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
BullsHigh1,769117.442,07717
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 1411208.60/cwt207.00–212.008575
HeifersMedium and Large 2435202.63/cwt198.00–206.0088119
HeifersMedium and Large 3374200.85/cwt197.00–207.007515
SteersMedium and Large 1367249.22/cwt245.00–255.009155
SteersMedium and Large 1566227.65/cwt220.00–229.001,28835
SteersMedium and Large 1685194.37/cwt190.00–195.001,3318
SteersMedium and Large 1724183.41/cwt177.00–185.001,3285
HeifersMedium and Large 2589184.83/cwt180.00–186.001,0896
HeifersMedium and Large 1333221.70/cwt220.00–225.007383
SteersMedium and Large 2622204.85/cwt204.00–207.001,2748
SteersMedium and Large 2430234.22/cwt232.00–237.001,0078
SteersMedium and Large 2586213.61/cwt212.00–214.001,2525
SteersMedium and Large 2330244.85/cwt240.00–250.008082
SteersMedium and Large 1781180.76/cwt180.00–181.001,4124
HeifersMedium and Large 2529178.55/cwt178.00–180.009457
SteersMedium and Large 2362239.69/cwt237.00–242.008683
SteersMedium and Large 1328254.56/cwt252.00–257.008352
SteersMedium and Large 1441244.87/cwt242.00–245.001,08021
SteersMedium and Large 1508237.02/cwt230.00–239.001,20440
HeifersMedium and Large 1371224.96/cwt220.00–230.008357
BullsMedium and Large 1565201.21/cwt196.00–206.001,1374
BullsMedium and Large 1410237.78/cwt235.00–242.009754
BullsMedium and Large 2358233.48/cwt230.00–237.008362
BullsMedium and Large 1370248.41/cwt245.00–252.009192
BullsMedium and Large 2570182.54/cwt180.00–185.001,0402
BullsMedium and Large 1538205.94/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
Bulls2,009122.82/cwt120.00–127.002,4677
Bulls1,754116.30/cwt115.00–118.002,0407
Bulls1,243107.57/cwt105.00–110.001,3373
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29951,094.10/head1,025.00–1,150.001,0942
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2751,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
BullsMedium and Large 3715142.52/cwt140.00–145.001,0192
BullsMedium and Large 3372224.61/cwt220.00–226.0083614
BullsMedium and Large 2468201.34/cwt195.00–205.009426
BullsMedium and Large 2432227.31/cwt225.00–230.009823
BullsMedium and Large 1473215.75/cwt210.00–220.001,0205
BullsMedium and Large 1333250.98/cwt250.00–252.008362
HeifersMedium and Large 2379217.05/cwt212.00–218.0082314
HeifersMedium and Large 1619182.35/cwt180.00–185.001,1296
HeifersMedium and Large 2618172.47/cwt170.00–175.001,0662
HeifersMedium and Large 1664176.72/cwt172.00–179.001,17314
BullsMedium and Large 3344224.64/cwt224.00–230.0077313
HeifersMedium and Large 1477207.87/cwt200.00–209.0099249
HeifersMedium and Large 1525196.03/cwt191.00–200.001,02934
HeifersMedium and Large 1569194.13/cwt190.00–200.001,1059
HeifersMedium and Large 1772164.39/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.