Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2022-11-08

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Nov 8
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
609 head
119 vs last sale 728 66 vs year ago 543 · +12.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
149 head
8 vs last sale 141 29 vs year ago 178 · 16.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer and heifer calves mostly steady, bull calves unevenly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $168.24/cwt on 84 head.
Average price
$168.24
84 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$918
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$27
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.07
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543170.6192754
Medium and Large 2549163.9990030
One grade step is worth $6.62/cwt here — about $27 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 sale84 hd
168.24
GA average15 barns · 870 hd
161.17
+7.07
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
BullsAverage1,48390.721,3458thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29669.2489736
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,62766.311,0795thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average96459.2357122

Every lot, as filed

35 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 1524147.29/cwt145.00–149.007727
BullsMedium and Large 1367192.60/cwt190.00–194.007073
BullsMedium and Large 1570142.71/cwt140.00–147.008134
BullsMedium and Large 3381161.58/cwt160.00–170.006166
BullsMedium and Large 2367178.88/cwt175.00–185.006566
BullsMedium and Large 1403176.67/cwt175.00–185.007126
HeifersMedium and Large 2479140.28/cwt135.00–145.0067215
SteersMedium and Large 2721134.28/cwt130.00–137.009684
SteersMedium and Large 1370192.53/cwt190.00–195.007122
SteersMedium and Large 1482190.69/cwt187.00–195.009193
SteersMedium and Large 2530168.43/cwt160.00–169.0089322
SteersMedium and Large 2578152.51/cwt150.00–155.008822
SteersMedium and Large 2385186.01/cwt185.00–187.007162
HeifersMedium and Large 1431157.27/cwt151.00–158.006789
HeifersMedium and Large 2725115.98/cwt115.00–117.008412
SteersMedium and Large 1578166.58/cwt166.00–168.0096320
SteersMedium and Large 1518173.36/cwt170.00–176.0089823
SteersMedium and Large 1408182.48/cwt180.00–185.007452
SteersMedium and Large 1716142.99/cwt140.00–144.001,0244
BullsMedium and Large 2608128.51/cwt125.00–132.007812
BullsMedium and Large 2494147.48/cwt147.00–150.007296
BullsMedium and Large 2568132.47/cwt130.00–135.007522
HeifersMedium and Large 1490150.01/cwt145.00–151.007356
HeifersMedium and Large 1577147.62/cwt144.00–150.0085227
HeifersMedium and Large 2331151.48/cwt151.00–155.005018
Bulls1,61095.16/cwt93.00–97.001,5322
Bulls1,37586.09/cwt83.00–90.001,1845
Bulls1,765105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,8531
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30268.66/cwt65.00–72.0089419
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36874.96/cwt73.00–76.001,02511
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,68769.53/cwt67.00–74.001,1733
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53861.49/cwt60.00–63.009462
CowsLean 85-90%1,00763.50/cwt60.00–67.0063910
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14360.58/cwt58.00–64.006926
CowsLean 85-90%92855.68/cwt53.00–59.0051712

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.