Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2020-09-08

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Sep 8
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
195 head
▼ 335 vs last sale 530▼ 434 vs year ago 629 · −69.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
115 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 70▼ 28 vs year ago 143 · −19.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, bulls and steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves 2.00 lower, bull calves unevenly steady, 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 $127.65/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −74.57 against this barn's trailing median of $202.22.
Average price
$127.65
37 head · 448 lb average
Value per head Derived
$572
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$65
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$5.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.10
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2462129.8360021
Medium and Large 3429124.7853516thin
One grade step is worth $5.05/cwt here — about $65 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 sale37 hd
127.65
—
GA average17 barns · 1,045 hd
123.55
+4.10
This barn, trailing median29 sales
202.22
−74.57
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—Low1,36785.281,1663thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,13462.0170338
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03353.3555122

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 · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3278122.33/cwt120.00–125.003403
Heifers—Medium and Large 2322125.65/cwt125.00–127.004053
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420117.41/cwt115.00–120.004934
Heifers—Medium and Large 3428108.23/cwt105.00–112.004634
Heifers—Medium and Large 3462107.01/cwt105.00–108.004943
Heifers—Medium and Large 2513110.35/cwt107.00–114.005663
Heifers—Medium and Large 3519103.38/cwt97.00–105.005376
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573106.22/cwt103.00–108.006094
Heifers—Medium and Large 361897.02/cwt95.00–99.006002
Heifers—Medium and Large 266098.99/cwt98.00–100.006532
Heifers—Medium and Large 177598.97/cwt98.00–100.007672
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2233162.53/cwt160.00–165.003792
Bulls—Medium and Large 2270161.07/cwt157.00–165.004352
Bulls—Medium and Large 3327143.12/cwt140.00–147.004686
Bulls—Medium and Large 3368132.96/cwt132.00–135.004893
Bulls—Medium and Large 2373142.66/cwt140.00–147.005326
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435128.58/cwt125.00–132.005592
Bulls—Medium and Large 3513106.33/cwt105.00–108.005453
Bulls—Medium and Large 3565104.98/cwt104.00–106.005934
Bulls—Medium and Large 2572112.00/cwt111.00–113.006413
Bulls—Medium and Large 2613106.51/cwt105.00–108.006532
Bulls—Medium and Large 2664104.27/cwt101.00–107.006924
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,36785.28/cwt82.00–88.001,1663
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02945.75/cwt44.00–50.004716
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03456.20/cwt52.00–59.0058116
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08063.60/cwt60.00–68.0068727
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26658.09/cwt56.00–59.0073511

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.