Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2022-03-01

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Mar 1
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
682 head
▼ 196 vs last sale 878▼ 37 vs year ago 719 · −5.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
153 head
▼ 81 vs last sale 234▲ 35 vs year ago 118 · +29.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
51 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 61▲ 23 vs year ago 28 · +82.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls unevenly steady. Feeder steers, feeder bulls and feeder heifers lightly tested. Steer calves 2.00 higher. Bull calves 3.00 higher. Heifer calves 3.00 lower. 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 $144.09/cwt on 218 head.
Average price
$144.09
218 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$804
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$33
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$19.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.79
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2491151.5374580
Medium and Large 1627143.6890191
Medium and Large 3538132.2471247
One grade step is worth $19.29/cwt here — about $33 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 sale218 hd
144.09
—
GA average15 barns · 1,256 hd
146.89
−2.79
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—Average1,652106.191,75419
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,46882.301,20814
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21981.6899624
CowsLean 85-90%High99272.4171832

Every lot

70 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3260192.77/cwt190.00–198.005013
Steers—Medium and Large 2328196.50/cwt190.00–200.006453
Steers—Medium and Large 3370185.74/cwt180.00–188.0068712
Steers—Medium and Large 2375194.17/cwt190.00–198.007285
Steers—Medium and Large 1417192.62/cwt190.00–195.008033
Steers—Medium and Large 2431185.14/cwt180.00–188.0079814
Steers—Medium and Large 3431172.56/cwt168.00–178.007446
Steers—Medium and Large 1469186.57/cwt184.00–190.0087520
Steers—Medium and Large 2478171.41/cwt168.00–178.0081912
Steers—Medium and Large 2517164.31/cwt160.00–170.008497
Steers—Medium and Large 1535176.24/cwt175.00–185.009438
Steers—Medium and Large 2572162.69/cwt160.00–165.0093117
Steers—Medium and Large 1575170.90/cwt170.00–180.0098311
Steers—Medium and Large 3592156.85/cwt150.00–158.009297
Steers—Medium and Large 3623125.92/cwt122.00–130.007842
Steers—Medium and Large 1670154.58/cwt150.00–157.001,0363
Steers—Medium and Large 3713123.00/cwt118.00–128.008773
Steers—Medium and Large 2724141.74/cwt135.00–144.001,02622
Steers—Medium and Large 3785126.52/cwt125.00–128.009932
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2338158.61/cwt153.00–160.005366
Heifers—Medium and Large 3359144.26/cwt140.00–147.005184
Heifers—Medium and Large 1371163.81/cwt162.00–165.0060816
Heifers—Medium and Large 2381156.58/cwt150.00–160.0059710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420160.98/cwt160.00–163.006763
Heifers—Medium and Large 3426141.73/cwt140.00–145.006046
Heifers—Medium and Large 2434155.89/cwt150.00–158.0067721
Heifers—Medium and Large 3471143.61/cwt140.00–148.006769
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473152.64/cwt150.00–155.007223
Heifers—Medium and Large 2506151.99/cwt150.00–153.007697
Heifers—Medium and Large 3523143.27/cwt138.00–148.007496
Heifers—Medium and Large 1561151.17/cwt150.00–153.0084812
Heifers—Medium and Large 3576124.12/cwt120.00–130.0071510
Heifers—Medium and Large 2588145.73/cwt142.00–149.0085733
Heifers—Medium and Large 3623124.86/cwt120.00–130.007782
Heifers—Medium and Large 1643141.83/cwt140.00–142.0091211
Heifers—Medium and Large 3677114.62/cwt110.00–120.007766
Heifers—Medium and Large 1681135.80/cwt133.00–137.0092510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1715135.21/cwt135.00–136.0096714
Heifers—Medium and Large 3718114.28/cwt110.00–117.008214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1769133.84/cwt130.00–134.001,02925
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3271174.08/cwt170.00–180.004724
Bulls—Medium and Large 3323172.56/cwt170.00–175.005572
Bulls—Medium and Large 1328198.60/cwt192.00–200.006516
Bulls—Medium and Large 3364166.27/cwt162.00–168.006054
Bulls—Medium and Large 1374187.02/cwt185.00–192.006999
Bulls—Medium and Large 2383176.13/cwt175.00–180.006757
Bulls—Medium and Large 1414187.04/cwt180.00–189.007745
Bulls—Medium and Large 2414172.80/cwt170.00–178.007154
Bulls—Medium and Large 1478171.85/cwt170.00–178.008216
Bulls—Medium and Large 2480162.61/cwt160.00–168.0078113
Bulls—Medium and Large 3486148.72/cwt145.00–153.007234
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523158.56/cwt153.00–163.008293
Bulls—Medium and Large 3527140.93/cwt138.00–145.007433
Bulls—Medium and Large 1562153.34/cwt150.00–158.008623
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573141.61/cwt140.00–142.008115
Bulls—Medium and Large 3622116.76/cwt110.00–120.007263
Bulls—Medium and Large 3688116.49/cwt115.00–118.008012
Bulls—Medium and Large 2773117.31/cwt115.00–120.009073
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,52599.23/cwt95.00–102.001,5137
Bulls——1,676106.52/cwt103.00–110.001,7857
Bulls——1,796115.48/cwt113.00–118.002,0745
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91275.48/cwt72.00–79.0068813
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04566.63/cwt64.00–69.0069615
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05084.12/cwt81.00–88.008834
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21174.69/cwt70.00–77.009048
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21982.01/cwt79.00–85.001,00011
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23192.14/cwt88.00–95.001,1345
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46882.30/cwt79.00–86.001,20814
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3833673.00/cwt600.00–725.005,6063
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,010935.35/cwt850.00–1,125.009,44712

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.