Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2019-12-17

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Dec 17
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
609 head
▼ 199 vs last sale 808▲ 609 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
85 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 120▲ 85 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 and bulls steady, feeder heifers steady to 2.00 higher, steer and heifer calves mostly steady, bull calves 3.00 to 5.00 higher, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $105.22/cwt on 168 head.
Average price
$105.22
168 head · 493 lb average
Value per head Derived
$519
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$174
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.44
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1566109.1461844
Medium and Large 2475106.9950881
Medium and Large 345497.8644443
One grade step is worth $11.27/cwt here — about $174 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 sale168 hd
105.22
—
GA average15 barns · 1,400 hd
111.66
−6.44
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—Low1,45974.881,0935thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15750.6658639
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,73050.008651thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low96738.4837219

Every lot

52 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 1423158.33/cwt155.00–161.006706
Steers—Medium and Large 1608121.99/cwt120.00–123.007423
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3305111.00/cwt110.00–112.003396
Heifers—Medium and Large 2324118.87/cwt115.00–123.0038512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375124.08/cwt120.00–127.004657
Heifers—Medium and Large 2384114.21/cwt110.00–118.004398
Heifers—Medium and Large 3388105.02/cwt102.00–107.004076
Heifers—Medium and Large 1410118.00/cwt117.00–119.004844
Heifers—Medium and Large 2419109.32/cwt105.00–113.0045817
Heifers—Medium and Large 342698.85/cwt95.00–102.0042112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1458113.01/cwt112.00–114.005184
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468105.94/cwt102.00–110.0049610
Heifers—Medium and Large 348195.16/cwt92.00–100.004585
Heifers—Medium and Large 2524104.01/cwt102.00–106.0054510
Heifers—Medium and Large 352793.66/cwt92.00–95.004946
Heifers—Medium and Large 356087.50/cwt85.00–90.004904
Heifers—Medium and Large 2568101.75/cwt98.00–105.0057811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573108.01/cwt106.00–110.006196
Heifers—Medium and Large 360884.51/cwt83.00–86.005144
Heifers—Medium and Large 261897.91/cwt94.00–101.006059
Heifers—Medium and Large 1621105.00/cwt103.00–107.006528
Heifers—Medium and Large 266892.01/cwt91.00–93.006154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678101.70/cwt98.00–106.006908
Heifers—Medium and Large 1712101.10/cwt96.00–105.007207
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1308155.97/cwt152.00–160.004804
Bulls—Medium and Large 3315134.15/cwt130.00–140.004238
Bulls—Medium and Large 2328146.05/cwt145.00–147.004794
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365155.87/cwt153.00–160.0056911
Bulls—Medium and Large 2380142.05/cwt137.00–146.005408
Bulls—Medium and Large 1411146.43/cwt142.00–152.0060210
Bulls—Medium and Large 3417123.05/cwt120.00–127.005136
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428135.45/cwt130.00–140.005809
Bulls—Medium and Large 3467109.14/cwt105.00–115.005109
Bulls—Medium and Large 2477119.30/cwt115.00–122.005696
Bulls—Medium and Large 1478129.67/cwt127.00–132.006206
Bulls—Medium and Large 3513104.76/cwt102.00–107.005378
Bulls—Medium and Large 2526116.02/cwt110.00–119.006108
Bulls—Medium and Large 2559109.99/cwt105.00–115.006158
Bulls—Medium and Large 3584100.22/cwt97.00–104.0058510
Bulls—Medium and Large 1605111.67/cwt110.00–114.006766
Bulls—Medium and Large 2622101.99/cwt100.00–104.006346
Bulls—Medium and Large 266399.01/cwt96.00–102.006566
Bulls—Medium and Large 1672103.64/cwt102.00–106.006966
Bulls—Medium and Large 1725107.48/cwt105.00–110.007794
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,38868.00/cwt68.00–68.009442
Bulls——1,50779.46/cwt78.00–80.001,1973
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95333.48/cwt32.00–35.003198
Cows—Lean 85-90%97842.11/cwt38.00–45.0041211
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06145.09/cwt42.00–47.0047814
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20150.95/cwt48.00–55.0061220
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25065.10/cwt64.00–68.008145
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,73050.00/cwt50.00–50.008651

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.