Georgia Daily Livestock Auction Summary

Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, February 24, 2021

2,608 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $134.22/cwt +5.52 vs last sale · ≈ $634/hd at 472 lb · 89 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $157.41/cwt +5.17 vs last sale · ≈ $746/hd at 474 lb · 65 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $135.73/cwt -4.90 vs last sale · ≈ $570/hd at 420 lb · 47 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,608	2,325	1,940
Feeder cattle	1,923	1,585	1,548
Slaughter cattle	463	648	271
Replacement cattle	222	92	121

Market comments — USDA reporter

Cattle auctions at Ashburn (1226) Athens (444), Donalsonville (322), Jackson (281) Moultrie (149) and Washington (186). Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder classes over 600 lbs steady to 3.00 higher, under 600 lbs mostly 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Replacement cows mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
217	217	3	192.00	$192.00	$417	—
285	285	1	177.00	$177.00	$504	—
315–345	337	14	168.00–174.00	$168.83	$569	—
355–395	364	11	158.00–168.00	$163.39	$595	-9.09
405–440	416	38	158.00–178.00	$164.31	$684	-7.15
456 value added	456	6	165.00	$165.00	$752	—
453–495	476	59	152.00–163.00	$156.64	$746	+4.40
500–541	529	34	145.00–153.00	$147.34	$779	-0.06
550–595	567	21	138.00–148.00	$143.79	$815	+6.11
605–631	615	32	130.00–137.00	$131.97	$812	-0.57
655–685	672	20	124.00–132.00	$127.84	$859	-4.16
705–745	716	28	115.00–129.00	$123.92	$887	-7.27
750–795	784	17	113.00–119.00	$116.65	$915	-8.29

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–299	286	3	160.00–168.00	$163.29	$467	—
335–345	340	2	148.00–152.00	$149.97	$510	-2.03
365–374	372	16	157.00–164.00	$159.69	$594	+3.62
405–445	420	12	142.00–160.00	$150.83	$633	+2.64
455–490	481	6	135.00–160.00	$141.98	$683	-0.82
553–595	569	13	127.00–137.00	$132.80	$756	-1.23
605–635	624	5	118.00–125.00	$121.20	$756	-7.85
650–696	686	8	114.00–125.00	$119.39	$819	-1.55
713–725	715	8	107.00–118.00	$116.50	$833	—
780–785	783	2	105.00–110.00	$107.49	$842	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–325	320	2	135.00–144.00	$139.43	$446	-8.21
405–425	417	3	128.00–134.00	$130.66	$545	-4.37
475–480	478	2	142.00–146.00	$144.01	$688	+7.28
505–545	525	10	122.00–140.00	$134.22	$705	+1.89

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
262–295	269	15	138.00–147.00	$141.11	$380	+5.78
310–345	327	25	136.00–146.00	$140.56	$460	-3.76
350–399	373	38	135.00–146.00	$138.94	$518	+0.42
400–445	420	47	129.00–145.00	$135.73	$570	-4.91
451–499	472	89	127.50–139.00	$134.22	$634	+5.52
500–548	526	44	112.00–132.00	$125.05	$658	+1.12
550–595	569	46	115.00–128.00	$124.30	$707	-7.15
600–645	625	26	110.00–124.00	$116.76	$730	+5.17
655–673	667	8	105.00–120.00	$114.27	$762	-7.79
700–701	701	8	114.00–121.00	$120.13	$842	+18.55
710 value added	710	1	122.00	$122.00	$866	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	218	4	137.00–150.00	$141.95	$309	+10.91
255–270	263	5	130.00–137.00	$132.44	$348	-0.67
300–335	320	20	127.50–138.00	$133.00	$426	+6.26
355–390	360	11	122.50–133.00	$128.22	$462	+1.95
400–445	425	34	117.00–130.00	$123.06	$523	+0.37
455–498	468	21	112.00–128.00	$120.70	$565	+1.20
500–545	522	20	105.00–127.00	$115.12	$601	-0.89
555–595	580	8	100.00–112.00	$107.04	$621	-5.65
600–645	624	6	94.00–102.00	$98.27	$613	-5.61
655	655	1	104.00	$104.00	$681	+7.61
730	730	1	89.00	$89.00	$650	-5.53
770	770	1	95.00	$95.00	$732	+3.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–249	227	4	130.00–138.00	$134.13	$304	+14.13
255–275	265	2	120.00	$120.00	$318	+3.00
310–345	322	3	115.00–125.00	$121.79	$392	+10.07
350–396	373	22	110.00–145.00	$123.24	$460	+4.20
405–445	423	14	105.00–117.50	$111.90	$473	-5.30
450–495	469	29	100.00–125.00	$112.81	$529	+2.79
500–545	524	8	100.00–112.50	$103.54	$543	+2.24
555–595	571	7	95.00–107.00	$100.29	$573	+1.98
627–640	628	12	92.00–100.00	$99.32	$624	+5.42
690	690	1	100.00	$100.00	$690	+10.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–245	218	3	165.00–172.00	$168.76	$368	—
269	269	3	174.00	$174.00	$468	+9.00
317–340	324	12	162.00–173.00	$167.63	$543	+5.52
351–399	374	22	155.00–182.50	$164.58	$616	+5.17
405–445	431	23	150.00–177.50	$158.96	$685	-1.48
455–480	468	17	145.00–154.00	$149.55	$700	-0.68
505–548	530	18	133.00–155.00	$140.01	$742	+5.13
550–560	553	4	139.00	$139.00	$769	+9.61
625–635	628	3	111.00–120.00	$116.68	$733	-4.44
662–693	680	10	113.00–120.00	$116.33	$791	-5.09
745	745	1	110.00	$110.00	$820	-2.41
775	775	1	103.00	$103.00	$798	-2.97

