Georgia Daily Livestock Auction Summary

Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 5, 2021

2,275 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $123.25/cwt -1.97 vs last sale · ≈ $528/hd at 428 lb · 50 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $117.15/cwt -3.51 vs last sale · ≈ $552/hd at 471 lb · 50 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $117.05/cwt +2.86 vs last sale · ≈ $663/hd at 566 lb · 46 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,275	2,520	1,911
Feeder cattle	1,584	2,013	1,517
Slaughter cattle	396	366	243
Replacement cattle	295	141	151

Market comments — USDA reporter

Cattle auctions at Ashburn (1278) Athens (258), Donalsonville (227), Jackson (115) Moultrie (203) and Washington (194). Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers steady, steer calves and bull calves 1.00 to 3.00 lower, heifer calves 2.00 to 4.00 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
220	220	1	200.00	$200.00	$440	—
405	405	1	148.00	$148.00	$599	-2.56
455–490	474	10	143.00–146.00	$143.99	$683	—
500–515	511	4	133.00–144.00	$141.31	$722	+7.29
555–595	565	35	130.00–144.50	$143.71	$812	+11.78
605–635	614	18	123.00–135.00	$134.06	$823	+9.29
660–661	661	28	133.00–133.50	$133.36	$882	—
740	740	1	119.00	$119.00	$881	+3.54
750	750	1	120.00	$120.00	$900	+10.00
842	842	6	113.00	$113.00	$951	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	152.00	$152.00	$524	—
370–390	380	5	149.00–150.00	$149.19	$567	-1.47
400–447	437	9	140.00–147.00	$144.69	$632	+3.49
450–499	464	22	130.00–142.00	$140.19	$650	+0.08
500–545	512	13	127.00–135.00	$133.08	$681	+0.35
555–599	578	20	122.00–135.00	$131.14	$758	+6.27
620–642	638	5	123.00–130.00	$128.64	$821	+1.96
660–675	667	3	115.00–123.00	$118.65	$791	-1.20
760–780	772	3	102.00–110.00	$105.70	$816	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–295	283	12	132.00–149.00	$144.68	$409	-3.35
305–345	316	6	132.00–148.00	$142.16	$449	-4.68
350–390	360	7	129.00–143.00	$133.95	$482	-0.66
405–440	424	11	127.00–137.00	$131.97	$560	-10.91
451–475	469	7	115.00–135.00	$130.76	$613	-1.82
510–515	512	7	110.00–130.00	$119.30	$611	-12.00
635	635	2	101.00–106.00	$103.50	$657	-12.56
650	650	1	106.00	$106.00	$689	+1.97
700	700	2	102.00	$102.00	$714	+1.00
785	785	1	94.00	$94.00	$738	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–295	271	5	140.00–150.00	$142.18	$385	—
301–320	307	7	137.00–142.00	$137.89	$423	—
350–390	365	16	133.00–139.00	$135.63	$495	+4.84
405–443	434	41	127.00–136.00	$129.75	$563	+0.90
450–495	469	38	122.00–131.00	$125.00	$586	+1.89
500–545	521	33	114.00–122.00	$119.80	$624	-0.37
555–595	566	46	107.00–121.00	$117.05	$663	+2.86
600–635	627	10	111.00–115.00	$113.50	$712	+3.50
655–680	668	2	107.00–113.00	$110.06	$735	+0.41
801	801	6	111.00	$111.00	$889	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–235	223	2	136.00–137.00	$136.53	$304	+2.53
255–280	273	10	130.00–137.00	$133.39	$364	±0.00
330–345	335	8	132.00–139.00	$134.28	$450	+4.28
350–370	355	20	120.00–130.00	$127.58	$453	-1.18
400–446	428	50	119.00–130.00	$123.25	$528	-1.97
450–495	471	50	112.00–125.00	$117.15	$552	-3.51
502–545	525	20	110.00–117.00	$113.97	$598	+0.08
555–599	569	11	105.00–113.00	$108.00	$615	+1.52
605–630	611	4	104.00–106.00	$104.99	$641	-7.79
665–690	678	2	100.00–105.00	$102.55	$695	+2.30
705	705	1	94.00	$94.00	$663	-16.92

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	280	2	120.00–127.00	$123.69	$346	+1.46
310–345	333	4	120.00–128.00	$122.32	$407	-1.14
350–380	374	5	115.00–123.00	$118.53	$443	-1.90
405–445	434	11	107.00–118.00	$112.69	$489	-8.27
455–499	477	22	100.00–113.00	$108.30	$517	-3.33
505–540	521	10	98.00–111.00	$107.27	$559	-3.02
550–560	555	2	102.00–105.00	$103.51	$574	-3.26
660	660	1	103.00	$103.00	$680	+9.49
750–795	773	2	90.00–94.00	$91.94	$711	+1.11

