Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2023-07-18

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Jul 18
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
880 head
▲ 85 vs last sale 795▲ 285 vs year ago 595 · +47.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
214 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 187▲ 80 vs year ago 134 · +59.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers and heifers 6.00 higher, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves 6.00 to 8.00 higher, 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 $223.35/cwt on 223 head.
Average price
$223.35
223 head · 511 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,142
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$131
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.16
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1521223.891,167196
Medium and Large 2436220.8496325
Medium and Large 3515201.001,0352thin
One grade step is worth $22.89/cwt here — about $131 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 sale223 hd
223.35
—
GA average16 barns · 2,010 hd
218.19
+5.16
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—Low1,507119.241,7978thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,213101.221,22850
CowsLean 85-90%High98685.8284642

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 1—768173.19/cwt170.00–174.001,3305
BullsMedium and Large 1—531227.02/cwt225.00–228.001,2053
BullsMedium and Large 1—434257.27/cwt256.00–260.001,1179
BullsMedium and Large 1—631212.23/cwt206.00–215.001,3394
BullsMedium and Large 1—466239.00/cwt235.00–244.001,1149
BullsMedium and Large 1—568224.57/cwt224.00–227.001,27621
SteersMedium and Large 1—588246.63/cwt246.00–249.001,4509
HeifersMedium and Large 1—718206.27/cwt201.00–209.001,4816
SteersMedium and Large 1—653237.48/cwt230.00–239.001,5516
HeifersMedium and Large 1—275246.60/cwt244.00–250.006787
SteersMedium and Large 1—473259.01/cwt256.00–261.001,22520
SteersMedium and Large 1—621242.15/cwt240.00–245.001,50412
SteersMedium and Large 1—522252.54/cwt251.00–253.001,31815
SteersMedium and Large 2—418260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0877
HeifersMedium and Large 2—466217.37/cwt216.00–220.001,0139
HeifersMedium and Large 2—519210.26/cwt205.00–212.001,0914
HeifersMedium and Large 1—309242.99/cwt242.00–244.007516
HeifersMedium and Large 1—617216.87/cwt214.00–219.001,33837
HeifersMedium and Large 1—379234.94/cwt234.00–240.0089014
HeifersMedium and Large 1—533222.58/cwt219.00–225.001,18643
HeifersMedium and Large 1—466230.22/cwt225.00–234.001,07318
HeifersMedium and Large 1—565218.45/cwt213.00–222.001,23449
BullsMedium and Large 3—415231.71/cwt230.00–237.009624
HeifersMedium and Large 3—515201.00/cwt200.00–202.001,0352
HeifersMedium and Large 2—425222.47/cwt220.00–225.009454
HeifersMedium and Large 2—367229.23/cwt228.00–230.008418
BullsMedium and Large 3—590207.98/cwt207.00–210.001,2273
BullsMedium and Large 3—369241.89/cwt240.00–245.008937
BullsMedium and Large 2—312269.03/cwt268.00–270.008394
BullsMedium and Large 2—480230.62/cwt230.00–231.001,10710
BullsMedium and Large 3—465217.77/cwt217.00–220.001,0134
HeifersMedium and Large 1—432233.06/cwt227.00–236.001,00716
Bulls——1,478109.23/cwt106.00–112.001,6142
Bulls——1,390117.89/cwt116.00–120.001,6393
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,201101.40/cwt97.00–106.001,21823
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,405111.47/cwt107.00–116.001,56611
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,09993.90/cwt88.00–96.001,03216
Bulls——1,643127.27/cwt125.00–131.002,0913
CowsLean 85-90%—91792.97/cwt91.00–95.0085311
CowsLean 85-90%—94476.93/cwt73.00–81.0072612
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05387.30/cwt84.00–90.0091919

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.