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
BullsLow1,507119.241,7978thin
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 1768173.19/cwt170.00–174.001,3305
BullsMedium and Large 1531227.02/cwt225.00–228.001,2053
BullsMedium and Large 1434257.27/cwt256.00–260.001,1179
BullsMedium and Large 1631212.23/cwt206.00–215.001,3394
BullsMedium and Large 1466239.00/cwt235.00–244.001,1149
BullsMedium and Large 1568224.57/cwt224.00–227.001,27621
SteersMedium and Large 1588246.63/cwt246.00–249.001,4509
HeifersMedium and Large 1718206.27/cwt201.00–209.001,4816
SteersMedium and Large 1653237.48/cwt230.00–239.001,5516
HeifersMedium and Large 1275246.60/cwt244.00–250.006787
SteersMedium and Large 1473259.01/cwt256.00–261.001,22520
SteersMedium and Large 1621242.15/cwt240.00–245.001,50412
SteersMedium and Large 1522252.54/cwt251.00–253.001,31815
SteersMedium and Large 2418260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0877
HeifersMedium and Large 2466217.37/cwt216.00–220.001,0139
HeifersMedium and Large 2519210.26/cwt205.00–212.001,0914
HeifersMedium and Large 1309242.99/cwt242.00–244.007516
HeifersMedium and Large 1617216.87/cwt214.00–219.001,33837
HeifersMedium and Large 1379234.94/cwt234.00–240.0089014
HeifersMedium and Large 1533222.58/cwt219.00–225.001,18643
HeifersMedium and Large 1466230.22/cwt225.00–234.001,07318
HeifersMedium and Large 1565218.45/cwt213.00–222.001,23449
BullsMedium and Large 3415231.71/cwt230.00–237.009624
HeifersMedium and Large 3515201.00/cwt200.00–202.001,0352
HeifersMedium and Large 2425222.47/cwt220.00–225.009454
HeifersMedium and Large 2367229.23/cwt228.00–230.008418
BullsMedium and Large 3590207.98/cwt207.00–210.001,2273
BullsMedium and Large 3369241.89/cwt240.00–245.008937
BullsMedium and Large 2312269.03/cwt268.00–270.008394
BullsMedium and Large 2480230.62/cwt230.00–231.001,10710
BullsMedium and Large 3465217.77/cwt217.00–220.001,0134
HeifersMedium and Large 1432233.06/cwt227.00–236.001,00716
Bulls1,478109.23/cwt106.00–112.001,6142
Bulls1,390117.89/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
Bulls1,643127.27/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.