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Southern Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oak Park, Georgia · Tue, Nov 11
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1934
Feeder Cattle receipts
503 head
▼ 138 vs last sale 641▼ 56 vs year ago 559 · −10.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
128 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 104▼ 48 vs year ago 176 · −27.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
36 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 75▲ 36 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 and Slaughter Bulls steady. Replacement Cattle steady. All Feeder Classes steady. Bull Calves sold 8.00 - 10.00 higher. Heifer Calves and Steer Calves sold steady to 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $340.43/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 14 of 35 comparable sales and sits −33.64 against this barn's trailing median of $374.07.
Average price
$340.43
40 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,845
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$165
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.61
vs GA average
−23.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546353.261,92820
Medium and Large 2538327.601,76320
One grade step is worth $25.66/cwt here — about $165 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 sale40 hd
340.43
—
GA average14 barns · 397 hd
320.83
+19.61
National average183 barns · 20,348 hd
363.96
−23.53
This barn, trailing median35 sales
374.07
−33.64
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—Average1,640174.662,86418
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,240152.981,89749
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,655152.902,53110
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,008149.231,50424

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 PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)843$1,9033thin

Every lot

67 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 1385452.05/cwt440.00–460.001,74012
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3422379.94/cwt375.00–385.001,6033
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1432455.16/cwt430.00–457.501,96612
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3471344.96/cwt340.00–350.001,6254
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2477370.28/cwt360.00–375.001,7663
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1489428.56/cwt410.00–429.502,09619
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2517359.97/cwt355.00–365.001,8615
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1536401.93/cwt392.50–420.002,15414
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3536336.69/cwt310.00–345.001,8057
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1562391.11/cwt390.00–392.502,1989
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1689335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,3085
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,2867
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275402.41/cwt400.00–405.001,1072
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1304383.03/cwt380.00–390.001,1645
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325352.50/cwt350.00–355.001,1462
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378359.89/cwt350.00–375.001,3606
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1381404.15/cwt385.00–417.501,54016
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1407400.94/cwt375.00–410.001,63225
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2424353.68/cwt340.00–370.001,50012
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462387.10/cwt377.50–395.001,78819
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2472350.40/cwt335.00–362.501,65418
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3480305.10/cwt300.00–310.001,4642
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520329.16/cwt310.00–335.001,71212
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1534358.88/cwt340.00–372.501,91614
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565325.27/cwt305.00–340.001,8388
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573340.15/cwt330.00–350.001,9496
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2618317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,9624
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2663301.27/cwt300.00–302.501,9974
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3680275.07/cwt270.00–280.001,8702
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2701297.50/cwt297.50–297.502,0854
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1722296.24/cwt295.00–297.502,1394
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3218462.36/cwt450.00–475.001,0082
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2275457.50/cwt455.00–460.001,2582
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 3285411.70/cwt410.00–415.001,1733
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3326411.10/cwt400.00–425.001,3405
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1333454.08/cwt450.00–460.001,5125
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1374445.13/cwt425.00–455.001,6656
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2377398.39/cwt385.00–420.001,50213
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1407436.12/cwt425.00–445.001,7759
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2410377.47/cwt375.00–380.001,5482
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3427340.04/cwt320.00–350.001,4523
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1466401.05/cwt390.00–415.001,8694
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2486353.94/cwt345.00–370.001,72016
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1513358.34/cwt355.00–360.001,8383
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530334.22/cwt320.00–345.001,7717
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555342.57/cwt335.00–350.001,9012
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2560315.00/cwt310.00–320.001,7642
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623321.26/cwt320.00–322.502,0014
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3633254.94/cwt240.00–270.001,6142
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2644286.24/cwt275.00–300.001,8434
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3670227.28/cwt220.00–235.001,5232
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2673272.53/cwt270.00–275.001,8342
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1681294.41/cwt280.00–310.002,0058
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2712287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,0473
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,473154.04/cwt138.00–169.002,2696
Bulls——1,678181.51/cwt170.00–190.003,0469
Bulls——1,858195.34/cwt193.00–197.003,6293
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%945165.58/cwt161.00–175.001,5653
Cows—Lean 85-90%958153.53/cwt147.00–160.001,47114
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,134133.62/cwt120.00–145.001,5157
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,238157.53/cwt153.00–161.001,95027
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,239142.65/cwt128.00–151.001,76717
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,253163.54/cwt162.00–165.002,0495
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,654150.72/cwt145.00–155.002,4937
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,658157.98/cwt156.00–161.002,6193
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 2-38151,629.14/head1,350.00–1,850.001,6292
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-29002,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501

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.