Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2024-01-30

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Jan 30
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
852 head
123 vs last sale 975 261 vs year ago 591 · +44.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
287 head
108 vs last sale 179 112 vs year ago 175 · +64.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls 6.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers 5.00 higher, feeder steers 10.00 higher, steer, heifer, and bull calves 15.00 to 17.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $287.20/cwt on 188 head. That ranks 29 of 28 comparable sales and sits +80.40 against this barn's trailing median of $206.80.
Average price
$287.20
188 head · 459 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,320
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$336
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$25.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+30.70
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3356303.571,08030
Medium and Large 2425294.581,25256
Medium and Large 1509278.341,416102
One grade step is worth $25.23/cwt here — about −$336 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

28 sales
233212190169median 206.8012/1602/2404/2106/1608/04
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $218.83, low $183.05, median $206.80 across 28 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale188 hd
287.20
GA average16 barns · 1,304 hd
256.50
+30.70
This barn, trailing median28 sales
206.80
+80.40
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
BullsLow1,679123.122,06710
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,563109.031,7042thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,208105.121,27041
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07487.0293447

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
BullsMedium and Large 2532259.56/cwt257.00–267.001,3817
BullsMedium and Large 2476278.70/cwt276.00–280.001,3276
HeifersMedium and Large 2416267.26/cwt263.00–272.001,11217
HeifersMedium and Large 2510245.50/cwt242.00–246.001,25210
HeifersMedium and Large 1505257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,2985
HeifersMedium and Large 1672213.75/cwt210.00–215.001,4364
HeifersMedium and Large 3383263.55/cwt260.00–267.001,00910
HeifersMedium and Large 3260272.50/cwt270.00–275.007094
SteersMedium and Large 3534274.43/cwt272.00–277.001,4652
SteersMedium and Large 3465284.66/cwt282.00–287.001,3243
HeifersMedium and Large 3575215.99/cwt215.00–217.001,2422
HeifersMedium and Large 3335267.04/cwt266.00–270.008957
HeifersMedium and Large 3465243.48/cwt242.00–245.001,1324
HeifersMedium and Large 2386272.14/cwt270.00–280.001,05019
SteersMedium and Large 2489295.97/cwt293.00–299.001,44714
SteersMedium and Large 1657246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,6164
HeifersMedium and Large 2630214.44/cwt212.00–217.001,3512
HeifersMedium and Large 1329296.64/cwt294.00–300.0097610
HeifersMedium and Large 3419251.86/cwt250.00–257.001,0554
HeifersMedium and Large 2485252.49/cwt250.00–255.001,2258
SteersMedium and Large 1761230.33/cwt229.00–231.001,7536
SteersMedium and Large 1605269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,6275
SteersMedium and Large 1429320.35/cwt320.00–322.001,37411
SteersMedium and Large 1528297.86/cwt296.00–301.001,5738
HeifersMedium and Large 2587226.93/cwt220.00–229.001,3329
HeifersMedium and Large 1568236.02/cwt233.00–240.001,34115
SteersMedium and Large 1555279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,5484
SteersMedium and Large 1463310.00/cwt306.00–314.001,43517
SteersMedium and Large 2523280.62/cwt280.00–285.001,4688
SteersMedium and Large 2436308.81/cwt305.00–312.001,3464
BullsMedium and Large 3371300.03/cwt298.00–307.001,11311
BullsMedium and Large 3325321.45/cwt318.00–325.001,0456
BullsMedium and Large 1437307.22/cwt300.00–309.001,34312
BullsMedium and Large 1375328.94/cwt325.00–334.001,23411
BullsMedium and Large 1234358.25/cwt355.00–360.008383
BullsMedium and Large 1556255.56/cwt254.00–260.001,4219
CowsLean 85-90%1,06589.11/cwt85.00–92.0094923
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,563109.03/cwt108.00–110.001,7042
CowsLean 85-90%1,13594.50/cwt93.00–97.001,07310
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20899.15/cwt95.00–104.001,19816
CowsBoner 80-85%1,265115.49/cwt115.00–116.001,4612
Bulls1,565113.74/cwt110.00–116.001,7804
CowsBoner 80-85%1,203108.38/cwt105.00–114.001,30423
CowsLean 85-90%1,04478.25/cwt74.00–82.0081714
Bulls1,902134.59/cwt130.00–138.002,5603
Bulls1,608124.15/cwt121.00–127.001,9963
BullsMedium and Large 2379318.63/cwt312.00–322.001,20812
BullsMedium and Large 2422293.61/cwt290.00–297.001,2399
BullsMedium and Large 3230332.66/cwt330.00–335.007652
BullsMedium and Large 3263322.91/cwt320.00–325.008495
BullsMedium and Large 3475264.55/cwt260.00–269.001,2572
BullsMedium and Large 3445282.00/cwt277.00–287.001,2552
BullsMedium and Large 1522277.64/cwt272.00–280.001,44925
BullsMedium and Large 2621217.55/cwt210.00–220.001,3514
BullsMedium and Large 1478290.80/cwt288.00–295.001,3906
BullsMedium and Large 3515252.48/cwt250.00–255.001,3002
BullsMedium and Large 1632231.68/cwt231.00–234.001,46430
BullsMedium and Large 1323345.75/cwt342.00–350.001,1176
BullsMedium and Large 2312330.59/cwt328.00–338.001,03115
HeifersMedium and Large 1430280.84/cwt274.00–283.001,20833
HeifersMedium and Large 1636230.75/cwt225.00–231.001,46824
BullsMedium and Large 2573237.34/cwt235.00–240.001,3603

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.