Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2023-08-29

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Aug 29
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
611 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 583▼ 245 vs year ago 856 · −28.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
273 head
▲ 51 vs last sale 222▲ 25 vs year ago 248 · +10.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $241.42/cwt on 122 head.
Average price
$241.42
122 head · 605 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,460
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$75
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.29
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1590244.361,44397
Medium and Large 2660230.051,51725
One grade step is worth $14.31/cwt here — about −$75 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 sale122 hd
241.42
—
GA average16 barns · 858 hd
246.72
−5.29
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—High1,487128.011,90412
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,460120.591,7612thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,113103.101,14830
CowsLean 85-90%Average97488.0285746

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
BullsMedium and Large 1—315281.92/cwt277.00–287.008882
BullsMedium and Large 1—278290.35/cwt287.00–292.008073
BullsMedium and Large 1—424239.10/cwt238.00–240.001,0149
BullsMedium and Large 1—383253.63/cwt250.00–254.0097110
BullsMedium and Large 1—482226.44/cwt225.00–227.001,09111
BullsMedium and Large 2—373241.03/cwt240.00–242.008992
SteersMedium and Large 1—578246.80/cwt244.00–251.001,4279
SteersMedium and Large 2—643230.58/cwt226.00–235.001,48312
HeifersMedium and Large 1—674217.18/cwt216.00–218.001,4645
SteersMedium and Large 1—438261.81/cwt257.00–265.001,14717
SteersMedium and Large 1—521249.29/cwt243.00–253.001,29924
SteersMedium and Large 1—740229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,69540
SteersMedium and Large 2—675229.56/cwt226.00–232.001,55013
SteersMedium and Large 1—359269.65/cwt264.00–274.009687
HeifersMedium and Large 2—778190.53/cwt189.00–192.001,4822
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373231.12/cwt226.00–234.008624
HeifersMedium and Large 2—527220.06/cwt214.00–224.001,1605
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425212.96/cwt210.00–216.009052
HeifersMedium and Large 2—580214.44/cwt211.00–218.001,2442
HeifersMedium and Large 1—524233.74/cwt230.00–235.001,2254
BullsMedium and Large 2—631202.48/cwt202.00–204.001,2784
HeifersMedium and Large 1—627226.68/cwt225.00–227.001,4216
HeifersMedium and Large 1—331239.29/cwt239.00–245.0079220
HeifersMedium and Large 2—432229.11/cwt228.00–231.009908
HeifersMedium and Large 3—513205.98/cwt201.00–211.001,0572
HeifersMedium and Large 3—329226.26/cwt226.00–227.007444
BullsMedium and Large 2—474217.41/cwt217.00–218.001,0315
BullsMedium and Large 2—588202.47/cwt200.00–205.001,1912
BullsMedium and Large 3—377223.34/cwt222.00–224.008423
BullsMedium and Large 2—511217.17/cwt216.00–220.001,1106
BullsMedium and Large 3—457207.67/cwt207.00–208.009493
BullsMedium and Large 3—664183.50/cwt182.00–184.001,2184
Bulls——1,528133.36/cwt132.00–134.002,0383
Bulls——1,463116.76/cwt114.00–120.001,7082
Bulls——1,477128.93/cwt123.00–131.001,9047
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,165112.98/cwt110.00–117.001,3165
CowsBoner 80-85%—96897.96/cwt95.00–101.0094814
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,275105.15/cwt102.00–109.001,34111
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,460120.59/cwt120.00–121.001,7612
CowsLean 85-90%—98488.94/cwt86.00–93.0087525
CowsLean 85-90%—98495.47/cwt94.00–98.009397
CowsLean 85-90%—95182.65/cwt78.00–85.0078614

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.