Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2022-12-06

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Dec 6
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,223 head
420 vs last sale 803 411 vs year ago 812 · +50.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
225 head
30 vs last sale 255 38 vs year ago 187 · +20.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
59 head
25 vs last sale 34 7 vs year ago 52 · +13.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady. Feeder steers sharply higher. Feeder bulls 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Steer calves 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Bull calves and 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 $147.93/cwt on 350 head.
Average price
$147.93
350 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$762
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$252
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.72
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1595153.4791384
Medium and Large 2507149.35757155
Medium and Large 3466141.74660111
One grade step is worth $11.73/cwt here — about $252 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 sale350 hd
147.93
GA average12 barns · 1,527 hd
144.20
+3.72
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
BullsLow1,62795.451,55311
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,43672.481,04125
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20569.1583329
CowsLean 85-90%High94461.1657761

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,040$8293thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)980$7974thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,003$6775

Every lot, as filed

76 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 1616151.42/cwt150.00–152.009337
HeifersMedium and Large 3331153.36/cwt150.00–158.0050811
HeifersMedium and Large 3423144.50/cwt138.00–148.0061124
HeifersMedium and Large 3519135.64/cwt130.00–139.0070429
HeifersMedium and Large 2333163.51/cwt160.00–166.005445
HeifersMedium and Large 3369152.97/cwt150.00–158.0056418
SteersMedium and Large 1631168.72/cwt164.00–171.001,06532
HeifersMedium and Large 3612124.32/cwt123.00–125.007613
HeifersMedium and Large 2580142.57/cwt140.00–146.0082751
HeifersMedium and Large 1779132.96/cwt130.00–135.001,0365
HeifersMedium and Large 2454157.08/cwt154.00–158.0071348
HeifersMedium and Large 1527159.16/cwt153.00–160.0083934
SteersMedium and Large 2565165.21/cwt162.00–167.009334
HeifersMedium and Large 2362163.38/cwt160.00–165.0059110
HeifersMedium and Large 2606133.51/cwt130.00–140.008096
SteersMedium and Large 3579148.20/cwt145.00–153.008584
SteersMedium and Large 2522163.52/cwt160.00–168.008547
SteersMedium and Large 1530174.63/cwt170.00–178.0092635
SteersMedium and Large 1737156.65/cwt150.00–157.001,15526
SteersMedium and Large 1557173.41/cwt170.00–174.0096618
HeifersMedium and Large 1482160.38/cwt160.00–161.007735
SteersMedium and Large 3326183.17/cwt180.00–188.005974
SteersMedium and Large 2624155.32/cwt150.00–160.009699
SteersMedium and Large 3413173.59/cwt170.00–178.007176
SteersMedium and Large 2343192.66/cwt190.00–200.0066111
SteersMedium and Large 3475166.66/cwt160.00–169.007929
SteersMedium and Large 2483176.84/cwt170.00–179.0085410
SteersMedium and Large 1407215.80/cwt212.00–218.0087811
SteersMedium and Large 1334216.16/cwt210.00–220.007224
SteersMedium and Large 2667153.96/cwt148.00–156.001,0274
SteersMedium and Large 2407186.01/cwt180.00–190.007576
SteersMedium and Large 2384195.45/cwt193.00–196.007515
BullsMedium and Large 1284201.20/cwt200.00–204.005713
BullsMedium and Large 2611134.56/cwt133.00–140.008227
BullsMedium and Large 2725113.24/cwt110.00–120.008213
BullsMedium and Large 1459170.71/cwt170.00–175.007847
BullsMedium and Large 1413187.64/cwt185.00–190.007753
BullsMedium and Large 1363189.26/cwt185.00–193.006873
CowsLean 85-90%98870.32/cwt67.00–74.0069515
CowsLean 85-90%90760.86/cwt58.00–65.0055226
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16977.46/cwt75.00–81.009068
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21969.22/cwt66.00–73.0084412
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21761.68/cwt58.00–65.007519
CowsLean 85-90%95954.67/cwt52.00–57.0052420
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48863.82/cwt62.00–67.009506
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49479.92/cwt77.00–83.001,19410
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33770.00/cwt68.00–75.009369
Bulls1,59192.57/cwt88.00–95.001,4737
Bulls1,689100.50/cwt97.00–104.001,6974
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,040828.61/head700.00–975.008293
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,003676.74/head625.00–750.006775
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3980796.56/head750.00–850.007974
BullsMedium and Large 3665114.92/cwt110.00–120.007643
BullsMedium and Large 2665130.02/cwt125.00–131.008657
BullsMedium and Large 3308171.65/cwt170.00–175.005293
BullsMedium and Large 2513157.68/cwt150.00–159.0080925
BullsMedium and Large 3287181.69/cwt180.00–185.005213
BullsMedium and Large 3526141.81/cwt138.00–148.007466
BullsMedium and Large 2586142.19/cwt140.00–145.008336
BullsMedium and Large 2325188.69/cwt185.00–190.006134
BullsMedium and Large 2412175.44/cwt170.00–178.0072310
BullsMedium and Large 1572151.81/cwt150.00–153.008685
BullsMedium and Large 3482155.08/cwt150.00–158.007476
BullsMedium and Large 3570134.23/cwt130.00–138.007653
HeifersMedium and Large 1659149.64/cwt147.00–154.0098629
HeifersMedium and Large 1578153.45/cwt150.00–157.008874
BullsMedium and Large 1314203.18/cwt200.00–204.0063816
BullsMedium and Large 2372175.13/cwt170.00–180.006513
BullsMedium and Large 2473163.49/cwt160.00–168.0077317
BullsMedium and Large 3415158.98/cwt158.00–160.006604
HeifersMedium and Large 2511143.64/cwt140.00–145.0073411
HeifersMedium and Large 3670123.80/cwt120.00–125.008299
HeifersMedium and Large 2421152.79/cwt150.00–158.0064314
HeifersMedium and Large 2679136.66/cwt132.00–140.0092810
HeifersMedium and Large 3475143.17/cwt138.00–148.0068014
HeifersMedium and Large 3572133.27/cwt130.00–135.007623

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.