Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2023-05-09

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, May 9
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
952 head
430 vs last sale 522 428 vs year ago 524 · +81.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
252 head
49 vs last sale 203 71 vs year ago 181 · +39.2%
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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 and bulls mostly steady, feeder heifers 4.00 higher, steer calves 4.00 higher, bull calves 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 $207.18/cwt on 209 head.
Average price
$207.18
209 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,088
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$356
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$4.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.31
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544208.141,133163
Medium and Large 2471203.8096138
Medium and Large 3382203.777788thin
One grade step is worth $4.37/cwt here — about $356 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 sale209 hd
207.18
GA average15 barns · 1,450 hd
196.87
+10.31
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
BullsAverage1,539111.621,71814
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18090.481,06844
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,42186.501,2294thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09578.2785743

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
BullsMedium and Large 1575196.00/cwt194.00–200.001,1273
BullsMedium and Large 1473221.01/cwt220.00–222.001,0452
BullsMedium and Large 1510213.02/cwt212.00–215.001,0863
BullsMedium and Large 2375235.79/cwt232.00–240.008842
BullsMedium and Large 2323251.70/cwt245.00–255.008133
BullsMedium and Large 2716164.26/cwt162.00–165.001,1764
SteersMedium and Large 2470241.51/cwt235.00–243.001,13524
SteersMedium and Large 2655192.00/cwt190.00–194.001,2588
SteersMedium and Large 1375252.95/cwt252.00–254.009496
SteersMedium and Large 1713189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,3489
SteersMedium and Large 1430250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,07513
SteersMedium and Large 1661202.62/cwt197.00–205.001,33913
SteersMedium and Large 1787197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,55014
SteersMedium and Large 1453255.18/cwt252.00–258.001,15632
SteersMedium and Large 1643210.89/cwt210.00–211.001,35634
SteersMedium and Large 3314241.51/cwt240.00–247.007585
SteersMedium and Large 2567209.61/cwt205.00–212.001,1883
HeifersMedium and Large 1568209.37/cwt200.00–210.001,18950
HeifersMedium and Large 1387229.07/cwt226.00–232.0088727
HeifersMedium and Large 1622196.61/cwt194.00–197.001,22315
HeifersMedium and Large 1485219.37/cwt216.00–226.001,06416
HeifersMedium and Large 1736174.87/cwt174.00–175.001,28722
SteersMedium and Large 1507244.44/cwt240.00–245.001,2399
HeifersMedium and Large 2378218.18/cwt217.00–220.008256
HeifersMedium and Large 2681174.57/cwt172.00–178.001,1898
HeifersMedium and Large 2440216.01/cwt215.00–217.009502
HeifersMedium and Large 1651194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,2637
HeifersMedium and Large 2470212.45/cwt210.00–215.009992
HeifersMedium and Large 2585192.56/cwt189.00–196.001,1264
HeifersMedium and Large 3335201.72/cwt200.00–205.006763
BullsMedium and Large 2668172.45/cwt170.00–175.001,1522
HeifersMedium and Large 3444206.67/cwt205.00–210.009183
HeifersMedium and Large 2508192.61/cwt192.00–195.009785
HeifersMedium and Large 2318222.59/cwt217.00–226.0070811
HeifersMedium and Large 3358202.48/cwt200.00–205.007252
HeifersMedium and Large 1525204.33/cwt204.00–207.001,07312
BullsMedium and Large 2512201.02/cwt200.00–205.001,0295
BullsMedium and Large 2467214.43/cwt207.00–216.001,00115
BullsMedium and Large 2568182.47/cwt180.00–185.001,0362
BullsMedium and Large 3428207.77/cwt206.00–215.008895
BullsMedium and Large 2416222.70/cwt217.00–227.009264
HeifersMedium and Large 1411225.51/cwt225.00–230.0092714
Bulls1,514113.63/cwt110.00–118.001,7208
Bulls1,553106.92/cwt104.00–108.001,6605
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17293.44/cwt90.00–98.001,09520
CowsBoner 80-85%1,225106.47/cwt103.00–108.001,3043
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18285.38/cwt82.00–89.001,00921
Bulls1,675119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,9931
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,29583.00/cwt83.00–83.001,0751
CowsLean 85-90%1,09878.33/cwt75.00–82.0086020
CowsLean 85-90%1,11084.28/cwt83.00–88.0093611
CowsLean 85-90%1,07572.66/cwt70.00–75.0078112
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46387.66/cwt87.00–88.001,2823

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.