Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2024-02-06

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Feb 6
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
827 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 852▼ 264 vs year ago 1,091 · −24.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
165 head
▼ 122 vs last sale 287▼ 55 vs year ago 220 · −25.0%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers steady to 6.00 lower, feeder heifers steady, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer and bull calves steady, 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 $248.95/cwt on 187 head.
Average price
$248.95
187 head · 487 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,213
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$48
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$27.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.95
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2447257.021,14983
Medium and Large 1518251.311,30362
Medium and Large 3521229.511,19742
One grade step is worth $27.51/cwt here — about −$48 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 sale187 hd
248.95
—
GA average14 barns · 1,951 hd
244.00
+4.95
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—Average1,636119.851,96111
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,626120.391,9585thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,365105.741,44324
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,09387.3095424

Every lot, as filed

63 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—664222.25/cwt220.00–223.001,4764
HeifersMedium and Large 2—431266.34/cwt264.00–272.001,14812
SteersMedium and Large 1—475309.96/cwt304.00–314.001,47223
HeifersMedium and Large 3—430256.94/cwt256.00–260.001,1054
HeifersMedium and Large 2—565227.14/cwt225.00–230.001,2838
HeifersMedium and Large 3—662185.22/cwt184.00–190.001,2265
HeifersMedium and Large 1—607224.45/cwt222.00–225.001,36211
HeifersMedium and Large 2—288285.67/cwt285.00–290.008237
SteersMedium and Large 2—364324.44/cwt322.00–327.001,1817
HeifersMedium and Large 2—335282.23/cwt282.00–285.0094512
HeifersMedium and Large 1—435275.70/cwt274.00–278.001,1997
HeifersMedium and Large 2—466249.17/cwt245.00–255.001,16110
SteersMedium and Large 3—563262.82/cwt260.00–265.001,4805
SteersMedium and Large 1—604256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,54610
SteersMedium and Large 2—544286.74/cwt285.00–295.001,56011
SteersMedium and Large 1—741229.33/cwt228.00–230.001,6999
SteersMedium and Large 1—655240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5727
HeifersMedium and Large 1—329296.75/cwt290.00–300.009763
SteersMedium and Large 2—584271.21/cwt269.00–275.001,58416
SteersMedium and Large 3—373315.68/cwt315.00–317.001,1773
SteersMedium and Large 1—567287.57/cwt286.00–294.001,6315
SteersMedium and Large 3—795199.13/cwt198.00–207.001,5838
SteersMedium and Large 3—525279.52/cwt277.00–282.001,4672
SteersMedium and Large 1—509300.21/cwt297.00–304.001,52830
SteersMedium and Large 2—433313.00/cwt308.00–318.001,35512
BullsMedium and Large 3—365302.04/cwt299.00–305.001,1022
BullsMedium and Large 1—320345.95/cwt342.00–350.001,1075
BullsMedium and Large 1—575253.39/cwt250.00–260.001,4573
BullsMedium and Large 1—508277.16/cwt272.00–282.001,4086
BullsMedium and Large 1—459294.93/cwt289.00–298.001,3543
BullsMedium and Large 1—374328.67/cwt328.00–330.001,2293
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,647124.63/cwt120.00–129.002,0533
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,595114.03/cwt109.00–119.001,8192
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,444115.96/cwt114.00–119.001,6744
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,407107.46/cwt103.00–112.001,51212
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,26198.05/cwt95.00–102.001,2368
Bulls——1,589121.93/cwt118.00–127.001,9377
CowsLean 85-90%—1,09077.56/cwt74.00–80.008456
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04094.57/cwt93.00–97.009847
CowsLean 85-90%—1,12887.99/cwt84.00–92.0099311
Bulls——1,719116.21/cwt116.00–117.001,9984
BullsMedium and Large 2—377316.76/cwt305.00–322.001,1946
BullsMedium and Large 2—510265.73/cwt258.00–268.001,35517
BullsMedium and Large 1—704200.25/cwt200.00–202.001,4108
BullsMedium and Large 2—337332.71/cwt332.00–335.001,1214
BullsMedium and Large 3—564230.81/cwt230.00–232.001,3025
BullsMedium and Large 3—523254.98/cwt250.00–260.001,3344
HeifersMedium and Large 1—391286.06/cwt280.00–288.001,1184
HeifersMedium and Large 1—555246.71/cwt239.00–248.001,36914
BullsMedium and Large 2—414294.14/cwt290.00–297.001,21810
BullsMedium and Large 2—590240.71/cwt240.00–245.001,4207
BullsMedium and Large 1—446306.64/cwt300.00–310.001,36810
BullsMedium and Large 3—324316.55/cwt314.00–322.001,0266
HeifersMedium and Large 2—613211.00/cwt210.00–212.001,2934
HeifersMedium and Large 1—474258.87/cwt255.00–260.001,2279
HeifersMedium and Large 3—383262.57/cwt260.00–268.001,0063
HeifersMedium and Large 3—627201.62/cwt200.00–205.001,2643
BullsMedium and Large 2—483277.37/cwt274.00–282.001,3406
HeifersMedium and Large 2—528240.15/cwt237.00–245.001,26819
HeifersMedium and Large 1—517247.52/cwt246.00–249.001,28010
HeifersMedium and Large 3—468240.08/cwt235.00–245.001,1249
HeifersMedium and Large 2—384275.83/cwt272.00–278.001,05911
HeifersMedium and Large 3—535229.57/cwt225.00–232.001,22818

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.