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%
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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
BullsAverage1,636119.851,96111
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 1664222.25/cwt220.00–223.001,4764
HeifersMedium and Large 2431266.34/cwt264.00–272.001,14812
SteersMedium and Large 1475309.96/cwt304.00–314.001,47223
HeifersMedium and Large 3430256.94/cwt256.00–260.001,1054
HeifersMedium and Large 2565227.14/cwt225.00–230.001,2838
HeifersMedium and Large 3662185.22/cwt184.00–190.001,2265
HeifersMedium and Large 1607224.45/cwt222.00–225.001,36211
HeifersMedium and Large 2288285.67/cwt285.00–290.008237
SteersMedium and Large 2364324.44/cwt322.00–327.001,1817
HeifersMedium and Large 2335282.23/cwt282.00–285.0094512
HeifersMedium and Large 1435275.70/cwt274.00–278.001,1997
HeifersMedium and Large 2466249.17/cwt245.00–255.001,16110
SteersMedium and Large 3563262.82/cwt260.00–265.001,4805
SteersMedium and Large 1604256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,54610
SteersMedium and Large 2544286.74/cwt285.00–295.001,56011
SteersMedium and Large 1741229.33/cwt228.00–230.001,6999
SteersMedium and Large 1655240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5727
HeifersMedium and Large 1329296.75/cwt290.00–300.009763
SteersMedium and Large 2584271.21/cwt269.00–275.001,58416
SteersMedium and Large 3373315.68/cwt315.00–317.001,1773
SteersMedium and Large 1567287.57/cwt286.00–294.001,6315
SteersMedium and Large 3795199.13/cwt198.00–207.001,5838
SteersMedium and Large 3525279.52/cwt277.00–282.001,4672
SteersMedium and Large 1509300.21/cwt297.00–304.001,52830
SteersMedium and Large 2433313.00/cwt308.00–318.001,35512
BullsMedium and Large 3365302.04/cwt299.00–305.001,1022
BullsMedium and Large 1320345.95/cwt342.00–350.001,1075
BullsMedium and Large 1575253.39/cwt250.00–260.001,4573
BullsMedium and Large 1508277.16/cwt272.00–282.001,4086
BullsMedium and Large 1459294.93/cwt289.00–298.001,3543
BullsMedium and Large 1374328.67/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
Bulls1,589121.93/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
Bulls1,719116.21/cwt116.00–117.001,9984
BullsMedium and Large 2377316.76/cwt305.00–322.001,1946
BullsMedium and Large 2510265.73/cwt258.00–268.001,35517
BullsMedium and Large 1704200.25/cwt200.00–202.001,4108
BullsMedium and Large 2337332.71/cwt332.00–335.001,1214
BullsMedium and Large 3564230.81/cwt230.00–232.001,3025
BullsMedium and Large 3523254.98/cwt250.00–260.001,3344
HeifersMedium and Large 1391286.06/cwt280.00–288.001,1184
HeifersMedium and Large 1555246.71/cwt239.00–248.001,36914
BullsMedium and Large 2414294.14/cwt290.00–297.001,21810
BullsMedium and Large 2590240.71/cwt240.00–245.001,4207
BullsMedium and Large 1446306.64/cwt300.00–310.001,36810
BullsMedium and Large 3324316.55/cwt314.00–322.001,0266
HeifersMedium and Large 2613211.00/cwt210.00–212.001,2934
HeifersMedium and Large 1474258.87/cwt255.00–260.001,2279
HeifersMedium and Large 3383262.57/cwt260.00–268.001,0063
HeifersMedium and Large 3627201.62/cwt200.00–205.001,2643
BullsMedium and Large 2483277.37/cwt274.00–282.001,3406
HeifersMedium and Large 2528240.15/cwt237.00–245.001,26819
HeifersMedium and Large 1517247.52/cwt246.00–249.001,28010
HeifersMedium and Large 3468240.08/cwt235.00–245.001,1249
HeifersMedium and Large 2384275.83/cwt272.00–278.001,05911
HeifersMedium and Large 3535229.57/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.