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Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Feb 11
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,144 head
▲ 67 vs last sale 1,077▲ 529 vs year ago 615 · +86.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
148 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 118▲ 62 vs year ago 86 · +72.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 41▲ 33 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls sharply higher, feeder steers, bulls, and heifers had limited comparable sales, steer and heifer calves 12.00 lower, bull calves sharply 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 $266.36/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −107.71 against this barn's trailing median of $374.07.
Average price
$266.36
44 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,444
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$149
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$31.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.56
vs GA average
−30.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538282.671,52121
Medium and Large 3546251.481,37223
One grade step is worth $31.19/cwt here — about $149 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale44 hd
266.36
—
GA average16 barns · 445 hd
262.80
+3.56
National average157 barns · 11,394 hd
297.00
−30.64
This barn, trailing median35 sales
374.07
−107.71
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—Average1,875195.843,67313
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,505144.862,18020
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,248144.841,80841
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,048120.611,26413

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,128$2,0603thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,095$2,0002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,382$2,3236

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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3370348.33/cwt347.00–355.001,2896
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2414362.10/cwt360.00–363.001,49910
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1461340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5675
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3479327.77/cwt325.00–328.001,57013
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2537317.45/cwt316.00–318.001,70511
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1539328.58/cwt324.00–330.001,77118
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2583295.64/cwt290.00–300.001,7243
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3615263.36/cwt260.00–265.001,6203
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621295.53/cwt295.00–296.001,83515
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,8413
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2667270.35/cwt270.00–271.001,8033
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3675246.50/cwt245.00–247.001,6644
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1243354.95/cwt350.00–360.008632
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3279309.38/cwt305.00–315.008637
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3312299.43/cwt295.00–305.0093411
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370314.00/cwt308.00–316.001,16215
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3370298.78/cwt295.00–304.001,10520
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2412295.01/cwt294.00–300.001,21516
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3434277.11/cwt275.00–280.001,20312
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3478277.46/cwt275.00–280.001,32618
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2490298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,46015
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3515261.25/cwt260.00–265.001,3458
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,50314
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3562246.27/cwt240.00–250.001,38415
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1574270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5507
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3619233.21/cwt230.00–237.001,4446
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2627242.57/cwt242.00–243.001,5217
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2660243.13/cwt240.00–245.001,60516
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3661227.67/cwt225.00–230.001,5056
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1262406.69/cwt405.00–410.001,0663
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3264381.37/cwt380.00–385.001,0078
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3323359.72/cwt357.00–365.001,1625
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2333378.17/cwt370.00–380.001,25910
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3372341.07/cwt340.00–345.001,2699
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3411316.20/cwt310.00–320.001,30012
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2419327.79/cwt320.00–332.001,3739
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3482301.38/cwt295.00–305.001,45316
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1528292.54/cwt290.00–295.001,5452
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3530282.17/cwt280.00–285.001,49610
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2531289.44/cwt285.00–290.001,5379
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2563281.34/cwt280.00–282.001,5843
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3568269.12/cwt265.00–272.001,5299
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620262.40/cwt260.00–265.001,6277
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1667250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6685
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2682244.89/cwt240.00–248.001,67012
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1773227.46/cwt225.00–230.001,7582
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2778213.53/cwt210.00–217.001,6612
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,791193.25/cwt189.00–199.003,4617
Bulls——1,959207.77/cwt206.00–210.004,0704
Bulls——2,003181.04/cwt176.00–185.003,6262
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%840108.00/cwt108.00–108.009072
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,053119.18/cwt118.00–120.001,2554
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,104125.03/cwt122.00–129.001,3807
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,140139.38/cwt137.00–144.001,58916
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,178134.89/cwt134.00–136.001,5893
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,337150.17/cwt145.00–155.002,00822
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,343130.32/cwt128.00–135.001,7503
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,467140.05/cwt137.00–144.002,0559
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,608155.73/cwt152.00–159.002,5048
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0952,000.34/head1,925.00–2,075.002,0002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1282,060.30/head1,975.00–2,175.002,0603
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3822,322.68/head2,250.00–2,400.002,3236

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.