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–245	237	3	145.00–150.00	$147.37	$349	+3.37
250–285	265	10	140.00–150.00	$145.34	$385	+5.25
310–345	333	6	140.00–148.00	$144.12	$480	+9.08
355–395	374	13	130.00–145.00	$134.87	$504	+2.58
405–445	428	19	120.00–137.50	$128.34	$549	+1.35
455–495	475	16	114.00–129.00	$120.18	$571	-1.26
505–545	528	20	110.00–120.00	$115.98	$612	+1.93
555–590	574	8	110.00–115.00	$111.38	$639	+1.65
630–640	635	5	102.00–105.00	$104.20	$662	-0.36
680–690	685	2	90.00–98.00	$94.03	$644	+0.65
700–730	715	3	87.50–98.00	$91.91	$657	-7.28

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311–345	318	14	142.00–154.00	$152.17	$484	+6.70
355–390	368	5	137.00–142.00	$139.64	$514	-3.40
400–445	429	25	130.00–143.00	$135.55	$582	-3.95
450–495	474	23	124.00–138.00	$130.20	$617	-1.82
500–545	518	17	115.00–127.00	$122.78	$636	+0.17
555–595	575	3	112.00–117.00	$114.06	$656	-3.75
610–615	613	2	110.00–112.00	$111.00	$680	+2.15
750–785	768	2	94.00–96.00	$94.98	$729	-13.23

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	187.00	$187.00	$402	—
285–290	288	2	170.00–172.00	$170.99	$492	-4.39
325–330	327	3	160.00–170.00	$164.97	$539	-1.25
375	375	1	155.00	$155.00	$581	-3.74
410–435	423	2	140.00–141.00	$140.49	$594	-10.66
455–495	473	5	139.00–141.00	$140.00	$662	-1.01
500–545	527	11	129.00–135.00	$133.54	$704	+3.88
555–595	575	6	124.00–127.00	$125.16	$720	+1.66
605–645	630	7	112.00–120.00	$115.65	$729	-4.80
655–695	675	2	111.00–113.00	$111.97	$756	-5.89
705–745	723	3	105.00–111.00	$108.28	$783	+2.85

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–1595	1161	80-85%	32	53.00–65.00	$61.33	$712	—
910–1790	1205	80-85%	118	60.00–73.00	$68.37	$824	—
930–1525	1254	80-85%	41	73.00–80.00	$75.44	$946	+15.31

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1400	1042	85-90%	16	49.00–55.00	$52.13	$543	-6.29
630–1230	1050	85-90%	40	50.00–64.00	$59.09	$620	-5.75
1035–1135	1085	85-90%	2	66.00–67.00	$66.52	$722	+1.68

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1910	1456	75-80%	24	63.00–72.00	$67.76	$987	—
1195–1710	1491	75-80%	4	62.00–65.00	$63.54	$947	—
1625	1625	75-80%	1	75.00	$75.00	$1,219	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1875	1391	9	77.00–93.00	$81.81	$1,138	+3.44
1060–2240	1690	19	82.00–98.00	$88.07	$1,488	—
1600–2170	1783	5	93.00–108.00	$100.88	$1,799	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885–900	889	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	600.00–775.00	$712.45
725–1240	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	700.00–870.00	$777.69
745–1130	955	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	625.00–825.00	$710.45
705–1160	980	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	630.00–790.00	$722.13
850–1205	1034	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	660.00–875.00	$767.63

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795–1030	970	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	900.00–940.00	$922.35
970–1215	1093	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	800.00–810.00	$804.44
960–1275	1097	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	820.00–1,000.00	$890.10
990–1265	1115	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	875.00–1,100.00	$950.27

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
845–1180	1018	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	55.00–59.00	$56.88	$579
1070–1105	1088	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	60.00–65.00	$62.54	$680
1235–1380	1308	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	62.00–69.00	$65.31	$854

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
660	660	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00

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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
975–1340	1130	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	20	700.00–1,275.00	$1,018.26	—
815–1496	1328	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	32	1,000.00–1,275.00	$1,145.07	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
895–1445	1161	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	46	850.00–1,125.00	$1,048.44	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
820	820	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—
940–950	948	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	900.00–1,075.00	$934.70	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
715–875	822	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	550.00–830.00	$631.22	—
830	830	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	610.00	$610.00	—

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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.