Georgia Daily Livestock Auction Summary

Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, May 12, 2021

2,400 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $122.69/cwt +1.08 vs last sale · ≈ $648/hd at 528 lb · 65 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $137.00/cwt -6.98 vs last sale · ≈ $589/hd at 430 lb · 52 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 2 bulls $143.38/cwt +1.47 vs last sale · ≈ $545/hd at 380 lb · 48 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,400	2,659	2,746
Feeder cattle	1,745	2,014	2,104
Slaughter cattle	329	361	367
Replacement cattle	326	284	275

Market comments — USDA reporter

Cattle auctions at Ashburn (867) Athens (643), Donalsonville (207), Jackson (204) Moultrie (255) and Washington (224). Compared to one week earlier: Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder classes unevenly steady. 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
330	330	1	159.00	$159.00	$525	—
400	400	2	148.00	$148.00	$592	—
455–495	476	14	141.00–152.50	$145.00	$690	+1.77
501–548	527	38	138.00–144.00	$139.46	$735	+3.46
556 value added	556	5	140.00	$140.00	$778	—
555–595	577	10	127.00–139.00	$133.55	$771	+1.22
605 value added	605	2	132.00	$132.00	$799	—
600–645	620	22	121.00–134.00	$131.44	$815	+2.02
655–695	667	5	130.00–132.00	$131.39	$876	+3.53
738	738	4	117.00	$117.00	$863	-5.66
755–775	768	3	127.00–131.00	$128.31	$985	+4.67

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–290	275	4	144.00–160.00	$152.15	$418	—
333	333	2	154.00	$154.00	$513	—
370–395	389	11	145.00–147.00	$145.91	$568	—
400–445	418	17	136.00–155.00	$146.49	$612	-7.55
450–497	485	29	135.00–146.00	$139.30	$676	-9.14
505–545	521	15	130.00–137.50	$133.61	$696	-2.20
550–595	574	14	120.00–138.00	$127.78	$733	-2.19
600–640	618	7	120.00–129.00	$124.26	$768	-3.66
680–695	688	3	114.00–123.00	$119.64	$823	+0.82
790	790	1	116.00	$116.00	$916	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	150.00	$150.00	$352	—
330	330	1	142.00	$142.00	$469	—
355–398	385	16	130.00–157.50	$146.30	$563	—
405–445	431	13	132.00–141.00	$138.95	$599	-0.06
455–495	481	9	120.00–135.00	$128.68	$619	—
505–545	519	15	121.00–128.00	$124.99	$649	-7.85
560	560	1	121.00	$121.00	$678	-1.34
660–675	668	2	105.00–107.00	$106.01	$708	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–290	288	3	140.00–147.00	$144.02	$415	—
305–340	324	10	139.00–149.00	$141.56	$459	—
351–390	366	28	128.00–141.00	$135.34	$495	+6.36
400–441	428	40	125.00–140.00	$133.37	$571	+7.66
450–495	474	23	122.00–135.00	$127.50	$604	+3.04
501–545	528	65	118.00–125.00	$122.69	$648	+1.08
555–595	567	26	109.00–119.00	$116.87	$663	-0.28
600–645	620	14	102.00–117.00	$107.70	$668	-4.01
658–659	658	9	109.00–117.00	$112.56	$741	+2.88
755–795	775	2	98.00–100.00	$98.97	$767	—
800–845	823	2	96.00–100.00	$97.95	$806	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–215	212	3	139.00–147.00	$144.42	$306	+8.42
251–296	278	13	120.00–139.00	$132.75	$369	+1.30
300–345	325	17	120.00–135.00	$129.84	$422	-0.96
355–399	382	11	115.00–127.00	$121.63	$465	-6.74
405–445	422	39	115.00–132.50	$125.98	$532	-0.14
455–495	475	27	110.00–131.00	$121.76	$578	-2.99
500–545	521	29	109.00–119.00	$114.97	$599	+0.01
550–595	568	20	102.50–115.00	$108.14	$614	-3.12
600–630	608	4	110.00–115.00	$113.51	$690	+0.82
710	710	1	94.00	$94.00	$667	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–245	228	4	122.00–130.00	$125.67	$287	-21.91
255–295	284	7	120.00–130.00	$124.73	$354	+2.57
305–330	317	6	120.00–129.00	$125.17	$397	+2.40
355–395	373	19	110.00–135.00	$124.71	$465	-1.07
400–445	419	28	110.00–130.00	$121.79	$510	-1.05
455–495	469	14	105.00–120.00	$114.54	$537	+1.14
501–545	520	9	100.00–113.00	$105.81	$550	+0.97
585	585	1	106.00	$106.00	$620	+1.81
615–645	626	7	94.00–109.00	$104.51	$654	-1.97
675–695	685	2	95.00–99.00	$97.03	$665	+3.84
775	775	6	84.00	$84.00	$651	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–299	277	12	150.00–160.00	$154.42	$428	+7.42
300–345	327	13	147.00–157.00	$151.65	$496	+5.92
350–395	380	48	137.00–155.00	$143.38	$545	+1.47
400–445	430	52	130.00–142.50	$137.00	$589	-6.98
450–495	473	31	125.00–137.00	$129.77	$614	-4.45
505–549	526	19	117.00–127.00	$122.72	$646	-3.05
550–590	574	25	109.00–120.00	$115.23	$661	-4.08
605–645	620	11	105.00–113.00	$109.64	$680	-1.87
650	650	1	107.00	$107.00	$696	-2.93
740–745	742	3	102.00–103.00	$102.33	$759	+5.30

