Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2023-11-28

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Nov 28
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
906 head
▲ 187 vs last sale 719▲ 103 vs year ago 803 · +12.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
243 head
▲ 69 vs last sale 174▼ 12 vs year ago 255 · −4.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 0▼ 11 vs year ago 34 · −32.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available due to the market being closed last week for the Thanksgiving Holiday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $213.15/cwt on 142 head.
Average price
$213.15
142 head · 472 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,006
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$217
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$6.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.44
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1491215.251,05876
Medium and Large 2456210.9596258
Medium and Large 3402209.158418thin
One grade step is worth $6.10/cwt here — about $217 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 sale142 hd
213.15
—
GA average9 barns · 692 hd
203.71
+9.44
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—Average1,545115.161,77912
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23493.591,15532
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07779.3885543

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,365$1,5522thin

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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2328262.82/cwt260.00–267.008625
Steers—Medium and Large 1428256.01/cwt255.00–257.001,0966
Steers—Medium and Large 2469236.66/cwt230.00–240.001,1109
Steers—Medium and Large 1483242.51/cwt240.00–245.001,1712
Steers—Medium and Large 1515241.47/cwt240.00–246.001,2448
Steers—Medium and Large 2515237.79/cwt236.00–239.001,2255
Steers—Medium and Large 3561212.39/cwt210.00–214.001,19210
Steers—Medium and Large 3624209.97/cwt209.00–212.001,3103
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2341222.20/cwt217.00–224.007586
Heifers—Medium and Large 2367222.79/cwt220.00–227.0081811
Heifers—Medium and Large 3372213.66/cwt210.00–217.007952
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374231.82/cwt230.00–235.008676
Heifers—Medium and Large 3412207.65/cwt207.00–208.008566
Heifers—Medium and Large 2435213.15/cwt211.00–217.0092714
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470209.35/cwt205.00–214.0098415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471218.25/cwt216.00–220.001,02837
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519211.60/cwt210.00–215.001,09827
Heifers—Medium and Large 2543203.50/cwt202.00–205.001,1054
Heifers—Medium and Large 2564198.68/cwt198.00–200.001,1213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610196.66/cwt195.00–197.001,2006
Heifers—Medium and Large 2643186.68/cwt180.00–190.001,2003
Heifers—Medium and Large 2718178.44/cwt175.00–182.001,2812
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3309261.73/cwt260.00–262.008098
Bulls—Medium and Large 1345278.50/cwt277.00–280.009612
Bulls—Medium and Large 1361273.93/cwt270.00–277.009894
Bulls—Medium and Large 2386254.24/cwt254.00–255.009814
Bulls—Medium and Large 1416245.89/cwt242.00–252.001,0234
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428238.79/cwt238.00–240.001,0225
Bulls—Medium and Large 3431223.56/cwt222.00–226.009645
Bulls—Medium and Large 1479230.42/cwt227.00–235.001,1044
Bulls—Medium and Large 2483218.28/cwt218.00–220.001,0547
Bulls—Medium and Large 1508227.77/cwt222.00–230.001,1579
Bulls—Medium and Large 2524215.66/cwt215.00–220.001,13015
Bulls—Medium and Large 1572202.65/cwt200.00–204.001,1593
Bulls—Medium and Large 1620202.44/cwt200.00–205.001,2552
Bulls—Medium and Large 2633186.90/cwt182.00–192.001,1832
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,248105.49/cwt102.00–109.001,3172
Bulls——1,456113.94/cwt112.00–118.001,6597
Bulls——1,950124.44/cwt120.00–128.002,4273
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06587.89/cwt86.00–90.009368
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07273.31/cwt69.00–76.0078617
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08881.32/cwt78.00–85.0088518
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19493.55/cwt90.00–97.001,11719
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23386.50/cwt84.00–89.001,0677
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,364101.97/cwt100.00–105.001,3916
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3651,552.47/head1,475.00–1,625.001,5522

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.