Georgia Daily Livestock Auction Summary

Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, August 4, 2021

2,990 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $133.79/cwt +0.12 vs last sale · ≈ $646/hd at 483 lb · 82 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $142.51/cwt +0.24 vs last sale · ≈ $661/hd at 464 lb · 73 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $130.89/cwt +0.66 vs last sale · ≈ $747/hd at 571 lb · 57 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,990	2,661	3,437
Feeder cattle	2,427	2,103	2,806
Slaughter cattle	384	315	416
Replacement cattle	179	243	215

Market comments — USDA reporter

Cattle auctions at Ashburn (950) Athens (658), Donalsonville (476), Jackson (309) Moultrie (328) and Washington (269). Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers and steer calves 1.00 to 3.00 higher, feeder bulls and heifers steady to 2.00 higher, bull calves and heifer calves 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Replacement cows mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	170.00	$170.00	$570	-5.66
355–392	386	10	178.00–184.00	$179.98	$695	+11.85
401–445	420	27	150.00–174.00	$164.74	$692	+2.45
455–491	471	28	145.00–160.00	$152.85	$720	+3.00
500–545	530	34	135.00–156.00	$147.26	$780	-6.02
555–595	571	40	137.00–151.00	$147.23	$841	+9.44
600–645	623	25	130.00–143.00	$137.98	$860	-2.42
655–690	670	29	129.00–140.00	$135.76	$910	+0.22
705–745	729	15	115.00–139.00	$135.94	$991	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–290	280	5	208.00–215.00	$212.35	$595	—
355	355	1	175.00	$175.00	$621	+1.73
416–445	431	9	167.50–180.00	$173.34	$747	+10.36
455–495	465	22	155.00–165.00	$159.76	$743	-0.31
500–545	517	43	151.00–163.00	$158.42	$819	+12.67
555 value added	555	1	172.50	$172.50	$957	—
555–590	572	13	149.00–160.00	$154.96	$886	+2.27
600–630	619	26	143.00–154.00	$150.28	$930	+2.23
653–695	674	40	130.00–145.00	$137.71	$928	-6.92

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–285	270	2	175.00–179.00	$176.89	$478	+0.91
330–335	332	3	157.00–160.00	$158.99	$528	-6.51
355–390	373	8	160.00–170.00	$165.03	$616	+25.03
405–448	439	5	145.00–155.00	$150.70	$662	+2.95
455–495	474	16	130.00–148.00	$140.98	$668	+4.58
505–545	532	13	130.00–147.00	$140.75	$749	-2.82
555–575	563	6	117.00–136.00	$128.33	$722	-10.75
610–630	620	2	127.00–130.00	$128.52	$797	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–346	330	19	155.00–163.00	$158.98	$525	+1.82
355–390	376	24	150.00–159.00	$152.84	$575	+5.30
401–445	424	32	139.00–156.00	$146.00	$619	+0.84
455–494	464	73	136.00–150.00	$142.51	$661	+0.24
500–545	521	54	130.00–143.00	$133.89	$698	-1.77
550–595	571	57	124.00–138.00	$130.89	$747	+0.66
600–645	621	39	119.00–129.00	$125.06	$777	+1.62
655–695	676	17	112.00–126.00	$120.09	$812	+2.65
705–745	718	3	109.00–111.00	$110.31	$792	-4.24
732 value added	732	9	128.00	$128.00	$937	—
765–770	768	2	105.00–108.00	$106.50	$818	-4.54

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	157.50	$157.50	$402	—
310–325	320	5	148.00–158.00	$153.24	$490	+6.73
355–385	373	20	135.00–148.00	$142.01	$530	-1.39
405–445	430	33	130.00–142.50	$136.33	$586	-0.60
455–499	483	82	125.00–140.00	$133.79	$646	+0.12
500–546	525	50	120.00–132.50	$126.90	$666	-1.85
555–595	572	23	115.00–129.00	$123.61	$707	+2.46
600–649	617	22	107.00–119.00	$113.35	$699	-1.72
655–695	664	10	100.00–119.00	$112.24	$745	-17.51

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–245	233	3	143.00–153.00	$147.06	$343	+12.06
270–275	271	4	146.00–152.00	$149.51	$405	+11.12
301–345	321	18	132.00–153.00	$139.99	$449	-2.41
355–395	372	24	120.00–145.00	$135.73	$505	+5.83
405–445	425	34	115.00–135.00	$127.17	$540	+4.11
455–495	465	18	115.00–127.50	$122.67	$570	+0.81
505–545	519	7	110.00–121.00	$117.84	$612	-6.26
560–590	575	4	111.00–118.00	$114.14	$656	+6.57
605–645	625	4	100.00–105.00	$102.42	$640	-21.57

