Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2022-05-24

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, May 24
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
778 head
26 vs last sale 804 186 vs year ago 592 · +31.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
229 head
92 vs last sale 137 108 vs year ago 121 · +89.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
33 vs last sale 64 17 vs year ago 14 · +121.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago : Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls lightly tested. Feeder steers steady. Feeder bulls 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers steady. Steer calves 2.00 lower. Bull calves 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Heifer calves 2.00 lower. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.14/cwt on 175 head.
Average price
$143.14
175 head · 448 lb average
Value per head Derived
$642
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$30
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.27
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1393154.7360860
Medium and Large 2506140.3971067
Medium and Large 3437132.5057948
One grade step is worth $22.23/cwt here — about $30 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 sale175 hd
143.14
GA average13 barns · 1,495 hd
136.87
+6.27
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
BullsLow1,06492.549854thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47375.841,11715
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17375.3988449
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01670.1971371

Every lot, as filed

59 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 2558140.66/cwt140.00–141.007853
HeifersMedium and Large 3310131.87/cwt130.00–135.0040911
HeifersMedium and Large 2532143.44/cwt140.00–147.0076314
HeifersMedium and Large 2476146.76/cwt140.00–149.0069920
HeifersMedium and Large 3412133.03/cwt130.00–138.005486
HeifersMedium and Large 1572150.36/cwt150.00–153.008608
HeifersMedium and Large 3579132.75/cwt130.00–135.007694
HeifersMedium and Large 2379140.71/cwt140.00–143.005334
HeifersMedium and Large 2309142.07/cwt140.00–148.004394
SteersMedium and Large 3775125.92/cwt120.00–129.009763
SteersMedium and Large 3421162.66/cwt161.00–165.006856
HeifersMedium and Large 3372132.78/cwt129.00–138.004949
HeifersMedium and Large 1326155.54/cwt150.00–158.0050727
HeifersMedium and Large 2425143.03/cwt140.00–148.0060811
HeifersMedium and Large 2629130.62/cwt130.00–131.008225
SteersMedium and Large 2371172.82/cwt170.00–174.006415
SteersMedium and Large 2574165.44/cwt161.00–170.009509
HeifersMedium and Large 3647126.76/cwt120.00–129.008204
SteersMedium and Large 3338159.89/cwt153.00–162.0054014
SteersMedium and Large 3638142.33/cwt141.00–148.009085
SteersMedium and Large 2408171.51/cwt170.00–173.007002
SteersMedium and Large 1464175.09/cwt174.00–176.0081213
SteersMedium and Large 2713135.22/cwt127.00–136.0096412
BullsMedium and Large 2388156.64/cwt150.00–158.006086
BullsMedium and Large 1567145.96/cwt144.00–150.008283
BullsMedium and Large 1407168.98/cwt164.00–173.006883
BullsMedium and Large 2566131.91/cwt130.00–138.007477
BullsMedium and Large 1361168.98/cwt167.00–174.0061012
BullsMedium and Large 1607137.01/cwt132.00–141.008323
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52779.06/cwt77.00–84.001,2077
CowsLean 85-90%1,01575.48/cwt72.00–79.0076628
CowsLean 85-90%1,01766.75/cwt64.00–71.0067943
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42673.03/cwt70.00–76.001,0418
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17172.91/cwt69.00–76.0085432
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17680.07/cwt77.00–84.0094217
Bulls1,06492.54/cwt90.00–94.009854
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,263859.04/cwt825.00–925.0010,8503
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,120958.59/cwt775.00–1,200.0010,73612
BullsMedium and Large 3623112.43/cwt110.00–115.007002
BullsMedium and Large 3576118.77/cwt117.00–120.006845
BullsMedium and Large 2337153.24/cwt151.00–160.005168
BullsMedium and Large 3288149.58/cwt145.00–153.004314
BullsMedium and Large 3483145.86/cwt138.00–148.007058
BullsMedium and Large 3775103.52/cwt100.00–107.008022
BullsMedium and Large 1520150.65/cwt150.00–151.007833
BullsMedium and Large 2415151.75/cwt150.00–155.006303
BullsMedium and Large 3424142.50/cwt140.00–148.006045
BullsMedium and Large 2522145.57/cwt140.00–148.007607
BullsMedium and Large 2686125.18/cwt120.00–128.008595
BullsMedium and Large 3314141.93/cwt138.00–145.004464
HeifersMedium and Large 1356153.91/cwt153.00–155.005489
BullsMedium and Large 2485154.02/cwt153.00–155.007472
HeifersMedium and Large 1468162.41/cwt155.00–164.007606
HeifersMedium and Large 1420152.19/cwt151.00–153.0063910
BullsMedium and Large 2635123.48/cwt122.00–125.007842
BullsMedium and Large 3545131.67/cwt130.00–135.007183
HeifersMedium and Large 3533135.35/cwt130.00–138.007214
HeifersMedium and Large 2779113.84/cwt112.00–115.008876
HeifersMedium and Large 3470133.69/cwt128.00–138.0062810

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.