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Southern Livestock

Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2022-03-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Mar 15

● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934

← Mar 8Mar 15Mar 22 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

556 head

▼ 202 vs last sale 758▼ 554 vs year ago 1,110 · −49.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

138 head

▲ 7 vs last sale 131▼ 52 vs year ago 190 · −27.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

52 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 44▼ 50 vs year ago 102 · −49.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls unevenly steady. Feeder steers 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder bulls lightly tested. Feeder heifers steady. Steer calves 4.00 higher. Bull calves 4.00 higher. Heifer calves 2.00 higher. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.00/cwt on 161 head.

Average price

$145.00

161 head · 501 lb average

Value per head Derived

$727

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$201

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$15.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.48

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	151.69	801	72
Medium and Large 2	515	143.07	736	46
Medium and Large 3	442	135.87	600	43

One grade step is worth $15.82/cwt here — about $201 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 sale161 hd

145.00

—

GA average15 barns · 1,793 hd

140.53

+4.48

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,492	109.52	1,634	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,465	90.08	1,320	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,159	87.45	1,013	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	955	73.70	704	37

Every lot

74 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	330	183.97/cwt	180.00–190.00	607	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	375	185.21/cwt	183.00–188.00	695	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	406	195.84/cwt	190.00–198.00	795	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	428	182.95/cwt	178.00–188.00	783	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	465	173.26/cwt	170.00–175.00	806	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	185.64/cwt	183.00–188.00	869	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	537	178.16/cwt	176.00–185.00	957	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	539	173.25/cwt	173.00–175.00	934	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	559	159.26/cwt	155.00–161.00	890	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	578	144.28/cwt	140.00–148.00	834	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	638	139.00/cwt	138.00–140.00	887	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	644	150.73/cwt	148.00–151.00	971	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	663	152.19/cwt	150.00–156.00	1,009	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	668	145.26/cwt	140.00–149.00	970	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	681	130.84/cwt	128.00–133.00	891	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	713	146.80/cwt	139.00–148.00	1,047	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	758	142.65/cwt	140.00–144.00	1,081	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	280	175.27/cwt	170.00–180.00	491	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	281	146.96/cwt	145.00–150.00	413	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	320	138.72/cwt	135.00–145.00	444	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	373	141.38/cwt	138.00–145.00	527	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	391	154.53/cwt	148.00–158.00	604	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	395	162.33/cwt	160.00–165.00	641	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	409	150.02/cwt	148.00–152.00	614	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	415	141.34/cwt	140.00–145.00	587	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	438	156.56/cwt	153.00–163.00	686	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	469	133.02/cwt	130.00–138.00	624	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	156.39/cwt	150.00–160.00	741	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	474	142.93/cwt	140.00–148.00	677	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	155.56/cwt	150.00–157.00	824	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	536	142.86/cwt	142.00–145.00	766	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	538	132.49/cwt	130.00–135.00	713	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	150.07/cwt	145.00–153.00	852	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	575	125.74/cwt	120.00–130.00	723	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	579	137.98/cwt	137.00–140.00	799	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	612	141.48/cwt	140.00–142.00	866	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	617	135.38/cwt	132.00–139.00	835	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	625	122.58/cwt	120.00–128.00	766	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	675	131.25/cwt	130.00–133.00	886	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	755	127.00/cwt	120.00–128.00	959	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	210	188.87/cwt	185.00–195.00	397	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	335	178.20/cwt	175.00–185.00	597	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	383	174.39/cwt	170.00–178.00	668	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	411	164.09/cwt	160.00–168.00	674	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	426	173.87/cwt	172.00–180.00	741	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	455	152.67/cwt	150.00–158.00	695	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	465	179.24/cwt	175.00–183.00	833	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	520	168.59/cwt	163.00–173.00	877	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	520	143.19/cwt	140.00–145.00	745	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	523	156.43/cwt	150.00–160.00	818	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	562	152.74/cwt	150.00–155.00	858	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	565	145.74/cwt	140.00–148.00	823	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	580	135.57/cwt	130.00–138.00	786	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	605	125.50/cwt	123.00–128.00	759	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	611	140.79/cwt	140.00–150.00	860	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	634	134.50/cwt	130.00–138.00	853	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	673	134.68/cwt	130.00–140.00	906	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	728	120.05/cwt	117.00–123.00	874	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	763	121.49/cwt	119.00–124.00	927	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,489	113.56/cwt	109.00–116.00	1,691	9
Bulls	—	—	1,496	104.33/cwt	101.00–108.00	1,561	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	913	74.30/cwt	70.00–77.00	678	18
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	969	66.66/cwt	62.00–69.00	646	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,039	84.20/cwt	81.00–86.00	875	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,135	81.05/cwt	77.00–84.00	920	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,157	97.59/cwt	95.00–102.00	1,129	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,208	90.12/cwt	85.00–92.00	1,089	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,453	92.74/cwt	89.00–95.00	1,348	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,466	82.36/cwt	79.00–86.00	1,207	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,478	100.28/cwt	97.00–104.00	1,482	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,013	737.96/cwt	725.00–750.00	7,476	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,018	787.65/cwt	725.00–850.00	8,018	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,176	868.03/cwt	650.00–975.00	10,208	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,454	1,200.37/cwt	1,075.00–1,325.00	17,453	14

