Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2023-04-11

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Apr 11
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
816 head
▲ 84 vs last sale 732▲ 148 vs year ago 668 · +22.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
209 head
▲ 74 vs last sale 135▼ 15 vs year ago 224 · −6.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 22▼ 3 vs year ago 21 · −14.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers 2.00 higher, feeder bulls lightly tested, feeder heifers mostly steady, steer and bull calves 3.00 higher, heifer calves 4.00 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 $199.28/cwt on 185 head.
Average price
$199.28
185 head · 502 lb average
Value per head Derived
$999
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$287
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$1.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.01
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3374200.857515thin
Medium and Large 2459199.8491848
Medium and Large 1522199.021,038132
One grade step is worth $1.83/cwt here — about −$287 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 sale185 hd
199.28
—
GA average15 barns · 1,835 hd
195.28
+4.01
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—High1,769117.442,07717
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,446101.281,4645thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,12499.541,11988
CowsLean 85-90%High1,00184.9685125

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)995$1,0942thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,275$1,0501thin

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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1328254.56/cwt252.00–257.008352
Steers—Medium and Large 2330244.85/cwt240.00–250.008082
Steers—Medium and Large 2362239.69/cwt237.00–242.008683
Steers—Medium and Large 1367249.22/cwt245.00–255.009155
Steers—Medium and Large 2430234.22/cwt232.00–237.001,0078
Steers—Medium and Large 1441244.87/cwt242.00–245.001,08021
Steers—Medium and Large 1508237.02/cwt230.00–239.001,20440
Steers—Medium and Large 1566227.65/cwt220.00–229.001,28835
Steers—Medium and Large 2586213.61/cwt212.00–214.001,2525
Steers—Medium and Large 2622204.85/cwt204.00–207.001,2748
Steers—Medium and Large 1685194.37/cwt190.00–195.001,3318
Steers—Medium and Large 1724183.41/cwt177.00–185.001,3285
Steers—Medium and Large 1781180.76/cwt180.00–181.001,4124
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1333221.70/cwt220.00–225.007383
Heifers—Medium and Large 1371224.96/cwt220.00–230.008357
Heifers—Medium and Large 3374200.85/cwt197.00–207.007515
Heifers—Medium and Large 2379217.05/cwt212.00–218.0082314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1411208.60/cwt207.00–212.008575
Heifers—Medium and Large 2435202.63/cwt198.00–206.0088119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477207.87/cwt200.00–209.0099249
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525196.03/cwt191.00–200.001,02934
Heifers—Medium and Large 2529178.55/cwt178.00–180.009457
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569194.13/cwt190.00–200.001,1059
Heifers—Medium and Large 2589184.83/cwt180.00–186.001,0896
Heifers—Medium and Large 2618172.47/cwt170.00–175.001,0662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619182.35/cwt180.00–185.001,1296
Heifers—Medium and Large 1664176.72/cwt172.00–179.001,17314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1772164.39/cwt164.00–165.001,2695
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1333250.98/cwt250.00–252.008362
Bulls—Medium and Large 3344224.64/cwt224.00–230.0077313
Bulls—Medium and Large 2358233.48/cwt230.00–237.008362
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370248.41/cwt245.00–252.009192
Bulls—Medium and Large 3372224.61/cwt220.00–226.0083614
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410237.78/cwt235.00–242.009754
Bulls—Medium and Large 2432227.31/cwt225.00–230.009823
Bulls—Medium and Large 2468201.34/cwt195.00–205.009426
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473215.75/cwt210.00–220.001,0205
Bulls—Medium and Large 1538205.94/cwt202.00–210.001,1082
Bulls—Medium and Large 1565201.21/cwt196.00–206.001,1374
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570182.54/cwt180.00–185.001,0402
Bulls—Medium and Large 3715142.52/cwt140.00–145.001,0192
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,243107.57/cwt105.00–110.001,3373
Bulls——1,754116.30/cwt115.00–118.002,0407
Bulls——2,009122.82/cwt120.00–127.002,4677
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95080.33/cwt78.00–83.007639
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,01491.23/cwt88.00–93.0092518
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03087.56/cwt84.00–91.0090216
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04197.41/cwt94.00–101.001,01431
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,240105.07/cwt101.00–109.001,30339
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31899.01/cwt97.00–102.001,3053
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,638104.68/cwt103.00–106.001,7152
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29951,094.10/head1,025.00–1,150.001,0942
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2751,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501

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.