Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2023-10-10

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Oct 10
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
867 head
▼ 139 vs last sale 1,006▲ 85 vs year ago 782 · +10.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
220 head
▼ 76 vs last sale 296▲ 35 vs year ago 185 · +18.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and heifers mostly steady, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves steady, bull and 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 $210.00/cwt on 164 head.
Average price
$210.00
164 head · 464 lb average
Value per head Derived
$975
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$54
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.48
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1444221.7898445
Medium and Large 3456205.5893780
Medium and Large 2505205.451,03839
One grade step is worth $16.33/cwt here — about −$54 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 sale164 hd
210.00
—
GA average15 barns · 1,228 hd
206.52
+3.48
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—Low1,552116.941,81510
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54392.981,43512
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19787.311,04560
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11479.0788035

Every lot, as filed

46 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 2—479221.60/cwt220.00–222.001,0615
BullsMedium and Large 2—553198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,09511
BullsMedium and Large 2—356245.72/cwt245.00–250.008757
BullsMedium and Large 3—563187.22/cwt185.00–194.001,0548
BullsMedium and Large 3—462209.75/cwt208.00–212.009699
BullsMedium and Large 3—618183.32/cwt180.00–185.001,1333
SteersMedium and Large 2—592233.61/cwt230.00–234.001,38310
SteersMedium and Large 2—635217.91/cwt217.00–218.001,38411
SteersMedium and Large 1—682231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,5753
SteersMedium and Large 2—378261.19/cwt260.00–264.0098722
SteersMedium and Large 3—568213.26/cwt210.00–220.001,2113
SteersMedium and Large 3—545220.82/cwt220.00–226.001,2037
HeifersMedium and Large 2—531204.38/cwt202.00–210.001,0855
HeifersMedium and Large 2—694192.41/cwt190.00–193.001,3355
SteersMedium and Large 1—560241.36/cwt240.00–244.001,3529
SteersMedium and Large 1—493251.83/cwt250.00–252.001,24211
SteersMedium and Large 1—537248.52/cwt247.00–249.001,3354
SteersMedium and Large 1—772215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,66015
HeifersMedium and Large 3—519196.60/cwt194.00–200.001,0208
HeifersMedium and Large 3—286225.92/cwt225.00–226.0064612
SteersMedium and Large 2—504234.28/cwt230.00–235.001,1817
SteersMedium and Large 3—431237.98/cwt235.00–240.001,0268
HeifersMedium and Large 1—338229.71/cwt226.00–230.0077613
HeifersMedium and Large 1—521214.84/cwt212.00–215.001,11919
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475215.75/cwt215.00–216.001,0254
HeifersMedium and Large 1—419227.67/cwt225.00–228.009549
HeifersMedium and Large 2—606192.65/cwt190.00–194.001,1676
SteersMedium and Large 1—735217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,5953
HeifersMedium and Large 2—467211.71/cwt210.00–215.009893
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325216.02/cwt215.00–217.007022
HeifersMedium and Large 3—587195.18/cwt190.00–196.001,14614
HeifersMedium and Large 3—438207.01/cwt198.00–209.0090740
HeifersMedium and Large 3—625179.48/cwt177.00–182.001,1224
HeifersMedium and Large 2—427211.88/cwt209.00–217.0090520
Bulls——1,573111.52/cwt108.00–114.001,7544
Bulls——1,575118.86/cwt115.00–123.001,8725
Bulls——1,350129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,7421
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13595.55/cwt94.00–98.001,0848
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21581.43/cwt77.00–85.0098919
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,48290.63/cwt86.00–93.001,3433
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06479.87/cwt76.00–83.0085017
CowsLean 85-90%—1,14386.17/cwt84.00–89.009859
CowsLean 85-90%—1,17870.44/cwt67.00–74.008309
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20288.70/cwt85.00–93.001,06633
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,451101.57/cwt98.00–103.001,4745
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,70484.00/cwt81.00–85.001,4314

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.