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
BullsHigh1,394105.151,46615
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 3568122.47/cwt120.00–125.006962
HeifersMedium and Large 2636136.67/cwt130.00–138.0086915
HeifersMedium and Large 1574142.01/cwt140.00–145.008157
HeifersMedium and Large 3430146.16/cwt144.00–148.006287
HeifersMedium and Large 3468132.35/cwt130.00–135.006193
HeifersMedium and Large 1361161.87/cwt160.00–163.005848
HeifersMedium and Large 3378144.19/cwt141.00–148.005459
SteersMedium and Large 1521177.56/cwt176.00–179.0092518
SteersMedium and Large 1417187.40/cwt180.00–188.0078113
HeifersMedium and Large 2588134.43/cwt130.00–138.0079010
HeifersMedium and Large 2435156.61/cwt150.00–159.0068137
SteersMedium and Large 1730161.71/cwt160.00–162.001,1807
HeifersMedium and Large 2531143.96/cwt140.00–150.0076427
SteersMedium and Large 3332164.56/cwt160.00–168.005465
SteersMedium and Large 3633153.48/cwt152.00–155.009722
HeifersMedium and Large 1461151.82/cwt150.00–153.007005
HeifersMedium and Large 1416164.26/cwt162.00–168.006838
SteersMedium and Large 3673153.54/cwt152.00–155.001,0332
SteersMedium and Large 3594156.70/cwt150.00–158.009316
SteersMedium and Large 2624166.31/cwt165.00–168.001,03816
SteersMedium and Large 2542163.32/cwt160.00–165.008856
SteersMedium and Large 1372185.31/cwt183.00–188.006893
SteersMedium and Large 1674171.68/cwt170.00–172.001,15712
SteersMedium and Large 2480173.85/cwt168.00–175.008346
SteersMedium and Large 2430172.44/cwt170.00–175.007412
SteersMedium and Large 3505154.00/cwt153.00–155.007782
SteersMedium and Large 3408162.01/cwt160.00–163.006613
SteersMedium and Large 1578176.71/cwt175.00–177.001,0217
SteersMedium and Large 1329187.38/cwt183.00–193.006165
BullsMedium and Large 1665140.67/cwt140.00–142.009353
BullsMedium and Large 1778127.48/cwt125.00–130.009922
BullsMedium and Large 1524152.88/cwt150.00–156.0080116
BullsMedium and Large 1466164.39/cwt162.00–166.0076611
BullsMedium and Large 1627141.83/cwt140.00–148.008897
BullsMedium and Large 1334183.29/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
Bulls1,494111.97/cwt109.00–115.001,6736
Bulls1,455105.00/cwt103.00–107.001,5286
Bulls1,07291.83/cwt90.00–94.009843
BullsMedium and Large 3431150.93/cwt145.00–155.006515
BullsMedium and Large 2433163.93/cwt161.00–168.0071012
BullsMedium and Large 2338173.30/cwt170.00–175.005863
BullsMedium and Large 2659136.53/cwt130.00–138.009009
BullsMedium and Large 3518132.60/cwt130.00–138.006873
BullsMedium and Large 3328163.97/cwt160.00–168.005382
BullsMedium and Large 3487141.61/cwt140.00–145.006909
BullsMedium and Large 2735125.99/cwt125.00–128.009263
BullsMedium and Large 2270175.00/cwt170.00–180.004732
BullsMedium and Large 2535143.64/cwt140.00–148.007688
BullsMedium and Large 1568144.32/cwt140.00–150.0082010
BullsMedium and Large 2477153.76/cwt150.00–158.0073310
BullsMedium and Large 2616134.99/cwt132.00–138.008325
HeifersMedium and Large 3319144.25/cwt140.00–148.0046010
HeifersMedium and Large 1613140.85/cwt140.00–143.0086313
BullsMedium and Large 1370184.20/cwt180.00–188.006829
BullsMedium and Large 3610122.71/cwt120.00–128.007493
BullsMedium and Large 2380174.21/cwt170.00–178.006626
HeifersMedium and Large 2486146.06/cwt140.00–149.0071014
HeifersMedium and Large 2383153.98/cwt150.00–156.0059013
HeifersMedium and Large 2674125.77/cwt120.00–130.008487
HeifersMedium and Large 2333154.21/cwt150.00–158.0051410
HeifersMedium and Large 3528135.07/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.