Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2023-06-27

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Jun 27
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
736 head
111 vs last sale 847 336 vs year ago 400 · +84.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
226 head
53 vs last sale 173 21 vs year ago 205 · +10.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Note: This market will not be covered next week due to the 4th of July holiday. Market coverage will resume on 7/11/2023.

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and bulls mostly steady, feeder heifers 2.00 lower, steer and bull calves 5.00 to 7.00 lower, heifer calves 3.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $217.67/cwt on 121 head.
Average price
$217.67
121 head · 492 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,072
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$37
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$19.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.12
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2420223.3693936
Medium and Large 1529216.801,14675
Medium and Large 3479203.7197610thin
One grade step is worth $19.65/cwt here — about −$37 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 sale121 hd
217.67
GA average16 barns · 1,134 hd
210.55
+7.12
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
BullsAverage1,590121.011,92412
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,308121.871,5943thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,267101.791,29061
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07187.5893821

Every lot, as filed

41 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 1566218.59/cwt215.00–222.001,2377
BullsMedium and Large 1623210.32/cwt207.00–217.001,3103
BullsMedium and Large 2479237.50/cwt236.00–239.001,1382
BullsMedium and Large 2365254.47/cwt252.00–257.009292
BullsMedium and Large 2521213.60/cwt210.00–214.001,11310
BullsMedium and Large 2572213.31/cwt212.00–214.001,2203
HeifersMedium and Large 3521199.27/cwt195.00–205.001,0384
HeifersMedium and Large 2471217.02/cwt216.00–218.001,02210
SteersMedium and Large 3360258.27/cwt256.00–264.009308
SteersMedium and Large 3478238.17/cwt236.00–239.001,13818
SteersMedium and Large 2588234.50/cwt234.00–237.001,3796
SteersMedium and Large 2523246.13/cwt245.00–247.001,2877
SteersMedium and Large 3787183.80/cwt180.00–185.001,4474
HeifersMedium and Large 2326231.72/cwt230.00–237.007554
HeifersMedium and Large 2412220.24/cwt218.00–224.009077
SteersMedium and Large 1353278.98/cwt275.00–280.009855
SteersMedium and Large 1616226.46/cwt226.00–230.001,39527
SteersMedium and Large 2438259.19/cwt259.00–260.001,1355
SteersMedium and Large 3556228.15/cwt226.00–231.001,2697
HeifersMedium and Large 1554215.66/cwt213.00–217.001,1959
HeifersMedium and Large 1417230.85/cwt229.00–234.009638
HeifersMedium and Large 2563203.63/cwt197.00–207.001,1463
HeifersMedium and Large 3428207.46/cwt205.00–210.008882
HeifersMedium and Large 2379232.60/cwt230.00–238.0088212
HeifersMedium and Large 3463206.27/cwt205.00–210.009554
BullsMedium and Large 3486228.33/cwt226.00–230.001,1107
BullsMedium and Large 1528223.52/cwt220.00–227.001,1802
BullsMedium and Large 2620203.50/cwt202.00–205.001,2622
HeifersMedium and Large 1678198.04/cwt195.00–200.001,3439
HeifersMedium and Large 1476222.48/cwt220.00–225.001,05920
HeifersMedium and Large 1542215.17/cwt215.00–220.001,16629
Bulls1,597116.72/cwt115.00–119.001,8645
Bulls1,608125.92/cwt122.00–129.002,0256
Bulls1,445113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,6331
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18395.66/cwt94.00–97.001,13215
CowsBoner 80-85%1,257101.67/cwt98.00–106.001,27834
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,308121.87/cwt120.00–124.001,5943
CowsLean 85-90%1,03188.67/cwt86.00–92.0091412
CowsLean 85-90%1,11994.17/cwt93.00–97.001,0544
CowsBoner 80-85%1,400109.80/cwt107.00–114.001,53712
CowsLean 85-90%1,12979.68/cwt78.00–82.009005

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.