Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2020-07-28

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Jul 28
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
192 head
▼ 100 vs last sale 292▼ 417 vs year ago 609 · −68.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 37▼ 24 vs year ago 72 · −33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls lightly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer calves lightly tested, heifer and bull calves mostly steady, 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 $118.03/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$118.03
29 head · 491 lb average
Value per head Derived
$580
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$77
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$7.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.24
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2452120.4854516thin
Medium and Large 1562115.4564911thin
Medium and Large 3415112.564672thin
One grade step is worth $7.92/cwt here — about $77 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 sale29 hd
118.03
—
GA average17 barns · 1,413 hd
118.27
−0.24
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
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,14864.7174319
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01749.415037thin

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1473139.58/cwt136.00–142.006605
Steers—Medium and Large 2523122.37/cwt118.00–125.006405
Steers—Medium and Large 1613123.40/cwt121.00–128.007563
Steers—Medium and Large 1665123.49/cwt122.00–125.008212
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415120.70/cwt115.00–125.005018
Heifers—Medium and Large 3415112.56/cwt110.00–115.004672
Heifers—Medium and Large 2471122.35/cwt120.00–125.005766
Heifers—Medium and Large 1534122.00/cwt121.00–123.006514
Heifers—Medium and Large 2543114.00/cwt113.00–115.006192
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567112.00/cwt110.00–113.006355
Heifers—Medium and Large 1605111.00/cwt110.00–112.006722
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373157.42/cwt155.00–160.005872
Bulls—Medium and Large 3395127.50/cwt125.00–130.005042
Bulls—Medium and Large 2419133.53/cwt130.00–135.005594
Bulls—Medium and Large 3438118.48/cwt115.00–122.005192
Bulls—Medium and Large 2483127.05/cwt125.00–129.006142
Bulls—Medium and Large 2527117.63/cwt115.00–123.006203
Bulls—Medium and Large 3531109.72/cwt106.00–112.005834
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573114.02/cwt110.00–118.006532
Bulls—Medium and Large 3573104.58/cwt100.00–108.005993
Bulls—Medium and Large 1663113.48/cwt112.00–115.007522
Bulls—Medium and Large 277395.97/cwt94.00–98.007422
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00045.94/cwt44.00–49.004594
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04054.04/cwt52.00–56.005623
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10173.83/cwt70.00–76.008134
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15958.30/cwt56.00–60.006764
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16163.72/cwt61.00–67.0074011

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.