Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2023-08-01

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Aug 1
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,082 head
▲ 915 vs last sale 167▲ 556 vs year ago 526 · +105.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
293 head
▼ 435 vs last sale 728▲ 222 vs year ago 71 · +312.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers 6.00 lower, feeder bulls 3.00 lower, feeder heifers mostly steady, steer and bull calves 4.00 lower, heifer calves unevenly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $217.19/cwt on 216 head.
Average price
$217.19
216 head · 513 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,114
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$283
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.05
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551218.151,203131
Medium and Large 2458217.9699866
Medium and Large 3442207.9292019thin
One grade step is worth $10.23/cwt here — about $283 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 sale216 hd
217.19
—
GA average15 barns · 1,483 hd
211.14
+6.05
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—High1,387121.301,6829thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,509105.361,5905thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,226104.291,27950
CowsLean 85-90%Low96588.4885448

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
HeifersMedium and Large 2—310234.97/cwt230.00–236.007286
HeifersMedium and Large 2—730188.48/cwt187.00–190.001,3762
HeifersMedium and Large 2—488215.37/cwt210.00–217.001,05117
SteersMedium and Large 1—672233.51/cwt226.00–235.001,5696
SteersMedium and Large 1—418262.49/cwt260.00–265.001,0972
SteersMedium and Large 1—365270.00/cwt265.00–275.009862
SteersMedium and Large 1—508250.49/cwt247.00–251.001,2728
HeifersMedium and Large 1—426227.22/cwt224.00–232.009688
HeifersMedium and Large 1—639214.41/cwt209.00–217.001,37048
SteersMedium and Large 2—472241.61/cwt239.00–247.001,14019
SteersMedium and Large 2—432250.13/cwt249.00–252.001,08113
SteersMedium and Large 1—473261.34/cwt259.00–262.001,2369
SteersMedium and Large 3—513229.99/cwt227.00–231.001,1804
SteersMedium and Large 2—633225.17/cwt220.00–226.001,4257
SteersMedium and Large 1—591241.14/cwt240.00–242.001,4257
SteersMedium and Large 2—588232.98/cwt229.00–237.001,3708
SteersMedium and Large 2—323268.80/cwt262.00–272.008683
SteersMedium and Large 2—690220.21/cwt220.00–226.001,51954
SteersMedium and Large 1—622234.08/cwt234.00–235.001,45613
SteersMedium and Large 2—526239.71/cwt233.00–243.001,26127
BullsMedium and Large 2—475216.40/cwt215.00–218.001,02810
BullsMedium and Large 2—574206.15/cwt200.00–208.001,1836
BullsMedium and Large 2—523210.03/cwt205.00–211.001,0986
BullsMedium and Large 1—605206.00/cwt202.00–210.001,2462
BullsMedium and Large 1—664198.87/cwt197.00–200.001,3208
BullsMedium and Large 1—425252.63/cwt250.00–254.001,0743
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,547110.58/cwt107.00–115.001,7113
Bulls——1,467128.26/cwt125.00–132.001,8823
CowsLean 85-90%—88778.70/cwt75.00–83.006989
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02796.07/cwt94.00–100.0098714
CowsLean 85-90%—95887.75/cwt84.00–92.0084125
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,45397.53/cwt95.00–100.001,4172
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13894.71/cwt94.00–97.001,0789
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,243110.60/cwt108.00–116.001,37516
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,247103.71/cwt99.00–107.001,29325
Bulls——1,375121.44/cwt118.00–123.001,6704
Bulls——1,290110.58/cwt109.00–112.001,4262
HeifersMedium and Large 1—465221.22/cwt218.00–224.001,02939
BullsMedium and Large 3—469211.06/cwt205.00–214.009909
BullsMedium and Large 3—379228.81/cwt228.00–230.008677
BullsMedium and Large 3—513201.23/cwt200.00–205.001,0324
BullsMedium and Large 3—423224.58/cwt220.00–230.0095016
BullsMedium and Large 3—591197.55/cwt190.00–200.001,1684
HeifersMedium and Large 3—530197.38/cwt192.00–200.001,0463
HeifersMedium and Large 2—558212.38/cwt210.00–213.001,1855
HeifersMedium and Large 2—426218.29/cwt216.00–221.0093013
HeifersMedium and Large 2—525211.48/cwt207.00–213.001,11011
HeifersMedium and Large 3—428210.43/cwt206.00–214.0090110
HeifersMedium and Large 3—372215.68/cwt215.00–216.008023
HeifersMedium and Large 3—473202.32/cwt200.00–207.009573
HeifersMedium and Large 1—510221.62/cwt217.00–224.001,1309
HeifersMedium and Large 1—571216.52/cwt215.00–224.001,23627
HeifersMedium and Large 2—374225.97/cwt220.00–227.0084512

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.