Georgia Daily Livestock Auction Summary

Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, August 18, 2021

3,149 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 3 heifers $125.30/cwt -3.19 vs last sale · ≈ $540/hd at 431 lb · 81 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 3 heifers $130.18/cwt -1.50 vs last sale · ≈ $487/hd at 374 lb · 69 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $129.78/cwt -1.66 vs last sale · ≈ $550/hd at 424 lb · 61 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,149	2,285	3,516
Feeder cattle	2,418	1,776	2,905
Slaughter cattle	567	303	326
Replacement cattle	164	206	285

Market comments — USDA reporter

Cattle auctions at Ashburn (1035) Athens (545), Donalsonville (377), Jackson (125) Moultrie (200) and Washington (214). Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder classes unevenly steady to 3.00 lower. Replacement cows steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	177.00	$177.00	$513	+1.91
300–345	322	8	160.00–185.00	$174.24	$561	—
350–390	373	6	160.00–175.00	$169.25	$631	+4.25
410–445	430	7	154.00–168.00	$162.68	$700	+4.25
450–498	482	35	142.00–154.00	$145.66	$702	-9.77
505–549	536	23	139.00–148.00	$141.44	$758	-6.06
550–595	575	43	135.00–148.00	$138.88	$799	-3.78
605–645	624	9	126.00–134.00	$129.86	$810	-2.16
655–695	672	22	125.00–135.00	$126.76	$852	-6.35
730	730	1	124.00	$124.00	$905	-5.67
775	775	1	109.00	$109.00	$845	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323–345	330	6	182.00–198.00	$186.15	$614	-1.85
350–370	362	9	171.00–175.00	$171.67	$621	+2.77
400–435	415	5	165.00–174.00	$170.96	$709	+10.96
455–475	465	14	150.00–159.00	$152.20	$708	-5.74
505–546	525	25	144.00–155.00	$148.00	$777	-5.27
555–595	571	13	140.00–152.00	$145.07	$828	-5.94
605–645	628	27	134.00–145.00	$138.20	$868	-1.81
663–695	671	6	131.00–138.50	$136.04	$913	+0.48
706–730	719	13	130.00–136.00	$132.81	$955	+13.81
755–795	775	2	128.00–130.00	$128.97	$1,000	—
829–840	831	5	121.00–122.00	$121.80	$1,012	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	329	6	150.00–175.00	$161.69	$532	+11.69
355–390	374	17	144.00–167.00	$157.26	$588	+10.22
405–445	424	23	137.00–158.00	$148.66	$630	+14.74
450–499	470	40	130.00–149.00	$139.31	$655	-2.18
515–545	529	21	119.00–137.00	$130.13	$688	-3.99
555–598	587	4	130.00–131.00	$130.24	$765	+2.56
600–648	628	10	126.00–139.00	$132.38	$831	+3.61
670–690	685	4	110.00–111.00	$110.24	$755	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–219	213	8	137.00–142.00	$141.41	$301	+3.45
260–295	274	4	130.00–140.00	$135.29	$371	—
303–340	325	21	123.00–138.00	$130.23	$423	-1.38
350–395	374	69	119.00–147.00	$130.18	$487	-1.50
405–449	431	81	115.00–137.00	$125.30	$540	-3.19
450–495	475	58	110.00–130.00	$121.46	$577	-4.89
500–545	517	24	110.00–129.00	$119.52	$618	+2.43
550–595	570	14	105.00–118.00	$112.12	$639	-1.00
640	640	1	106.00	$106.00	$678	—
705–745	727	3	102.00–105.00	$103.03	$749	+3.03
750	750	1	94.00	$94.00	$705	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	276	6	153.00–172.00	$164.47	$454	+14.47
300–345	320	7	140.00–160.00	$150.96	$483	+3.30
354–390	369	25	139.00–157.00	$143.29	$529	+1.13
415 value added	415	1	155.00	$155.00	$643	—
400–445	425	35	134.00–148.00	$138.27	$588	-1.72
450–495	471	54	127.00–136.00	$131.12	$618	-5.90
500–546	528	44	127.00–147.00	$131.16	$693	+3.82
555	555	1	140.00	$140.00	$777	+9.11
555–595	579	41	122.50–138.00	$129.62	$750	-1.27
600–645	614	32	117.50–136.00	$125.62	$771	+3.25
655–695	675	16	114.00–131.00	$119.41	$806	+1.91
700–745	722	12	108.00–116.00	$112.51	$812	-2.49

