Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2022-06-21

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Jun 21
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
400 head
188 vs last sale 588 282 vs year ago 682 · 41.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
205 head
76 vs last sale 129 7 vs year ago 198 · +3.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
69 head
1 vs last sale 68 58 vs year ago 127 · 45.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 5.00 higher. Feeder steers lightly tested. Feeder bulls steady. Feeder heifers lightly tested. Steer calves, bull calves and heifer calves steady. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.26/cwt on 90 head.
Average price
$142.26
90 head · 458 lb average
Value per head Derived
$651
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$76
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.11
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525154.898132thin
Medium and Large 3418142.1759455
Medium and Large 2520141.6573733
One grade step is worth $13.24/cwt here — about $76 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 sale90 hd
142.26
GA average14 barns · 1,366 hd
139.16
+3.11
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
BullsHigh1,583107.931,70827
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,42586.771,23714
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20584.651,02023
CowsLean 85-90%Average98776.4875570

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)920$8042thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)922$6853thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,114$90040

Every lot, as filed

47 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
BullsMedium and Large 2433151.87/cwt150.00–160.006585
BullsMedium and Large 2523145.76/cwt145.00–146.007624
BullsMedium and Large 1382172.48/cwt170.00–178.006593
BullsMedium and Large 1335168.32/cwt165.00–175.0056411
BullsMedium and Large 3632125.34/cwt123.00–128.007923
BullsMedium and Large 2574138.05/cwt134.00–143.007928
SteersMedium and Large 1475174.88/cwt174.00–176.008317
SteersMedium and Large 1513165.61/cwt158.00–166.0085021
SteersMedium and Large 1343183.97/cwt180.00–188.006312
SteersMedium and Large 1370182.48/cwt182.00–183.006752
SteersMedium and Large 3467146.61/cwt140.00–150.006858
HeifersMedium and Large 3430144.81/cwt140.00–149.006237
SteersMedium and Large 2419158.15/cwt154.00–164.0066314
HeifersMedium and Large 3375144.44/cwt140.00–148.0054215
HeifersMedium and Large 3320150.37/cwt143.00–153.0048113
HeifersMedium and Large 2530143.24/cwt140.00–144.007598
HeifersMedium and Large 1525154.89/cwt152.00–158.008132
HeifersMedium and Large 3582124.39/cwt120.00–128.007243
SteersMedium and Large 1755123.67/cwt120.00–128.009343
BullsMedium and Large 2375162.57/cwt160.00–165.006102
BullsMedium and Large 3533135.56/cwt133.00–138.007232
HeifersMedium and Large 2387150.23/cwt150.00–153.0058112
HeifersMedium and Large 2637132.75/cwt130.00–134.0084613
HeifersMedium and Large 3528132.51/cwt130.00–135.007006
HeifersMedium and Large 3478137.83/cwt135.00–145.0065911
BullsMedium and Large 2720114.03/cwt110.00–118.008212
BullsMedium and Large 2608134.00/cwt133.00–135.008152
BullsMedium and Large 3415142.69/cwt138.00–148.005923
BullsMedium and Large 3593127.51/cwt125.00–130.007562
BullsMedium and Large 3479144.14/cwt140.00–148.0069010
BullsMedium and Large 3283160.04/cwt155.00–165.004532
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1631,073.78/head1,000.00–1,125.001,07412
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,093825.48/head625.00–975.0082528
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3922684.99/head625.00–750.006853
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2920804.21/head650.00–900.008042
Bulls1,776115.82/cwt113.00–120.002,0577
Bulls1,307101.31/cwt97.00–104.001,32411
Bulls1,769109.88/cwt105.00–112.001,9449
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15177.26/cwt75.00–79.008898
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22691.99/cwt90.00–96.001,1289
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39379.32/cwt76.00–83.001,1056
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54596.91/cwt93.00–100.001,4973
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39289.63/cwt86.00–92.001,2485
CowsLean 85-90%1,01677.60/cwt75.00–82.0078831
CowsLean 85-90%98471.41/cwt67.00–74.0070328
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24483.49/cwt81.00–87.001,0396
CowsLean 85-90%91686.22/cwt83.00–90.0079011

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.