Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2022-08-09

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Aug 9
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
654 head
▲ 128 vs last sale 526▼ 349 vs year ago 1,003 · −34.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
146 head
▲ 75 vs last sale 71▼ 136 vs year ago 282 · −48.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.48/cwt on 215 head.
Average price
$146.48
215 head · 482 lb average
Value per head Derived
$706
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$159
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.83
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1500151.0675641
Medium and Large 2494146.95726133
Medium and Large 3425140.3959741
One grade step is worth $10.66/cwt here — about $159 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 sale215 hd
146.48
—
GA average15 barns · 1,566 hd
143.66
+2.83
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—High1,394105.151,46615
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,46188.101,28715
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16381.0694314
CowsLean 85-90%High94170.8566732

Every lot, as filed

70 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—568122.47/cwt120.00–125.006962
HeifersMedium and Large 2—636136.67/cwt130.00–138.0086915
HeifersMedium and Large 1—574142.01/cwt140.00–145.008157
HeifersMedium and Large 3—430146.16/cwt144.00–148.006287
HeifersMedium and Large 3—468132.35/cwt130.00–135.006193
HeifersMedium and Large 1—361161.87/cwt160.00–163.005848
HeifersMedium and Large 3—378144.19/cwt141.00–148.005459
SteersMedium and Large 1—521177.56/cwt176.00–179.0092518
SteersMedium and Large 1—417187.40/cwt180.00–188.0078113
HeifersMedium and Large 2—588134.43/cwt130.00–138.0079010
HeifersMedium and Large 2—435156.61/cwt150.00–159.0068137
SteersMedium and Large 1—730161.71/cwt160.00–162.001,1807
HeifersMedium and Large 2—531143.96/cwt140.00–150.0076427
SteersMedium and Large 3—332164.56/cwt160.00–168.005465
SteersMedium and Large 3—633153.48/cwt152.00–155.009722
HeifersMedium and Large 1—461151.82/cwt150.00–153.007005
HeifersMedium and Large 1—416164.26/cwt162.00–168.006838
SteersMedium and Large 3—673153.54/cwt152.00–155.001,0332
SteersMedium and Large 3—594156.70/cwt150.00–158.009316
SteersMedium and Large 2—624166.31/cwt165.00–168.001,03816
SteersMedium and Large 2—542163.32/cwt160.00–165.008856
SteersMedium and Large 1—372185.31/cwt183.00–188.006893
SteersMedium and Large 1—674171.68/cwt170.00–172.001,15712
SteersMedium and Large 2—480173.85/cwt168.00–175.008346
SteersMedium and Large 2—430172.44/cwt170.00–175.007412
SteersMedium and Large 3—505154.00/cwt153.00–155.007782
SteersMedium and Large 3—408162.01/cwt160.00–163.006613
SteersMedium and Large 1—578176.71/cwt175.00–177.001,0217
SteersMedium and Large 1—329187.38/cwt183.00–193.006165
BullsMedium and Large 1—665140.67/cwt140.00–142.009353
BullsMedium and Large 1—778127.48/cwt125.00–130.009922
BullsMedium and Large 1—524152.88/cwt150.00–156.0080116
BullsMedium and Large 1—466164.39/cwt162.00–166.0076611
BullsMedium and Large 1—627141.83/cwt140.00–148.008897
BullsMedium and Large 1—334183.29/cwt183.00–185.006127
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00179.73/cwt77.00–84.007986
CowsLean 85-90%—88571.96/cwt69.00–76.0063715
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19774.82/cwt73.00–77.008965
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14394.42/cwt91.00–98.001,0792
CowsLean 85-90%—98564.48/cwt61.00–68.0063511
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,63379.04/cwt76.00–82.001,2913
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,47193.73/cwt91.00–98.001,3797
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,34485.65/cwt83.00–90.001,1515
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14481.70/cwt78.00–85.009357
Bulls——1,494111.97/cwt109.00–115.001,6736
Bulls——1,455105.00/cwt103.00–107.001,5286
Bulls——1,07291.83/cwt90.00–94.009843
BullsMedium and Large 3—431150.93/cwt145.00–155.006515
BullsMedium and Large 2—433163.93/cwt161.00–168.0071012
BullsMedium and Large 2—338173.30/cwt170.00–175.005863
BullsMedium and Large 2—659136.53/cwt130.00–138.009009
BullsMedium and Large 3—518132.60/cwt130.00–138.006873
BullsMedium and Large 3—328163.97/cwt160.00–168.005382
BullsMedium and Large 3—487141.61/cwt140.00–145.006909
BullsMedium and Large 2—735125.99/cwt125.00–128.009263
BullsMedium and Large 2—270175.00/cwt170.00–180.004732
BullsMedium and Large 2—535143.64/cwt140.00–148.007688
BullsMedium and Large 1—568144.32/cwt140.00–150.0082010
BullsMedium and Large 2—477153.76/cwt150.00–158.0073310
BullsMedium and Large 2—616134.99/cwt132.00–138.008325
HeifersMedium and Large 3—319144.25/cwt140.00–148.0046010
HeifersMedium and Large 1—613140.85/cwt140.00–143.0086313
BullsMedium and Large 1—370184.20/cwt180.00–188.006829
BullsMedium and Large 3—610122.71/cwt120.00–128.007493
BullsMedium and Large 2—380174.21/cwt170.00–178.006626
HeifersMedium and Large 2—486146.06/cwt140.00–149.0071014
HeifersMedium and Large 2—383153.98/cwt150.00–156.0059013
HeifersMedium and Large 2—674125.77/cwt120.00–130.008487
HeifersMedium and Large 2—333154.21/cwt150.00–158.0051410
HeifersMedium and Large 3—528135.07/cwt130.00–138.0071310

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.