Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2023-11-07

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Nov 7
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,161 head
▲ 509 vs last sale 652▲ 552 vs year ago 609 · +90.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
179 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 192▲ 30 vs year ago 149 · +20.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 higher, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers mostly steady, steer and bull calves 2.00 higher, heifer calves 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 $211.70/cwt on 156 head.
Average price
$211.70
156 head · 487 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,030
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$61
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$14.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.76
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2436214.4693677
Medium and Large 1544211.221,14964
Medium and Large 3500199.5299715thin
One grade step is worth $14.94/cwt here — about −$61 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 sale156 hd
211.70
—
GA average16 barns · 1,605 hd
204.94
+6.76
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—High1,563119.341,86523
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,185107.001,2681thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,12290.311,01322
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02178.8380529

Every lot

49 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1401280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1237
Steers—Medium and Large 3413262.45/cwt260.00–265.001,0842
Steers—Medium and Large 2440270.56/cwt269.00–277.001,19010
Steers—Medium and Large 1476264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,2574
Steers—Medium and Large 1525249.72/cwt244.00–253.001,31114
Steers—Medium and Large 2528234.82/cwt232.00–237.001,2405
Steers—Medium and Large 1573249.02/cwt243.00–252.001,42722
Steers—Medium and Large 2584238.75/cwt234.00–241.001,3946
Steers—Medium and Large 1620247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,53116
Steers—Medium and Large 1655235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5396
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330219.09/cwt205.00–224.0072317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1335233.47/cwt227.00–235.007825
Heifers—Medium and Large 2369222.64/cwt217.00–225.0082212
Heifers—Medium and Large 3422207.67/cwt205.00–209.008763
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430214.24/cwt210.00–217.0092115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1434222.67/cwt221.00–226.0096611
Heifers—Medium and Large 2471218.03/cwt216.00–219.001,02722
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475204.69/cwt200.00–209.009722
Heifers—Medium and Large 2517205.01/cwt200.00–210.001,0604
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519214.74/cwt212.00–220.001,11518
Heifers—Medium and Large 3528196.04/cwt193.00–199.001,03510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576211.74/cwt210.00–215.001,22012
Heifers—Medium and Large 2670183.89/cwt183.00–186.001,2327
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673194.18/cwt190.00–195.001,30718
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2275285.27/cwt280.00–290.007842
Bulls—Medium and Large 3310261.67/cwt260.00–265.008113
Bulls—Medium and Large 2319274.71/cwt272.00–280.0087614
Bulls—Medium and Large 1378274.68/cwt268.00–278.001,03816
Bulls—Medium and Large 2378256.15/cwt253.00–259.009688
Bulls—Medium and Large 3388244.23/cwt240.00–245.009486
Bulls—Medium and Large 3410223.64/cwt220.00–225.009176
Bulls—Medium and Large 1427243.95/cwt242.00–244.001,04236
Bulls—Medium and Large 2432232.05/cwt230.00–236.001,0028
Bulls—Medium and Large 2458222.34/cwt220.00–227.001,0189
Bulls—Medium and Large 1466237.93/cwt235.00–242.001,1097
Bulls—Medium and Large 3518192.51/cwt190.00–195.009972
Bulls—Medium and Large 1524223.98/cwt222.00–230.001,1748
Bulls—Medium and Large 2540214.41/cwt214.00–217.001,1587
Bulls—Medium and Large 1605206.50/cwt202.00–208.001,2494
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,511115.65/cwt114.00–118.001,7477
Bulls——1,559122.71/cwt119.00–127.001,91314
Bulls——1,773108.64/cwt106.00–111.001,9262
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98971.32/cwt67.00–74.007058
Cows—Lean 85-90%99486.24/cwt85.00–88.008578
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05778.89/cwt75.00–84.0083413
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08592.54/cwt88.00–95.001,00413
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,153100.46/cwt99.00–102.001,1582
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18183.27/cwt80.00–86.009837
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,185107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,2681

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.