Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2023-10-24

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Oct 24
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
676 head
28 vs last sale 704 40 vs year ago 716 · 5.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
175 head
20 vs last sale 195 48 vs year ago 127 · +37.8%
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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, bulls, and heifers lightly tested, steer calves 3.00 lower, bull and heifer calves 4.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $206.23/cwt on 88 head.
Average price
$206.23
88 head · 521 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,075
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$208
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.29
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548215.601,18135
Medium and Large 2508205.471,04426
Medium and Large 3499194.8197327
One grade step is worth $20.79/cwt here — about $208 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 sale88 hd
206.23
GA average16 barns · 1,222 hd
202.94
+3.29
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
BullsAverage1,861110.662,05916
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,64487.221,4349thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22087.171,06435
CowsLean 85-90%High1,09678.5086017

Every lot, as filed

43 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 2558206.19/cwt200.00–208.001,1519
HeifersMedium and Large 2406212.47/cwt210.00–214.008638
HeifersMedium and Large 3688164.01/cwt160.00–168.001,1282
HeifersMedium and Large 2470215.98/cwt215.00–217.001,0152
SteersMedium and Large 2458243.29/cwt242.00–245.001,1147
HeifersMedium and Large 3569193.24/cwt192.00–197.001,1004
HeifersMedium and Large 3319211.31/cwt210.00–212.006743
SteersMedium and Large 1505241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,2174
HeifersMedium and Large 1358225.79/cwt225.00–227.008085
HeifersMedium and Large 2664177.64/cwt175.00–179.001,1803
SteersMedium and Large 1590247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,45712
HeifersMedium and Large 3430202.14/cwt200.00–205.008697
HeifersMedium and Large 3533191.81/cwt190.00–195.001,02211
SteersMedium and Large 2521234.59/cwt230.00–236.001,22214
SteersMedium and Large 2637226.51/cwt225.00–227.001,4438
BullsMedium and Large 1425243.46/cwt240.00–247.001,0352
BullsMedium and Large 3558192.49/cwt190.00–195.001,0744
BullsMedium and Large 2472220.40/cwt220.00–222.001,0405
BullsMedium and Large 3534191.64/cwt190.00–195.001,0239
BullsMedium and Large 1520219.00/cwt218.00–220.001,1396
BullsMedium and Large 1588216.01/cwt215.00–217.001,2702
HeifersMedium and Large 1569212.13/cwt211.00–215.001,2077
HeifersMedium and Large 2620191.03/cwt187.00–195.001,1842
HeifersMedium and Large 1423229.24/cwt227.00–230.009704
HeifersMedium and Large 1645211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,36115
HeifersMedium and Large 1509212.52/cwt211.00–214.001,0824
BullsMedium and Large 3474216.22/cwt215.00–217.001,0255
BullsMedium and Large 2431232.28/cwt230.00–237.001,0019
BullsMedium and Large 3282277.59/cwt272.00–280.007833
BullsMedium and Large 2514211.96/cwt210.00–215.001,0895
HeifersMedium and Large 2385219.94/cwt215.00–225.008472
BullsMedium and Large 2322277.32/cwt275.00–280.008933
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21595.32/cwt94.00–97.001,1584
Bulls1,957112.31/cwt108.00–115.002,1988
Bulls1,852116.68/cwt116.00–117.002,1613
Bulls1,713104.41/cwt102.00–106.001,7895
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28088.01/cwt84.00–93.001,12722
CowsLean 85-90%1,13584.32/cwt84.00–85.009573
CowsLean 85-90%1,14578.94/cwt77.00–82.0090411
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07681.49/cwt79.00–83.008779
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42790.18/cwt88.00–92.001,2875
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,91583.51/cwt83.00–84.001,5994
CowsLean 85-90%87771.08/cwt69.00–74.006233

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.