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	2	153.00	$153.00	$329	+10.00
255–270	262	3	140.00–147.00	$142.41	$373	+0.63
310–345	333	19	135.00–150.00	$141.87	$472	+1.10
350–390	373	20	128.00–147.00	$133.94	$500	+0.02
400–445	424	61	122.00–140.00	$129.78	$550	-1.66
455–495	475	27	120.00–137.00	$125.21	$595	-3.96
500–545	524	55	115.00–134.00	$125.51	$658	-2.52
550–595	569	23	115.00–130.00	$121.93	$694	+4.47
605–649	626	15	112.00–125.00	$116.68	$730	-3.60
655–695	675	2	105.00–111.00	$107.91	$728	+3.27
705–745	728	8	95.00–115.00	$106.95	$779	-5.39

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–248	238	18	160.00–167.00	$166.63	$397	—
270–299	285	3	180.00–190.00	$184.92	$527	+17.99
305–345	325	13	155.00–180.00	$170.39	$554	+10.63
355–385	369	15	138.00–160.00	$150.39	$555	-5.52
400–445	426	16	140.00–152.50	$144.07	$614	-1.88
450–499	472	44	130.00–148.00	$136.93	$646	-2.84
500–545	527	34	120.00–138.00	$130.76	$689	-0.50
555–595	568	24	116.00–129.00	$124.54	$707	-1.11
600–645	622	13	115.00–122.00	$118.60	$738	-1.35
655–695	671	14	105.00–119.00	$114.14	$766	+0.61
715	715	1	109.00	$109.00	$779	+2.31
755–785	770	2	107.00–108.00	$107.51	$828	+7.73

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–240	220	2	140.00–150.00	$144.55	$318	-12.35
285	285	1	150.00	$150.00	$428	+1.09
300–345	327	12	140.00–177.00	$164.41	$538	+14.08
354–390	363	13	130.00–146.00	$138.97	$504	-4.00
400–445	413	35	125.00–160.00	$140.65	$581	+1.16
450–495	475	21	120.00–137.50	$129.22	$614	+0.80
500–545	524	30	115.00–129.00	$122.99	$644	+0.30
555–595	571	37	110.00–128.00	$117.78	$673	-0.54
620–649	637	4	107.00–116.00	$110.95	$707	-3.83
650–685	667	3	100.00–104.00	$102.02	$680	-0.48
730	730	1	93.00	$93.00	$679	-3.54

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205 value added	205	1	210.00	$210.00	$430	—
210	210	1	190.00	$190.00	$399	—
265–295	277	6	190.00–200.00	$195.26	$541	+10.26
300–345	332	11	172.00–182.00	$176.92	$587	+9.61
340 value added	340	1	185.00	$185.00	$629	-12.16
350–395	369	17	165.00–189.00	$171.06	$631	-4.56
400–445	421	18	150.00–180.00	$158.39	$667	+3.52
450–495	465	11	141.00–158.00	$149.84	$697	+3.37
500–545	528	6	135.00–143.00	$137.89	$728	-0.11
555–595	574	7	129.00–140.00	$132.11	$758	-0.25
605–645	621	10	120.00–129.00	$124.74	$775	-4.06
655–695	673	6	115.00–122.00	$118.62	$798	-5.73
755–795	775	4	100.00–110.00	$104.44	$809	-5.74

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880–1680	1139	80-85%	121	62.00–75.00	$69.95	$797	—
965–1565	1208	80-85%	53	53.00–70.00	$62.93	$760	—
1000–1530	1242	80-85%	28	74.00–82.00	$75.97	$944	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–1090	976	85-90%	20	60.00–68.00	$64.85	$633	—
800–1405	987	85-90%	52	41.00–66.00	$52.84	$522	—
810–1350	1069	85-90%	51	51.00–65.00	$59.24	$633	+4.74

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1390	1255	75-80%	6	74.00–80.00	$75.64	$949	—
1135–1400	1304	75-80%	4	65.00–66.00	$65.22	$850	—
1190–1760	1358	75-80%	24	64.00–74.00	$69.87	$949	-0.87

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1755	1395	8	71.00–92.00	$80.97	$1,130	—
1460–1845	1659	8	80.00–97.00	$91.49	$1,518	—
1610–2150	1818	4	100.00–106.00	$102.54	$1,864	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920–1015	968	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	800.00–875.00	$835.66
850–1140	1006	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	690.00–900.00	$777.02
950–1610	1208	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	650.00–950.00	$863.77

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–1320	1135	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	910.00–1,050.00	$956.39
1100–1450	1300	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	1,000.00–1,100.00	$1,036.77
1735	1735	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,120.00	$1,120.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
965	965	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	54.00	$54.00	$521
905–1125	973	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	62.00–67.00	$63.91	$622
935–1175	1095	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	62.00–68.00	$66.29	$726

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1245	1245	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	71.00	$71.00	$884
1265	1265	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	71.00	$71.00	$898

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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
1040–1145	1115	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	850.00–950.00	$918.83	-421.17
1115	1115	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	760.00	$760.00	-580.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1080–1370	1180	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,100.00–1,200.00	$1,140.18	—
1395	1395	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
855	855	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,010.00	$1,010.00	—

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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.