Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2022-02-22

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Feb 22
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
878 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 907▲ 796 vs year ago 82 · +970.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
234 head
▼ 57 vs last sale 291▼ 112 vs year ago 346 · −32.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
61 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 94▲ 61 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 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00 lower. Feeder steers and feeder bulls steady. Feeder heifers 2.00 lower. Steer calves steady. Bull calves steady. Heifer calves 4.00 higher. Replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.84/cwt on 240 head.
Average price
$149.84
240 head · 490 lb average
Value per head Derived
$734
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$242
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.50
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547154.62846116
Medium and Large 2444153.1868049
Medium and Large 3431140.2560575
One grade step is worth $14.37/cwt here — about $242 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 sale240 hd
149.84
—
GA average15 barns · 1,743 hd
143.34
+6.50
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—Average1,899103.641,9688thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,42686.221,23019
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23482.781,02230
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04678.1181753

Every lot

72 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3272192.70/cwt192.00–195.005244
Steers—Medium and Large 3315185.59/cwt180.00–190.005854
Steers—Medium and Large 3378184.79/cwt180.00–188.006998
Steers—Medium and Large 2384195.71/cwt195.00–198.007524
Steers—Medium and Large 1416193.04/cwt190.00–197.008034
Steers—Medium and Large 2420183.55/cwt180.00–185.0077115
Steers—Medium and Large 3477165.05/cwt162.00–168.007873
Steers—Medium and Large 2488173.44/cwt170.00–175.008465
Steers—Medium and Large 1510178.00/cwt172.00–182.0090813
Steers—Medium and Large 1586166.37/cwt165.00–173.009759
Steers—Medium and Large 1605161.99/cwt154.00–164.0098011
Steers—Medium and Large 3618144.02/cwt140.00–148.008902
Steers—Medium and Large 2651154.79/cwt153.00–155.001,00819
Steers—Medium and Large 1715152.96/cwt150.00–154.001,0944
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3225143.80/cwt140.00–150.003246
Heifers—Medium and Large 3264142.75/cwt140.00–150.003774
Heifers—Medium and Large 2280160.27/cwt155.00–165.004492
Heifers—Medium and Large 3321141.23/cwt138.00–148.0045310
Heifers—Medium and Large 2339154.70/cwt150.00–158.005248
Heifers—Medium and Large 1347169.00/cwt165.00–170.005865
Heifers—Medium and Large 1361175.32/cwt169.00–178.0063310
Heifers—Medium and Large 3380143.74/cwt140.00–150.0054614
Heifers—Medium and Large 2386157.12/cwt153.00–163.006069
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423155.43/cwt152.00–160.006576
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431171.96/cwt164.00–174.0074117
Heifers—Medium and Large 3431143.75/cwt140.00–145.006207
Heifers—Medium and Large 2461151.66/cwt150.00–155.006999
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469164.68/cwt161.00–168.0077211
Heifers—Medium and Large 3479144.25/cwt138.00–148.0069111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1506164.81/cwt160.00–168.008345
Heifers—Medium and Large 3525144.20/cwt140.00–148.007579
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530156.17/cwt150.00–157.008288
Heifers—Medium and Large 1554155.20/cwt154.00–159.0086030
Heifers—Medium and Large 3560130.84/cwt128.00–138.007337
Heifers—Medium and Large 2569144.17/cwt140.00–148.008205
Heifers—Medium and Large 2610132.99/cwt132.00–134.008112
Heifers—Medium and Large 3625124.72/cwt120.00–129.007805
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669136.78/cwt135.00–143.0091524
Heifers—Medium and Large 3675115.11/cwt110.00–120.007772
Heifers—Medium and Large 1747131.43/cwt131.00–132.0098214
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3266166.82/cwt160.00–170.004444
Bulls—Medium and Large 2273181.70/cwt178.00–188.004967
Bulls—Medium and Large 2305171.00/cwt170.00–175.005225
Bulls—Medium and Large 3340163.70/cwt160.00–167.0055710
Bulls—Medium and Large 1360188.23/cwt180.00–190.0067815
Bulls—Medium and Large 3373165.69/cwt162.00–168.006184
Bulls—Medium and Large 1413179.86/cwt172.00–181.0074318
Bulls—Medium and Large 2422165.54/cwt160.00–168.0069911
Bulls—Medium and Large 3423153.88/cwt150.00–155.006516
Bulls—Medium and Large 3476145.92/cwt140.00–150.006954
Bulls—Medium and Large 2480167.19/cwt162.00–169.0080311
Bulls—Medium and Large 2513157.36/cwt155.00–159.0080712
Bulls—Medium and Large 1532160.97/cwt160.00–163.008563
Bulls—Medium and Large 1562152.60/cwt150.00–155.008585
Bulls—Medium and Large 2578145.16/cwt140.00–148.008396
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620134.80/cwt130.00–140.008366
Bulls—Medium and Large 2663137.53/cwt135.00–140.009122
Bulls—Medium and Large 2730127.02/cwt126.00–130.009274
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,827100.01/cwt97.00–104.001,8275
Bulls——2,018109.69/cwt106.00–113.002,2143
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02479.00/cwt77.00–84.0080918
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04472.49/cwt69.00–76.0075725
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09090.58/cwt88.00–93.0098710
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19780.67/cwt79.00–86.009669
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24476.25/cwt73.00–78.0094911
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25791.86/cwt89.00–95.001,15510
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37289.59/cwt88.00–95.001,2299
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47583.19/cwt79.00–86.001,22710
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,093861.43/cwt750.00–1,000.009,4153
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,141842.62/cwt700.00–1,000.009,6149
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,031904.69/cwt825.00–975.009,32718
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3781,191.02/cwt950.00–1,350.0016,41212

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.