Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2024-02-27

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Feb 27
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,047 head
▼ 405 vs last sale 1,452▲ 206 vs year ago 841 · +24.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
155 head
▼ 57 vs last sale 212▲ 10 vs year ago 145 · +6.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 41▲ 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $244.39/cwt on 223 head.
Average price
$244.39
223 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,336
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$192
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$9.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.87
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3460249.721,14861
Medium and Large 1602244.971,47577
Medium and Large 2558240.031,34185
One grade step is worth $9.69/cwt here — about −$192 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 sale223 hd
244.39
—
GA average16 barns · 1,860 hd
245.25
−0.87
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—Average1,751133.922,34513
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,600119.171,90711
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,266111.241,40939
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08488.8296323

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,255$1,4252thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,170$1,3843thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,175$1,3982thin

Every lot, as filed

59 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 3—458246.97/cwt242.00–252.001,1312
HeifersMedium and Large 3—513235.26/cwt230.00–236.001,20711
HeifersMedium and Large 3—435257.88/cwt256.00–264.001,12221
HeifersMedium and Large 1—632227.33/cwt227.00–230.001,4379
HeifersMedium and Large 3—561224.84/cwt220.00–230.001,26110
HeifersMedium and Large 2—321287.21/cwt282.00–292.0092212
HeifersMedium and Large 2—415270.28/cwt268.00–275.001,1226
HeifersMedium and Large 2—731204.72/cwt200.00–206.001,49732
HeifersMedium and Large 2—607219.36/cwt215.00–220.001,3328
SteersMedium and Large 3—478292.46/cwt290.00–295.001,3982
HeifersMedium and Large 3—675195.04/cwt190.00–200.001,3172
SteersMedium and Large 1—613265.77/cwt265.00–268.001,62929
SteersMedium and Large 1—670255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,70925
SteersMedium and Large 1—485310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,50412
HeifersMedium and Large 2—524249.39/cwt249.00–250.001,30713
SteersMedium and Large 2—461305.86/cwt305.00–306.001,4107
HeifersMedium and Large 1—591252.97/cwt252.00–253.001,49537
SteersMedium and Large 3—724208.72/cwt205.00–210.001,5114
SteersMedium and Large 2—576265.85/cwt262.00–270.001,5316
SteersMedium and Large 2—421322.05/cwt321.00–324.001,35618
SteersMedium and Large 2—528288.77/cwt285.00–290.001,5254
SteersMedium and Large 1—525302.63/cwt300.00–303.001,5898
SteersMedium and Large 2—755217.82/cwt215.00–218.001,64517
BullsMedium and Large 3—475270.99/cwt270.00–272.001,2874
BullsMedium and Large 3—326334.90/cwt327.00–337.001,0928
BullsMedium and Large 1—623238.51/cwt237.00–240.001,4862
BullsMedium and Large 1—466296.68/cwt290.00–300.001,3839
BullsMedium and Large 1—563267.77/cwt265.00–270.001,5085
BullsMedium and Large 1—708213.49/cwt210.00–217.001,5122
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,347118.48/cwt115.00–123.001,59610
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,544125.24/cwt123.00–128.001,9346
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,575106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,6701
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,690113.37/cwt107.00–116.001,9164
Bulls——1,645130.65/cwt129.00–133.002,1493
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,278111.58/cwt108.00–115.001,42619
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,164103.34/cwt100.00–105.001,20310
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02077.49/cwt76.00–79.007904
CowsLean 85-90%—1,10896.29/cwt94.00–99.001,0676
CowsLean 85-90%—1,09388.85/cwt83.00–92.0097113
Bulls——1,833138.62/cwt134.00–143.002,5418
Bulls——1,585120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,9022
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2551,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1701,384.19/head1,350.00–1,400.001,3843
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,1751,397.87/head1,350.00–1,450.001,3982
BullsMedium and Large 1—523285.99/cwt285.00–287.001,4962
BullsMedium and Large 2—472283.71/cwt282.00–287.001,3393
BullsMedium and Large 1—662223.32/cwt220.00–224.001,4786
BullsMedium and Large 3—370322.57/cwt320.00–325.001,1942
BullsMedium and Large 3—413310.93/cwt310.00–312.001,28411
BullsMedium and Large 2—376331.03/cwt330.00–332.001,2454
HeifersMedium and Large 3—366273.84/cwt270.00–276.001,00210
HeifersMedium and Large 1—539258.41/cwt258.00–259.001,39317
HeifersMedium and Large 1—689218.86/cwt217.00–219.001,50814
BullsMedium and Large 2—507270.67/cwt270.00–272.001,3723
BullsMedium and Large 2—413317.29/cwt315.00–320.001,3103
BullsMedium and Large 2—575252.32/cwt250.00–255.001,4513
HeifersMedium and Large 3—346271.79/cwt270.00–277.009405
HeifersMedium and Large 2—473257.82/cwt255.00–262.001,2197
HeifersMedium and Large 2—394283.14/cwt280.00–284.001,1167

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.