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–240	221	5	147.00–155.00	$151.24	$334	-18.76
251–295	284	7	132.00–145.00	$138.65	$394	-1.83
305–345	326	22	135.00–155.00	$143.22	$467	—
350–395	376	26	129.00–145.00	$137.09	$515	-3.12
400–445	421	17	120.00–135.00	$127.71	$538	-5.54
450–495	475	18	115.00–125.00	$120.90	$574	-4.60
505–545	527	11	110.00–117.50	$113.74	$599	-2.98
555–595	583	4	105.00–106.00	$105.76	$617	-5.72
600–645	624	5	100.00–107.00	$105.04	$655	-1.31
690–695	692	3	100.00–104.00	$102.34	$708	+10.67

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	313	3	160.00–168.00	$162.88	$510	—
350	350	1	150.00	$150.00	$525	-2.52
405	405	1	140.00	$140.00	$567	-10.31
450–485	469	10	130.00–141.00	$137.03	$643	-5.28
505–545	527	13	128.00–134.00	$130.82	$689	+2.27
555–595	575	15	119.00–128.00	$123.55	$710	-4.17
605–645	621	10	114.00–120.00	$117.18	$728	-3.39
650–695	668	6	110.00–116.00	$113.79	$760	-0.90
795	795	1	101.00	$101.00	$803	+6.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1455	1080	80-85%	32	55.00–66.00	$61.31	$662	—
865–1790	1238	80-85%	65	60.00–75.00	$68.36	$846	+0.24
935–1520	1244	80-85%	33	70.00–82.00	$77.52	$964	+9.40

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1140	895	85-90%	5	65.00–71.00	$67.54	$604	+2.85
740–1345	929	85-90%	29	44.00–60.00	$53.89	$501	+2.41
860–1415	1061	85-90%	40	52.00–68.00	$59.68	$633	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1650	1426	75-80%	21	63.00–73.00	$67.51	$963	—
1000–1865	1465	75-80%	12	55.00–65.00	$59.20	$867	-10.38

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1765	1437	13	72.00–95.00	$86.77	$1,247	—
1140–1995	1611	22	79.00–103.00	$92.90	$1,497	—
1475–2015	1785	3	94.00–111.00	$103.18	$1,842	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
650–955	871	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	625.00–775.00	$708.03
895	895	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
805–1100	1015	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	600.00–900.00	$776.95
780–1455	1130	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	30	625.00–1,070.00	$929.18

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780–1165	977	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	825.00–900.00	$873.31
905–1250	1078	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	875.00–940.00	$912.70
880–1385	1199	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	800.00–1,100.00	$967.71
930–1550	1276	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,090.00–1,275.00	$1,146.24

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
965–1160	1030	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	60.00–63.00	$61.87	$637
920–1175	1033	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	61.00–69.00	$65.38	$675
825–1365	1076	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	62.00–68.00	$64.87	$698

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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
905–1220	1105	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	50	800.00–1,240.00	$942.50	—
1035–1295	1165	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,250.00–1,275.00	$1,263.89	—
1160–1350	1262	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,100.00–1,300.00	$1,203.04	+235.10
1325–1345	1335	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	860.00–910.00	$885.19	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800–1500	1067	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	16	800.00–1,165.00	$974.97	—
1050–1285	1140	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	825.00–1,500.00	$1,178.62	+57.30
1005–1250	1148	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	1,325.00–1,525.00	$1,418.46	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
810–1035	928	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	970.00–1,125.00	$1,042.69	+52.40
945	945	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00	$1,000.00	+9.71

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
595–870	744	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	600.00–790.00	$701.16	—
750–760	753	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	825.00–875.00	$837.62	+20.40

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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.