Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2024-06-11

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Jun 11
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
722 head
▼ 150 vs last sale 872▼ 313 vs year ago 1,035 · −30.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
176 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 172▼ 38 vs year ago 214 · −17.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers, heifers, and bulls lightly tested, steer calves 8.00 lower, heifer and bull calves 4.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $249.11/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −124.96 against this barn's trailing median of $374.07.
Average price
$249.11
56 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,318
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$100
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$14.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.94
vs GA average
−16.26 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2529257.481,36220
Medium and Large 1572253.651,4516thin
Medium and Large 3520242.631,26230
One grade step is worth $14.85/cwt here — about $100 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale56 hd
249.11
—
GA average14 barns · 563 hd
246.17
+2.94
National average154 barns · 8,969 hd
265.37
−16.26
This barn, trailing median35 sales
374.07
−124.96
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

35 sales
423376329282median 374.0703/0304/2807/0709/0811/03
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $409.07, low $296.08, median $374.07 across 35 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—High1,660162.302,6955thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,467144.082,1138thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,188139.711,65940
CowsLean 85-90%Low962114.791,10438

Every lot

55 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2357346.01/cwt345.00–348.001,2353
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2408326.99/cwt322.00–330.001,3344
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1439348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,52814
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2472309.17/cwt309.00–310.001,4596
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1508308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,5652
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2524300.79/cwt296.00–304.001,57617
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3530287.68/cwt287.00–288.001,5256
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2593273.37/cwt273.00–277.001,62121
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618269.78/cwt269.00–270.001,6679
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3624233.04/cwt230.00–240.001,4544
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2631261.83/cwt255.00–263.001,65214
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,6572
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2694236.33/cwt235.00–242.001,64031
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3713213.54/cwt210.00–217.001,5232
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2268321.19/cwt320.00–325.008614
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1308323.51/cwt322.00–325.009962
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2321317.72/cwt316.00–320.001,02014
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3328305.04/cwt300.00–310.001,0014
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2357301.33/cwt300.00–302.001,0763
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3362293.36/cwt290.00–300.001,0623
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1408304.23/cwt296.00–306.001,24117
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420292.70/cwt287.00–296.001,2294
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3423282.51/cwt275.00–284.001,1956
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2472261.23/cwt260.00–262.001,2335
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3513244.10/cwt240.00–246.001,25226
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2529257.48/cwt252.00–259.001,36220
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3568233.06/cwt230.00–237.001,3244
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572253.65/cwt253.00–255.001,4516
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626235.72/cwt234.00–239.001,47610
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1672219.32/cwt216.00–220.001,47416
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2718208.41/cwt208.00–209.001,4965
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1310365.08/cwt360.00–370.001,1323
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2318352.44/cwt350.00–355.001,1212
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1362344.93/cwt340.00–350.001,2493
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3379318.15/cwt318.00–320.001,20613
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1407322.80/cwt320.00–330.001,3145
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3413301.15/cwt300.00–307.001,2446
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3478273.34/cwt270.00–275.001,3073
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2479279.80/cwt277.00–285.001,3404
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1513283.55/cwt280.00–287.001,4552
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2513274.33/cwt274.00–275.001,4073
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3520261.00/cwt255.00–264.001,3573
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3566221.91/cwt220.00–230.001,25611
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2613237.47/cwt235.00–240.001,4562
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,578163.50/cwt163.00–164.002,5802
Bulls——1,683152.25/cwt149.00–155.002,5622
Bulls——1,780180.00/cwt180.00–180.003,2041
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%878111.61/cwt110.00–118.0098016
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,001104.88/cwt102.00–107.001,0507
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,033122.81/cwt119.00–126.001,26915
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,131128.57/cwt125.00–132.001,4549
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,166139.18/cwt134.00–144.001,62319
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,264148.89/cwt145.00–154.001,88212
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,421144.80/cwt142.00–151.002,0587
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,785139.00/cwt139.00–139.002,4811

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.