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Southern Livestock

Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2022-05-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, May 3

● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934

← Apr 26May 3May 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

928 head

▲ 224 vs last sale 704▲ 37 vs year ago 891 · +4.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

167 head

▼ 25 vs last sale 192▲ 52 vs year ago 115 · +45.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

55 head

▼ 22 vs last sale 77▲ 45 vs year ago 10 · +450.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows unevenly higher. Slaughter bulls 4.00 lower. Feeder steers 2.00 lower. Feeder bulls 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers 2.00 higher. Steer calves 3.00 lower. Bull calves 1.00 lower. Heifer calves 2.00 lower. 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 $142.59/cwt on 247 head.

Average price

$142.59

247 head · 472 lb average

Value per head Derived

$673

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$94

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

$18.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.19

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	462	151.71	701	100
Medium and Large 2	509	140.13	714	66
Medium and Large 3	455	133.34	607	81

One grade step is worth $18.37/cwt here — about $94 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 sale247 hd

142.59

—

GA average15 barns · 1,395 hd

141.40

+1.19

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	1,393	100.23	1,397	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,583	81.45	1,289	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,233	78.51	968	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,079	72.00	777	47

Every lot

86 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	318	165.19/cwt	160.00–168.00	525	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	322	174.56/cwt	170.00–180.00	562	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	367	172.62/cwt	170.00–175.00	634	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	378	164.05/cwt	160.00–168.00	620	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	387	183.48/cwt	180.00–184.00	710	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	417	164.92/cwt	160.00–168.00	688	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	424	149.05/cwt	143.00–153.00	632	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	173.88/cwt	170.00–178.00	744	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	169.84/cwt	165.00–175.00	807	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	484	145.80/cwt	143.00–148.00	706	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	485	155.33/cwt	150.00–158.00	753	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	509	168.17/cwt	167.00–177.00	856	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	514	143.19/cwt	140.00–148.00	736	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	533	163.16/cwt	158.00–165.00	870	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	557	156.01/cwt	155.00–158.00	869	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	557	141.67/cwt	140.00–145.00	789	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	558	164.00/cwt	163.00–165.00	915	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	617	146.26/cwt	142.00–148.00	902	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	627	133.99/cwt	130.00–138.00	840	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	151.76/cwt	151.00–152.00	953	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	705	136.22/cwt	132.00–137.00	960	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	705	119.00/cwt	118.00–120.00	839	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	137.99/cwt	137.00–139.00	1,076	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	265	163.75/cwt	160.00–165.00	434	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	285	156.75/cwt	150.00–158.00	447	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	312	158.65/cwt	155.00–162.00	495	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	336	138.34/cwt	133.00–143.00	465	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	378	154.59/cwt	150.00–156.00	584	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	387	141.87/cwt	135.00–145.00	549	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	153.33/cwt	150.00–156.00	652	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	425	131.21/cwt	128.00–138.00	558	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	435	143.65/cwt	140.00–148.00	625	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	464	144.96/cwt	142.00–148.00	673	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	483	132.50/cwt	130.00–138.00	640	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	490	152.04/cwt	150.00–155.00	745	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	519	145.00/cwt	140.00–148.00	753	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	151.75/cwt	150.00–155.00	797	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	528	131.25/cwt	130.00–138.00	693	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	144.02/cwt	140.00–147.00	817	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	570	132.65/cwt	130.00–135.00	756	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	576	126.71/cwt	120.00–129.00	730	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	609	134.44/cwt	130.00–135.00	819	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	628	124.96/cwt	123.00–127.00	785	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	659	121.72/cwt	115.00–123.00	802	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	132.40/cwt	125.00–135.00	890	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	710	114.37/cwt	110.00–120.00	812	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	213	177.59/cwt	175.00–185.00	378	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	213	165.18/cwt	160.00–170.00	352	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	267	161.69/cwt	160.00–165.00	432	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	288	170.47/cwt	170.00–173.00	491	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	317	149.76/cwt	145.00–155.00	475	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	318	172.68/cwt	170.00–175.00	549	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	330	163.87/cwt	158.00–168.00	541	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	364	176.81/cwt	172.00–178.00	644	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	374	145.53/cwt	140.00–150.00	544	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	377	157.69/cwt	155.00–160.00	594	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	403	169.97/cwt	163.00–171.00	685	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	425	155.51/cwt	150.00–160.00	661	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	436	141.50/cwt	140.00–145.00	617	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	483	142.65/cwt	138.00–145.00	689	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	492	153.08/cwt	150.00–155.00	753	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	520	143.82/cwt	140.00–148.00	748	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	527	134.72/cwt	132.00–138.00	710	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	542	152.97/cwt	150.00–158.00	829	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	555	125.00/cwt	122.00–128.00	694	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	569	141.97/cwt	140.00–145.00	808	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	574	135.00/cwt	130.00–138.00	775	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	623	133.97/cwt	130.00–138.00	835	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	662	130.99/cwt	128.00–133.00	867	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,265	87.44/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,106	3
Bulls	—	—	1,318	100.82/cwt	97.00–104.00	1,329	6
Bulls	—	—	1,561	107.19/cwt	105.00–112.00	1,673	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,062	80.25/cwt	78.00–85.00	852	13
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,069	72.45/cwt	70.00–76.00	774	16
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,099	65.65/cwt	61.00–68.00	721	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,221	83.42/cwt	82.00–87.00	1,019	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,240	75.65/cwt	72.00–79.00	938	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,565	73.91/cwt	72.00–78.00	1,157	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,581	90.55/cwt	88.00–94.00	1,432	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,591	81.27/cwt	79.00–86.00	1,293	19
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,223	912.07/cwt	900.00–925.00	11,155	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,800	1,506.94/cwt	1,375.00–1,625.00	27,125	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,080	836.05/cwt	825.00–850.00	9,029	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,095	798.74/cwt	675.00–850.00	8,746	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,115	944.06/cwt	900.00–1,000.00	10,526	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,166	930.59/cwt	900.00–1,000.00	10,851	10

