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Southern Livestock

Name: Southern Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-26

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Sep 26

● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934

← Sep 19Sep 26Oct 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,055 head

▼ 24 vs last sale 1,079▲ 103 vs year ago 952 · +10.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

175 head

▼ 59 vs last sale 234▼ 110 vs year ago 285 · −38.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: slaughter cows and bulls 4.00 lower, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers lightly tested, steer and heifer calves 2.00 higher, bull calves mostly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $216.92/cwt on 161 head.

Average price

$216.92

161 head · 511 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,109

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$281

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$15.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.94

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	229.43	1,244	18thin
Medium and Large 2	528	215.87	1,140	105
Medium and Large 3	450	213.89	963	38

One grade step is worth $15.54/cwt here — about $281 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

216.92

—

GA average16 barns · 1,377 hd

211.98

+4.94

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,519	120.19	1,825	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,575	92.00	1,449	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,178	90.50	1,066	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,047	82.91	868	39

Every lot

42 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	428	257.58/cwt	255.00–258.00	1,102	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	490	255.57/cwt	254.00–256.00	1,252	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	516	239.01/cwt	235.00–243.00	1,233	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	538	252.88/cwt	247.00–255.00	1,360	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	245.41/cwt	244.00–249.00	1,382	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	577	221.60/cwt	220.00–224.00	1,279	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	578	231.83/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,340	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	234.29/cwt	233.00–236.00	1,464	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	639	230.55/cwt	225.00–231.00	1,473	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	653	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,508	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	389	220.25/cwt	220.00–222.00	857	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	415	226.45/cwt	222.00–230.00	940	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	438	216.33/cwt	215.00–218.00	948	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	465	213.85/cwt	210.00–215.00	994	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	476	218.77/cwt	216.00–223.00	1,041	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	493	232.50/cwt	232.00–235.00	1,146	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	232.95/cwt	231.00–235.00	1,228	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	533	217.01/cwt	216.00–222.00	1,157	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	562	196.01/cwt	195.00–200.00	1,102	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	229.16/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,325	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	588	214.08/cwt	209.00–219.00	1,259	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	603	207.51/cwt	207.00–210.00	1,251	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	613	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,312	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	665	194.57/cwt	192.00–195.00	1,294	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	366	245.33/cwt	245.00–246.00	898	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	408	228.73/cwt	228.00–232.00	933	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	478	217.46/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,039	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	482	223.00/cwt	220.00–224.00	1,075	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	510	224.48/cwt	222.00–227.00	1,145	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	516	216.89/cwt	214.00–218.00	1,119	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	565	212.48/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,201	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	673	186.68/cwt	185.00–190.00	1,256	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,406	115.21/cwt	113.00–118.00	1,620	6
Bulls	—	—	1,574	123.48/cwt	119.00–126.00	1,944	7
Bulls	—	—	1,810	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	2,299	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	950	92.61/cwt	90.00–95.00	880	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	955	78.21/cwt	74.00–82.00	747	15
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,135	84.49/cwt	81.00–89.00	959	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,142	86.69/cwt	80.00–90.00	990	27
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,195	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,291	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,232	95.23/cwt	92.00–100.00	1,173	18
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,575	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,449	1

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.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Southern Livestock - Oak Park, GA

Tue Sep 26, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,055Last week 1,079Year ago 952

Slaughter CattleReceipts 175Last week 234Year ago 285

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	210.00–215.00	212.48
4	—	482	220.00–224.00	223.00
2	—	510	222.00–227.00	224.48
3	—	673	185.00–190.00	186.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	408	228.00–232.00	228.73
15	—	516	214.00–218.00	216.89
2	—	478	215.00–220.00	217.46
9	—	366	245.00–246.00	245.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	428	255.00–258.00	257.58
13	—	639	225.00–231.00	230.55
24	—	578	230.00–239.00	231.83
18	—	516	235.00–243.00	239.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	563	244.00–249.00	245.41
6	—	538	247.00–255.00	252.88
6	—	653	231.00	231.00
10	—	625	233.00–236.00	234.29
14	—	490	254.00–256.00	255.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	577	220.00–224.00	221.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	415	222.00–230.00	226.45
6	—	603	207.00–210.00	207.51
7	—	665	192.00–195.00	194.57
17	—	588	209.00–219.00	214.08
28	—	476	216.00–223.00	218.77
37	—	533	216.00–222.00	217.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	527	231.00–235.00	232.95
6	—	493	232.00–235.00	232.50
6	—	578	225.00–230.00	229.16
2	—	613	214.00	214.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	389	220.00–222.00	220.25
9	—	465	210.00–215.00	213.85
16	—	438	215.00–218.00	216.33
5	—	562	195.00–200.00	196.01

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,574	119.00–126.00	123.48
1	—	1,810	127.00	127.00
6	—	1,406	113.00–118.00	115.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	108.00	108.00
27	—	1,142	80.00–90.00	86.69
18	—	1,232	92.00–100.00	95.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,575	92.00	92.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,135	81.00–89.00	84.49
4	—	950	90.00–95.00	92.61
15	—	955	74.00–82.00	78.21

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.