Georgia Daily Livestock Auction Summary

Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, January 4, 2022

2,160 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $179.75/cwt -3.88 vs last sale · ≈ $769/hd at 428 lb · 39 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $149.50/cwt +6.58 vs last sale · ≈ $623/hd at 417 lb · 38 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $137.74/cwt +2.95 vs last sale · ≈ $588/hd at 427 lb · 31 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,160	747	2,106
Feeder cattle	1,402	477	1,484
Slaughter cattle	445	142	468
Replacement cattle	313	128	154

Market comments — USDA reporter

Cattle auctions at Franklin Co. (726), Lanier (139), Oak Park (567), Pulaski Co (463), Thomasville (265) and Upson Co (70). No trends available due to markets being closed previous two weeks for the holidays.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–297	292	8	185.00–193.00	$188.21	$550	—
305–345	335	6	180.00–187.50	$182.87	$613	—
372–395	373	21	172.00–180.00	$177.81	$663	-8.11
405–445	428	39	175.00–190.00	$179.75	$769	-3.88
450–495	471	20	165.00–182.00	$173.49	$817	-3.79
509–540	515	12	159.00–169.00	$162.39	$836	+6.23
565 value added	565	1	161.00	$161.00	$910	—
570–585	575	3	140.00–149.00	$145.62	$837	-1.88
605–645	620	4	137.50–145.00	$141.82	$879	-8.18
655–695	675	2	135.00–140.00	$137.43	$928	-2.57
715–720	718	2	134.00–137.00	$135.49	$973	—
760–790	773	3	123.00–142.00	$133.54	$1,032	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	3	196.00	$196.00	$568	—
340	340	1	190.00	$190.00	$646	—
390	390	1	180.00	$180.00	$702	-3.87
405–445	428	29	160.00–172.50	$165.61	$709	—
453–490	472	12	152.50–171.00	$164.54	$777	-0.94
504–540	518	13	140.00–157.00	$147.39	$763	+1.15
570	570	1	138.00	$138.00	$787	—
605–640	618	3	120.00–134.00	$126.33	$781	-5.67
660–685	675	3	127.00–136.00	$132.39	$894	-2.61

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	175.00	$175.00	$472	—
305–345	316	4	162.00–176.00	$168.32	$532	-1.68
350–395	365	10	160.00–170.00	$163.42	$596	—
405–445	417	5	153.00–160.00	$155.56	$649	+3.06
450–495	468	12	140.00–160.00	$150.81	$706	+6.06
505–525	515	2	132.00–140.00	$135.92	$700	-2.77
575–590	583	2	121.00–124.00	$122.48	$714	—
600–635	614	4	115.00–126.00	$120.26	$738	—
665–695	675	4	120.00–129.00	$125.70	$848	—
700–725	713	2	112.00–116.00	$113.96	$813	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–245	235	2	140.00–148.00	$144.17	$339	—
255–290	278	5	145.00–156.00	$151.45	$421	—
320–348	337	16	146.00–160.00	$153.15	$516	-4.85
355–390	377	17	143.00–155.00	$149.64	$564	—
400–445	417	38	137.50–160.00	$149.50	$623	+6.58
455–495	479	26	135.00–155.00	$143.99	$690	+2.93
485 value added	485	1	148.00	$148.00	$718	—
505–545	523	11	130.00–137.00	$134.02	$701	-2.39
550–595	568	10	125.00–139.00	$134.20	$762	-1.81
605–645	611	17	120.00–140.00	$136.47	$834	+6.90
655–695	674	14	115.00–131.00	$127.28	$858	-5.72
705–745	725	2	110.00–115.00	$112.43	$815	-11.33

