Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2023-10-17

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Oct 17
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
704 head
▼ 163 vs last sale 867▼ 123 vs year ago 827 · −14.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
195 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 220▼ 304 vs year ago 499 · −60.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls 3.00 lower, feeder steers 7.00 higher, feeder heifers and bulls mostly steady, steer and heifer calves 5.00 higher, bull calves 10.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $215.25/cwt on 139 head.
Average price
$215.25
139 head · 482 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,038
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$244
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.78
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1479222.561,06566
Medium and Large 2514209.561,07855
Medium and Large 3399205.8382118thin
One grade step is worth $16.73/cwt here — about $244 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 sale139 hd
215.25
—
GA average16 barns · 2,176 hd
211.47
+3.78
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—Low1,497112.091,67816
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45595.161,3859thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,37288.661,21636
CowsLean 85-90%High1,13879.0990025

Every lot, as filed

50 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 1—436230.26/cwt225.00–231.001,0048
HeifersMedium and Large 1—393235.00/cwt232.00–238.009244
HeifersMedium and Large 3—509191.74/cwt190.00–197.009764
SteersMedium and Large 2—483243.48/cwt240.00–247.001,1762
SteersMedium and Large 1—618248.43/cwt245.00–249.001,5357
HeifersMedium and Large 2—525207.14/cwt200.00–210.001,08724
HeifersMedium and Large 2—386221.14/cwt220.00–225.008546
HeifersMedium and Large 1—521215.83/cwt211.00–220.001,12418
HeifersMedium and Large 1—338232.36/cwt230.00–234.0078512
SteersMedium and Large 1—569248.57/cwt247.00–252.001,4145
SteersMedium and Large 1—422264.74/cwt260.00–266.001,1175
HeifersMedium and Large 2—418218.06/cwt217.00–220.009113
HeifersMedium and Large 2—718183.48/cwt182.00–185.001,3172
HeifersMedium and Large 1—572220.13/cwt216.00–222.001,25911
HeifersMedium and Large 1—481219.71/cwt218.00–224.001,0579
SteersMedium and Large 2—630232.31/cwt231.00–235.001,4643
SteersMedium and Large 1—326291.71/cwt290.00–295.009513
SteersMedium and Large 1—668236.00/cwt235.00–237.001,5762
HeifersMedium and Large 3—412201.66/cwt200.00–202.008316
BullsMedium and Large 3—708173.51/cwt172.00–175.001,2282
BullsMedium and Large 1—575217.00/cwt212.00–222.001,2482
BullsMedium and Large 1—323295.83/cwt295.00–296.009566
BullsMedium and Large 1—458234.49/cwt232.00–237.001,0746
BullsMedium and Large 1—535222.66/cwt220.00–224.001,1913
BullsMedium and Large 1—364286.61/cwt280.00–290.001,0433
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,48892.61/cwt88.00–95.001,3787
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,41789.33/cwt85.00–93.001,26620
CowsLean 85-90%—1,14185.62/cwt84.00–88.009777
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11278.66/cwt76.00–83.0087512
CowsLean 85-90%—1,18772.32/cwt71.00–75.008586
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,340104.08/cwt103.00–105.001,3952
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17782.34/cwt80.00–84.009699
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,49494.87/cwt94.00–97.001,4177
Bulls——1,364109.84/cwt107.00–112.001,4988
Bulls——1,630114.33/cwt113.00–120.001,8648
BullsMedium and Large 2—318282.48/cwt280.00–285.008982
BullsMedium and Large 2—525207.48/cwt205.00–210.001,0894
BullsMedium and Large 2—363273.71/cwt268.00–277.009944
BullsMedium and Large 1—614207.54/cwt202.00–212.001,27410
BullsMedium and Large 3—556193.99/cwt190.00–196.001,0796
BullsMedium and Large 2—470224.96/cwt220.00–230.001,0573
HeifersMedium and Large 1—620208.76/cwt205.00–210.001,2944
HeifersMedium and Large 3—288223.35/cwt220.00–225.006433
BullsMedium and Large 1—441245.70/cwt245.00–250.001,0847
BullsMedium and Large 3—515197.48/cwt195.00–200.001,0172
BullsMedium and Large 3—288275.04/cwt270.00–280.007922
BullsMedium and Large 3—372251.99/cwt250.00–258.009374
HeifersMedium and Large 3—362211.59/cwt210.00–212.007665
HeifersMedium and Large 2—567208.33/cwt207.00–210.001,18114
HeifersMedium and Large 2—456215.01/cwt214.00–217.009806

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.