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
BullsHigh1,759114.432,01315
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 1518199.15/cwt197.00–200.001,03214
HeifersMedium and Large 3623157.49/cwt155.00–160.009812
HeifersMedium and Large 1475199.27/cwt195.00–203.0094718
HeifersMedium and Large 2415197.23/cwt194.00–200.008198
HeifersMedium and Large 2334217.55/cwt210.00–220.007278
HeifersMedium and Large 1373221.28/cwt217.00–223.008259
HeifersMedium and Large 1412208.96/cwt205.00–212.008613
HeifersMedium and Large 1585187.26/cwt184.00–188.001,09540
HeifersMedium and Large 2630169.25/cwt169.00–170.001,0664
HeifersMedium and Large 2367209.20/cwt205.00–212.007687
SteersMedium and Large 2452235.71/cwt235.00–236.001,0657
SteersMedium and Large 1785174.02/cwt172.00–175.001,3663
SteersMedium and Large 1624215.17/cwt214.00–218.001,34310
SteersMedium and Large 1681190.67/cwt190.00–191.001,2989
SteersMedium and Large 1368250.67/cwt245.00–254.009225
SteersMedium and Large 1418244.71/cwt242.00–246.001,0233
SteersMedium and Large 2428236.02/cwt235.00–237.001,0102
SteersMedium and Large 1466244.05/cwt240.00–248.001,13716
SteersMedium and Large 1575222.39/cwt219.00–225.001,2797
SteersMedium and Large 2535220.87/cwt220.00–221.001,1827
SteersMedium and Large 2322241.31/cwt240.00–242.007773
SteersMedium and Large 3363231.14/cwt227.00–232.008396
SteersMedium and Large 1537232.40/cwt230.00–233.001,2485
BullsMedium and Large 2322239.63/cwt237.00–242.007724
BullsMedium and Large 2494206.79/cwt205.00–207.001,0229
BullsMedium and Large 1360245.25/cwt240.00–249.008837
BullsMedium and Large 1662166.60/cwt160.00–170.001,1033
BullsMedium and Large 2644177.41/cwt175.00–178.001,1435
BullsMedium and Large 1480212.84/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
Bulls1,543120.56/cwt120.00–121.001,8602
Bulls1,872115.82/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
Bulls1,614108.22/cwt106.00–110.001,7474
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2351,086.44/head1,000.00–1,175.001,0862
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1101,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3351,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
HeifersMedium and Large 3527168.35/cwt165.00–170.008873
HeifersMedium and Large 1618184.50/cwt177.00–185.001,14020
BullsMedium and Large 3268227.38/cwt225.00–230.006092
BullsMedium and Large 2410221.71/cwt220.00–225.009093
BullsMedium and Large 3465186.01/cwt185.00–187.008652
BullsMedium and Large 1412231.34/cwt230.00–232.009533
HeifersMedium and Large 3363196.65/cwt195.00–200.007143
HeifersMedium and Large 2508182.38/cwt182.00–185.009268
HeifersMedium and Large 3291207.44/cwt206.00–212.006044
HeifersMedium and Large 2577175.79/cwt172.00–177.001,0144
BullsMedium and Large 3520178.50/cwt177.00–180.009282
BullsMedium and Large 3623166.68/cwt165.00–170.001,0383
HeifersMedium and Large 3438188.53/cwt187.00–190.008262
HeifersMedium and Large 2673162.51/cwt160.00–165.001,0942
HeifersMedium and Large 2481190.36/cwt187.00–192.009163
HeifersMedium and Large 1670177.60/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.