Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2020-04-14

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Apr 14
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
255 head
▲ 90 vs last sale 165▲ 255 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 85▲ 55 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 6.00 higher, slaughter bulls 10.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves 4.00 higher, heifer calves mostly steady, bull calves 8.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $108.62/cwt on 62 head.
Average price
$108.62
62 head · 676 lb average
Value per head Derived
$735
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$41
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$27.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.07
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538129.1269515thin
Medium and Large 2721102.0873647
One grade step is worth $27.04/cwt here — about −$41 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 sale62 hd
108.62
—
GA average9 barns · 404 hd
122.69
−14.07
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—Average1,71495.461,6369thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31864.9285612
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08950.325489thin

Every lot

36 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1460139.47/cwt137.00–142.006422
Steers—Medium and Large 2480130.98/cwt129.00–134.006293
Steers—Medium and Large 1528128.83/cwt125.00–132.006806
Steers—Medium and Large 1569126.42/cwt120.00–130.007197
Steers—Medium and Large 2737100.11/cwt100.00–102.0073844
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1238143.61/cwt140.00–147.003422
Heifers—Medium and Large 2366121.80/cwt120.00–125.004464
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378131.02/cwt130.00–132.004956
Heifers—Medium and Large 3380109.43/cwt107.00–112.004162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1412121.64/cwt120.00–125.005013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465118.00/cwt117.00–120.005493
Heifers—Medium and Large 347598.35/cwt95.00–102.004672
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480109.73/cwt107.00–112.005274
Heifers—Medium and Large 1607101.99/cwt100.00–104.006193
Heifers—Medium and Large 166596.88/cwt95.00–97.0064425
Heifers—Medium and Large 267390.43/cwt87.00–94.006092
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3280139.37/cwt137.00–142.003902
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365148.03/cwt147.00–150.005403
Bulls—Medium and Large 2369137.27/cwt135.00–140.005074
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420151.32/cwt150.00–152.006363
Bulls—Medium and Large 1464136.45/cwt132.00–142.006334
Bulls—Medium and Large 3474115.47/cwt112.00–119.005477
Bulls—Medium and Large 2479124.67/cwt120.00–130.005977
Bulls—Medium and Large 1529123.24/cwt122.00–125.006524
Bulls—Medium and Large 1565117.98/cwt116.00–120.006672
Bulls—Medium and Large 2576109.57/cwt105.00–114.006314
Bulls—Medium and Large 1605111.50/cwt110.00–113.006752
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620103.58/cwt100.00–107.006422
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,57384.69/cwt83.00–86.001,3323
Bulls——1,770102.76/cwt100.00–106.001,8194
Bulls——1,81597.00/cwt97.00–97.001,7612
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05046.14/cwt43.00–48.004844
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12053.67/cwt51.00–56.006015
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24957.93/cwt56.00–60.007245
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27073.29/cwt72.00–76.009314
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,49765.40/cwt63.00–70.009793

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.