Georgia Daily Livestock Auction Summary

Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, August 25, 2021

3,211 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $153.40/cwt -3.83 vs last sale · ≈ $784/hd at 511 lb · 82 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $132.11/cwt -5.05 vs last sale · ≈ $622/hd at 471 lb · 78 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $134.97/cwt -6.13 vs last sale · ≈ $827/hd at 613 lb · 77 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,211	3,861	3,382
Feeder cattle	2,651	3,188	2,701
Slaughter cattle	389	442	382
Replacement cattle	171	231	299

Market comments — USDA reporter

Cattle auctions at Ashburn (1323) Athens (458), Donalsonville (614), Jackson (196) Moultrie (265) and Washington (355). Compared to one week earlier: Slaughter cows and bulls unevenly steady. Feeder classes unevenly steady to 3.00 higher. 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
275	275	1	187.00	$187.00	$514	—
355–385	383	14	170.00–174.00	$173.74	$665	+7.74
445	445	1	164.00	$164.00	$730	-3.62
455–499	479	17	155.00–165.00	$159.64	$765	+4.64
500–545	511	82	145.00–159.00	$153.40	$784	-3.45
550–593	583	34	142.00–155.00	$149.37	$871	+0.67
600–633	613	77	130.00–145.00	$134.97	$827	-6.13
652 value added	652	5	144.00	$144.00	$939	—
655–680	671	5	126.00–133.00	$128.41	$862	-7.70
705–715	714	10	127.00–129.00	$127.20	$908	-5.08
780	780	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,045	+6.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	160.00	$160.00	$424	+18.08
355–390	368	28	140.00–162.50	$149.13	$549	-3.41
400–446	428	27	133.00–147.50	$139.85	$599	-4.54
450–497	482	46	125.00–143.00	$134.27	$647	-4.39
500–545	519	16	125.00–139.00	$131.99	$685	-2.41
555–575	567	3	127.00–134.00	$129.62	$735	+7.41
640–645	643	2	115.00–118.00	$116.49	$749	-2.34
655–670	660	3	110.00–117.00	$112.65	$743	-0.35
711	711	11	115.00	$115.00	$818	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312	312	8	172.00	$172.00	$537	+12.00
350	350	1	165.00	$165.00	$578	+13.00
401–449	431	16	150.00–163.00	$154.57	$666	-4.03
450–495	476	11	141.00–155.00	$149.64	$712	+5.02
505–545	532	11	144.00–150.00	$148.12	$788	+4.31
555–597	581	44	132.00–144.00	$139.44	$810	+3.96
605–640	622	13	126.00–138.00	$133.10	$828	-0.87
655–690	672	16	120.00–138.00	$132.25	$889	+3.25
755–795	789	7	120.00–129.00	$127.77	$1,008	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	152.00	$152.00	$418	-1.59
300–345	311	20	130.00–143.00	$139.52	$434	-1.99
350–398	375	25	125.00–138.00	$131.65	$494	-3.25
400–449	425	50	124.00–140.00	$130.82	$556	-1.22
450–499	479	72	120.00–135.00	$125.79	$603	-3.66
500–545	524	68	115.00–136.00	$126.89	$665	+0.48
550–596	571	56	113.00–127.00	$121.13	$692	+0.44
605–649	628	16	103.00–125.00	$110.52	$694	-5.89
690–695	693	2	110.00–111.00	$110.50	$766	-3.18

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	155.00	$155.00	$450	+2.23
320–330	325	2	148.00–152.00	$149.97	$487	+0.36
350–390	369	8	139.00–148.00	$140.96	$520	-7.18
405–445	421	24	135.00–145.00	$138.02	$581	-8.59
453–495	471	78	128.00–140.00	$132.11	$622	-5.05
503–545	528	27	123.00–137.00	$129.22	$682	-1.17
555–593	570	33	122.00–135.00	$130.63	$745	+1.07
605–648	631	27	121.00–127.00	$124.09	$783	-1.17
653–690	661	8	115.00–122.00	$119.23	$788	+3.20
705–745	724	5	110.00–115.00	$111.58	$808	+2.07
773 value added	773	3	115.00	$115.00	$889	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–245	231	6	125.00–142.00	$132.67	$306	-7.33
265–299	282	15	120.00–140.00	$127.23	$359	-5.38
300–335	326	12	120.00–136.00	$128.09	$418	-1.66
355–395	380	37	115.00–132.00	$126.09	$479	-0.28
405–445	422	36	110.00–128.00	$120.24	$507	-1.95
450–490	466	26	108.00–122.00	$117.25	$546	-3.97
505–535	526	7	100.00–119.00	$110.79	$583	-5.77
560–590	582	11	110.00–119.00	$114.45	$666	+5.08
605–625	607	9	108.00–110.00	$109.77	$666	+9.80
720–735	730	3	100.00–105.00	$101.64	$742	-0.90

