Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2019-04-30

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Apr 30
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
773 head
▼ 48 vs last sale 821▲ 773 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
161 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 129▲ 161 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 steady to 1.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers unevenly steady, feeder heifers steady to 2.00 lower, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves steady to 3.00 lower, heifer and bull calves 3.00 to 5.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.62/cwt on 178 head.
Average price
$124.62
178 head · 505 lb average
Value per head Derived
$629
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$181
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.63
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1575128.8574151
Medium and Large 2480126.4060671
Medium and Large 3472118.5356056
One grade step is worth $10.32/cwt here — about $181 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 sale178 hd
124.62
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GA average16 barns · 1,695 hd
134.25
−9.63
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—Average1,46887.961,2917thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20358.0969953
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43558.008321thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07847.5951319

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3380154.28/cwt152.00–155.005864
Steers—Medium and Large 3420147.39/cwt145.00–150.006195
Steers—Medium and Large 2475153.59/cwt150.00–155.007305
Steers—Medium and Large 2521148.82/cwt145.00–153.007756
Steers—Medium and Large 3529138.33/cwt135.00–144.007326
Steers—Medium and Large 2561141.25/cwt138.00–145.007924
Steers—Medium and Large 3586134.43/cwt130.00–137.007885
Steers—Medium and Large 1628136.49/cwt135.00–138.008572
Steers—Medium and Large 2628125.64/cwt123.00–132.0078919
Steers—Medium and Large 2670124.21/cwt122.00–126.008324
Steers—Medium and Large 2772115.94/cwt113.00–120.008953
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2327137.25/cwt135.00–142.004496
Heifers—Medium and Large 3335129.78/cwt125.00–135.004355
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360141.83/cwt140.00–145.005116
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368135.04/cwt130.00–140.0049710
Heifers—Medium and Large 3385125.03/cwt122.00–127.004818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425136.04/cwt135.00–137.005784
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425121.19/cwt115.00–125.005158
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430130.20/cwt125.00–133.0056016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455134.25/cwt133.00–136.006114
Heifers—Medium and Large 3465117.67/cwt115.00–123.0054714
Heifers—Medium and Large 2481127.63/cwt125.00–132.0061411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1509129.74/cwt127.00–131.006604
Heifers—Medium and Large 2524124.13/cwt120.00–127.0065010
Heifers—Medium and Large 3531114.46/cwt109.00–119.0060810
Heifers—Medium and Large 2568121.13/cwt117.00–124.006888
Heifers—Medium and Large 3571112.37/cwt107.00–116.006428
Heifers—Medium and Large 2606112.75/cwt112.00–115.006834
Heifers—Medium and Large 3632109.30/cwt106.00–111.006913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1655124.85/cwt120.00–125.0081833
Heifers—Medium and Large 2673108.70/cwt107.00–112.007326
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3268163.89/cwt157.00–167.0043910
Bulls—Medium and Large 2278170.16/cwt167.00–175.004735
Bulls—Medium and Large 3327156.04/cwt152.00–160.0051016
Bulls—Medium and Large 2328164.23/cwt162.00–167.005397
Bulls—Medium and Large 3362149.53/cwt147.00–155.0054110
Bulls—Medium and Large 2365157.82/cwt155.00–162.0057610
Bulls—Medium and Large 3413141.01/cwt137.00–145.005826
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418159.96/cwt158.00–162.006692
Bulls—Medium and Large 2418149.66/cwt147.00–152.006266
Bulls—Medium and Large 3470134.12/cwt130.00–139.0063011
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473151.99/cwt150.00–154.007192
Bulls—Medium and Large 2485141.04/cwt139.00–143.006842
Bulls—Medium and Large 1524143.77/cwt140.00–147.007534
Bulls—Medium and Large 2526133.01/cwt130.00–138.007008
Bulls—Medium and Large 3530125.56/cwt124.00–129.006655
Bulls—Medium and Large 2566127.50/cwt125.00–131.007224
Bulls—Medium and Large 1581135.75/cwt134.00–137.007894
Bulls—Medium and Large 2615123.66/cwt118.00–128.007614
Bulls—Medium and Large 2720109.98/cwt109.00–111.007922
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,40593.00/cwt93.00–93.001,3071
Bulls——1,47887.12/cwt84.00–91.001,2886
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02143.52/cwt40.00–45.004446
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10449.47/cwt46.00–53.0054613
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17053.87/cwt52.00–55.0063012
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19858.41/cwt56.00–63.0070036
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31365.91/cwt64.00–68.008655
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43558.00/cwt58.00–58.008321

This sale against other markets

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.