Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2023-10-10

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Oct 10
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
867 head
▼ 139 vs last sale 1,006▲ 85 vs year ago 782 · +10.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
220 head
▼ 76 vs last sale 296▲ 35 vs year ago 185 · +18.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and heifers mostly steady, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves steady, bull and heifer calves 3.00 lower, 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 $210.00/cwt on 164 head.
Average price
$210.00
164 head · 464 lb average
Value per head Derived
$975
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$54
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.48
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1444221.7898445
Medium and Large 3456205.5893780
Medium and Large 2505205.451,03839
One grade step is worth $16.33/cwt here — about −$54 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 sale164 hd
210.00
—
GA average15 barns · 1,228 hd
206.52
+3.48
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—Low1,552116.941,81510
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54392.981,43512
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19787.311,04560
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11479.0788035

Every lot

46 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 2378261.19/cwt260.00–264.0098722
Steers—Medium and Large 3431237.98/cwt235.00–240.001,0268
Steers—Medium and Large 1493251.83/cwt250.00–252.001,24211
Steers—Medium and Large 2504234.28/cwt230.00–235.001,1817
Steers—Medium and Large 1537248.52/cwt247.00–249.001,3354
Steers—Medium and Large 3545220.82/cwt220.00–226.001,2037
Steers—Medium and Large 1560241.36/cwt240.00–244.001,3529
Steers—Medium and Large 3568213.26/cwt210.00–220.001,2113
Steers—Medium and Large 2592233.61/cwt230.00–234.001,38310
Steers—Medium and Large 2635217.91/cwt217.00–218.001,38411
Steers—Medium and Large 1682231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,5753
Steers—Medium and Large 1735217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,5953
Steers—Medium and Large 1772215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,66015
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3286225.92/cwt225.00–226.0064612
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325216.02/cwt215.00–217.007022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1338229.71/cwt226.00–230.0077613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419227.67/cwt225.00–228.009549
Heifers—Medium and Large 2427211.88/cwt209.00–217.0090520
Heifers—Medium and Large 3438207.01/cwt198.00–209.0090740
Heifers—Medium and Large 2467211.71/cwt210.00–215.009893
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475215.75/cwt215.00–216.001,0254
Heifers—Medium and Large 3519196.60/cwt194.00–200.001,0208
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521214.84/cwt212.00–215.001,11919
Heifers—Medium and Large 2531204.38/cwt202.00–210.001,0855
Heifers—Medium and Large 3587195.18/cwt190.00–196.001,14614
Heifers—Medium and Large 2606192.65/cwt190.00–194.001,1676
Heifers—Medium and Large 3625179.48/cwt177.00–182.001,1224
Heifers—Medium and Large 2694192.41/cwt190.00–193.001,3355
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2356245.72/cwt245.00–250.008757
Bulls—Medium and Large 3462209.75/cwt208.00–212.009699
Bulls—Medium and Large 2479221.60/cwt220.00–222.001,0615
Bulls—Medium and Large 2553198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,09511
Bulls—Medium and Large 3563187.22/cwt185.00–194.001,0548
Bulls—Medium and Large 3618183.32/cwt180.00–185.001,1333
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,350129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,7421
Bulls——1,573111.52/cwt108.00–114.001,7544
Bulls——1,575118.86/cwt115.00–123.001,8725
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06479.87/cwt76.00–83.0085017
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13595.55/cwt94.00–98.001,0848
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14386.17/cwt84.00–89.009859
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17870.44/cwt67.00–74.008309
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20288.70/cwt85.00–93.001,06633
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21581.43/cwt77.00–85.0098919
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,451101.57/cwt98.00–103.001,4745
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48290.63/cwt86.00–93.001,3433
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,70484.00/cwt81.00–85.001,4314

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.