Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2022-09-27

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Sep 27
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
952 head
▼ 76 vs last sale 1,028▲ 125 vs year ago 827 · +15.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
285 head
▲ 66 vs last sale 219▲ 152 vs year ago 133 · +114.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
104 head
▲ 83 vs last sale 21▲ 9 vs year ago 95 · +9.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers 2.00 higher. Feeder bulls and feeder heifers steady. Steer calves 2.00 higher. Bull calves steady. Heifer calves 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.96/cwt on 254 head.
Average price
$142.96
254 head · 492 lb average
Value per head Derived
$703
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$139
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.89
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1531151.5180459
Medium and Large 2468145.9168388
Medium and Large 3490135.83665107
One grade step is worth $15.68/cwt here — about $139 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 sale254 hd
142.96
—
GA average15 barns · 1,566 hd
138.08
+4.89
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—Average1,483102.311,51710
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,40373.861,03611
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19571.1084962
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07068.3473158

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,162$81216
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,220$76215
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,204$87618

Every lot, as filed

58 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 2—538141.83/cwt140.00–148.0076313
HeifersMedium and Large 1—433164.01/cwt163.00–165.007102
HeifersMedium and Large 3—385145.24/cwt140.00–149.0055912
SteersMedium and Large 2—683157.47/cwt155.00–159.001,07624
SteersMedium and Large 2—524173.71/cwt172.00–174.0091021
SteersMedium and Large 3—472164.44/cwt160.00–168.0077626
SteersMedium and Large 1—621168.52/cwt166.00–169.001,04743
HeifersMedium and Large 3—574130.22/cwt128.00–134.007478
HeifersMedium and Large 2—322157.57/cwt150.00–159.005079
SteersMedium and Large 2—640156.21/cwt152.00–157.001,00016
SteersMedium and Large 3—320192.38/cwt190.00–195.006162
SteersMedium and Large 3—393180.66/cwt178.00–188.007107
SteersMedium and Large 3—710137.52/cwt135.00–140.009762
HeifersMedium and Large 3—616122.19/cwt118.00–124.0075321
HeifersMedium and Large 3—471134.19/cwt130.00–138.0063210
SteersMedium and Large 2—567163.67/cwt162.00–167.0092812
SteersMedium and Large 2—388193.37/cwt193.00–195.007505
SteersMedium and Large 2—492179.58/cwt172.00–181.0088441
SteersMedium and Large 3—440172.55/cwt169.00–176.007599
SteersMedium and Large 3—673144.00/cwt143.00–145.009692
SteersMedium and Large 3—575152.54/cwt150.00–155.008772
SteersMedium and Large 3—521158.57/cwt157.00–163.0082617
SteersMedium and Large 3—618148.06/cwt140.00–149.0091510
BullsMedium and Large 3—379169.87/cwt165.00–175.006445
BullsMedium and Large 3—336167.69/cwt162.00–172.005639
BullsMedium and Large 3—688116.80/cwt115.00–118.008045
BullsMedium and Large 3—531147.59/cwt142.00–150.0078422
BullsMedium and Large 3—479152.46/cwt148.00–158.0073010
BullsMedium and Large 2—430174.22/cwt172.00–175.007494
CowsLean 85-90%—1,09565.86/cwt64.00–71.0072142
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23276.10/cwt74.00–79.0093819
Bulls——1,574106.12/cwt102.00–109.001,6705
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00474.86/cwt72.00–79.0075216
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,40373.86/cwt71.00–77.001,03611
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17767.13/cwt65.00–72.0079039
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18886.03/cwt82.00–88.001,0224
Bulls——1,39198.50/cwt95.00–101.001,3705
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,105708.71/head625.00–775.007099
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,236945.39/head800.00–1,050.009457
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,155668.94/head625.00–750.006698
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,295869.31/head775.00–1,000.008697
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,139678.90/head500.00–775.006798
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2561,034.16/head875.00–1,350.001,03410
HeifersMedium and Large 1—535151.84/cwt151.00–155.008129
BullsMedium and Large 3—571131.89/cwt128.00–138.007535
BullsMedium and Large 3—720106.19/cwt100.00–110.007654
BullsMedium and Large 2—382186.99/cwt185.00–188.007143
BullsMedium and Large 3—433163.23/cwt160.00–165.007074
BullsMedium and Large 2—635133.33/cwt126.00–136.008476
HeifersMedium and Large 3—428143.05/cwt140.00–149.0061234
HeifersMedium and Large 2—362152.87/cwt150.00–160.0055312
HeifersMedium and Large 3—528134.19/cwt130.00–136.0070919
HeifersMedium and Large 2—419153.11/cwt150.00–155.006426
HeifersMedium and Large 1—491151.91/cwt151.00–158.0074631
HeifersMedium and Large 1—613149.14/cwt140.00–150.0091417
HeifersMedium and Large 2—690135.72/cwt130.00–137.0093611
HeifersMedium and Large 3—312142.61/cwt140.00–148.004453
HeifersMedium and Large 2—456144.11/cwt140.00–149.0065737

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.