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Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Dec 17
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
928 head
94 vs last sale 834 457 vs year ago 471 · +97.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
118 head
76 vs last sale 194 74 vs year ago 192 · 38.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
18 vs last sale 42 24 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 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers 9.00 higher, feeder bulls and heifers had limited comparable sales, steer calves 5.00 higher, heifer calves 7.00 higher, bulls calves mostly steady, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $277.07/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits 113.08 against this barn's trailing median of $390.15.
Average price
$277.07
23 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,526
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$257
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$29.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+25.41
vs GA average
7.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556280.881,56120
Medium and Large 3518251.661,3043thin
One grade step is worth $29.22/cwt here — about $257 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales
453406359312median 390.1512/1602/2404/2106/1608/18
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $439.12, low $325.70, median $390.15 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale23 hd
277.07
GA average16 barns · 586 hd
251.66
+25.41
National average180 barns · 17,940 hd
284.95
−7.88
This barn, trailing median33 sales
390.15
−113.08
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
BullsAverage1,874139.482,6136thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,415128.451,8185thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,303121.161,57925
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,126106.271,19622

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,335$1,9072thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,223$1,6853thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,187$2,0003thin

Every lot, as filed

55 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 3300–350318353.51/cwt350.00–360.001,1246
BullsMedium and Large 3600–650623234.05/cwt230.00–240.001,4586
BullsMedium and Large 3550–600565247.29/cwt245.00–250.001,39710
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400380343.16/cwt340.00–350.001,3043
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450415312.47/cwt310.00–315.001,2974
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350346363.09/cwt362.00–370.001,2567
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750733253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,8543
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500464323.08/cwt320.00–327.001,4999
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550513326.40/cwt320.00–329.001,6747
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650645280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8063
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700662266.80/cwt263.00–268.001,76655
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550518251.66/cwt250.00–255.001,3043
SteersMedium and Large 3300–350320338.00/cwt332.00–340.001,0828
SteersMedium and Large 3350–400375349.95/cwt346.00–352.001,3129
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400370381.12/cwt380.00–382.001,4107
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500463340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5746
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550532314.53/cwt309.00–318.001,67312
HeifersMedium and Large 3650–700690223.53/cwt220.00–227.001,5424
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350340334.00/cwt333.00–340.001,1367
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300278328.17/cwt325.00–335.009126
SteersMedium and Large 3550–600589270.76/cwt270.00–271.001,5954
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400381325.02/cwt322.00–332.001,23813
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450416308.78/cwt300.00–310.001,2858
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350318320.64/cwt320.00–322.001,0203
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700661243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,6069
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600576284.19/cwt272.00–290.001,6379
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250245455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,1152
CowsLean 85-90%1,181107.48/cwt104.00–111.001,26913
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,415128.45/cwt126.00–132.001,8185
CowsBoner 80-85%1,355130.25/cwt127.00–133.001,7657
CowsBoner 80-85%1,152113.39/cwt110.00–116.001,3067
CowsLean 85-90%1,175114.56/cwt114.00–116.001,3463
CowsLean 85-90%98199.51/cwt98.00–102.009766
Bulls1,819140.22/cwt137.00–144.002,5514
Bulls1,875151.00/cwt151.00–151.002,8311
CowsBoner 80-85%1,367120.33/cwt117.00–125.001,64511
Bulls2,090125.00/cwt125.00–125.002,6131
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2151,987.91/head1,975.00–2,000.001,9882
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1302,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3351,906.60/head1,825.00–2,000.001,9072
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2231,684.74/head1,650.00–1,775.001,6853
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450423352.46/cwt350.00–355.001,4912
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400369359.37/cwt358.00–362.001,3266
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350322315.46/cwt310.00–316.001,01612
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700670230.00/cwt225.00–235.001,5412
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300273392.95/cwt392.00–395.001,0736
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350334379.99/cwt375.00–385.001,2696
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550539278.18/cwt276.00–279.001,49911
HeifersMedium and Large 3250–300283313.02/cwt310.00–315.008865
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500453264.02/cwt260.00–270.001,1965
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650623237.26/cwt230.00–240.001,47810
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500473279.29/cwt276.00–285.001,3219
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750732219.32/cwt219.00–220.001,6053
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450415291.99/cwt290.00–296.001,21211
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500481289.86/cwt287.00–292.001,39434

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.