Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2023-08-01

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Aug 1
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,082 head
▲ 915 vs last sale 167▲ 556 vs year ago 526 · +105.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
293 head
▼ 435 vs last sale 728▲ 222 vs year ago 71 · +312.7%
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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 6.00 lower, feeder bulls 3.00 lower, feeder heifers mostly steady, steer and bull calves 4.00 lower, heifer calves unevenly steady, 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 $217.19/cwt on 216 head.
Average price
$217.19
216 head · 513 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,114
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$283
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.05
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551218.151,203131
Medium and Large 2458217.9699866
Medium and Large 3442207.9292019thin
One grade step is worth $10.23/cwt here — about $283 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 sale216 hd
217.19
—
GA average15 barns · 1,483 hd
211.14
+6.05
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—High1,387121.301,6829thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,509105.361,5905thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,226104.291,27950
CowsLean 85-90%Low96588.4885448

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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2323268.80/cwt262.00–272.008683
Steers—Medium and Large 1365270.00/cwt265.00–275.009862
Steers—Medium and Large 1418262.49/cwt260.00–265.001,0972
Steers—Medium and Large 2432250.13/cwt249.00–252.001,08113
Steers—Medium and Large 2472241.61/cwt239.00–247.001,14019
Steers—Medium and Large 1473261.34/cwt259.00–262.001,2369
Steers—Medium and Large 1508250.49/cwt247.00–251.001,2728
Steers—Medium and Large 3513229.99/cwt227.00–231.001,1804
Steers—Medium and Large 2526239.71/cwt233.00–243.001,26127
Steers—Medium and Large 2588232.98/cwt229.00–237.001,3708
Steers—Medium and Large 1591241.14/cwt240.00–242.001,4257
Steers—Medium and Large 1622234.08/cwt234.00–235.001,45613
Steers—Medium and Large 2633225.17/cwt220.00–226.001,4257
Steers—Medium and Large 1672233.51/cwt226.00–235.001,5696
Steers—Medium and Large 2690220.21/cwt220.00–226.001,51954
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2310234.97/cwt230.00–236.007286
Heifers—Medium and Large 3372215.68/cwt215.00–216.008023
Heifers—Medium and Large 2374225.97/cwt220.00–227.0084512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426227.22/cwt224.00–232.009688
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426218.29/cwt216.00–221.0093013
Heifers—Medium and Large 3428210.43/cwt206.00–214.0090110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465221.22/cwt218.00–224.001,02939
Heifers—Medium and Large 3473202.32/cwt200.00–207.009573
Heifers—Medium and Large 2488215.37/cwt210.00–217.001,05117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510221.62/cwt217.00–224.001,1309
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525211.48/cwt207.00–213.001,11011
Heifers—Medium and Large 3530197.38/cwt192.00–200.001,0463
Heifers—Medium and Large 2558212.38/cwt210.00–213.001,1855
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571216.52/cwt215.00–224.001,23627
Heifers—Medium and Large 1639214.41/cwt209.00–217.001,37048
Heifers—Medium and Large 2730188.48/cwt187.00–190.001,3762
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3379228.81/cwt228.00–230.008677
Bulls—Medium and Large 3423224.58/cwt220.00–230.0095016
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425252.63/cwt250.00–254.001,0743
Bulls—Medium and Large 3469211.06/cwt205.00–214.009909
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475216.40/cwt215.00–218.001,02810
Bulls—Medium and Large 3513201.23/cwt200.00–205.001,0324
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523210.03/cwt205.00–211.001,0986
Bulls—Medium and Large 2574206.15/cwt200.00–208.001,1836
Bulls—Medium and Large 3591197.55/cwt190.00–200.001,1684
Bulls—Medium and Large 1605206.00/cwt202.00–210.001,2462
Bulls—Medium and Large 1664198.87/cwt197.00–200.001,3208
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,290110.58/cwt109.00–112.001,4262
Bulls——1,375121.44/cwt118.00–123.001,6704
Bulls——1,467128.26/cwt125.00–132.001,8823
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88778.70/cwt75.00–83.006989
Cows—Lean 85-90%95887.75/cwt84.00–92.0084125
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02796.07/cwt94.00–100.0098714
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13894.71/cwt94.00–97.001,0789
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,243110.60/cwt108.00–116.001,37516
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,247103.71/cwt99.00–107.001,29325
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45397.53/cwt95.00–100.001,4172
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,547110.58/cwt107.00–115.001,7113

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.