Sale reports / Georgia / Southern Livestock / 2024-07-09

Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Jul 9
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
945 head
▼ 239 vs last sale 1,184▲ 945 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
152 head
▼ 145 vs last sale 297▲ 152 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
80 head
▲ 69 vs last sale 11▲ 80 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Trends Available this week due to Holiday

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $292.41/cwt on 80 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −129.10 against this barn's trailing median of $421.51.
Average price
$292.41
80 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,621
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$73
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$4.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.14
vs GA average
−10.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3530295.921,56823
Medium and Large 2564291.001,64157
One grade step is worth $4.92/cwt here — about −$73 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 sale80 hd
292.41
—
GA average9 barns · 269 hd
284.27
+8.14
National average160 barns · 9,699 hd
302.91
−10.50
This barn, trailing median35 sales
421.51
−129.10
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
487430374317median 421.5103/0304/2807/0709/0811/03
Steers 500–600 lb: high $472.65, low $331.18, median $421.51 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—Average1,453165.262,40114
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,207136.871,65260
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,422132.261,8804thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,030124.721,28519

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
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,160$1,5452thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,159$1,77760
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,078$1,6874thin

Every lot

52 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3353325.28/cwt320.00–328.001,1483
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2358336.65/cwt330.00–338.001,20514
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1359343.28/cwt340.00–350.001,23217
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3418316.06/cwt312.00–318.001,3213
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430336.71/cwt330.00–340.001,44812
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2433323.85/cwt320.00–325.001,40228
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2461317.90/cwt310.00–319.001,4668
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3465305.16/cwt300.00–308.001,4193
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3530295.92/cwt292.00–299.001,56823
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2564291.00/cwt290.00–294.001,64157
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3Value Added610269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,64143
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2367292.38/cwt290.00–300.001,0734
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1381307.26/cwt300.00–308.001,17111
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420283.63/cwt280.00–290.001,1914
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3426274.46/cwt272.00–276.001,16917
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3456263.87/cwt260.00–267.001,20312
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463281.54/cwt280.00–283.001,3042
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2463276.47/cwt270.00–280.001,2803
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2527264.87/cwt263.00–269.001,39617
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3533256.90/cwt255.00–257.001,36957
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3591244.35/cwt240.00–245.001,44415
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1609251.76/cwt250.00–255.001,5334
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3305305.42/cwt300.00–310.009324
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2379305.25/cwt300.00–308.001,1573
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1380315.37/cwt312.00–320.001,19810
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3390293.21/cwt290.00–300.001,1445
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3417283.98/cwt280.00–290.001,1848
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423303.82/cwt300.00–305.001,2854
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2437297.22/cwt290.00–298.001,29914
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3457272.85/cwt270.00–277.001,2475
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473293.37/cwt290.00–297.001,3882
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3569253.92/cwt250.00–256.001,4453
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570263.77/cwt260.00–265.001,5034
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3603241.00/cwt240.00–242.001,4532
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,283154.54/cwt150.00–160.001,9835
Bulls——1,394167.44/cwt164.00–174.002,3346
Bulls——1,853178.75/cwt175.00–181.003,3123
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%966132.14/cwt130.00–134.001,2767
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,056115.04/cwt111.00–120.001,2155
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,076124.22/cwt120.00–127.001,3377
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,163152.76/cwt145.00–155.001,7778
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,207138.77/cwt135.00–144.001,67526
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,220130.08/cwt125.00–134.001,58726
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,418139.52/cwt135.00–144.001,9782
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,425125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,7812
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,045105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0971
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,120126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,4111
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1601,545.20/head1,375.00–1,700.001,5452
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,390124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,7241
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-39491,369.21/head975.00–1,575.001,36914
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0781,687.41/head1,675.00–1,700.001,6874
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2231,900.74/head1,625.00–2,375.001,90146

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.