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 May 3, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 928Last week 704Year ago 891

Slaughter CattleReceipts 167Last week 192Year ago 115

Replacement CattleReceipts 55Last week 77Year ago 10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	672	125.00–135.00	132.40
8	—	265	160.00–165.00	163.75
4	—	525	150.00–155.00	151.75
36	—	490	150.00–155.00	152.04
29	—	425	150.00–156.00	153.33
9	—	567	140.00–147.00	144.02
7	—	312	155.00–162.00	158.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	387	135.00–145.00	141.87
15	—	425	128.00–138.00	131.21
3	—	628	123.00–127.00	124.96
18	—	336	133.00–143.00	138.34
19	—	528	130.00–138.00	131.25
10	—	483	130.00–138.00	132.50
8	—	576	120.00–129.00	126.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	285	150.00–158.00	156.75
9	—	609	130.00–135.00	134.44
7	—	659	115.00–123.00	121.72
5	—	464	142.00–148.00	144.96
5	—	435	140.00–148.00	143.65
5	—	710	110.00–120.00	114.37
6	—	570	130.00–135.00	132.65
8	—	378	150.00–156.00	154.59
13	—	519	140.00–148.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	557	155.00–158.00	156.01
16	—	533	158.00–165.00	163.16
5	—	322	170.00–180.00	174.56
3	—	417	160.00–168.00	164.92
5	—	367	170.00–175.00	172.62
3	—	485	150.00–158.00	155.33
9	—	705	132.00–137.00	136.22
4	—	617	142.00–148.00	146.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	387	180.00–184.00	183.48
2	—	475	165.00–175.00	169.84
34	—	509	167.00–177.00	168.17
4	—	628	151.00–152.00	151.76
2	—	558	163.00–165.00	164.00
2	—	428	170.00–178.00	173.88
2	—	780	137.00–139.00	137.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	514	140.00–148.00	143.19
2	—	705	118.00–120.00	119.00
6	—	627	130.00–138.00	133.99
6	—	557	140.00–145.00	141.67
5	—	378	160.00–168.00	164.05
4	—	424	143.00–153.00	149.05
5	—	484	143.00–148.00	145.80
3	—	318	160.00–168.00	165.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	364	172.00–178.00	176.81
3	—	662	128.00–133.00	130.99
8	—	318	170.00–175.00	172.68
9	—	623	130.00–138.00	133.97
8	—	403	163.00–171.00	169.97
6	—	542	150.00–158.00	152.97
5	—	569	140.00–145.00	141.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	374	140.00–150.00	145.53
3	—	267	160.00–165.00	161.69
5	—	317	145.00–155.00	149.76
17	—	527	132.00–138.00	134.72
8	—	436	140.00–145.00	141.50
2	—	213	160.00–170.00	165.18
11	—	483	138.00–145.00	142.65
2	—	555	122.00–128.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	213	175.00–185.00	177.59
3	—	330	158.00–168.00	163.87
5	—	377	155.00–160.00	157.69
6	—	425	150.00–160.00	155.51
6	—	288	170.00–173.00	170.47
12	—	492	150.00–155.00	153.08
7	—	574	130.00–138.00	135.00
18	—	520	140.00–148.00	143.82

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,581	88.00–94.00	90.55
19	—	1,591	79.00–86.00	81.27
8	—	1,565	72.00–78.00	73.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,240	72.00–79.00	75.65
7	—	1,221	82.00–87.00	83.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,069	70.00–76.00	72.45
18	—	1,099	61.00–68.00	65.65
13	—	1,062	78.00–85.00	80.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,318	97.00–104.00	100.82
5	—	1,561	105.00–112.00	107.19
3	—	1,265	85.00–90.00	87.44

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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	4	—	1,800	1,375.00–1,625.00	1,506.94

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	4	—	1,223	900.00–925.00	912.07

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,115	900.00–1,000.00	944.06
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,166	900.00–1,000.00	930.59

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	—	1,080	825.00–850.00	836.05
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,095	675.00–850.00	798.74

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.