Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2023-12-19

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Dec 19
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
471 head
402 vs last sale 873 267 vs year ago 738 · 36.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
192 head
12 vs last sale 204 0 vs year ago 192 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $218.59/cwt on 95 head.
Average price
$218.59
95 head · 474 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,036
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$264
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.81
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1517224.581,16046
Medium and Large 2437216.1394527
Medium and Large 3429209.0989722
One grade step is worth $15.48/cwt here — about $264 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 sale95 hd
218.59
GA average16 barns · 1,493 hd
206.79
+11.81
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
BullsAverage1,507108.901,6417thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,488106.571,5868thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20793.631,13032
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07282.4088435

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 3478226.52/cwt222.00–228.001,0834
BullsMedium and Large 3558177.51/cwt175.00–180.009912
BullsMedium and Large 3423226.62/cwt225.00–230.009593
BullsMedium and Large 2387271.36/cwt268.00–278.001,0503
BullsMedium and Large 2487240.81/cwt237.00–241.001,17321
BullsMedium and Large 1288293.59/cwt290.00–297.008462
SteersMedium and Large 1705208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,4664
SteersMedium and Large 2490253.23/cwt250.00–254.001,2415
SteersMedium and Large 1566237.50/cwt235.00–238.001,3446
SteersMedium and Large 1431277.87/cwt270.00–280.001,1986
SteersMedium and Large 3475245.96/cwt242.00–250.001,1682
SteersMedium and Large 3433253.65/cwt253.00–255.001,0983
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added465276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,2837
SteersMedium and Large 1317293.26/cwt290.00–300.009303
SteersMedium and Large 1667219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,4616
SteersMedium and Large 1541244.83/cwt240.00–246.001,32510
HeifersMedium and Large 2471221.35/cwt220.00–222.001,0433
HeifersMedium and Large 2582195.64/cwt195.00–197.001,1393
HeifersMedium and Large 2335231.54/cwt230.00–232.007764
HeifersMedium and Large 2527204.49/cwt202.00–212.001,0784
HeifersMedium and Large 2258231.01/cwt230.00–232.005962
HeifersMedium and Large 3477209.31/cwt205.00–211.009987
HeifersMedium and Large 1514219.57/cwt217.00–221.001,12914
HeifersMedium and Large 1660206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,3603
BullsMedium and Large 1563203.99/cwt202.00–205.001,1483
BullsMedium and Large 1363278.49/cwt277.00–280.001,0114
HeifersMedium and Large 1470228.72/cwt226.00–236.001,0759
HeifersMedium and Large 3233235.27/cwt230.00–240.005482
HeifersMedium and Large 2426216.23/cwt214.00–220.0092111
HeifersMedium and Large 3430212.06/cwt210.00–213.009123
BullsMedium and Large 1435251.63/cwt250.00–255.001,0953
BullsMedium and Large 1466248.03/cwt245.00–250.001,1565
BullsMedium and Large 1516234.02/cwt232.00–237.001,2085
HeifersMedium and Large 3360217.00/cwt215.00–220.007815
HeifersMedium and Large 3508188.63/cwt187.00–195.009585
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added518229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,18620
Bulls1,437111.57/cwt110.00–113.001,6033
Bulls1,655121.00/cwt121.00–121.002,0031
Bulls1,528102.19/cwt100.00–107.001,5613
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,488106.57/cwt103.00–111.001,5868
CowsLean 85-90%1,12977.19/cwt75.00–79.0087110
CowsLean 85-90%1,03082.36/cwt79.00–86.0084817
CowsLean 85-90%1,09289.01/cwt87.00–92.009728
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15094.36/cwt92.00–100.001,08515
CowsBoner 80-85%1,299106.87/cwt104.00–110.001,3885
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24087.20/cwt85.00–90.001,08112

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.