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Southern Livestock - Oak Park, GA

Tue Mar 15, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 556Last week 758Year ago 1,110

Slaughter CattleReceipts 138Last week 131Year ago 190

Replacement CattleReceipts 52Last week 44Year ago 102

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	280	170.00–180.00	175.27
8	—	755	120.00–128.00	127.00
6	—	612	140.00–142.00	141.48
17	—	530	150.00–157.00	155.56
17	—	474	150.00–160.00	156.39
9	—	568	145.00–153.00	150.07
10	—	438	153.00–163.00	156.56
3	—	395	160.00–165.00	162.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	617	132.00–139.00	135.38
4	—	409	148.00–152.00	150.02
8	—	474	140.00–148.00	142.93
4	—	675	130.00–133.00	131.25
10	—	536	142.00–145.00	142.86
8	—	391	148.00–158.00	154.53
9	—	579	137.00–140.00	137.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	575	120.00–130.00	125.74
8	—	538	130.00–135.00	132.49
3	—	625	120.00–128.00	122.58
7	—	469	130.00–138.00	133.02
6	—	373	138.00–145.00	141.38
5	—	281	145.00–150.00	146.96
4	—	415	140.00–145.00	141.34
6	—	320	135.00–145.00	138.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	758	140.00–144.00	142.65
6	—	468	183.00–188.00	185.64
7	—	406	190.00–198.00	195.84
13	—	713	139.00–148.00	146.80
11	—	663	150.00–156.00	152.19
11	—	537	176.00–185.00	178.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	375	183.00–188.00	185.21
7	—	681	128.00–133.00	130.84
6	—	330	180.00–190.00	183.97
3	—	578	140.00–148.00	144.28
2	—	638	138.00–140.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	539	173.00–175.00	173.25
4	—	559	155.00–161.00	159.26
18	—	644	148.00–151.00	150.73
5	—	428	178.00–188.00	182.95
7	—	668	140.00–149.00	145.26
3	—	465	170.00–175.00	173.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	175.00–183.00	179.24
8	—	562	150.00–155.00	152.74
2	—	763	119.00–124.00	121.49
13	—	426	172.00–180.00	173.87
10	—	673	130.00–140.00	134.68
13	—	611	140.00–150.00	140.79
3	—	520	163.00–173.00	168.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	383	170.00–178.00	174.39
2	—	728	117.00–123.00	120.05
4	—	210	185.00–195.00	188.87
4	—	335	175.00–185.00	178.20
9	—	634	130.00–138.00	134.50
13	—	523	150.00–160.00	156.43
10	—	411	160.00–168.00	164.09
5	—	565	140.00–148.00	145.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	520	140.00–145.00	143.19
2	—	605	123.00–128.00	125.50
5	—	580	130.00–138.00	135.57
3	—	455	150.00–158.00	152.67

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,135	77.00–84.00	81.05
6	—	1,157	95.00–102.00	97.59
6	—	1,208	85.00–92.00	90.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	969	62.00–69.00	66.66
7	—	1,039	81.00–86.00	84.20
18	—	913	70.00–77.00	74.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,453	89.00–95.00	92.74
7	—	1,466	79.00–86.00	82.36
4	—	1,478	97.00–104.00	100.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,489	109.00–116.00	113.56
7	—	1,496	101.00–108.00	104.33

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,018	725.00–850.00	787.65
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,013	725.00–750.00	737.96

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,454	1,075.00–1,325.00	1,200.37

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,176	650.00–975.00	868.03

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.