Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2021-01-12

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Jan 12
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
295 head
▲ 62 vs last sale 233▼ 89 vs year ago 384 · −23.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 52▼ 26 vs year ago 96 · −27.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, heifer calves and feeder heifers 2.00 higher, bull calves unevenly steady, feeder bulls 3.00 higher, 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 $108.40/cwt on 78 head.
Average price
$108.40
78 head · 502 lb average
Value per head Derived
$544
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$61
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.03
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2476115.2054823
Medium and Large 1625108.3167616thin
Medium and Large 3467104.4348739
One grade step is worth $10.77/cwt here — about $61 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 sale78 hd
108.40
—
GA average17 barns · 1,259 hd
114.44
−6.03
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—High1,39181.471,13316
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18458.1668914
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04547.825009thin

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 · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3319117.08/cwt115.00–120.003738
Heifers—Medium and Large 3386113.14/cwt110.00–117.004379
Heifers—Medium and Large 2390123.71/cwt120.00–130.004826
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474115.37/cwt110.00–120.005479
Heifers—Medium and Large 3479104.05/cwt100.00–107.004984
Heifers—Medium and Large 2511109.29/cwt104.00–114.005584
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518119.68/cwt117.00–123.006206
Heifers—Medium and Large 352198.86/cwt95.00–104.005158
Heifers—Medium and Large 356091.00/cwt90.00–92.005104
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575107.97/cwt107.00–109.006214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1611107.25/cwt105.00–112.006554
Heifers—Medium and Large 362092.98/cwt91.00–94.005764
Heifers—Medium and Large 368587.50/cwt86.00–89.005992
Heifers—Medium and Large 173097.48/cwt96.00–100.007124
Heifers—Medium and Large 176098.01/cwt97.00–99.007452
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2323151.60/cwt150.00–155.004903
Bulls—Medium and Large 2358154.69/cwt150.00–157.005543
Bulls—Medium and Large 1360165.69/cwt162.00–170.005963
Bulls—Medium and Large 1411159.80/cwt155.00–165.006576
Bulls—Medium and Large 2419144.76/cwt142.00–147.006074
Bulls—Medium and Large 3458129.01/cwt127.00–130.005913
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520123.09/cwt120.00–126.006404
Bulls—Medium and Large 3523111.20/cwt107.00–115.005825
Bulls—Medium and Large 3565108.02/cwt106.00–110.006105
Bulls—Medium and Large 2607109.34/cwt108.00–112.006643
Bulls—Medium and Large 2683103.63/cwt100.00–106.007085
Bulls—Medium and Large 273797.67/cwt96.00–99.007206
Bulls—Medium and Large 277592.99/cwt92.00–94.007212
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,23375.40/cwt73.00–77.009304
Bulls——1,42282.72/cwt81.00–86.001,17611
Bulls——1,67592.00/cwt92.00–92.001,5411
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96845.08/cwt43.00–47.004364
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02653.74/cwt52.00–56.005514
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10750.02/cwt48.00–54.005545
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21068.53/cwt68.00–69.008292
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25757.78/cwt57.00–61.007268

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.