Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2022-05-10

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, May 10
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
524 head
▼ 404 vs last sale 928▼ 146 vs year ago 670 · −21.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
181 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 167▲ 88 vs year ago 93 · +94.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
198 head
▲ 143 vs last sale 55▲ 170 vs year ago 28 · +607.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00 lower. Feeder steers lightly tested. Feeder bulls 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady. Steer calves 5.00 higher. Bull calves 2.00 lower. 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 $147.58/cwt on 105 head.
Average price
$147.58
105 head · 450 lb average
Value per head Derived
$664
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$307
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.01
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1486155.7375844
Medium and Large 2440141.7662353
Medium and Large 3319141.324508thin
One grade step is worth $14.41/cwt here — about $307 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 sale105 hd
147.58
—
GA average15 barns · 1,343 hd
141.57
+6.01
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—Average1,51698.191,48927
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,14980.3692411
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47076.141,11924
CowsLean 85-90%Average96667.2064959

Every lot

62 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3305176.60/cwt170.00–178.005396
Steers—Medium and Large 2365181.76/cwt180.00–185.006633
Steers—Medium and Large 3368168.02/cwt162.00–172.006183
Steers—Medium and Large 1370197.46/cwt190.00–199.007316
Steers—Medium and Large 1432173.61/cwt170.00–180.0075013
Steers—Medium and Large 1469173.30/cwt170.00–178.008134
Steers—Medium and Large 2473164.27/cwt160.00–168.007777
Steers—Medium and Large 3495150.00/cwt148.00–152.007432
Steers—Medium and Large 2529157.63/cwt155.00–160.008345
Steers—Medium and Large 1532175.19/cwt170.00–178.009325
Steers—Medium and Large 1568161.37/cwt155.00–165.009179
Steers—Medium and Large 1640157.39/cwt150.00–160.001,00710
Steers—Medium and Large 1668145.93/cwt142.00–150.009752
Steers—Medium and Large 3710122.52/cwt120.00–125.008702
Steers—Medium and Large 3783114.01/cwt110.00–118.008932
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3222151.77/cwt150.00–155.003373
Heifers—Medium and Large 3308136.70/cwt130.00–140.004213
Heifers—Medium and Large 2312150.57/cwt150.00–155.0047014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375157.76/cwt155.00–160.005924
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375142.62/cwt140.00–148.0053512
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418143.22/cwt138.00–148.005998
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419156.92/cwt151.00–161.0065711
Heifers—Medium and Large 2472145.18/cwt140.00–148.006856
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473156.37/cwt150.00–160.007408
Heifers—Medium and Large 3480132.58/cwt130.00–135.006362
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519155.33/cwt152.00–158.008069
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528147.66/cwt147.00–148.007803
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570153.84/cwt152.00–154.0087712
Heifers—Medium and Large 2630127.76/cwt123.00–133.008054
Heifers—Medium and Large 2658117.65/cwt115.00–123.007743
Heifers—Medium and Large 2728123.35/cwt122.00–124.008983
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2215177.50/cwt175.00–180.003822
Bulls—Medium and Large 3287153.37/cwt150.00–160.004403
Bulls—Medium and Large 2321164.28/cwt162.00–165.005277
Bulls—Medium and Large 3329151.85/cwt150.00–155.005005
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365172.43/cwt170.00–175.006292
Bulls—Medium and Large 2376158.09/cwt151.00–161.005948
Bulls—Medium and Large 1408162.52/cwt160.00–165.006632
Bulls—Medium and Large 3425142.43/cwt140.00–145.006055
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428153.98/cwt150.00–158.006592
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473158.98/cwt158.00–162.007524
Bulls—Medium and Large 3511131.49/cwt128.00–135.006726
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523141.46/cwt140.00–143.007402
Bulls—Medium and Large 1538156.84/cwt155.00–160.008446
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575133.53/cwt132.00–135.007682
Bulls—Medium and Large 1578146.80/cwt140.00–150.008493
Bulls—Medium and Large 1628140.43/cwt138.00–143.008822
Bulls—Medium and Large 3632124.96/cwt122.00–130.007903
Bulls—Medium and Large 1665136.80/cwt133.00–143.009104
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,22886.12/cwt84.00–88.001,0586
Bulls——1,51697.11/cwt94.00–101.001,47211
Bulls——1,690106.61/cwt104.00–109.001,80210
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91870.17/cwt68.00–75.0064431
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02063.92/cwt60.00–67.0065228
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11375.71/cwt73.00–79.008437
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21388.50/cwt87.00–90.001,0744
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35883.48/cwt80.00–87.001,1342
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48075.47/cwt72.00–79.001,11722
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,125774.00/cwt700.00–850.008,7082
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,233939.78/cwt825.00–1,050.0011,5874
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-3955761.94/cwt600.00–900.007,277120
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3921,148.46/cwt950.00–1,500.0015,98712

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.