Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2023-04-11

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Apr 11
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
816 head
▲ 84 vs last sale 732▲ 148 vs year ago 668 · +22.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
209 head
▲ 74 vs last sale 135▼ 15 vs year ago 224 · −6.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 22▼ 3 vs year ago 21 · −14.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers 2.00 higher, feeder bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers mostly steady, steer and bull calves 3.00 higher, heifer calves 4.00 higher, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $199.28/cwt on 185 head.
Average price
$199.28
185 head · 502 lb average
Value per head Derived
$999
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$287
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$1.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.01
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3374200.857515thin
Medium and Large 2459199.8491848
Medium and Large 1522199.021,038132
One grade step is worth $1.83/cwt here — about −$287 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 sale185 hd
199.28
—
GA average15 barns · 1,835 hd
195.28
+4.01
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—High1,769117.442,07717
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,446101.281,4645thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,12499.541,11988
CowsLean 85-90%High1,00184.9685125

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)995$1,0942thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,275$1,0501thin

Every lot, as filed

53 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—411208.60/cwt207.00–212.008575
HeifersMedium and Large 2—435202.63/cwt198.00–206.0088119
HeifersMedium and Large 3—374200.85/cwt197.00–207.007515
SteersMedium and Large 1—367249.22/cwt245.00–255.009155
SteersMedium and Large 1—566227.65/cwt220.00–229.001,28835
SteersMedium and Large 1—685194.37/cwt190.00–195.001,3318
SteersMedium and Large 1—724183.41/cwt177.00–185.001,3285
HeifersMedium and Large 2—589184.83/cwt180.00–186.001,0896
HeifersMedium and Large 1—333221.70/cwt220.00–225.007383
SteersMedium and Large 2—622204.85/cwt204.00–207.001,2748
SteersMedium and Large 2—430234.22/cwt232.00–237.001,0078
SteersMedium and Large 2—586213.61/cwt212.00–214.001,2525
SteersMedium and Large 2—330244.85/cwt240.00–250.008082
SteersMedium and Large 1—781180.76/cwt180.00–181.001,4124
HeifersMedium and Large 2—529178.55/cwt178.00–180.009457
SteersMedium and Large 2—362239.69/cwt237.00–242.008683
SteersMedium and Large 1—328254.56/cwt252.00–257.008352
SteersMedium and Large 1—441244.87/cwt242.00–245.001,08021
SteersMedium and Large 1—508237.02/cwt230.00–239.001,20440
HeifersMedium and Large 1—371224.96/cwt220.00–230.008357
BullsMedium and Large 1—565201.21/cwt196.00–206.001,1374
BullsMedium and Large 1—410237.78/cwt235.00–242.009754
BullsMedium and Large 2—358233.48/cwt230.00–237.008362
BullsMedium and Large 1—370248.41/cwt245.00–252.009192
BullsMedium and Large 2—570182.54/cwt180.00–185.001,0402
BullsMedium and Large 1—538205.94/cwt202.00–210.001,1082
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,01491.23/cwt88.00–93.0092518
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03087.56/cwt84.00–91.0090216
CowsLean 85-90%—95080.33/cwt78.00–83.007639
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,638104.68/cwt103.00–106.001,7152
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,31899.01/cwt97.00–102.001,3053
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,240105.07/cwt101.00–109.001,30339
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,04197.41/cwt94.00–101.001,01431
Bulls——2,009122.82/cwt120.00–127.002,4677
Bulls——1,754116.30/cwt115.00–118.002,0407
Bulls——1,243107.57/cwt105.00–110.001,3373
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—9951,094.10/head1,025.00–1,150.001,0942
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2751,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
BullsMedium and Large 3—715142.52/cwt140.00–145.001,0192
BullsMedium and Large 3—372224.61/cwt220.00–226.0083614
BullsMedium and Large 2—468201.34/cwt195.00–205.009426
BullsMedium and Large 2—432227.31/cwt225.00–230.009823
BullsMedium and Large 1—473215.75/cwt210.00–220.001,0205
BullsMedium and Large 1—333250.98/cwt250.00–252.008362
HeifersMedium and Large 2—379217.05/cwt212.00–218.0082314
HeifersMedium and Large 1—619182.35/cwt180.00–185.001,1296
HeifersMedium and Large 2—618172.47/cwt170.00–175.001,0662
HeifersMedium and Large 1—664176.72/cwt172.00–179.001,17314
BullsMedium and Large 3—344224.64/cwt224.00–230.0077313
HeifersMedium and Large 1—477207.87/cwt200.00–209.0099249
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525196.03/cwt191.00–200.001,02934
HeifersMedium and Large 1—569194.13/cwt190.00–200.001,1059
HeifersMedium and Large 1—772164.39/cwt164.00–165.001,2695

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.