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	175.00	$175.00	$385	—
255–295	271	4	170.00–182.50	$176.57	$479	+15.60
300–335	315	7	162.50–172.50	$166.06	$523	-5.92
355–398	375	18	150.00–163.00	$157.40	$590	-1.31
400–445	422	40	140.00–160.00	$149.53	$631	+0.95
455–495	478	47	130.00–150.00	$140.70	$673	+2.08
500–545	525	27	125.00–139.00	$132.03	$693	-0.46
551–595	573	32	119.00–130.00	$123.45	$707	+0.70
600–645	618	13	116.00–128.00	$121.20	$749	+1.91
655–695	680	15	110.00–123.00	$116.40	$792	-1.93
705–740	720	4	113.00–118.00	$116.23	$837	-0.78

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–245	225	2	175.00–182.50	$178.42	$401	+9.00
255–280	268	2	150.00–157.50	$153.57	$412	-13.01
300–335	323	3	145.00–147.50	$145.77	$471	-12.47
355–390	364	7	140.00–147.50	$142.22	$518	+3.79
400–445	425	25	127.50–148.00	$134.78	$573	-0.88
455–495	474	12	120.00–136.00	$127.51	$604	-0.38
500–545	520	30	114.00–128.00	$123.32	$641	+0.89
555–595	575	13	110.00–120.00	$115.77	$666	+1.66
605–645	626	8	110.00–116.00	$113.33	$709	+6.22

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–275	263	5	205.00–212.00	$208.22	$548	+11.70
305–330	315	7	170.00–194.00	$187.28	$590	+0.24
355–395	390	21	162.00–173.00	$170.84	$666	+1.43
400–445	421	13	157.00–175.00	$165.63	$697	+3.57
455–495	470	13	141.00–152.50	$145.85	$685	+0.94
505–545	522	13	136.00–149.00	$142.03	$741	+2.09
555–560	556	4	132.00–134.00	$132.50	$737	-0.43
610–640	628	5	129.00–135.00	$132.82	$834	+7.55
655–690	668	6	121.00–126.00	$123.53	$825	+4.83
705–745	718	5	113.00–120.00	$115.76	$831	-0.56

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970–1535	1195	80-85%	85	65.00–77.00	$70.39	$841	+4.07
875–1715	1215	80-85%	50	57.00–69.00	$63.51	$772	—
1050–1455	1218	80-85%	7	74.00–77.00	$75.43	$919	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1195	1027	85-90%	41	50.00–60.00	$56.18	$577	-7.19
875–1335	1070	85-90%	25	53.00–68.00	$60.61	$649	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1585	1451	75-80%	8	61.00–67.00	$64.31	$933	—
1215–1655	1511	75-80%	12	67.00–73.00	$69.82	$1,055	—
1475–1655	1565	75-80%	2	75.00–78.00	$76.59	$1,199	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1650	1250	8	81.00–89.00	$86.01	$1,075	—
1595–2050	1788	10	84.00–99.00	$92.92	$1,661	—
1645–1970	1855	3	103.00–104.00	$103.70	$1,924	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945–1040	993	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	700.00	$700.00
745–1325	1014	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	610.00–810.00	$771.16
860–1330	1052	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	650.00–850.00	$767.98
870–1270	1124	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	750.00–875.00	$833.86
1170–1210	1190	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	780.00–830.00	$804.58

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835–930	893	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	830.00–940.00	$875.00
920–1210	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	880.00–900.00	$892.32
930–1190	1077	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	800.00–910.00	$863.56
1060–1275	1141	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	880.00–1,075.00	$985.82
1155–1375	1251	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	960.00–1,120.00	$1,028.20

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
895–980	938	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	51.00–58.00	$54.34	$510
970–1280	1158	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	70.00–75.00	$72.81	$843

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1035–1240	1145	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	56.00–61.00	$59.16	$677

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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
880	880	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	820.00	$820.00	—
865–1320	1055	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	36	700.00–1,325.00	$1,016.69	+107.06

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850–1075	945	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	925.00–1,175.00	$1,043.87	-152.39
990–1145	1062	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,000.00–1,175.00	$1,086.75	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
735–815	775	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	600.00–910.00	$747.00	-303.00
710–1100	948	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	750.00–950.00	$880.76	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1050–1240	1131	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,025.00–1,500.00	$1,266.41	—

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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.