Georgia Daily Livestock Auction Summary

Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 17, 2021

2,990 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $137.12/cwt +1.80 vs last sale · ≈ $586/hd at 427 lb · 60 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $128.69/cwt +2.97 vs last sale · ≈ $542/hd at 421 lb · 48 head

light 4-weight M&L 3 steers $149.93/cwt -3.40 vs last sale · ≈ $654/hd at 436 lb · 47 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,990	4,513	1,434
Feeder cattle	2,408	3,546	911
Slaughter cattle	421	655	378
Replacement cattle	161	312	145

Market comments — USDA reporter

Cattle auctions at Ashburn (1237), Athens (402), Donalsonville (607), Jackson (173) Moultrie (467) and Washington (104). Compared to previous week: Slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady. Feeder classes steady to 3.00 lower. 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
370–373	372	4	169.00–170.00	$169.25	$630	-0.75
405–441	433	25	157.00–162.00	$158.35	$686	-3.02
460–475	470	8	153.00–161.00	$157.27	$739	-2.64
500–535	512	26	144.00–154.00	$147.71	$756	-0.55
555–598	572	23	140.00–151.00	$142.93	$818	-2.77
605–645	634	23	128.00–143.00	$135.39	$858	+3.02
654–698	672	27	119.00–137.00	$130.79	$879	-7.84
705–735	722	7	117.00–127.00	$120.18	$868	-3.85
768–780	770	6	117.00	$117.00	$901	-8.59
815–840	828	4	113.00–116.00	$113.74	$942	—
850–885	868	3	113.00–116.00	$114.35	$993	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	279	6	144.00–150.00	$147.29	$411	-8.61
320–335	330	26	140.00–160.00	$152.30	$503	-14.24
355–390	369	21	140.00–165.00	$146.89	$542	-1.36
405–447	436	47	140.00–159.00	$149.93	$654	-3.40
460–480	473	9	130.00–141.00	$135.77	$642	-7.14
510–525	517	5	127.00–139.00	$134.45	$695	-3.55
550–595	570	11	114.00–131.00	$124.06	$707	-0.36
625	625	1	120.00	$120.00	$750	—
671	671	22	117.00	$117.00	$785	—
775	775	1	100.00	$100.00	$775	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	167.00	$167.00	$443	-0.27
305–335	326	11	158.00–170.00	$164.61	$537	-0.15
405–440	426	11	140.00–157.00	$152.87	$651	-1.81
455–499	482	40	135.00–155.00	$147.39	$710	-5.07
505–544	534	42	140.00–145.00	$141.58	$756	+2.63
555–597	584	15	130.00–140.00	$136.61	$798	-1.39
605–645	625	4	117.00–124.00	$120.76	$755	—
652–695	678	11	110.00–128.00	$121.61	$825	-0.02
700–745	716	6	110.00–117.00	$114.95	$823	—
760	760	1	111.00	$111.00	$844	+1.31

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–215	212	3	165.00–168.00	$166.98	$354	—
305–345	324	13	138.00–143.00	$139.47	$452	-1.02
350–395	368	30	135.00–143.00	$138.59	$510	-2.11
405–443	427	60	128.00–145.00	$137.12	$586	+1.80
450–490	464	28	128.00–144.00	$135.56	$629	+6.13
500–545	521	42	114.00–132.00	$125.80	$655	+0.07
555–598	583	43	118.00–128.00	$122.73	$716	+3.40
605–645	630	24	115.00–125.00	$122.16	$770	-3.78
650–695	663	15	105.00–122.00	$115.68	$767	+0.31
705–745	724	21	98.00–110.00	$108.75	$787	-10.88

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–240	221	6	140.00–150.00	$142.17	$314	+10.17
265–295	283	11	130.00–140.00	$133.61	$378	+3.30
301–340	323	35	130.00–140.00	$133.39	$431	+2.11
354–395	369	21	125.00–138.00	$128.92	$476	-0.98
405–445	421	48	119.00–134.00	$128.69	$542	+2.97
450–495	475	34	114.00–133.00	$125.25	$595	+1.87
500–545	529	38	110.00–129.00	$121.60	$643	+3.44
555–595	575	13	110.00–116.00	$113.47	$652	+0.77
600–645	624	10	105.00–114.00	$108.16	$675	-2.88
665–675	668	3	104.00–111.00	$108.34	$724	+9.51
765–780	773	2	91.00–93.00	$91.99	$711	-5.51

