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Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Jun 24
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
467 head
▼ 317 vs last sale 784▼ 717 vs year ago 1,184 · −60.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
73 head
▼ 74 vs last sale 147▼ 224 vs year ago 297 · −75.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
29 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 33▲ 18 vs year ago 11 · +163.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter Cows sold 2.00 - 4.00 higher. Slaughter Bulls sold 6.00 higher. Replacement Cattle lightly tested. Feeder Bulls and Feeder Heifers steady. Feeder Steers no comparable trends. Bull Calves and Steer Calves firm. Heifer Calves steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $305.40/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 2 of 35 comparable sales and sits −68.68 against this barn's trailing median of $374.07.
Average price
$305.40
23 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,663
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$168
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$50.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.36
vs GA average
−30.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1519329.791,7126thin
Medium and Large 2554312.701,7319thin
Medium and Large 3554278.891,5448thin
One grade step is worth $50.91/cwt here — about $168 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale23 hd
305.40
—
GA average14 barns · 371 hd
316.76
−11.36
National average145 barns · 7,340 hd
335.91
−30.51
This barn, trailing median35 sales
374.07
−68.68
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—High1,637202.573,3178thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,428172.482,46315
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,228163.442,00720
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,053149.151,57117

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)1,154$2,1084thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)955$1,9832thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,125$2,3252thin

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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340439.87/cwt435.00–460.001,4966
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3384378.00/cwt365.00–385.001,4527
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3442371.94/cwt360.00–376.001,6448
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2463374.00/cwt374.00–374.001,7322
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3475361.57/cwt345.00–370.001,71731
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2518357.22/cwt355.00–358.001,8504
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3518342.51/cwt340.00–345.001,7742
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3571329.64/cwt324.00–340.001,88211
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3267351.75/cwt350.00–355.009393
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2299392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,1744
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315387.69/cwt380.00–395.001,2217
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3327350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1455
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370354.11/cwt350.00–358.001,31021
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3372343.35/cwt330.00–346.001,27713
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1400360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,4404
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2416346.52/cwt344.00–355.001,4425
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3420329.18/cwt310.00–340.001,38315
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1450352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,5843
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2464340.21/cwt325.00–346.001,57933
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3468314.81/cwt310.00–320.001,4732
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519329.79/cwt328.00–335.001,7126
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2527323.28/cwt320.00–325.001,7043
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3531302.69/cwt295.00–310.001,6074
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2567307.41/cwt290.00–314.001,7436
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3576255.08/cwt250.00–265.001,4694
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2635271.73/cwt260.00–290.001,7253
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3728240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7473
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2223400.00/cwt400.00–400.008922
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2275386.82/cwt375.00–400.001,0642
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3276351.12/cwt335.00–370.009695
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2322391.76/cwt390.00–395.001,2613
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1352419.03/cwt410.00–440.001,4755
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2374384.90/cwt375.00–405.001,4407
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3379354.59/cwt350.00–357.501,34411
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2413362.52/cwt358.00–375.001,49719
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5772
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3424345.07/cwt325.00–355.001,4636
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3466322.53/cwt315.00–328.001,5035
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2486345.64/cwt340.00–350.001,6806
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2514340.21/cwt335.00–344.001,74911
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3532308.29/cwt305.00–310.001,6403
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2558312.53/cwt310.00–315.001,7442
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3566299.65/cwt298.00–302.001,69611
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615303.81/cwt300.00–310.001,8685
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2645267.50/cwt265.00–270.001,7252
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2660252.46/cwt250.00–255.001,6662
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,500185.62/cwt179.00–191.002,7842
Bulls——1,683208.22/cwt200.00–215.003,5046
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%981153.05/cwt150.00–158.001,5015
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,057163.27/cwt161.00–165.001,7263
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,092142.27/cwt138.00–148.001,5549
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,207157.87/cwt149.00–162.001,9057
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,223138.21/cwt134.00–143.001,6902
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,242171.58/cwt163.00–180.002,13111
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,313156.54/cwt155.00–158.002,0552
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,372166.23/cwt165.00–169.002,2813
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,468177.54/cwt170.00–184.002,60610
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-29551,983.25/head1,750.00–2,200.001,9832
Bred Cows—Small 1-29702,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,2152,043.42/head1,850.00–2,150.002,0433
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-31,0001,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2503,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001

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.