Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2023-05-30

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, May 30
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
518 head
254 vs last sale 772 169 vs year ago 349 · +48.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
234 head
6 vs last sale 228 112 vs year ago 122 · +91.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 7.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer and bull calves 2.00 higher, heifer calves steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $252.70/cwt on 71 head.
Average price
$252.70
71 head · 467 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,179
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$365
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$2.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.91
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1499253.331,26450
Medium and Large 2442251.371,1128thin
Medium and Large 3358251.0889913thin
One grade step is worth $2.25/cwt here — about $365 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 sale71 hd
252.70
GA average14 barns · 806 hd
235.78
+16.91
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
BullsAverage1,511121.071,82913
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,293120.821,5624thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,177105.081,23763
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00088.1488126

Every lot, as filed

42 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
CowsLean 85-90%97877.97/cwt76.00–80.007633
CowsLean 85-90%99593.08/cwt90.00–96.0092610
CowsLean 85-90%1,00886.69/cwt84.00–90.0087413
BullsMedium and Large 1508229.49/cwt227.00–232.001,1662
BullsMedium and Large 1558218.48/cwt215.00–222.001,2192
BullsMedium and Large 1463231.17/cwt230.00–237.001,0708
BullsMedium and Large 1422245.66/cwt237.00–252.001,03713
BullsMedium and Large 1358273.52/cwt270.00–277.009792
BullsMedium and Large 2467223.75/cwt222.00–227.001,0453
SteersMedium and Large 2430257.83/cwt255.00–259.001,1095
SteersMedium and Large 3358251.08/cwt250.00–252.0089913
SteersMedium and Large 1574242.91/cwt240.00–248.001,39419
SteersMedium and Large 1660224.63/cwt220.00–227.001,4833
SteersMedium and Large 1508251.01/cwt248.00–254.001,2754
SteersMedium and Large 1328277.41/cwt275.00–278.009105
SteersMedium and Large 1353271.43/cwt270.00–277.009585
SteersMedium and Large 1473259.23/cwt255.00–263.001,22614
SteersMedium and Large 2463240.61/cwt237.00–245.001,1143
HeifersMedium and Large 2580196.64/cwt195.00–200.001,1413
HeifersMedium and Large 1618192.05/cwt190.00–196.001,1873
HeifersMedium and Large 1435226.78/cwt225.00–228.009869
HeifersMedium and Large 2317226.42/cwt220.00–230.007183
HeifersMedium and Large 2419216.78/cwt212.00–220.009087
HeifersMedium and Large 1670185.00/cwt184.00–187.001,2403
HeifersMedium and Large 1387228.95/cwt226.00–232.0088612
HeifersMedium and Large 2365219.28/cwt215.00–222.008004
HeifersMedium and Large 2477216.48/cwt212.00–219.001,0336
HeifersMedium and Large 1334233.10/cwt228.00–238.007797
HeifersMedium and Large 1480221.89/cwt220.00–223.001,0658
HeifersMedium and Large 3528197.38/cwt195.00–200.001,0423
BullsMedium and Large 2439235.77/cwt234.00–240.001,0354
BullsMedium and Large 3415220.99/cwt220.00–222.009174
BullsMedium and Large 3570201.00/cwt200.00–202.001,1462
BullsMedium and Large 3377237.91/cwt232.00–242.008973
BullsMedium and Large 2578208.80/cwt205.00–210.001,2074
BullsMedium and Large 2515216.52/cwt212.00–232.001,1155
Bulls1,513117.07/cwt113.00–120.001,7716
Bulls1,509124.49/cwt122.00–126.001,8797
CowsBoner 80-85%1,169104.15/cwt99.00–108.001,21822
CowsBoner 80-85%1,246112.74/cwt109.00–118.001,40525
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08194.39/cwt90.00–98.001,02016
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,293120.82/cwt118.00–125.001,5624

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.