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Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Oct 13
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
356 head
▼ 211 vs last sale 567▼ 304 vs year ago 660 · −46.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
59 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 93▼ 36 vs year ago 95 · −37.9%
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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.; Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and heifers mostly steady, heifer and bull calves steady to 3.00 lower, 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 $104.73/cwt on 102 head.
Average price
$104.73
102 head · 492 lb average
Value per head Derived
$515
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$90
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$4.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.19
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2527107.1656547
Medium and Large 3462102.6547455
One grade step is worth $4.50/cwt here — about $90 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 sale102 hd
104.73
—
GA average16 barns · 1,636 hd
113.92
−9.19
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—Low1,63569.531,1372thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18548.715779thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05043.3345512

Every lot

39 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 1472137.00/cwt136.00–138.006473
Steers—Medium and Large 2507123.99/cwt122.00–125.006293
Steers—Medium and Large 2557119.65/cwt113.00–123.006663
Steers—Medium and Large 3568109.23/cwt108.00–112.006204
Steers—Medium and Large 2730102.55/cwt100.00–105.007492
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3336115.79/cwt115.00–117.003895
Heifers—Medium and Large 2363120.94/cwt117.00–125.004398
Heifers—Medium and Large 3370109.86/cwt105.00–115.0040610
Heifers—Medium and Large 2413116.43/cwt115.00–118.004817
Heifers—Medium and Large 3422107.06/cwt105.00–110.0045211
Heifers—Medium and Large 3460100.48/cwt97.00–105.0046211
Heifers—Medium and Large 2463110.64/cwt107.00–115.005126
Heifers—Medium and Large 353298.13/cwt95.00–102.005227
Heifers—Medium and Large 2533107.46/cwt105.00–110.005734
Heifers—Medium and Large 357193.96/cwt92.00–96.005378
Heifers—Medium and Large 2578104.35/cwt100.00–107.006036
Heifers—Medium and Large 262998.50/cwt95.00–104.006208
Heifers—Medium and Large 368282.24/cwt80.00–87.005613
Heifers—Medium and Large 268595.50/cwt94.00–97.006544
Heifers—Medium and Large 270891.00/cwt90.00–92.006444
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3331128.88/cwt125.00–132.004278
Bulls—Medium and Large 3374124.66/cwt120.00–130.004667
Bulls—Medium and Large 2385134.65/cwt132.00–137.005185
Bulls—Medium and Large 3416117.19/cwt114.00–124.004888
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425130.37/cwt125.00–135.005549
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473118.21/cwt115.00–125.005596
Bulls—Medium and Large 3478110.17/cwt105.00–113.005276
Bulls—Medium and Large 3525104.19/cwt101.00–107.0054710
Bulls—Medium and Large 3583100.26/cwt95.00–105.005858
Bulls—Medium and Large 360893.49/cwt92.00–95.005684
Bulls—Medium and Large 2630100.65/cwt98.00–102.006343
Bulls—Medium and Large 366591.63/cwt89.00–93.006093
Bulls—Medium and Large 267397.04/cwt93.00–103.006535
Bulls—Medium and Large 272394.72/cwt93.00–98.006854
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,63569.53/cwt69.00–70.001,1372
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00541.81/cwt40.00–44.004207
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11445.46/cwt44.00–46.005065
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12445.87/cwt45.00–48.005164
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23350.98/cwt49.00–53.006295

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.