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
BullsLow1,704100.161,70712
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 3374135.26/cwt128.00–138.005067
HeifersMedium and Large 3518126.97/cwt125.00–130.006584
HeifersMedium and Large 3617121.86/cwt120.00–127.007529
HeifersMedium and Large 1370153.92/cwt150.00–157.0057032
HeifersMedium and Large 2441144.65/cwt140.00–150.006388
HeifersMedium and Large 2521144.03/cwt142.00–149.007507
HeifersMedium and Large 2384143.51/cwt140.00–148.005517
HeifersMedium and Large 2635131.40/cwt130.00–133.008345
HeifersMedium and Large 2579142.48/cwt140.00–148.008254
SteersMedium and Large 3520154.92/cwt152.00–158.008063
SteersMedium and Large 1569172.43/cwt172.00–173.0098125
SteersMedium and Large 1485175.69/cwt170.00–179.0085211
HeifersMedium and Large 2333153.77/cwt150.00–155.0051229
HeifersMedium and Large 2482148.43/cwt143.00–153.0071524
HeifersMedium and Large 1421158.26/cwt157.00–163.006667
SteersMedium and Large 2616155.68/cwt151.00–159.009596
SteersMedium and Large 3422166.33/cwt160.00–169.007029
SteersMedium and Large 3609146.48/cwt142.00–148.008926
SteersMedium and Large 3773126.51/cwt125.00–128.009782
SteersMedium and Large 3374171.77/cwt168.00–175.0064217
SteersMedium and Large 3660131.62/cwt125.00–135.008693
SteersMedium and Large 1530175.98/cwt170.00–177.009337
SteersMedium and Large 1432182.63/cwt180.00–184.007893
SteersMedium and Large 2516163.73/cwt160.00–165.008454
SteersMedium and Large 3573155.30/cwt150.00–158.008906
SteersMedium and Large 2483161.69/cwt160.00–165.007813
SteersMedium and Large 2431172.31/cwt170.00–174.007438
BullsMedium and Large 1428166.56/cwt165.00–168.007132
BullsMedium and Large 1368167.01/cwt160.00–170.0061538
BullsMedium and Large 1515153.98/cwt152.00–155.0079312
BullsMedium and Large 1576146.71/cwt140.00–150.008457
BullsMedium and Large 1480161.86/cwt160.00–165.007777
BullsMedium and Large 1618144.00/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
Bulls1,77792.76/cwt90.00–97.001,6485
Bulls1,683113.41/cwt112.00–115.001,9092
Bulls1,640102.26/cwt98.00–106.001,6775
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,050850.56/cwt825.00–875.008,9313
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,174794.52/cwt725.00–925.009,3286
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,143865.33/cwt800.00–925.009,89110
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3721,155.78/cwt1,025.00–1,275.0015,85722
BullsMedium and Large 3530132.43/cwt130.00–135.007022
BullsMedium and Large 3428142.14/cwt138.00–148.006089
BullsMedium and Large 3288145.26/cwt140.00–148.004184
BullsMedium and Large 3231152.59/cwt150.00–158.003524
BullsMedium and Large 3475142.34/cwt142.00–143.006763
BullsMedium and Large 2665120.69/cwt115.00–125.008033
BullsMedium and Large 2383152.27/cwt150.00–155.005833
BullsMedium and Large 2329159.86/cwt153.00–163.005263
BullsMedium and Large 2543145.49/cwt143.00–148.007902
BullsMedium and Large 3321142.55/cwt140.00–148.004586
BullsMedium and Large 2455152.50/cwt150.00–155.006942
BullsMedium and Large 2431152.87/cwt150.00–158.006597
HeifersMedium and Large 3412134.95/cwt132.00–138.005565
HeifersMedium and Large 3311138.24/cwt135.00–142.0043010
HeifersMedium and Large 1537159.75/cwt155.00–165.0085815
HeifersMedium and Large 1664127.56/cwt120.00–130.008479
HeifersMedium and Large 1475160.36/cwt155.00–165.0076221
HeifersMedium and Large 1579150.49/cwt150.00–151.0087116
HeifersMedium and Large 3473132.02/cwt130.00–138.006246
HeifersMedium and Large 3260152.55/cwt150.00–155.003972
HeifersMedium and Large 3576132.84/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.