Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2023-11-14

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Nov 14
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
719 head
442 vs last sale 1,161 196 vs year ago 523 · +37.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
174 head
5 vs last sale 179 58 vs year ago 116 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 higher, feeder steers and bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers 4.00 lower, steer calves 9.00 lower, bull calves 6.00 lower, heifer calves 2.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $208.62/cwt on 90 head.
Average price
$208.62
90 head · 480 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,001
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$114
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.01
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1482213.781,03117thin
Medium and Large 2481208.241,00167
Medium and Large 3463198.209176thin
One grade step is worth $15.58/cwt here — about $114 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 sale90 hd
208.62
GA average17 barns · 2,427 hd
198.60
+10.01
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
BullsAverage1,490116.771,74013
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12892.741,04630
CowsLean 85-90%Average98582.5381339

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
BullsMedium and Large 3723159.90/cwt154.00–163.001,1566
BullsMedium and Large 3480213.36/cwt213.00–217.001,02422
BullsMedium and Large 3418225.03/cwt220.00–230.009414
BullsMedium and Large 2577192.66/cwt190.00–194.001,1123
BullsMedium and Large 1515217.01/cwt215.00–218.001,1183
BullsMedium and Large 2630181.64/cwt180.00–185.001,1443
SteersMedium and Large 3593214.46/cwt210.00–219.001,2726
SteersMedium and Large 2622220.48/cwt220.00–222.001,3718
SteersMedium and Large 2469233.19/cwt231.00–240.001,09414
SteersMedium and Large 1478246.21/cwt246.00–247.001,1779
HeifersMedium and Large 2462211.34/cwt208.00–215.0097628
HeifersMedium and Large 3558187.51/cwt185.00–190.001,0462
HeifersMedium and Large 2635187.52/cwt185.00–190.001,1918
HeifersMedium and Large 2661183.59/cwt182.00–184.001,2145
SteersMedium and Large 2583221.67/cwt220.00–222.001,2926
SteersMedium and Large 3368254.47/cwt252.00–260.009367
HeifersMedium and Large 2436217.23/cwt210.00–219.009476
HeifersMedium and Large 2567194.40/cwt194.00–195.001,1025
HeifersMedium and Large 2375223.68/cwt220.00–225.0083912
HeifersMedium and Large 2313218.98/cwt217.00–220.006853
SteersMedium and Large 2534231.72/cwt230.00–232.001,2377
HeifersMedium and Large 1376228.24/cwt227.00–229.008589
BullsMedium and Large 2707167.66/cwt165.00–169.001,1853
BullsMedium and Large 2769159.46/cwt157.00–162.001,2262
BullsMedium and Large 2475222.53/cwt220.00–225.001,0572
HeifersMedium and Large 1658189.17/cwt189.00–190.001,2456
HeifersMedium and Large 1433222.54/cwt220.00–225.009642
HeifersMedium and Large 3415203.54/cwt200.00–207.008454
BullsMedium and Large 2369252.99/cwt250.00–260.009345
BullsMedium and Large 1482230.16/cwt227.00–235.001,10911
BullsMedium and Large 1625200.66/cwt200.00–202.001,2543
BullsMedium and Large 2535208.41/cwt205.00–212.001,1154
BullsMedium and Large 1573200.75/cwt200.00–201.001,1504
BullsMedium and Large 3518192.54/cwt190.00–195.009972
Bulls1,424116.95/cwt114.00–120.001,6657
Bulls1,653110.48/cwt109.00–111.001,8263
CowsLean 85-90%1,01282.52/cwt78.00–86.0083519
Bulls1,480122.65/cwt120.00–125.001,8153
CowsLean 85-90%87174.42/cwt70.00–77.006488
CowsLean 85-90%1,01787.95/cwt86.00–92.0089412
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08793.42/cwt90.00–98.001,01516
CowsBoner 80-85%1,189104.83/cwt102.00–108.001,2464
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17086.83/cwt82.00–89.001,01610

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.