Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2023-05-02

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, May 2
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
522 head
335 vs last sale 187 406 vs year ago 928 · 43.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
203 head
792 vs last sale 995 36 vs year ago 167 · +21.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $212.94/cwt on 103 head.
Average price
$212.94
103 head · 464 lb average
Value per head Derived
$989
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$277
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.39
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1481214.571,03176
Medium and Large 2430209.6490022
Medium and Large 3372202.647545thin
One grade step is worth $11.93/cwt here — about $277 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 sale103 hd
212.94
GA average16 barns · 1,537 hd
197.55
+15.39
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
BullsHigh1,729115.001,98815
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,57895.961,5142thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24295.511,18740
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,12582.7493027

Every lot, as filed

54 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 2576193.01/cwt192.00–197.001,1125
HeifersMedium and Large 2306218.78/cwt215.00–225.006694
SteersMedium and Large 2574218.05/cwt210.00–220.001,2525
SteersMedium and Large 2281258.36/cwt258.00–260.007265
SteersMedium and Large 1422250.25/cwt248.00–252.001,05617
SteersMedium and Large 1631213.93/cwt207.00–215.001,35010
SteersMedium and Large 1845191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,6144
SteersMedium and Large 2473235.10/cwt230.00–238.001,1129
SteersMedium and Large 1462247.45/cwt240.00–249.001,14317
SteersMedium and Large 2635194.48/cwt192.00–197.001,2352
BullsMedium and Large 1470222.18/cwt220.00–228.001,0449
SteersMedium and Large 1532234.33/cwt230.00–240.001,24717
HeifersMedium and Large 1528207.74/cwt207.00–210.001,0974
HeifersMedium and Large 1625182.26/cwt180.00–187.001,1393
HeifersMedium and Large 1481217.49/cwt212.00–222.001,04627
HeifersMedium and Large 1373227.41/cwt224.00–231.0084819
HeifersMedium and Large 2283224.61/cwt222.00–227.006363
HeifersMedium and Large 2543198.49/cwt197.00–200.001,0782
HeifersMedium and Large 2370213.54/cwt212.00–215.007902
SteersMedium and Large 2362240.84/cwt240.00–245.008726
SteersMedium and Large 2415239.17/cwt235.00–242.009934
SteersMedium and Large 1358252.48/cwt250.00–255.009042
BullsMedium and Large 1592198.80/cwt197.00–207.001,1778
BullsMedium and Large 1366251.46/cwt248.00–254.009207
BullsMedium and Large 1516215.91/cwt212.00–221.001,1146
BullsMedium and Large 1443237.49/cwt235.00–240.001,0524
BullsMedium and Large 1265267.15/cwt262.00–269.007084
CowsLean 85-90%95375.09/cwt74.00–77.007163
CowsLean 85-90%1,13887.34/cwt86.00–89.009948
CowsLean 85-90%1,15081.87/cwt78.00–85.0094216
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,57895.96/cwt94.00–98.001,5142
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21190.59/cwt87.00–94.001,09718
CowsBoner 80-85%1,300106.75/cwt104.00–110.001,3886
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25696.82/cwt95.00–100.001,21616
Bulls2,113121.26/cwt121.00–122.002,5624
Bulls1,827115.87/cwt113.00–118.002,1176
Bulls1,304108.94/cwt108.00–110.001,4215
BullsMedium and Large 2371234.24/cwt234.00–235.008694
BullsMedium and Large 1663183.46/cwt180.00–187.001,2162
BullsMedium and Large 3715147.48/cwt145.00–150.001,0542
BullsMedium and Large 3395227.33/cwt225.00–232.008983
BullsMedium and Large 3317235.05/cwt230.00–240.007453
BullsMedium and Large 2632183.56/cwt180.00–187.001,1604
HeifersMedium and Large 1772163.99/cwt162.00–165.001,2663
HeifersMedium and Large 1566202.49/cwt200.00–207.001,14612
BullsMedium and Large 2521203.47/cwt200.00–207.001,0604
BullsMedium and Large 2320247.50/cwt245.00–250.007922
BullsMedium and Large 1628197.49/cwt195.00–200.001,2402
BullsMedium and Large 2479211.74/cwt209.00–217.001,0144
HeifersMedium and Large 3307208.68/cwt207.00–212.006413
HeifersMedium and Large 3470193.57/cwt190.00–197.009102
HeifersMedium and Large 2468205.67/cwt200.00–210.009633
HeifersMedium and Large 2422219.03/cwt215.00–222.009243
HeifersMedium and Large 1419226.83/cwt224.00–234.009508

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.