Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2022-05-10

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, May 10
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
524 head
▼ 404 vs last sale 928▼ 146 vs year ago 670 · −21.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
181 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 167▲ 88 vs year ago 93 · +94.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
198 head
▲ 143 vs last sale 55▲ 170 vs year ago 28 · +607.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00 lower. Feeder steers lightly tested. Feeder bulls 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady. Steer calves 5.00 higher. Bull calves 2.00 lower. Heifer calves 1.00 higher. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.58/cwt on 105 head.
Average price
$147.58
105 head · 450 lb average
Value per head Derived
$664
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$307
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.01
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1486155.7375844
Medium and Large 2440141.7662353
Medium and Large 3319141.324508thin
One grade step is worth $14.41/cwt here — about $307 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 sale105 hd
147.58
—
GA average15 barns · 1,343 hd
141.57
+6.01
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
Bulls—Average1,51698.191,48927
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,14980.3692411
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47076.141,11924
CowsLean 85-90%Average96667.2064959

Every lot, as filed

62 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 3—495150.00/cwt148.00–152.007432
HeifersMedium and Large 2—312150.57/cwt150.00–155.0047014
HeifersMedium and Large 2—375142.62/cwt140.00–148.0053512
HeifersMedium and Large 3—480132.58/cwt130.00–135.006362
HeifersMedium and Large 3—308136.70/cwt130.00–140.004213
HeifersMedium and Large 2—630127.76/cwt123.00–133.008054
SteersMedium and Large 2—529157.63/cwt155.00–160.008345
HeifersMedium and Large 2—418143.22/cwt138.00–148.005998
HeifersMedium and Large 2—528147.66/cwt147.00–148.007803
HeifersMedium and Large 2—728123.35/cwt122.00–124.008983
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375157.76/cwt155.00–160.005924
SteersMedium and Large 3—710122.52/cwt120.00–125.008702
SteersMedium and Large 3—783114.01/cwt110.00–118.008932
SteersMedium and Large 1—640157.39/cwt150.00–160.001,00710
SteersMedium and Large 1—532175.19/cwt170.00–178.009325
SteersMedium and Large 1—469173.30/cwt170.00–178.008134
HeifersMedium and Large 2—658117.65/cwt115.00–123.007743
SteersMedium and Large 2—473164.27/cwt160.00–168.007777
SteersMedium and Large 1—370197.46/cwt190.00–199.007316
SteersMedium and Large 1—668145.93/cwt142.00–150.009752
SteersMedium and Large 1—568161.37/cwt155.00–165.009179
SteersMedium and Large 2—365181.76/cwt180.00–185.006633
SteersMedium and Large 3—305176.60/cwt170.00–178.005396
SteersMedium and Large 3—368168.02/cwt162.00–172.006183
SteersMedium and Large 1—432173.61/cwt170.00–180.0075013
BullsMedium and Large 1—473158.98/cwt158.00–162.007524
BullsMedium and Large 1—665136.80/cwt133.00–143.009104
BullsMedium and Large 1—578146.80/cwt140.00–150.008493
BullsMedium and Large 2—376158.09/cwt151.00–161.005948
BullsMedium and Large 1—628140.43/cwt138.00–143.008822
BullsMedium and Large 1—408162.52/cwt160.00–165.006632
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,11375.71/cwt73.00–79.008437
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21388.50/cwt87.00–90.001,0744
CowsLean 85-90%—91870.17/cwt68.00–75.0064431
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,35883.48/cwt80.00–87.001,1342
Bulls——1,51697.11/cwt94.00–101.001,47211
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02063.92/cwt60.00–67.0065228
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,48075.47/cwt72.00–79.001,11722
Bulls——1,22886.12/cwt84.00–88.001,0586
Bulls——1,690106.61/cwt104.00–109.001,80210
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,125774.00/cwt700.00–850.008,7082
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,233939.78/cwt825.00–1,050.0011,5874
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—955761.94/cwt600.00–900.007,277120
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3921,148.46/cwt950.00–1,500.0015,98712
BullsMedium and Large 2—215177.50/cwt175.00–180.003822
BullsMedium and Large 3—425142.43/cwt140.00–145.006055
BullsMedium and Large 1—538156.84/cwt155.00–160.008446
BullsMedium and Large 3—287153.37/cwt150.00–160.004403
BullsMedium and Large 3—511131.49/cwt128.00–135.006726
BullsMedium and Large 2—428153.98/cwt150.00–158.006592
BullsMedium and Large 1—365172.43/cwt170.00–175.006292
HeifersMedium and Large 1—519155.33/cwt152.00–158.008069
HeifersMedium and Large 1—419156.92/cwt151.00–161.0065711
BullsMedium and Large 2—321164.28/cwt162.00–165.005277
BullsMedium and Large 3—329151.85/cwt150.00–155.005005
BullsMedium and Large 2—523141.46/cwt140.00–143.007402
HeifersMedium and Large 2—472145.18/cwt140.00–148.006856
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473156.37/cwt150.00–160.007408
HeifersMedium and Large 1—570153.84/cwt152.00–154.0087712
HeifersMedium and Large 3—222151.77/cwt150.00–155.003373
BullsMedium and Large 2—575133.53/cwt132.00–135.007682
BullsMedium and Large 3—632124.96/cwt122.00–130.007903

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.