Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2022-11-08

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Nov 8
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
609 head
▼ 119 vs last sale 728▲ 66 vs year ago 543 · +12.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
149 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 141▼ 29 vs year ago 178 · −16.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer and heifer calves mostly steady, bull calves unevenly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $168.24/cwt on 84 head.
Average price
$168.24
84 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$918
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$27
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.07
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543170.6192754
Medium and Large 2549163.9990030
One grade step is worth $6.62/cwt here — about $27 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 sale84 hd
168.24
—
GA average15 barns · 870 hd
161.17
+7.07
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—Average1,48390.721,3458thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29669.2489736
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,62766.311,0795thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average96459.2357122

Every lot

35 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1370192.53/cwt190.00–195.007122
Steers—Medium and Large 2385186.01/cwt185.00–187.007162
Steers—Medium and Large 1408182.48/cwt180.00–185.007452
Steers—Medium and Large 1482190.69/cwt187.00–195.009193
Steers—Medium and Large 1518173.36/cwt170.00–176.0089823
Steers—Medium and Large 2530168.43/cwt160.00–169.0089322
Steers—Medium and Large 1578166.58/cwt166.00–168.0096320
Steers—Medium and Large 2578152.51/cwt150.00–155.008822
Steers—Medium and Large 1716142.99/cwt140.00–144.001,0244
Steers—Medium and Large 2721134.28/cwt130.00–137.009684
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2331151.48/cwt151.00–155.005018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431157.27/cwt151.00–158.006789
Heifers—Medium and Large 2479140.28/cwt135.00–145.0067215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1490150.01/cwt145.00–151.007356
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577147.62/cwt144.00–150.0085227
Heifers—Medium and Large 2725115.98/cwt115.00–117.008412
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1367192.60/cwt190.00–194.007073
Bulls—Medium and Large 2367178.88/cwt175.00–185.006566
Bulls—Medium and Large 3381161.58/cwt160.00–170.006166
Bulls—Medium and Large 1403176.67/cwt175.00–185.007126
Bulls—Medium and Large 2494147.48/cwt147.00–150.007296
Bulls—Medium and Large 1524147.29/cwt145.00–149.007727
Bulls—Medium and Large 2568132.47/cwt130.00–135.007522
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570142.71/cwt140.00–147.008134
Bulls—Medium and Large 2608128.51/cwt125.00–132.007812
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,37586.09/cwt83.00–90.001,1845
Bulls——1,61095.16/cwt93.00–97.001,5322
Bulls——1,765105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,8531
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92855.68/cwt53.00–59.0051712
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00763.50/cwt60.00–67.0063910
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14360.58/cwt58.00–64.006926
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30268.66/cwt65.00–72.0089419
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36874.96/cwt73.00–76.001,02511
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53861.49/cwt60.00–63.009462
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,68769.53/cwt67.00–74.001,1733

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.