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Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Sep 10
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,099 head
▲ 407 vs last sale 692▼ 111 vs year ago 1,210 · −9.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
223 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 183▲ 73 vs year ago 150 · +48.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 10▼ 41 vs year ago 54 · −75.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 lower, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers had limited comparable sales, steer, bull and heifer calves, 7.00 to 9.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $218.10/cwt on 57 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −155.97 against this barn's trailing median of $374.07.
Average price
$218.10
57 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,168
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$45
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$13.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.33
vs GA average
−20.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2528226.561,19720
Medium and Large 3539213.531,15137
One grade step is worth $13.03/cwt here — about $45 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 sale57 hd
218.10
—
GA average14 barns · 647 hd
220.43
−2.33
National average182 barns · 14,937 hd
238.61
−20.51
This barn, trailing median35 sales
374.07
−155.97
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—Average1,550145.542,2556thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,403123.961,7395thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,303122.981,60340
CowsLean 85-90%High1,142109.991,25641

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,165$1,6872thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,225$1,8102thin

Every lot

62 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
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380297.03/cwt295.00–298.001,1293
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2404284.57/cwt284.00–286.001,15014
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3441274.24/cwt270.00–280.001,2098
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3471267.85/cwt257.00–271.001,2628
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478267.27/cwt266.00–270.001,27827
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485272.35/cwt270.00–275.001,3213
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3509248.58/cwt240.00–250.001,2657
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2522257.79/cwt250.00–260.001,34610
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2569242.19/cwt235.00–245.001,37815
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3570227.50/cwt225.00–230.001,2972
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1591250.53/cwt247.00–251.001,4818
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3667211.16/cwt210.00–213.001,4088
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2744212.63/cwt210.00–215.001,58223
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3316247.76/cwt245.00–250.007837
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1343268.51/cwt267.00–270.009212
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3360238.00/cwt235.00–240.008575
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1363259.47/cwt257.00–265.0094211
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2383247.80/cwt245.00–255.0094930
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3428231.38/cwt230.00–232.0099010
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2439244.29/cwt240.00–249.001,07222
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2484230.78/cwt230.00–235.001,11722
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3486222.71/cwt220.00–229.001,08231
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520226.61/cwt217.00–229.001,17815
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3533215.13/cwt210.00–220.001,14730
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2553226.40/cwt220.00–228.001,2525
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3566206.65/cwt200.00–210.001,1707
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3613195.77/cwt195.00–197.001,2008
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2619209.31/cwt205.00–215.001,29616
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2678210.06/cwt204.00–211.001,42415
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3680199.46/cwt197.00–202.001,3562
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1315302.58/cwt300.00–305.009532
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2323292.93/cwt285.00–295.009465
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3325271.06/cwt270.00–275.008815
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1358288.49/cwt287.00–290.001,0332
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3364266.38/cwt260.00–270.009707
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2393275.69/cwt270.00–277.001,0839
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3416248.06/cwt245.00–252.001,03215
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2424261.13/cwt255.00–265.001,1077
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1458256.68/cwt256.00–260.001,1766
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2461238.21/cwt237.00–240.001,0985
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3488226.53/cwt225.00–228.001,10520
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3514212.03/cwt210.00–217.001,09019
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2521220.75/cwt220.00–225.001,15012
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3566208.67/cwt205.00–212.001,1818
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570217.35/cwt215.00–220.001,2393
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2630208.77/cwt205.00–210.001,3154
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3631196.93/cwt195.00–200.001,2435
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665207.42/cwt204.00–212.001,37917
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3673187.53/cwt185.00–190.001,2622
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,480133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,9681
Bulls——1,503145.81/cwt140.00–149.002,1924
Bulls——1,805157.00/cwt157.00–157.002,8341
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,115103.80/cwt98.00–108.001,15716
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,147112.12/cwt109.00–115.001,28617
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,184117.85/cwt116.00–119.001,3958
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,247125.60/cwt121.00–130.001,56619
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,328116.88/cwt114.00–121.001,55216
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,400130.26/cwt127.00–137.001,8243
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,408114.50/cwt114.00–115.001,6122
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,438132.51/cwt131.00–137.001,9055
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,2251,810.20/head1,700.00–1,925.001,8102
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1651,687.34/head1,675.00–1,700.001,6872

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.