Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2019-10-08

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Oct 8
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
844 head
▲ 349 vs last sale 495▲ 844 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
160 head
▲ 69 vs last sale 91▲ 160 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 10▲ 13 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 and bull calves 4.00 to 6.00 lower, replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $106.75/cwt on 191 head.
Average price
$106.75
191 head · 505 lb average
Value per head Derived
$539
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$76
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$8.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.96
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2517109.81568120
Medium and Large 3485101.5849271
One grade step is worth $8.22/cwt here — about $76 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 sale191 hd
106.75
—
GA average16 barns · 1,363 hd
104.79
+1.96
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—Low1,56373.791,1538thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,28548.2462044
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47046.006762thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01942.0042819

Every lot

47 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2373135.87/cwt132.00–140.005074
Steers—Medium and Large 1413133.53/cwt132.00–135.005514
Steers—Medium and Large 2433126.97/cwt125.00–129.005504
Steers—Medium and Large 1476125.53/cwt125.00–130.0059819
Steers—Medium and Large 1614119.89/cwt118.00–120.0073635
Steers—Medium and Large 2615110.05/cwt106.00–114.006775
Steers—Medium and Large 1692115.59/cwt112.00–117.008007
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3316109.78/cwt107.00–115.003477
Heifers—Medium and Large 3393107.00/cwt105.00–110.0042111
Heifers—Medium and Large 2422113.40/cwt113.00–117.0047934
Heifers—Medium and Large 3423105.21/cwt102.00–109.0044512
Heifers—Medium and Large 2459110.51/cwt108.00–116.0050721
Heifers—Medium and Large 3476100.44/cwt97.00–103.0047810
Heifers—Medium and Large 3526100.01/cwt95.00–105.0052612
Heifers—Medium and Large 2561110.50/cwt105.00–111.0062041
Heifers—Medium and Large 357097.80/cwt96.00–100.0055711
Heifers—Medium and Large 2617104.10/cwt97.00–107.0064218
Heifers—Medium and Large 364390.49/cwt88.00–93.005824
Heifers—Medium and Large 266399.34/cwt97.00–102.006596
Heifers—Medium and Large 372390.49/cwt88.00–93.006544
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2278135.17/cwt132.00–140.003765
Bulls—Medium and Large 2320134.03/cwt130.00–137.004296
Bulls—Medium and Large 1330144.75/cwt142.00–149.004787
Bulls—Medium and Large 3362119.32/cwt117.00–122.004327
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365139.36/cwt135.00–145.0050911
Bulls—Medium and Large 2383128.35/cwt125.00–132.004927
Bulls—Medium and Large 1408133.51/cwt132.00–135.005454
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428118.76/cwt115.00–125.0050811
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465123.47/cwt122.00–125.005744
Bulls—Medium and Large 2468114.02/cwt110.00–117.0053410
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475105.76/cwt101.00–109.005028
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520107.03/cwt106.00–108.005574
Bulls—Medium and Large 3523100.08/cwt95.00–104.0052311
Bulls—Medium and Large 2568103.51/cwt100.00–107.005888
Bulls—Medium and Large 359393.99/cwt92.00–96.005574
Bulls—Medium and Large 262395.23/cwt93.00–98.0059310
Bulls—Medium and Large 267594.49/cwt93.00–96.006384
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,55571.38/cwt70.00–76.001,1106
Bulls——1,58581.03/cwt80.00–82.001,2842
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%92761.77/cwt61.00–63.005733
Cows—Lean 85-90%93046.94/cwt45.00–50.004374
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04340.68/cwt38.00–44.0042415
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24845.05/cwt43.00–50.0056227
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,43451.48/cwt48.00–55.0073814
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47046.00/cwt46.00–46.006762
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,00357.43/cwt56.00–59.005762
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,07356.90/cwt56.00–58.006112

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.