Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2022-12-13

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Dec 13
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
738 head
485 vs last sale 1,223 3 vs year ago 735 · +0.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
192 head
33 vs last sale 225 68 vs year ago 124 · +54.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
35 vs last sale 59 77 vs year ago 101 · 76.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 3.00 higher. Feeder steers 3.00 higher. Feeder bulls 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers 3.00 lower. Steer calves 4.00 higher. Bull calves 3.00 higher. Heifer calves 2.00 higher. Replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $152.60/cwt on 266 head.
Average price
$152.60
266 head · 484 lb average
Value per head Derived
$739
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$137
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.46
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1497161.8180493
Medium and Large 2484149.29722117
Medium and Large 3463144.2266756
One grade step is worth $17.59/cwt here — about $137 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 sale266 hd
152.60
GA average16 barns · 2,011 hd
148.14
+4.46
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
BullsAverage1,76397.661,72110
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42969.2999026
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20967.3581436
CowsLean 85-90%Low93661.2857455

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)1,200$7963thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,445$9234thin

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
BullsMedium and Large 1515162.81/cwt160.00–168.008386
BullsMedium and Large 1565162.54/cwt160.00–165.009182
BullsMedium and Large 1422183.07/cwt180.00–188.007736
BullsMedium and Large 2362182.36/cwt180.00–185.006606
BullsMedium and Large 1329201.50/cwt200.00–203.006634
BullsMedium and Large 2291193.25/cwt192.00–195.005624
SteersMedium and Large 1721161.63/cwt153.00–163.001,16510
SteersMedium and Large 2430190.20/cwt185.00–195.0081814
SteersMedium and Large 3312189.89/cwt185.00–195.005923
SteersMedium and Large 2616164.23/cwt162.00–168.001,0124
SteersMedium and Large 1655160.84/cwt160.00–165.001,0546
SteersMedium and Large 1372211.24/cwt209.00–215.007866
SteersMedium and Large 2336203.13/cwt200.00–205.006838
SteersMedium and Large 3468165.48/cwt162.00–170.007744
SteersMedium and Large 1464189.60/cwt187.00–193.008808
SteersMedium and Large 2576167.50/cwt167.00–168.009658
SteersMedium and Large 1569175.72/cwt170.00–180.001,00020
SteersMedium and Large 2480180.70/cwt175.00–185.0086711
SteersMedium and Large 1319214.38/cwt210.00–218.006844
SteersMedium and Large 1604172.80/cwt171.00–174.001,0445
SteersMedium and Large 2381194.03/cwt190.00–200.007399
SteersMedium and Large 3436177.42/cwt173.00–180.007748
SteersMedium and Large 3610149.98/cwt145.00–155.009154
SteersMedium and Large 3372185.38/cwt180.00–188.006903
HeifersMedium and Large 2326161.58/cwt160.00–165.0052715
HeifersMedium and Large 2359161.06/cwt160.00–168.0057816
SteersMedium and Large 2515173.30/cwt170.00–178.008924
HeifersMedium and Large 2509152.57/cwt150.00–154.007777
HeifersMedium and Large 1413165.28/cwt160.00–166.0068314
SteersMedium and Large 1525182.65/cwt180.00–184.0095927
HeifersMedium and Large 2615134.72/cwt132.00–139.0082918
HeifersMedium and Large 2718124.96/cwt120.00–126.008976
SteersMedium and Large 3533164.18/cwt160.00–168.008755
HeifersMedium and Large 2431154.35/cwt150.00–159.0066518
HeifersMedium and Large 3309151.76/cwt148.00–158.004695
HeifersMedium and Large 1591155.09/cwt150.00–158.0091718
HeifersMedium and Large 3480144.39/cwt138.00–148.006938
HeifersMedium and Large 3422145.14/cwt140.00–149.006125
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20868.60/cwt66.00–73.0082917
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43172.00/cwt68.00–75.001,03011
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42084.49/cwt82.00–87.001,2002
CowsLean 85-90%98155.00/cwt51.00–58.0054020
CowsLean 85-90%91270.37/cwt68.00–74.006429
CowsLean 85-90%91062.96/cwt59.00–66.0057326
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42964.65/cwt60.00–67.0092413
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20961.57/cwt58.00–65.0074414
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21079.26/cwt77.00–83.009595
Bulls1,848104.02/cwt102.00–107.001,9223
Bulls1,72694.93/cwt92.00–98.001,6387
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,200796.25/head675.00–900.007963
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,445923.44/head900.00–950.009234
BullsMedium and Large 1375198.50/cwt193.00–203.007445
BullsMedium and Large 2465162.86/cwt160.00–165.007576
BullsMedium and Large 3645134.00/cwt130.00–138.008642
BullsMedium and Large 3672129.57/cwt129.00–130.008717
BullsMedium and Large 2308187.48/cwt185.00–190.005772
BullsMedium and Large 3773115.56/cwt113.00–118.008932
BullsMedium and Large 3520143.27/cwt140.00–145.007453
BullsMedium and Large 2523153.87/cwt150.00–158.008052
BullsMedium and Large 2433174.02/cwt170.00–176.007549
BullsMedium and Large 2567152.59/cwt145.00–154.008658
BullsMedium and Large 3378173.09/cwt170.00–177.006546
BullsMedium and Large 3421161.47/cwt158.00–165.006805
HeifersMedium and Large 3528142.81/cwt140.00–148.0075413
HeifersMedium and Large 3560131.01/cwt130.00–132.007342
HeifersMedium and Large 1517159.95/cwt158.00–165.0082720
HeifersMedium and Large 1603141.00/cwt140.00–145.008505
BullsMedium and Large 2617143.85/cwt140.00–149.008885
BullsMedium and Large 1470172.49/cwt170.00–175.008118
HeifersMedium and Large 3373155.50/cwt148.00–158.0058016
HeifersMedium and Large 1457167.74/cwt160.00–170.0076736
HeifersMedium and Large 3675117.43/cwt115.00–120.007932
HeifersMedium and Large 2670130.11/cwt125.00–135.008728
HeifersMedium and Large 2573143.36/cwt140.00–148.008214
HeifersMedium and Large 3624119.01/cwt115.00–125.007435
HeifersMedium and Large 2465153.25/cwt150.00–155.0071325

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.