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Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Apr 19
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,019 head
▲ 351 vs last sale 668▲ 87 vs year ago 932 · +9.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
135 head
▼ 89 vs last sale 224▲ 7 vs year ago 128 · +5.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
52 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 21▲ 47 vs year ago 5 · +940.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 2.00 lower. Feeder steers steady. Feeder bulls 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers lightly tested. Steer calves 2.00 lower. Bull calves 1.00 higher. Heifer calves 1.00 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 $151.05/cwt on 376 head.
Average price
$151.05
376 head · 458 lb average
Value per head Derived
$692
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$129
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.91
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1467156.69732226
Medium and Large 2444148.6165985
Medium and Large 3448134.6260365
One grade step is worth $22.08/cwt here — about $129 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 sale376 hd
151.05
—
GA average14 barns · 2,357 hd
143.14
+7.91
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—Average1,404107.121,50425
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,41280.891,1429thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,23278.7397014
CowsLean 85-90%High1,00169.3669439

Every lot

68 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3280185.45/cwt177.00–186.0051916
Steers—Medium and Large 3342171.42/cwt171.00–179.0058617
Steers—Medium and Large 2380177.60/cwt175.00–180.006752
Steers—Medium and Large 3387162.91/cwt160.00–170.0063015
Steers—Medium and Large 1406186.32/cwt186.00–189.0075690
Steers—Medium and Large 2423176.28/cwt168.00–178.0074617
Steers—Medium and Large 2472165.31/cwt160.00–170.007805
Steers—Medium and Large 1522171.09/cwt168.00–172.0089315
Steers—Medium and Large 3529146.58/cwt144.00–150.007756
Steers—Medium and Large 1581161.37/cwt160.00–168.0093810
Steers—Medium and Large 2617150.82/cwt145.00–155.0093123
Steers—Medium and Large 2720130.92/cwt126.00–135.009433
Steers—Medium and Large 2794126.99/cwt126.00–128.001,0084
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1286170.56/cwt162.00–171.0048821
Heifers—Medium and Large 2293154.03/cwt150.00–158.004512
Heifers—Medium and Large 2309152.73/cwt150.00–156.004727
Heifers—Medium and Large 3323143.47/cwt138.00–148.0046321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330163.58/cwt158.00–168.005405
Heifers—Medium and Large 3364144.74/cwt138.00–148.0052710
Heifers—Medium and Large 2387154.96/cwt150.00–156.0060024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1391166.86/cwt158.00–168.0065287
Heifers—Medium and Large 1411154.64/cwt150.00–158.0063617
Heifers—Medium and Large 3418133.25/cwt130.00–135.005574
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430143.15/cwt140.00–148.0061611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474158.21/cwt153.00–163.0075032
Heifers—Medium and Large 3479132.89/cwt128.00–138.006378
Heifers—Medium and Large 2489147.29/cwt140.00–150.0072024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513152.64/cwt150.00–155.007833
Heifers—Medium and Large 3523132.00/cwt128.00–135.006905
Heifers—Medium and Large 2537143.86/cwt138.00–148.0077315
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570134.11/cwt130.00–138.007642
Heifers—Medium and Large 1583144.71/cwt140.00–149.0084416
Heifers—Medium and Large 3585123.85/cwt118.00–128.007258
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610140.63/cwt135.00–141.0085817
Heifers—Medium and Large 3628119.44/cwt115.00–123.007504
Heifers—Medium and Large 3676113.01/cwt110.00–118.007645
Heifers—Medium and Large 1732130.01/cwt121.00–131.0095228
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2278170.99/cwt170.00–173.004753
Bulls—Medium and Large 2323165.03/cwt162.00–170.005335
Bulls—Medium and Large 2367164.20/cwt160.00–168.006035
Bulls—Medium and Large 3381150.49/cwt145.00–155.005737
Bulls—Medium and Large 2411162.99/cwt160.00–168.006707
Bulls—Medium and Large 3427153.42/cwt150.00–155.006556
Bulls—Medium and Large 2467154.65/cwt150.00–158.007226
Bulls—Medium and Large 3468142.66/cwt138.00–148.006686
Bulls—Medium and Large 1485165.88/cwt160.00–170.008056
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515162.86/cwt160.00–168.008399
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520152.63/cwt145.00–155.007948
Bulls—Medium and Large 3524129.42/cwt125.00–135.006787
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565143.81/cwt138.00–145.008136
Bulls—Medium and Large 3585127.46/cwt125.00–130.007462
Bulls—Medium and Large 2634131.80/cwt125.00–135.0083613
Bulls—Medium and Large 2683124.95/cwt120.00–130.008532
Bulls—Medium and Large 3685117.31/cwt115.00–119.008043
Bulls—Medium and Large 2708117.34/cwt115.00–119.008313
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,303101.43/cwt96.00–103.001,3226
Bulls——1,405113.53/cwt113.00–114.001,5952
Bulls——1,439108.38/cwt105.00–112.001,56017
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98380.37/cwt78.00–84.007904
Cows—Lean 85-90%98766.02/cwt63.00–69.0065225
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04373.30/cwt70.00–75.0076510
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20885.54/cwt82.00–88.001,0334
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24276.00/cwt72.00–79.0094410
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39378.54/cwt74.00–80.001,0946
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45085.58/cwt83.00–89.001,2413
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,033756.72/cwt700.00–800.007,8174
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,066799.49/cwt675.00–950.008,52316
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4641,251.68/cwt1,025.00–1,400.0018,32516

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.