Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2023-04-04

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Apr 4
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
732 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 712▼ 1 vs year ago 733 · −0.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
135 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 142▼ 63 vs year ago 198 · −31.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 0▲ 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady, feeder steers and heifers 4.00 higher, feeder bulls mostly steady, steer calves 5.00 higher, bull calves 2.00 higher, heifer calves mostly steady, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $191.54/cwt on 182 head.
Average price
$191.54
182 head · 526 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,008
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$95
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$6.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.05
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2460193.5989144
Medium and Large 1561191.341,073124
Medium and Large 3425186.9179514thin
One grade step is worth $6.68/cwt here — about $95 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 sale182 hd
191.54
—
GA average13 barns · 1,402 hd
186.49
+5.05
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—High1,759114.432,01315
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,60596.071,5423thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27093.011,18138
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08479.7786424

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)1,235$1,0862thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,110$1,0251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,335$1,4001thin

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 1—518199.15/cwt197.00–200.001,03214
HeifersMedium and Large 3—623157.49/cwt155.00–160.009812
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475199.27/cwt195.00–203.0094718
HeifersMedium and Large 2—415197.23/cwt194.00–200.008198
HeifersMedium and Large 2—334217.55/cwt210.00–220.007278
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373221.28/cwt217.00–223.008259
HeifersMedium and Large 1—412208.96/cwt205.00–212.008613
HeifersMedium and Large 1—585187.26/cwt184.00–188.001,09540
HeifersMedium and Large 2—630169.25/cwt169.00–170.001,0664
HeifersMedium and Large 2—367209.20/cwt205.00–212.007687
SteersMedium and Large 2—452235.71/cwt235.00–236.001,0657
SteersMedium and Large 1—785174.02/cwt172.00–175.001,3663
SteersMedium and Large 1—624215.17/cwt214.00–218.001,34310
SteersMedium and Large 1—681190.67/cwt190.00–191.001,2989
SteersMedium and Large 1—368250.67/cwt245.00–254.009225
SteersMedium and Large 1—418244.71/cwt242.00–246.001,0233
SteersMedium and Large 2—428236.02/cwt235.00–237.001,0102
SteersMedium and Large 1—466244.05/cwt240.00–248.001,13716
SteersMedium and Large 1—575222.39/cwt219.00–225.001,2797
SteersMedium and Large 2—535220.87/cwt220.00–221.001,1827
SteersMedium and Large 2—322241.31/cwt240.00–242.007773
SteersMedium and Large 3—363231.14/cwt227.00–232.008396
SteersMedium and Large 1—537232.40/cwt230.00–233.001,2485
BullsMedium and Large 2—322239.63/cwt237.00–242.007724
BullsMedium and Large 2—494206.79/cwt205.00–207.001,0229
BullsMedium and Large 1—360245.25/cwt240.00–249.008837
BullsMedium and Large 1—662166.60/cwt160.00–170.001,1033
BullsMedium and Large 2—644177.41/cwt175.00–178.001,1435
BullsMedium and Large 1—480212.84/cwt210.00–220.001,0225
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11077.25/cwt74.00–80.008578
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,60596.07/cwt94.00–98.001,5423
CowsLean 85-90%—1,15869.81/cwt65.00–72.008084
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04184.78/cwt81.00–87.0088312
Bulls——1,543120.56/cwt120.00–121.001,8602
Bulls——1,872115.82/cwt112.00–119.002,1689
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,28393.83/cwt92.00–99.001,20417
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,403102.77/cwt100.00–108.001,4426
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20188.18/cwt84.00–91.001,05915
Bulls——1,614108.22/cwt106.00–110.001,7474
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2351,086.44/head1,000.00–1,175.001,0862
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1101,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3351,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
HeifersMedium and Large 3—527168.35/cwt165.00–170.008873
HeifersMedium and Large 1—618184.50/cwt177.00–185.001,14020
BullsMedium and Large 3—268227.38/cwt225.00–230.006092
BullsMedium and Large 2—410221.71/cwt220.00–225.009093
BullsMedium and Large 3—465186.01/cwt185.00–187.008652
BullsMedium and Large 1—412231.34/cwt230.00–232.009533
HeifersMedium and Large 3—363196.65/cwt195.00–200.007143
HeifersMedium and Large 2—508182.38/cwt182.00–185.009268
HeifersMedium and Large 3—291207.44/cwt206.00–212.006044
HeifersMedium and Large 2—577175.79/cwt172.00–177.001,0144
BullsMedium and Large 3—520178.50/cwt177.00–180.009282
BullsMedium and Large 3—623166.68/cwt165.00–170.001,0383
HeifersMedium and Large 3—438188.53/cwt187.00–190.008262
HeifersMedium and Large 2—673162.51/cwt160.00–165.001,0942
HeifersMedium and Large 2—481190.36/cwt187.00–192.009163
HeifersMedium and Large 1—670177.60/cwt176.00–178.001,19020

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.