeifersMedium and Large 2655121.00/cwt120.00–123.007933
HeifersMedium and Large 1471156.18/cwt155.00–158.007366
HeifersMedium and Large 1677135.41/cwt130.00–139.0091720
BullsMedium and Large 2321166.32/cwt160.00–170.005349
BullsMedium and Large 2524143.78/cwt140.00–148.007536
BullsMedium and Large 3406153.39/cwt150.00–158.006238
HeifersMedium and Large 3272143.52/cwt140.00–148.003905
HeifersMedium and Large 3381139.90/cwt135.00–145.005336
HeifersMedium and Large 2579132.10/cwt130.00–138.007658
HeifersMedium and Large 3532137.19/cwt135.00–139.0073010
HeifersMedium and Large 3575125.20/cwt120.00–128.007205

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.