Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2023-04-25

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Apr 25
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
187 head
▼ 812 vs last sale 999▼ 517 vs year ago 704 · −73.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
995 head
▲ 793 vs last sale 202▲ 803 vs year ago 192 · +418.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
58 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 74▼ 19 vs year ago 77 · −24.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $205.95/cwt on 213 head.
Average price
$205.95
213 head · 469 lb average
Value per head Derived
$966
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$210
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.30
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1488208.571,017141
Medium and Large 2444202.2989950
Medium and Large 3408197.5280622
One grade step is worth $11.05/cwt here — about $210 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 sale213 hd
205.95
—
GA average16 barns · 1,642 hd
195.65
+10.30
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—Average1,670113.671,8996thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,480105.021,5546thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29196.481,24644
CowsLean 85-90%High1,04578.8082435

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)1,172$8865
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,171$8004thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,400$1,3723thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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—336229.46/cwt227.00–230.007719
HeifersMedium and Large 1—419218.04/cwt215.00–220.0091422
HeifersMedium and Large 1—515207.53/cwt202.00–211.001,06926
SteersMedium and Large 1—515235.36/cwt230.00–240.001,21220
SteersMedium and Large 1—563226.13/cwt221.00–229.001,27318
HeifersMedium and Large 3—427192.24/cwt190.00–197.008213
HeifersMedium and Large 3—342205.23/cwt205.00–207.007028
HeifersMedium and Large 1—467213.61/cwt208.00–218.0099836
HeifersMedium and Large 1—359223.55/cwt220.00–226.008037
SteersMedium and Large 2—325247.54/cwt245.00–250.008052
SteersMedium and Large 2—435234.36/cwt232.00–237.001,0198
HeifersMedium and Large 2—516198.88/cwt190.00–200.001,0269
HeifersMedium and Large 2—463205.51/cwt205.00–207.009524
HeifersMedium and Large 2—330216.35/cwt215.00–220.007145
SteersMedium and Large 3—438225.77/cwt221.00–228.0098912
SteersMedium and Large 2—497233.76/cwt232.00–234.001,1628
SteersMedium and Large 2—559217.36/cwt212.00–220.001,21519
SteersMedium and Large 1—472240.34/cwt238.00–243.001,13418
SteersMedium and Large 1—393249.01/cwt248.00–250.0097910
HeifersMedium and Large 2—367215.34/cwt212.00–218.007905
SteersMedium and Large 2—675184.71/cwt182.00–190.001,2473
SteersMedium and Large 2—622194.51/cwt192.00–197.001,2104
BullsMedium and Large 2—474210.32/cwt205.00–215.0099710
BullsMedium and Large 1—683184.16/cwt180.00–190.001,2584
BullsMedium and Large 1—623193.63/cwt190.00–200.001,2066
BullsMedium and Large 1—513209.20/cwt207.00–212.001,0735
BullsMedium and Large 1—573198.82/cwt195.00–202.001,1398
BullsMedium and Large 1—464222.09/cwt217.00–227.001,0307
CowsLean 85-90%—1,14585.16/cwt84.00–88.009756
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02579.34/cwt76.00–83.0081321
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,471109.28/cwt105.00–112.001,6084
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,28996.34/cwt94.00–100.001,24222
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30189.84/cwt87.00–93.001,16913
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02372.61/cwt69.00–75.007438
Bulls——1,870117.88/cwt116.00–120.002,2042
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,49896.50/cwt95.00–98.001,4462
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,283106.42/cwt103.00–111.001,3659
Bulls——1,462107.76/cwt106.00–109.001,5753
Bulls——1,895123.00/cwt123.00–123.002,3311
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,171800.40/head775.00–875.008004
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,172885.71/head775.00–925.008865
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,4001,372.14/head1,225.00–1,525.001,3723
BullsMedium and Large 2—723164.65/cwt160.00–167.001,1903
BullsMedium and Large 2—527199.65/cwt195.00–205.001,0529
BullsMedium and Large 3—413217.01/cwt215.00–220.008966
BullsMedium and Large 3—588173.15/cwt172.00–180.001,0187
BullsMedium and Large 2—370236.44/cwt230.00–240.008759
BullsMedium and Large 2—420226.84/cwt222.00–232.0095313
HeifersMedium and Large 2—285221.02/cwt220.00–222.006302
HeifersMedium and Large 2—420202.30/cwt200.00–210.0085017
HeifersMedium and Large 3—360209.00/cwt207.00–210.007523
HeifersMedium and Large 3—478189.30/cwt188.00–192.009056
HeifersMedium and Large 3—508182.02/cwt177.00–187.009252
BullsMedium and Large 2—575188.00/cwt187.00–190.001,0813
HeifersMedium and Large 1—630185.43/cwt185.00–187.001,1689
HeifersMedium and Large 1—566194.59/cwt190.00–198.001,10132
HeifersMedium and Large 2—566182.88/cwt180.00–185.001,0358

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.