Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2025-07-29

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Jul 29
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
270 head
306 vs last sale 576 723 vs year ago 993 · 72.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
76 head
0 vs last sale 76 74 vs year ago 150 · 49.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
41 head
14 vs last sale 27 21 vs year ago 20 · +105.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter Cows sold 4.00 higher. Slaughter Bulls steady. Replacement Cattle firm. Feeder Bulls sold 2.00 higher. Feeder Steers sold 8.00 higher. Feeder Heifers lightly tested. Bull Calves, Heifer Calves and Steer Calves sold 2.00 - 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $340.64/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits 96.08 against this barn's trailing median of $436.72.
Average price
$340.64
4 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,797
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$229
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$33.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
21.81
vs GA average
41.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2535357.521,9132thin
Medium and Large 3520323.761,6842thin
One grade step is worth $33.76/cwt here — about $229 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales
487434381328median 436.7212/1602/2404/2106/1608/18
Steers 500–600 lb: high $472.65, low $342.37, median $436.72 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 sale4 hd
340.64
GA average13 barns · 309 hd
362.45
−21.81
National average143 barns · 4,821 hd
381.68
−41.04
This barn, trailing median33 sales
436.72
−96.08
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
BullsLow1,814185.133,3577thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,529172.862,64318
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,382159.752,20713
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,012150.651,52526

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)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,074$2,17216
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,166$1,7505
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)850$1,7752thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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 1300–350330406.69/cwt400.00–415.001,3423
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350333437.52/cwt435.00–440.001,4572
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550548338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,8524
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1892,482.05/head1,950.00–3,450.002,4828
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450418391.41/cwt375.00–405.001,6363
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550537330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7723
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500476363.74/cwt355.00–365.001,7318
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350343387.01/cwt385.00–395.001,3275
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600587321.73/cwt320.00–322.001,8897
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400375377.70/cwt370.00–385.001,4162
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,0181,665.79/head1,600.00–1,700.001,6663
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500471368.62/cwt360.00–375.001,7364
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400390394.97/cwt390.00–397.501,5403
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450434356.39/cwt340.00–365.001,5478
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550535357.52/cwt355.00–360.001,9132
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450433365.04/cwt350.00–375.001,5813
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550528307.32/cwt300.00–315.001,6232
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500480327.66/cwt320.00–335.001,5732
BullsMedium and Large 3350–400373361.10/cwt353.00–370.001,3472
Bred CowsSmall 1-29452,279.81/head2,050.00–2,650.002,2803
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-28501,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-28501,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Bred CowsSmall 2-38931,528.15/head1,450.00–1,600.001,5282
CowsLean 85-90%923134.12/cwt129.00–140.001,2386
CowsLean 85-90%893168.92/cwt164.00–176.001,5083
CowsLean 85-90%1,065153.26/cwt148.00–160.001,63217
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,558178.77/cwt176.00–182.002,7855
Bulls1,648168.05/cwt161.00–175.002,7692
Bulls1,905201.94/cwt198.00–205.003,8472
SteersMedium and Large 3450–500490330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6172
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,561161.00/cwt152.00–167.002,51310
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,375202.55/cwt194.00–219.002,7853
Bulls1,863185.30/cwt183.00–187.003,4523
CowsBoner 80-85%1,268146.56/cwt138.00–150.001,8584
CowsBoner 80-85%1,432165.61/cwt161.00–171.002,3729
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450425397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,6892
BullsMedium and Large 3250–300293430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,2602
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,1661,750.30/head1,700.00–1,850.001,7505
SteersMedium and Large 3500–550520323.76/cwt322.50–325.001,6842
SteersMedium and Large 3350–400365371.15/cwt360.00–375.001,3554
SteersMedium and Large 3650–700670299.89/cwt295.00–305.002,0092
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700677334.06/cwt330.00–336.002,2623
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400380440.44/cwt425.00–455.001,67413
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700683299.11/cwt290.00–305.002,0436
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500460376.93/cwt370.00–385.001,7345
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350310461.31/cwt445.00–470.001,4304
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300287446.63/cwt440.00–450.001,2823
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650612364.75/cwt364.00–365.002,23220
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450407447.01/cwt420.00–450.001,81910
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400374451.63/cwt450.00–455.001,6893
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850824278.28/cwt265.00–288.002,2934
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550523349.05/cwt340.00–352.001,8267
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300283441.68/cwt440.00–445.001,2503
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350300462.50/cwt460.00–465.001,3882
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500467354.32/cwt345.00–365.001,6559
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450430380.13/cwt370.00–382.501,6357
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400361393.28/cwt390.00–400.001,4206
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500480400.01/cwt390.00–415.001,92012

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.