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–296	281	9	140.00–160.00	$150.18	$422	-0.67
305–345	324	15	140.00–157.50	$146.79	$476	-0.22
355–397	377	33	129.00–148.00	$140.25	$529	-2.11
400–445	437	27	125.00–142.50	$132.21	$578	-2.28
455–495	471	30	120.00–135.00	$126.74	$597	-0.54
500–545	521	53	115.00–125.00	$119.26	$621	-1.12
550–595	570	17	105.00–121.00	$113.68	$648	+3.11
600–605	602	3	118.00	$118.00	$710	+7.52
650–699	676	5	100.00–109.00	$104.98	$710	-1.85
710–725	718	2	103.00–104.00	$103.49	$743	—
765	765	1	105.00	$105.00	$803	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	273	8	152.00–172.00	$163.88	$447	-5.16
305–325	319	5	152.00–175.00	$164.47	$525	+0.65
370–395	379	9	150.00–158.00	$154.05	$584	-1.03
405–445	430	20	137.50–151.00	$142.83	$614	-3.81
455–495	474	20	130.00–147.50	$136.71	$648	-3.44
500–545	530	23	121.00–138.00	$127.99	$678	-0.18
555–595	568	18	115.00–130.00	$121.96	$693	+0.27
600–645	620	16	107.50–125.00	$115.52	$716	-5.77
655–697	672	12	109.00–119.00	$113.65	$764	-2.45
700–745	722	6	104.00–117.00	$111.51	$805	+2.29

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–285	283	2	185.00–190.00	$187.48	$531	+19.98
300–335	315	12	160.00–187.00	$177.55	$559	+7.97
350–395	371	7	153.00–175.00	$164.17	$609	-2.26
405–440	424	4	154.00–160.00	$156.66	$664	-4.45
455–475	467	3	142.00–152.00	$146.93	$686	-3.58
555–575	570	5	126.00–135.00	$128.38	$732	-5.52
600–645	629	11	120.00–130.00	$124.89	$786	-2.80
655–690	675	11	120.00–124.00	$122.30	$826	-3.46
705–745	727	11	108.00–122.00	$116.58	$848	-0.83
750–760	755	2	113.00–119.00	$116.02	$876	+3.03

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–1605	1220	80-85%	23	72.00–82.00	$75.93	$926	+4.85
865–1780	1253	80-85%	43	55.00–69.00	$64.16	$804	-14.70
920–1835	1276	80-85%	59	61.00–75.00	$70.45	$899	+4.62

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–1220	996	85-90%	25	49.00–59.00	$54.60	$544	—
820–1295	1070	85-90%	54	55.00–67.00	$61.83	$662	—
1005–1165	1085	85-90%	2	68.00	$68.00	$738	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1805	1503	75-80%	27	60.00–74.00	$69.34	$1,042	-0.46
1345–1775	1556	75-80%	8	57.00–64.00	$60.19	$937	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1750	1288	14	71.00–92.00	$80.82	$1,041	—
1032–2135	1495	31	86.00–101.00	$94.25	$1,409	+2.23
1610–2200	1846	6	93.00–103.00	$98.43	$1,817	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870–1100	985	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	800.00–950.00	$883.76
1090–1180	1135	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	900.00–920.00	$909.60
1095–1330	1184	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	1,050.00–1,250.00	$1,101.43
1075–1360	1271	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	1,000.00–1,100.00	$1,024.77

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840	840	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
800–955	877	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	725.00–850.00	$771.34
825–1225	995	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	750.00–975.00	$903.79
1015–1215	1115	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	810.00–975.00	$899.90
915–1430	1173	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	500.00–1,025.00	$914.58

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
970–990	980	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	65.00–69.00	$67.02	$657
1000–1240	1098	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	62.00–64.00	$63.06	$692

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1095–1235	1165	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	70.00–77.00	$73.71	$859

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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
900–1150	995	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	700.00–975.00	$820.35	—
1140–1390	1254	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	800.00–1,125.00	$998.90	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1175	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—
1025–1585	1352	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	1,200.00–1,350.00	$1,260.30	—
1415	1415	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
760	760	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	800.00	$800.00	—
790	790	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	550.00	$550.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
945	945	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—

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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.