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
Bulls—Average1,539111.621,71814
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 1—575196.00/cwt194.00–200.001,1273
BullsMedium and Large 1—473221.01/cwt220.00–222.001,0452
BullsMedium and Large 1—510213.02/cwt212.00–215.001,0863
BullsMedium and Large 2—375235.79/cwt232.00–240.008842
BullsMedium and Large 2—323251.70/cwt245.00–255.008133
BullsMedium and Large 2—716164.26/cwt162.00–165.001,1764
SteersMedium and Large 2—470241.51/cwt235.00–243.001,13524
SteersMedium and Large 2—655192.00/cwt190.00–194.001,2588
SteersMedium and Large 1—375252.95/cwt252.00–254.009496
SteersMedium and Large 1—713189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,3489
SteersMedium and Large 1—430250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,07513
SteersMedium and Large 1—661202.62/cwt197.00–205.001,33913
SteersMedium and Large 1—787197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,55014
SteersMedium and Large 1—453255.18/cwt252.00–258.001,15632
SteersMedium and Large 1—643210.89/cwt210.00–211.001,35634
SteersMedium and Large 3—314241.51/cwt240.00–247.007585
SteersMedium and Large 2—567209.61/cwt205.00–212.001,1883
HeifersMedium and Large 1—568209.37/cwt200.00–210.001,18950
HeifersMedium and Large 1—387229.07/cwt226.00–232.0088727
HeifersMedium and Large 1—622196.61/cwt194.00–197.001,22315
HeifersMedium and Large 1—485219.37/cwt216.00–226.001,06416
HeifersMedium and Large 1—736174.87/cwt174.00–175.001,28722
SteersMedium and Large 1—507244.44/cwt240.00–245.001,2399
HeifersMedium and Large 2—378218.18/cwt217.00–220.008256
HeifersMedium and Large 2—681174.57/cwt172.00–178.001,1898
HeifersMedium and Large 2—440216.01/cwt215.00–217.009502
HeifersMedium and Large 1—651194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,2637
HeifersMedium and Large 2—470212.45/cwt210.00–215.009992
HeifersMedium and Large 2—585192.56/cwt189.00–196.001,1264
HeifersMedium and Large 3—335201.72/cwt200.00–205.006763
BullsMedium and Large 2—668172.45/cwt170.00–175.001,1522
HeifersMedium and Large 3—444206.67/cwt205.00–210.009183
HeifersMedium and Large 2—508192.61/cwt192.00–195.009785
HeifersMedium and Large 2—318222.59/cwt217.00–226.0070811
HeifersMedium and Large 3—358202.48/cwt200.00–205.007252
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525204.33/cwt204.00–207.001,07312
BullsMedium and Large 2—512201.02/cwt200.00–205.001,0295
BullsMedium and Large 2—467214.43/cwt207.00–216.001,00115
BullsMedium and Large 2—568182.47/cwt180.00–185.001,0362
BullsMedium and Large 3—428207.77/cwt206.00–215.008895
BullsMedium and Large 2—416222.70/cwt217.00–227.009264
HeifersMedium and Large 1—411225.51/cwt225.00–230.0092714
Bulls——1,514113.63/cwt110.00–118.001,7208
Bulls——1,553106.92/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
Bulls——1,675119.00/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.