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Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Nov 15
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
523 head
▼ 86 vs last sale 609▼ 133 vs year ago 656 · −20.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
116 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 149▼ 35 vs year ago 151 · −23.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 0▼ 22 vs year ago 33 · −66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder steers, feeder bulls and feeder heifers lightly tested. Steer calves and bull calves steady. Heifer calves 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.22/cwt on 161 head.
Average price
$140.22
161 head · 482 lb average
Value per head Derived
$675
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$205
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.94
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537150.3680825
Medium and Large 2506141.5271660
Medium and Large 3444135.8560376
One grade step is worth $14.50/cwt here — about $205 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
140.22
—
GA average16 barns · 1,930 hd
141.16
−0.94
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—Low1,47293.061,37014
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,46274.451,08815
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19867.0980414
CowsLean 85-90%Low89863.4056936

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,153$6892thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)948$6872thin

Every lot

53 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 3365170.96/cwt168.00–174.0062414
Steers—Medium and Large 3425169.50/cwt168.00–170.007204
Steers—Medium and Large 2467175.51/cwt170.00–179.0082015
Steers—Medium and Large 3476166.61/cwt160.00–168.0079311
Steers—Medium and Large 2514167.60/cwt160.00–169.008618
Steers—Medium and Large 3518144.97/cwt142.00–150.007513
Steers—Medium and Large 2572156.14/cwt155.00–162.008936
Steers—Medium and Large 3580144.97/cwt140.00–149.0084129
Steers—Medium and Large 3613138.33/cwt138.00–140.0084812
Steers—Medium and Large 3693136.51/cwt133.00–140.009462
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3324143.27/cwt136.00–146.0046410
Heifers—Medium and Large 3366145.86/cwt140.00–147.0053415
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418153.47/cwt148.00–156.0064227
Heifers—Medium and Large 3430139.84/cwt136.00–146.0060118
Heifers—Medium and Large 3463125.27/cwt120.00–130.005809
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485152.59/cwt151.00–153.0074010
Heifers—Medium and Large 2487140.68/cwt138.00–141.0068515
Heifers—Medium and Large 3529129.75/cwt125.00–133.0068621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532153.49/cwt150.00–154.008178
Heifers—Medium and Large 2534141.51/cwt140.00–142.007564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1590146.41/cwt144.00–148.008645
Heifers—Medium and Large 2634121.73/cwt115.00–125.007726
Heifers—Medium and Large 3660111.69/cwt110.00–115.007373
Heifers—Medium and Large 2668120.94/cwt118.00–124.008082
Heifers—Medium and Large 1688136.51/cwt135.00–138.009392
Heifers—Medium and Large 2740118.78/cwt115.00–120.008794
Heifers—Medium and Large 2770111.99/cwt110.00–114.008622
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3238175.05/cwt170.00–180.004172
Bulls—Medium and Large 3283171.47/cwt167.00–175.004855
Bulls—Medium and Large 3315164.56/cwt160.00–168.005184
Bulls—Medium and Large 1358170.78/cwt170.00–175.006119
Bulls—Medium and Large 3373155.23/cwt150.00–160.005792
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425163.95/cwt160.00–168.006972
Bulls—Medium and Large 3434150.55/cwt150.00–155.006539
Bulls—Medium and Large 2471153.69/cwt150.00–157.0072410
Bulls—Medium and Large 3484141.15/cwt140.00–143.006837
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530145.30/cwt143.00–148.007703
Bulls—Medium and Large 3533130.25/cwt127.00–132.006944
Bulls—Medium and Large 2623120.07/cwt115.00–125.007483
Bulls—Medium and Large 3683103.22/cwt100.00–110.007053
Bulls—Medium and Large 2720114.49/cwt110.00–118.008244
Bulls—Medium and Large 2763109.01/cwt105.00–113.008322
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,28788.98/cwt87.00–93.001,1458
Bulls——1,71898.49/cwt96.00–103.001,6926
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88056.66/cwt53.00–60.0049912
Cows—Lean 85-90%89765.33/cwt61.00–68.0058619
Cows—Lean 85-90%94572.27/cwt70.00–76.006835
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17373.40/cwt72.00–76.008613
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20565.37/cwt63.00–67.0078811
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45669.76/cwt66.00–73.001,0168
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46879.82/cwt75.00–82.001,1727
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3948686.68/head600.00–750.006872
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,153688.88/head650.00–725.006892

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.