Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2022-05-17

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, May 17
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
804 head
▲ 280 vs last sale 524▲ 147 vs year ago 657 · +22.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
137 head
▼ 44 vs last sale 181▲ 13 vs year ago 124 · +10.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
64 head
▼ 134 vs last sale 198▲ 33 vs year ago 31 · +106.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago : Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder steers lightly tested. Feeder bulls 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady. Steer calves 2.00 higher. Bull calves 1.00 lower. Heifer 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 $147.04/cwt on 234 head.
Average price
$147.04
234 head · 459 lb average
Value per head Derived
$675
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$133
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.17
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1481153.53738100
Medium and Large 2435147.8464484
Medium and Large 3456132.7160550
One grade step is worth $20.82/cwt here — about $133 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 sale234 hd
147.04
—
GA average16 barns · 2,177 hd
141.86
+5.17
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—Low1,704100.161,70712
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19876.7191914
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,47875.501,1166thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02268.0169541

Every lot, as filed

66 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 3—374135.26/cwt128.00–138.005067
HeifersMedium and Large 3—518126.97/cwt125.00–130.006584
HeifersMedium and Large 3—617121.86/cwt120.00–127.007529
HeifersMedium and Large 1—370153.92/cwt150.00–157.0057032
HeifersMedium and Large 2—441144.65/cwt140.00–150.006388
HeifersMedium and Large 2—521144.03/cwt142.00–149.007507
HeifersMedium and Large 2—384143.51/cwt140.00–148.005517
HeifersMedium and Large 2—635131.40/cwt130.00–133.008345
HeifersMedium and Large 2—579142.48/cwt140.00–148.008254
SteersMedium and Large 3—520154.92/cwt152.00–158.008063
SteersMedium and Large 1—569172.43/cwt172.00–173.0098125
SteersMedium and Large 1—485175.69/cwt170.00–179.0085211
HeifersMedium and Large 2—333153.77/cwt150.00–155.0051229
HeifersMedium and Large 2—482148.43/cwt143.00–153.0071524
HeifersMedium and Large 1—421158.26/cwt157.00–163.006667
SteersMedium and Large 2—616155.68/cwt151.00–159.009596
SteersMedium and Large 3—422166.33/cwt160.00–169.007029
SteersMedium and Large 3—609146.48/cwt142.00–148.008926
SteersMedium and Large 3—773126.51/cwt125.00–128.009782
SteersMedium and Large 3—374171.77/cwt168.00–175.0064217
SteersMedium and Large 3—660131.62/cwt125.00–135.008693
SteersMedium and Large 1—530175.98/cwt170.00–177.009337
SteersMedium and Large 1—432182.63/cwt180.00–184.007893
SteersMedium and Large 2—516163.73/cwt160.00–165.008454
SteersMedium and Large 3—573155.30/cwt150.00–158.008906
SteersMedium and Large 2—483161.69/cwt160.00–165.007813
SteersMedium and Large 2—431172.31/cwt170.00–174.007438
BullsMedium and Large 1—428166.56/cwt165.00–168.007132
BullsMedium and Large 1—368167.01/cwt160.00–170.0061538
BullsMedium and Large 1—515153.98/cwt152.00–155.0079312
BullsMedium and Large 1—576146.71/cwt140.00–150.008457
BullsMedium and Large 1—480161.86/cwt160.00–165.007777
BullsMedium and Large 1—618144.00/cwt143.00–145.008902
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02466.50/cwt63.00–70.0068133
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01374.25/cwt72.00–78.007528
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,47875.50/cwt73.00–78.001,1166
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22073.14/cwt70.00–76.008927
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17680.28/cwt77.00–84.009447
Bulls——1,77792.76/cwt90.00–97.001,6485
Bulls——1,683113.41/cwt112.00–115.001,9092
Bulls——1,640102.26/cwt98.00–106.001,6775
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,050850.56/cwt825.00–875.008,9313
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,174794.52/cwt725.00–925.009,3286
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,143865.33/cwt800.00–925.009,89110
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3721,155.78/cwt1,025.00–1,275.0015,85722
BullsMedium and Large 3—530132.43/cwt130.00–135.007022
BullsMedium and Large 3—428142.14/cwt138.00–148.006089
BullsMedium and Large 3—288145.26/cwt140.00–148.004184
BullsMedium and Large 3—231152.59/cwt150.00–158.003524
BullsMedium and Large 3—475142.34/cwt142.00–143.006763
BullsMedium and Large 2—665120.69/cwt115.00–125.008033
BullsMedium and Large 2—383152.27/cwt150.00–155.005833
BullsMedium and Large 2—329159.86/cwt153.00–163.005263
BullsMedium and Large 2—543145.49/cwt143.00–148.007902
BullsMedium and Large 3—321142.55/cwt140.00–148.004586
BullsMedium and Large 2—455152.50/cwt150.00–155.006942
BullsMedium and Large 2—431152.87/cwt150.00–158.006597
HeifersMedium and Large 3—412134.95/cwt132.00–138.005565
HeifersMedium and Large 3—311138.24/cwt135.00–142.0043010
HeifersMedium and Large 1—537159.75/cwt155.00–165.0085815
HeifersMedium and Large 1—664127.56/cwt120.00–130.008479
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475160.36/cwt155.00–165.0076221
HeifersMedium and Large 1—579150.49/cwt150.00–151.0087116
HeifersMedium and Large 3—473132.02/cwt130.00–138.006246
HeifersMedium and Large 3—260152.55/cwt150.00–155.003972
HeifersMedium and Large 3—576132.84/cwt125.00–135.007657

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.