Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2024-02-13

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Feb 13
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
615 head
212 vs last sale 827 30 vs year ago 645 · 4.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
86 head
79 vs last sale 165 50 vs year ago 136 · 36.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers mostly steady, feeder bulls and heifers lightly tested, steer and heifer calves unevenly steady, bull calves 4.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $239.11/cwt on 163 head.
Average price
$239.11
163 head · 575 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,376
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$375
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$27.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.16
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2489252.171,23264
Medium and Large 3478241.561,15635
Medium and Large 1715224.701,60764
One grade step is worth $27.47/cwt here — about −$375 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 sale163 hd
239.11
GA average16 barns · 2,481 hd
238.95
+0.16
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
BullsLow1,804130.832,3618thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,275116.151,4812thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,276109.031,39123
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04088.3991910

Every lot, as filed

60 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 1471274.52/cwt270.00–276.001,2934
HeifersMedium and Large 1605223.98/cwt220.00–226.001,3553
HeifersMedium and Large 2710214.33/cwt213.00–215.001,5226
HeifersMedium and Large 2315283.48/cwt282.00–285.008932
SteersMedium and Large 1528298.67/cwt297.00–299.001,5776
SteersMedium and Large 1844227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,91650
SteersMedium and Large 1630263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,6579
HeifersMedium and Large 1326291.67/cwt290.00–292.009516
HeifersMedium and Large 1572240.20/cwt237.00–241.001,3745
HeifersMedium and Large 1810210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,70146
SteersMedium and Large 3512277.67/cwt277.00–278.001,4223
SteersMedium and Large 3495292.00/cwt287.00–297.001,4452
SteersMedium and Large 2411323.67/cwt322.00–324.001,3306
SteersMedium and Large 11,029199.00/cwt199.00–199.002,0486
SteersMedium and Large 1740229.51/cwt229.00–230.001,6986
SteersMedium and Large 1567289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,6396
SteersMedium and Large 1463322.72/cwt315.00–324.001,4947
SteersMedium and Large 2474309.80/cwt309.00–310.001,46815
SteersMedium and Large 2375336.64/cwt335.00–340.001,2623
SteersMedium and Large 2754215.67/cwt215.00–217.001,6263
SteersMedium and Large 1318372.48/cwt370.00–375.001,1842
SteersMedium and Large 1943219.00/cwt219.00–219.002,0657
SteersMedium and Large 1407332.16/cwt330.00–335.001,3526
SteersMedium and Large 1365353.45/cwt350.00–357.001,2902
BullsMedium and Large 2580254.77/cwt250.00–257.001,4784
BullsMedium and Large 2477284.03/cwt280.00–286.001,3553
BullsMedium and Large 2388336.84/cwt330.00–340.001,3077
BullsMedium and Large 1458297.49/cwt295.00–300.001,3632
BullsMedium and Large 1529277.43/cwt276.00–282.001,46812
BullsMedium and Large 1563263.48/cwt260.00–267.001,4832
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11997.61/cwt95.00–100.001,0924
CowsLean 85-90%90078.68/cwt76.00–80.007083
CowsLean 85-90%1,11094.53/cwt93.00–97.001,0495
CowsLean 85-90%1,07587.60/cwt85.00–90.009422
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,275116.15/cwt115.00–117.001,4812
CowsBoner 80-85%1,379116.63/cwt114.00–123.001,6087
CowsBoner 80-85%1,268108.40/cwt103.00–111.001,37512
Bulls1,960108.00/cwt108.00–108.002,1171
Bulls1,990140.75/cwt137.00–144.002,8014
Bulls1,505125.22/cwt124.00–126.001,8853
BullsMedium and Large 1322357.75/cwt357.00–360.001,1524
BullsMedium and Large 1724209.70/cwt207.00–211.001,5183
BullsMedium and Large 1425309.70/cwt305.00–312.001,3163
BullsMedium and Large 3465274.53/cwt272.00–277.001,2772
BullsMedium and Large 2415296.01/cwt295.00–297.001,2282
BullsMedium and Large 2325344.69/cwt340.00–350.001,1202
HeifersMedium and Large 2383273.25/cwt272.00–276.001,0479
HeifersMedium and Large 3412257.44/cwt255.00–258.001,06113
HeifersMedium and Large 3574220.85/cwt216.00–225.001,2688
BullsMedium and Large 1278378.29/cwt375.00–385.001,0523
BullsMedium and Large 1665222.48/cwt220.00–225.001,4792
BullsMedium and Large 1363348.69/cwt346.00–357.001,2664
HeifersMedium and Large 2420267.85/cwt262.00–272.001,12515
HeifersMedium and Large 3278273.06/cwt272.00–275.007593
HeifersMedium and Large 3658195.02/cwt190.00–200.001,2832
HeifersMedium and Large 3543233.01/cwt230.00–235.001,2655
HeifersMedium and Large 3483241.67/cwt240.00–247.001,1674
HeifersMedium and Large 2526243.45/cwt240.00–245.001,2819
HeifersMedium and Large 2476252.74/cwt247.00–256.001,20314
HeifersMedium and Large 2582231.06/cwt230.00–235.001,3459

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.