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
208	208	2	167.00	$167.00	$347	—
251–295	268	4	157.00–165.00	$162.08	$434	+4.83
300–330	315	12	145.00–162.00	$151.05	$476	-9.99
355–395	367	14	140.00–167.50	$148.51	$545	-8.22
435–445	437	8	135.00–145.00	$138.61	$606	-10.39
455–499	469	20	123.00–150.00	$134.76	$632	-2.47
500–545	525	21	120.00–138.00	$126.27	$663	-4.69
555–595	574	14	110.00–127.00	$115.80	$665	-4.43
600–645	616	10	106.00–117.00	$110.54	$681	-5.75
660–675	667	3	105.00–107.00	$106.01	$707	-2.07

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	180.00	$180.00	$441	+29.40
295	295	1	170.00	$170.00	$502	—
330–349	341	4	130.00–140.00	$134.47	$459	-20.81
355–395	373	9	120.00–150.00	$137.08	$511	-2.26
405–445	425	11	120.00–135.00	$126.49	$538	-6.45
455–490	474	7	105.00–138.00	$120.28	$570	-7.46
500–530	513	7	110.00–115.00	$112.77	$579	-7.84
555–595	575	2	107.00–113.00	$109.90	$632	+2.38
605	605	1	96.00	$96.00	$581	-9.31

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1855	1247	80-85%	39	55.00–63.00	$59.25	$739	-15.29
870–1780	1256	80-85%	117	62.00–71.00	$66.61	$837	+5.19
1025–1735	1330	80-85%	17	72.00–79.00	$73.78	$981	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835–1265	1004	85-90%	39	43.00–56.00	$52.07	$523	—
845–1440	1035	85-90%	64	53.00–64.00	$59.71	$618	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1835	1442	75-80%	38	63.00–72.00	$66.49	$959	—
1380–1560	1463	75-80%	3	62.00–63.00	$62.69	$917	-2.31

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–1915	1540	13	81.00–91.00	$85.21	$1,312	—
1200–2345	1649	25	80.00–99.00	$92.64	$1,528	—
1510–1890	1780	5	89.00–102.00	$93.73	$1,668	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1038	969	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	525.00–625.00	$562.52
870–1430	1063	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	24	600.00–930.00	$764.37
885–1295	1081	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	600.00–870.00	$703.61
1290–1315	1303	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	730.00	$730.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	875.00	$875.00
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
875–1370	1280	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	875.00–1,025.00	$997.52

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1055–1285	1170	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	55.00–70.00	$63.24	$740
980–1585	1373	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	63.00–76.00	$66.47	$913
1460–1495	1478	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	58.00–64.00	$60.96	$901

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865	865	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1138–1333	1244	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	26	1,125.00–1,375.00	$1,275.51	—
1430–1495	1463	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,025.00–1,110.00	$1,068.44	-5.99

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1245	1245	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	740.00	$740.00	—
1075–1470	1273	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
985	985	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950	950	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	870.00	$870.00	—
850–1080	965	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	690.00–840.00	$773.94	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.