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–245	239	7	125.00–139.00	$131.42	$314	+12.37
255–295	269	14	120.00–136.00	$130.51	$351	+4.43
305–345	332	28	115.00–129.00	$123.96	$412	-1.33
355–390	370	26	110.00–125.00	$118.04	$437	-6.23
405–449	437	20	108.00–120.00	$115.20	$503	-6.98
455–495	470	24	110.00–129.00	$120.64	$567	+8.30
505–545	529	9	105.00–114.00	$108.28	$573	+0.91
555–590	574	7	97.00–105.00	$101.59	$583	-3.52
625	625	1	97.00	$97.00	$606	-3.40
665–690	681	4	90.00–96.00	$91.46	$623	-1.63
715	715	1	90.00	$90.00	$644	—
760–790	772	3	86.00–87.00	$86.33	$666	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	157.00	$157.00	$377	-3.00
265–295	281	10	155.00–165.00	$160.64	$451	+2.27
305–345	327	8	150.00–170.00	$156.67	$512	-3.26
355–395	381	39	145.00–162.50	$150.93	$575	-3.89
400–445	425	17	139.00–158.00	$147.51	$627	-0.16
450–495	469	36	130.00–150.00	$141.48	$664	+0.90
500–545	525	27	126.00–135.00	$131.52	$690	-1.96
555–593	568	14	119.00–131.00	$125.85	$715	+2.08
600–645	621	8	108.00–123.00	$115.26	$716	-3.40
665–698	686	11	105.00–119.00	$113.52	$779	+0.18
730	730	1	108.00	$108.00	$788	+4.08
775–785	780	2	99.00–100.00	$99.50	$776	+0.30

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
201–230	219	7	140.00–160.00	$148.76	$326	-3.77
250–295	268	5	140.00–170.00	$152.29	$408	+7.13
300–345	330	27	137.50–162.50	$150.89	$498	+2.25
351–395	372	21	135.00–155.00	$145.87	$543	+2.00
400–448	427	32	125.00–153.00	$136.87	$584	+5.27
455–495	474	22	115.00–138.00	$129.37	$613	+1.58
500–545	524	19	115.00–124.00	$119.49	$626	-1.74
551–595	570	10	105.00–118.00	$111.24	$634	-1.53
610	610	1	110.00	$110.00	$671	+0.29
730	730	1	100.00	$100.00	$730	—
750	750	1	90.00	$90.00	$675	-5.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	323	4	162.00–170.00	$164.84	$532	-2.04
365–370	368	2	157.00–160.00	$158.49	$583	-7.49
403–445	414	13	144.00–155.00	$150.60	$623	-5.26
455–495	478	5	145.00–152.00	$148.00	$707	-1.74
500–545	521	15	136.00–148.00	$140.69	$733	-2.40
555–595	565	28	129.00–134.00	$132.47	$748	-5.46
601–635	617	13	125.00–131.00	$128.33	$792	-2.50
650–695	677	13	105.00–125.00	$115.69	$783	-7.56

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940–1720	1225	80-85%	55	50.00–64.00	$55.83	$684	-14.26
920–1770	1232	80-85%	112	53.00–72.00	$62.24	$767	-7.85
995–1815	1261	80-85%	22	62.00–75.00	$66.92	$844	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–1095	934	85-90%	23	41.00–55.00	$45.95	$429	—
860–1205	1045	85-90%	8	56.00–63.00	$58.96	$616	+11.41
895–1290	1059	85-90%	53	48.00–64.00	$54.05	$572	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175–1650	1439	75-80%	22	55.00–69.00	$61.40	$884	—
1320–1785	1500	75-80%	13	50.00–57.00	$53.29	$799	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130–2080	1493	16	73.00–84.00	$77.98	$1,164	—
1015–1945	1570	21	79.00–94.00	$85.57	$1,343	—
1665–2145	1905	4	88.00–94.00	$90.95	$1,733	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795–1180	944	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	54.00–72.00	$62.58	$591
985–1190	1068	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	64.00–73.00	$67.54	$721
955–1415	1185	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	60.00–73.00	$65.24	$773
1210–1250	1230	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	58.00–60.00	$59.02	$726
880–1545	1249	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	51.00–62.00	$57.86	$723
1095–1710	1370	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	54.00–66.00	$58.47	$801

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
813–1115	946	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	825.00–910.00	$841.70
1050–1550	1327	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	875.00–940.00	$917.01
1440	1440	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	760.00	$760.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830–870	850	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	500.00–590.00	$546.06
880–935	905	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	625.00–850.00	$768.78
960–1505	1130	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	600.00–850.00	$715.35

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1025–1750	1486	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	950.00–1,300.00	$1,150.82	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875	875	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
1620–2075	1847	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,325.00–1,625.00	$1,453.56	—

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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.