Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2022-09-06

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Sep 6
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
576 head
280 vs last sale 856 107 vs year ago 683 · 15.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
144 head
104 vs last sale 248 106 vs year ago 250 · 42.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
26 vs last sale 51 17 vs year ago 42 · 40.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder steers and feeder bulls lightly tested. Feeder heifers steady. Steer calves steady. Bull calves 5.00 higher. Heifer calves 3.00 higher. Replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $151.76/cwt on 182 head.
Average price
$151.76
182 head · 447 lb average
Value per head Derived
$678
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$41
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.05
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1414160.6966578
Medium and Large 2479147.8270875
Medium and Large 3452137.9362429
One grade step is worth $22.76/cwt here — about $41 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 sale182 hd
151.76
GA average15 barns · 1,400 hd
147.71
+4.05
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
BullsLow1,686105.271,7759thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45386.401,25514
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17785.871,01010
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05574.1278259

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,250$91710

Every lot, as filed

61 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
SteersMedium and Large 1383205.39/cwt200.00–209.007878
HeifersMedium and Large 2631137.94/cwt135.00–140.0087014
HeifersMedium and Large 2473145.54/cwt140.00–149.006888
HeifersMedium and Large 2285153.23/cwt150.00–158.004375
SteersMedium and Large 1334207.62/cwt205.00–210.006935
HeifersMedium and Large 2656134.88/cwt130.00–136.008859
SteersMedium and Large 2571162.47/cwt157.00–164.009289
HeifersMedium and Large 1328162.04/cwt160.00–165.005316
HeifersMedium and Large 1418162.43/cwt160.00–165.006792
HeifersMedium and Large 2414154.96/cwt150.00–158.0064215
SteersMedium and Large 3367173.59/cwt170.00–178.006373
SteersMedium and Large 3775141.23/cwt140.00–145.001,0954
SteersMedium and Large 2460170.69/cwt165.00–173.007857
SteersMedium and Large 1434190.99/cwt190.00–192.008294
SteersMedium and Large 1485183.50/cwt182.00–185.008902
SteersMedium and Large 1526174.59/cwt172.00–177.0091824
SteersMedium and Large 3567147.15/cwt140.00–150.008345
SteersMedium and Large 3327178.99/cwt177.00–185.005854
SteersMedium and Large 2410184.84/cwt182.00–188.007586
SteersMedium and Large 2671150.36/cwt148.00–155.001,0098
SteersMedium and Large 3520152.55/cwt150.00–155.007932
SteersMedium and Large 2616157.69/cwt152.00–161.0097133
SteersMedium and Large 2531164.79/cwt160.00–169.008756
SteersMedium and Large 2728147.47/cwt145.00–150.001,0742
BullsMedium and Large 3718119.97/cwt115.00–123.008613
BullsMedium and Large 1519162.96/cwt160.00–168.008467
BullsMedium and Large 1408182.75/cwt182.00–183.007464
BullsMedium and Large 1387195.30/cwt195.00–200.0075616
BullsMedium and Large 1314209.33/cwt205.00–211.006578
BullsMedium and Large 2432168.29/cwt165.00–175.007276
CowsLean 85-90%1,08375.58/cwt73.00–79.0081925
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50885.98/cwt83.00–90.001,2978
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41877.91/cwt75.00–80.001,1053
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,34096.01/cwt94.00–98.001,2873
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18380.95/cwt79.00–83.009585
CowsLean 85-90%1,02984.34/cwt82.00–89.0086810
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17090.78/cwt87.00–95.001,0625
Bulls1,37794.05/cwt91.00–96.001,2953
Bulls1,841110.88/cwt109.00–114.002,0416
CowsLean 85-90%1,03768.35/cwt65.00–72.0070924
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,250916.68/head850.00–1,000.0091710
BullsMedium and Large 3310175.01/cwt170.00–178.005433
HeifersMedium and Large 1363164.56/cwt163.00–173.0059723
BullsMedium and Large 2381181.64/cwt178.00–183.006925
BullsMedium and Large 3627120.30/cwt115.00–125.007546
BullsMedium and Large 3471150.79/cwt150.00–151.007105
BullsMedium and Large 2461165.36/cwt163.00–170.007626
HeifersMedium and Large 3478136.97/cwt135.00–138.006553
HeifersMedium and Large 3740115.00/cwt110.00–120.008512
HeifersMedium and Large 3413141.96/cwt138.00–148.0058610
HeifersMedium and Large 2521142.93/cwt138.00–148.007459
BullsMedium and Large 3270171.34/cwt168.00–175.004634
BullsMedium and Large 3568132.70/cwt130.00–138.007543
HeifersMedium and Large 2218164.31/cwt164.00–165.003583
HeifersMedium and Large 2368158.92/cwt152.00–162.0058512
HeifersMedium and Large 1285164.84/cwt160.00–166.0047010
HeifersMedium and Large 3387147.04/cwt140.00–150.005695
HeifersMedium and Large 3629123.21/cwt120.00–128.007754
HeifersMedium and Large 3323142.30/cwt140.00–145.004605
HeifersMedium and Large 1478157.31/cwt150.00–160.0075225
HeifersMedium and Large 1527155.91/cwt150.00–159.0082212

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.