Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2023-02-14

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Feb 14
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
645 head
▼ 446 vs last sale 1,091▼ 262 vs year ago 907 · −28.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
136 head
▼ 84 vs last sale 220▼ 155 vs year ago 291 · −53.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 5.00 to 7.00 higher, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls mostly steady, steer and heifer calves 4.00 to 6.00 higher, bull calves 2.00 higher, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $173.80/cwt on 184 head.
Average price
$173.80
184 head · 474 lb average
Value per head Derived
$824
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$221
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.25
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1506176.46893125
Medium and Large 2398172.6168739
Medium and Large 3422159.5167220
One grade step is worth $16.95/cwt here — about $221 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 sale184 hd
173.80
—
GA average14 barns · 2,022 hd
161.55
+12.25
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—Average1,622103.441,6789thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55592.571,4392thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27391.451,16442
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05175.1679030

Every lot

60 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2292225.68/cwt225.00–226.006593
Steers—Medium and Large 1320233.10/cwt227.00–237.007463
Steers—Medium and Large 1384224.95/cwt220.00–230.008648
Steers—Medium and Large 1413218.10/cwt216.00–227.0090124
Steers—Medium and Large 2440211.01/cwt210.00–212.009282
Steers—Medium and Large 1460215.33/cwt213.00–219.0099120
Steers—Medium and Large 2519198.41/cwt197.00–202.001,0305
Steers—Medium and Large 1538211.13/cwt208.00–214.001,13612
Steers—Medium and Large 1578204.99/cwt202.00–208.001,1852
Steers—Medium and Large 2588192.44/cwt190.00–195.001,1327
Steers—Medium and Large 1624187.57/cwt185.00–195.001,17015
Steers—Medium and Large 1961154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,48010
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2281176.79/cwt172.00–178.004979
Heifers—Medium and Large 3283161.01/cwt160.00–162.004562
Heifers—Medium and Large 2322179.87/cwt175.00–184.005797
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325167.54/cwt165.00–170.005452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1336197.82/cwt189.00–199.0066517
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368178.94/cwt175.00–182.006587
Heifers—Medium and Large 1386191.38/cwt188.00–194.007397
Heifers—Medium and Large 3387169.36/cwt168.00–170.006553
Heifers—Medium and Large 3419163.17/cwt162.00–165.006845
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426172.29/cwt167.00–177.007345
Heifers—Medium and Large 1436186.35/cwt180.00–189.0081210
Heifers—Medium and Large 3473153.51/cwt152.00–155.007264
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475164.79/cwt160.00–170.007832
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480179.88/cwt178.00–182.0086334
Heifers—Medium and Large 3517148.78/cwt145.00–155.007694
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522173.65/cwt167.00–177.0090614
Heifers—Medium and Large 2544164.19/cwt162.00–166.008935
Heifers—Medium and Large 2560156.00/cwt155.00–157.008742
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582164.72/cwt160.00–167.0095918
Heifers—Medium and Large 2623152.47/cwt150.00–155.009502
Heifers—Medium and Large 1634159.16/cwt157.00–165.001,00912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1677159.19/cwt158.00–163.001,07813
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3215207.56/cwt205.00–210.004462
Bulls—Medium and Large 1278223.49/cwt222.00–225.006212
Bulls—Medium and Large 2278211.56/cwt207.00–215.005884
Bulls—Medium and Large 1321223.92/cwt222.00–227.007194
Bulls—Medium and Large 2368207.55/cwt205.00–210.007642
Bulls—Medium and Large 3368192.52/cwt190.00–195.007082
Bulls—Medium and Large 1389217.07/cwt215.00–222.0084413
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425206.72/cwt205.00–210.008794
Bulls—Medium and Large 2456176.26/cwt175.00–180.008044
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475186.21/cwt185.00–187.008845
Bulls—Medium and Large 3480167.47/cwt165.00–170.008042
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530182.57/cwt180.00–185.009682
Bulls—Medium and Large 2568154.41/cwt154.00–155.008775
Bulls—Medium and Large 1579169.29/cwt165.00–175.009806
Bulls—Medium and Large 2608156.00/cwt155.00–157.009482
Bulls—Medium and Large 1616162.98/cwt162.00–165.001,0046
Bulls—Medium and Large 1658159.97/cwt155.00–161.001,0536
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,46998.96/cwt96.00–103.001,4545
Bulls——1,814109.05/cwt107.00–113.001,9784
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94184.13/cwt81.00–87.007925
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07375.17/cwt72.00–80.0080718
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07568.74/cwt63.00–71.007397
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14883.84/cwt80.00–88.0096210
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24190.87/cwt86.00–94.001,12816
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38396.79/cwt95.00–100.001,33916
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55592.57/cwt90.00–95.001,4392

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.