Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2024-06-25

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Jun 25
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,184 head
▲ 570 vs last sale 614▲ 448 vs year ago 736 · +60.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
297 head
▲ 201 vs last sale 96▲ 71 vs year ago 226 · +31.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 14▲ 11 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Note: This report will not be released next week due to July 4th holiday. Market coverage will resume 7/9/24.

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 9.00 higher, slaughter bulls 7.00 higher, feeder steer, bulls, and heifers mostly steady, steer calves6.00 lower, bull calves 4.00 higher, heifer calves mostly steady, 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 $262.93/cwt on 132 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −111.14 against this barn's trailing median of $374.07.
Average price
$262.93
132 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,399
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$155
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$25.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.92
vs GA average
−6.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1531267.871,42293
Medium and Large 2536251.901,35136
Medium and Large 3523242.321,2673thin
One grade step is worth $25.55/cwt here — about $155 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale132 hd
262.93
—
GA average15 barns · 587 hd
250.02
+12.92
National average153 barns · 8,958 hd
269.28
−6.35
This barn, trailing median35 sales
374.07
−111.14
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—Average1,507168.432,53922
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,381156.362,1608thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,227147.441,80952
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,095118.281,29635

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)1,444$2,2423thin

Every lot

63 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1260364.90/cwt360.00–370.009492
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2371339.49/cwt335.00–340.001,26010
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1417330.17/cwt300.00–338.001,37712
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420323.43/cwt320.00–328.001,3587
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1464325.32/cwt324.00–328.001,50918
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475316.52/cwt314.00–320.001,50320
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518300.74/cwt300.00–301.001,55815
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2536290.77/cwt287.00–293.001,5598
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574290.86/cwt290.00–295.001,67064
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1616279.20/cwt272.00–280.001,72010
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2627263.57/cwt260.00–268.001,6539
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665258.48/cwt257.00–260.001,7192
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2730222.48/cwt220.00–225.001,6242
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1287332.67/cwt332.00–335.009554
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2303313.44/cwt310.00–320.0095014
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1329327.60/cwt325.00–332.001,07818
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373315.71/cwt312.00–320.001,17836
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3381294.11/cwt290.00–297.001,1217
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390305.31/cwt300.00–308.001,19124
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1407297.34/cwt296.00–300.001,2103
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2424285.52/cwt282.00–290.001,2114
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3433271.75/cwt270.00–275.001,17719
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3474252.19/cwt250.00–257.001,1956
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475274.72/cwt270.00–275.001,30517
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2484268.15/cwt260.00–269.001,29829
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515255.36/cwt252.00–261.001,31525
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3523242.32/cwt240.00–247.001,2673
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525270.24/cwt266.00–272.001,41980
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567253.27/cwt251.00–260.001,43613
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2585244.03/cwt241.00–251.001,42811
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1607253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,5367
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2667236.87/cwt234.00–239.001,5807
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1706213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,5047
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3330321.21/cwt315.00–325.001,0604
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373331.79/cwt325.00–335.001,2383
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375338.56/cwt337.00–340.001,2702
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3378311.91/cwt310.00–317.001,1797
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3410300.03/cwt295.00–305.001,2304
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2426312.27/cwt307.00–315.001,3307
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1432316.21/cwt295.00–320.001,36613
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3463265.91/cwt262.00–270.001,2318
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1464299.06/cwt290.00–300.001,38811
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2477277.31/cwt270.00–280.001,32313
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3525260.99/cwt260.00–262.001,3704
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2527271.04/cwt264.00–272.001,42826
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2557249.23/cwt245.00–255.001,38819
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1569261.62/cwt258.00–263.001,48933
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615237.52/cwt235.00–240.001,4612
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2624225.52/cwt220.00–230.001,4074
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1677230.66/cwt230.00–232.001,5623
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,409158.05/cwt154.00–162.002,2274
Bulls——1,415167.61/cwt163.00–171.002,37213
Bulls——1,826178.86/cwt175.00–185.003,2665
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,064117.22/cwt112.00–122.001,24717
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,115127.18/cwt124.00–130.001,41811
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,141106.85/cwt101.00–111.001,2197
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,197137.85/cwt134.00–142.001,65019
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,237159.83/cwt155.00–165.001,97714
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,249147.89/cwt143.00–153.001,84719
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,300167.38/cwt165.00–171.002,1763
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,430149.75/cwt145.00–155.002,1415
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3982,162.43/head2,150.00–2,175.002,1622
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5352,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001

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.