Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2019-09-03

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Sep 3
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
269 head
▼ 217 vs last sale 486▲ 269 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
78 head
▼ 62 vs last sale 140▲ 78 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 mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves mostly steady, heifer calves steady to 2.00 lower, bull calves steady to 3.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $117.13/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −85.09 against this barn's trailing median of $202.22.
Average price
$117.13
56 head · 493 lb average
Value per head Derived
$577
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$175
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$14.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.20
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2492120.7759530
Medium and Large 3451114.1351522
Medium and Large 1724106.267694thin
One grade step is worth $14.51/cwt here — about −$175 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 sale56 hd
117.13
—
GA average15 barns · 1,291 hd
115.92
+1.20
This barn, trailing median29 sales
202.22
−85.09
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

29 sales
233209185161median 202.2203/0304/2806/2309/0811/03
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $218.83, low $174.74, median $202.22 across 29 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—High1,82289.211,6254thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19961.2973536
CowsLean 85-90%Low96050.5548518

Every lot

27 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1430141.01/cwt140.00–142.006064
Steers—Medium and Large 2490131.50/cwt130.00–133.006444
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3412103.94/cwt100.00–107.004286
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423114.02/cwt113.00–116.004823
Heifers—Medium and Large 3472103.02/cwt102.00–104.004866
Heifers—Medium and Large 2524106.91/cwt101.00–109.0056012
Heifers—Medium and Large 2563105.52/cwt104.00–107.005944
Heifers—Medium and Large 357591.97/cwt91.00–93.005294
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665104.46/cwt102.00–107.006954
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2310142.54/cwt140.00–145.004424
Bulls—Medium and Large 3380124.60/cwt122.00–127.004734
Bulls—Medium and Large 2383134.42/cwt132.00–137.005154
Bulls—Medium and Large 2412131.82/cwt127.00–134.005435
Bulls—Medium and Large 3433119.10/cwt117.00–123.005168
Bulls—Medium and Large 3485107.94/cwt105.00–112.005246
Bulls—Medium and Large 3508102.99/cwt101.00–105.005234
Bulls—Medium and Large 2519111.66/cwt110.00–116.005805
Bulls—Medium and Large 2577110.13/cwt107.00–113.006357
Bulls—Medium and Large 2661105.41/cwt102.00–108.006975
Bulls—Medium and Large 1724106.26/cwt105.00–108.007694
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,77593.00/cwt93.00–93.001,6511
Bulls——1,83787.94/cwt86.00–91.001,6153
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94646.90/cwt45.00–49.004447
Cows—Lean 85-90%96952.88/cwt50.00–55.0051211
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07557.01/cwt56.00–58.006139
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23762.22/cwt59.00–66.0077025
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27569.00/cwt67.00–71.008802

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.