Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2024-01-23

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Jan 23
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
975 head
▲ 128 vs last sale 847▲ 217 vs year ago 758 · +28.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
179 head
▲ 54 vs last sale 125▲ 62 vs year ago 117 · +53.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers 2.00 higher, feeder bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers 8.00 higher, steer and heifer calves 7.00 to 9.00 higher, bull calves 6.00 higher, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $235.70/cwt on 274 head.
Average price
$235.70
274 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,232
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$79
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$34.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.44
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1522242.511,265179
Medium and Large 2499231.391,15560
Medium and Large 3569208.261,18635
One grade step is worth $34.25/cwt here — about $79 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 sale274 hd
235.70
—
GA average14 barns · 1,292 hd
232.26
+3.44
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—High1,567122.011,91210
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,610116.041,86814
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,299107.981,40336
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04287.9591741

Every lot, as filed

62 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—376263.94/cwt260.00–268.0099216
HeifersMedium and Large 1—566227.68/cwt223.00–231.001,28916
HeifersMedium and Large 2—465233.46/cwt230.00–237.001,0862
SteersMedium and Large 1—513264.02/cwt262.00–266.001,35412
SteersMedium and Large 1—363308.51/cwt307.00–310.001,1202
HeifersMedium and Large 2—523226.54/cwt222.00–229.001,18515
HeifersMedium and Large 2—728183.44/cwt180.00–187.001,3352
HeifersMedium and Large 2—558222.51/cwt220.00–225.001,2422
HeifersMedium and Large 1—653218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,4247
SteersMedium and Large 2—471275.56/cwt275.00–277.001,2987
SteersMedium and Large 2—674228.12/cwt223.00–231.001,53821
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—520253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,31658
HeifersMedium and Large 3—517213.32/cwt210.00–215.001,1033
HeifersMedium and Large 1—610221.52/cwt221.00–222.001,35119
HeifersMedium and Large 2—417241.42/cwt237.00–244.001,00713
SteersMedium and Large 3—624219.29/cwt215.00–222.001,3684
SteersMedium and Large 2—407293.36/cwt288.00–295.001,1949
SteersMedium and Large 1—318327.99/cwt320.00–330.001,0435
SteersMedium and Large 1—739223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,6487
SteersMedium and Large 1—613246.48/cwt245.00–248.001,51116
HeifersMedium and Large 3—613202.38/cwt200.00–207.001,2413
SteersMedium and Large 1—457295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3483
SteersMedium and Large 1—431297.76/cwt296.00–304.001,28311
SteersMedium and Large 2—581244.52/cwt240.00–248.001,4218
SteersMedium and Large 2—756209.01/cwt204.00–213.001,5809
BullsMedium and Large 2—373289.30/cwt285.00–292.001,0795
BullsMedium and Large 2—430281.38/cwt277.00–285.001,2103
BullsMedium and Large 1—461280.32/cwt278.00–285.001,29210
BullsMedium and Large 3—432262.04/cwt260.00–270.001,1325
BullsMedium and Large 1—386303.47/cwt297.00–305.001,1715
BullsMedium and Large 2—708202.34/cwt200.00–205.001,4333
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,167102.98/cwt99.00–108.001,20218
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,540120.08/cwt119.00–121.001,8492
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,418112.10/cwt109.00–117.001,59016
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06180.09/cwt77.00–84.0085013
CowsLean 85-90%—96988.75/cwt85.00–92.0086015
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,509113.96/cwt110.00–118.001,7209
CowsLean 85-90%—1,10894.90/cwt93.00–98.001,05113
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,792119.79/cwt119.00–121.002,1475
Bulls——1,591124.96/cwt121.00–130.001,9887
Bulls——1,510115.13/cwt114.00–116.001,7383
BullsMedium and Large 2—541241.22/cwt240.00–245.001,3054
BullsMedium and Large 1—565244.97/cwt242.00–248.001,3844
BullsMedium and Large 1—511250.99/cwt250.00–255.001,2835
BullsMedium and Large 1—408292.48/cwt290.00–295.001,1932
BullsMedium and Large 2—775186.05/cwt184.00–190.001,4423
BullsMedium and Large 1—277311.35/cwt310.00–312.008623
HeifersMedium and Large 1—480244.61/cwt238.00–248.001,17432
HeifersMedium and Large 1—430252.73/cwt250.00–254.001,0876
HeifersMedium and Large 3—421228.40/cwt225.00–235.009625
HeifersMedium and Large 3—492221.21/cwt220.00–225.001,0884
BullsMedium and Large 1—320313.50/cwt310.00–317.001,0034
BullsMedium and Large 2—560228.50/cwt228.00–230.001,2804
HeifersMedium and Large 1—531238.73/cwt233.00–239.001,26821
HeifersMedium and Large 2—383252.83/cwt250.00–255.0096810
HeifersMedium and Large 2—645216.00/cwt214.00–218.001,3934
HeifersMedium and Large 2—325259.76/cwt257.00–262.008444
HeifersMedium and Large 3—568204.53/cwt202.00–207.001,1622
HeifersMedium and Large 3—370243.59/cwt240.00–247.009012
HeifersMedium and Large 2—683204.55/cwt202.00–206.001,3978
HeifersMedium and Large 3—662194.94/cwt194.00–195.001,29116
HeifersMedium and Large 1—727194.27/cwt192.00–195.001,4124

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.