Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2023-01-24

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Jan 24
● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
758 head
223 vs last sale 981 74 vs year ago 832 · 8.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
117 head
79 vs last sale 196 118 vs year ago 235 · 50.2%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls unevenly steady. Feeder steers, feeder bulls and feeder heifers steady. Steer calves 5.00 to 7.00 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 $160.76/cwt on 250 head.
Average price
$160.76
250 head · 440 lb average
Value per head Derived
$708
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$83
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.36
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1447168.2175393
Medium and Large 2421164.0669180
Medium and Large 3451148.3466977
One grade step is worth $19.86/cwt here — about $83 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 sale250 hd
160.76
GA average14 barns · 1,280 hd
155.40
+5.36
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
BullsHigh1,59897.021,55114
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,37583.101,1437thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,11473.7982230
CowsLean 85-90%Low87671.0262221

Every lot, as filed

77 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 2321167.27/cwt163.00–171.0053715
HeifersMedium and Large 3478153.11/cwt148.00–158.0073213
HeifersMedium and Large 3577133.65/cwt128.00–138.007719
HeifersMedium and Large 1322179.22/cwt176.00–183.0057711
HeifersMedium and Large 1388172.44/cwt170.00–178.0066935
HeifersMedium and Large 1575159.20/cwt155.00–160.009156
HeifersMedium and Large 2365164.23/cwt160.00–169.005998
HeifersMedium and Large 2270172.55/cwt170.00–175.004662
HeifersMedium and Large 2471163.80/cwt160.00–167.0077135
SteersMedium and Large 1315225.86/cwt220.00–229.007113
SteersMedium and Large 1639177.29/cwt176.00–178.001,13317
SteersMedium and Large 1412216.53/cwt215.00–223.0089210
HeifersMedium and Large 1418173.78/cwt170.00–175.007269
HeifersMedium and Large 1790126.69/cwt120.00–130.001,0013
HeifersMedium and Large 1514163.35/cwt160.00–165.0084029
SteersMedium and Large 3588173.92/cwt168.00–175.001,0238
SteersMedium and Large 3377194.19/cwt190.00–200.007326
SteersMedium and Large 3520172.57/cwt170.00–175.008974
SteersMedium and Large 1465202.21/cwt200.00–207.0094013
SteersMedium and Large 1558195.29/cwt190.00–196.001,0909
SteersMedium and Large 1540195.95/cwt195.00–203.001,0588
SteersMedium and Large 2312212.70/cwt210.00–218.006643
SteersMedium and Large 3436196.51/cwt190.00–198.008575
SteersMedium and Large 2658151.49/cwt150.00–153.009972
SteersMedium and Large 2506185.41/cwt180.00–189.009385
SteersMedium and Large 3457191.00/cwt188.00–193.008733
SteersMedium and Large 3685140.52/cwt138.00–143.009632
SteersMedium and Large 2423210.17/cwt205.00–212.0088916
SteersMedium and Large 2582184.10/cwt178.00–188.001,07111
SteersMedium and Large 2293223.51/cwt220.00–224.0065510
SteersMedium and Large 2389215.23/cwt210.00–218.008375
SteersMedium and Large 1364222.27/cwt220.00–226.0080911
BullsMedium and Large 1328213.79/cwt210.00–218.007012
BullsMedium and Large 1667152.76/cwt150.00–158.001,0193
BullsMedium and Large 1576164.57/cwt160.00–168.009487
BullsMedium and Large 1470177.65/cwt173.00–183.008356
BullsMedium and Large 1608156.32/cwt153.00–163.009503
BullsMedium and Large 1421186.67/cwt180.00–190.007868
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40389.13/cwt87.00–92.001,2504
CowsLean 85-90%87163.59/cwt60.00–67.005547
CowsLean 85-90%94580.88/cwt78.00–85.007644
CowsLean 85-90%85272.27/cwt68.00–75.0061610
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33875.05/cwt72.00–79.001,0043
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05367.61/cwt64.00–70.0071211
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19387.11/cwt84.00–89.001,0393
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14175.54/cwt72.00–79.0086216
Bulls1,603105.97/cwt102.00–109.001,6993
Bulls1,53388.67/cwt88.00–90.001,3593
Bulls1,62196.79/cwt94.00–101.001,5698
BullsMedium and Large 2273193.17/cwt190.00–200.005273
BullsMedium and Large 3355172.00/cwt170.00–178.006114
BullsMedium and Large 3630133.46/cwt132.00–135.008412
BullsMedium and Large 3536153.85/cwt148.00–158.008259
BullsMedium and Large 3465155.39/cwt150.00–159.007239
BullsMedium and Large 3239198.54/cwt190.00–200.004757
BullsMedium and Large 1512174.01/cwt170.00–176.008917
BullsMedium and Large 1376208.25/cwt200.00–210.0078310
BullsMedium and Large 3413164.65/cwt160.00–168.0068010
BullsMedium and Large 2541163.40/cwt160.00–168.0088417
BullsMedium and Large 2658138.66/cwt138.00–140.009123
BullsMedium and Large 2422170.96/cwt170.00–173.007213
HeifersMedium and Large 3334154.12/cwt150.00–160.005157
BullsMedium and Large 2471165.95/cwt160.00–170.0078212
BullsMedium and Large 2625143.87/cwt140.00–148.008992
BullsMedium and Large 2368188.28/cwt183.00–193.006935
BullsMedium and Large 3575146.46/cwt145.00–148.008422
BullsMedium and Large 2566154.56/cwt150.00–159.008757
HeifersMedium and Large 3240169.00/cwt168.00–170.004062
HeifersMedium and Large 3678123.22/cwt120.00–130.008353
HeifersMedium and Large 3631131.56/cwt127.00–135.008305
HeifersMedium and Large 3380154.02/cwt150.00–156.0058512
HeifersMedium and Large 3288159.14/cwt155.00–165.004589
BullsMedium and Large 2238212.53/cwt210.00–215.005062
HeifersMedium and Large 3420152.49/cwt150.00–158.006408
HeifersMedium and Large 2512153.75/cwt150.00–158.007875
HeifersMedium and Large 3535142.72/cwt138.00–148.007649
HeifersMedium and Large 2425163.66/cwt160.00–168.0069615

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.