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–290	283	7	135.00–146.00	$139.57	$395	-7.71
300–345	331	12	130.00–148.00	$138.56	$459	-7.69
355–395	381	25	130.00–155.00	$145.61	$555	+4.90
405–445	427	31	130.00–150.00	$137.74	$588	+2.95
455–495	476	27	125.00–138.00	$132.06	$629	-2.32
505–545	524	24	117.50–140.00	$124.69	$653	-0.66
555–595	579	9	112.50–132.00	$119.23	$690	—
605–645	622	10	110.00–130.00	$117.37	$730	-1.88
655	655	1	118.00	$118.00	$773	—
700–705	703	2	95.00–112.00	$103.53	$728	—
765	765	1	90.00	$90.00	$688	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–245	231	6	120.00–136.00	$128.83	$298	-6.61
260–290	275	6	117.50–126.00	$122.24	$336	-17.81
305–345	326	17	115.00–140.00	$127.03	$414	-5.52
355–395	373	23	110.00–138.00	$128.35	$479	-1.42
405–445	422	26	120.00–138.00	$125.95	$532	+2.62
450–495	471	24	107.50–128.00	$121.29	$571	—
505–545	524	13	107.50–121.00	$114.35	$599	-2.62
555–595	576	5	110.00–120.00	$115.81	$667	+3.07
620–635	628	2	95.00–110.00	$102.41	$643	—
675	675	1	95.00	$95.00	$641	—
720	720	1	107.00	$107.00	$770	—
750	750	1	104.00	$104.00	$780	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	197.50	$197.50	$474	-32.50
255–295	277	6	185.00–195.00	$189.36	$525	-22.43
305–345	324	8	172.50–204.00	$189.25	$613	-4.29
355–395	370	13	165.00–192.00	$174.28	$645	-3.22
400–445	430	16	169.00–180.00	$174.58	$751	-3.05
450–495	472	16	152.50–172.00	$162.32	$766	-4.87
505–545	523	15	142.50–158.00	$147.61	$772	-6.14
555–595	569	13	132.50–153.00	$139.98	$796	-15.02
605–645	624	9	130.00–137.50	$133.83	$835	+2.06
705–745	718	3	122.50–125.00	$124.14	$891	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	274	4	165.00–187.00	$178.64	$489	-17.85
300–335	317	3	160.00–180.00	$168.97	$536	-18.68
355–395	372	13	147.50–174.00	$161.64	$601	-7.42
400–445	418	12	145.00–172.00	$154.65	$646	-7.63
450–495	473	18	140.00–150.00	$145.50	$688	-6.07
505–545	521	21	130.00–147.00	$136.21	$710	-5.61
560–565	563	3	130.00–135.00	$133.34	$751	-7.66
605–645	613	5	118.00–120.00	$119.58	$733	-8.42
655–695	682	3	112.00–117.50	$113.76	$776	—
705–745	726	7	110.00–118.00	$113.76	$826	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–245	224	5	157.50–177.50	$168.30	$377	—
250–290	269	4	157.50–176.00	$169.19	$455	—
300–340	320	5	155.00–167.00	$160.84	$515	-1.64
350–390	368	8	140.00–155.00	$149.66	$551	-5.03
410–435	423	5	122.50–143.00	$136.09	$576	-18.61
455–495	479	7	130.00–139.00	$134.68	$645	—
505–545	528	9	120.00–139.00	$124.97	$660	-4.50
555–595	576	7	115.00–132.00	$124.34	$716	—
600–615	609	4	110.00–128.00	$118.55	$722	-1.49
675	675	2	100.00	$100.00	$675	—
700–730	713	3	100.00–115.00	$108.43	$773	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1705	1241	80-85%	109	59.00–71.00	$65.95	$818	—
905–1750	1265	80-85%	41	50.00–63.00	$59.86	$757	-3.92
995–1745	1291	80-85%	42	68.00–80.00	$73.95	$955	+10.17

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–1285	968	85-90%	24	51.00–69.00	$58.61	$567	—
800–1070	975	85-90%	12	60.00–77.00	$72.20	$704	—
800–1175	985	85-90%	52	40.00–61.00	$49.73	$490	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190–1345	1264	75-80%	6	71.00–78.00	$75.02	$948	—
1320–1435	1401	75-80%	7	50.00–64.00	$53.72	$753	—
1230–1845	1533	75-80%	9	60.00–73.00	$66.06	$1,013	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1840	1386	18	73.00–86.00	$77.30	$1,071	—
1010–2095	1600	13	89.00–102.00	$94.54	$1,513	—
1015–2155	1649	30	80.00–95.00	$87.86	$1,449	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865–1175	1004	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	675.00–840.00	$773.40
865–1145	1017	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	725.00–775.00	$750.25
835–1545	1034	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	540.00–1,050.00	$895.08
875–1290	1063	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	550.00–700.00	$648.45
895–1300	1098	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	475.00–775.00	$652.68

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1100	1047	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,125.00–1,275.00	$1,170.56
905–1545	1082	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	750.00–1,000.00	$891.54
1060–1405	1266	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	825.00–885.00	$866.67

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
835–960	885	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	71.00–88.00	$81.55	$722

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1035	1035	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	55.00	$55.00	$569

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
895–970	933	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,040.00–1,150.00	$1,092.79	—
775–1200	954	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	36	1,000.00–1,200.00	$1,132.04	—
865–1085	957	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,025.00–1,150.00	$1,084.59	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
825–895	863	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,275.00–1,425.00	$1,359.94	—
945	945	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—
885–1365	1030	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	1,225.00–1,300.00	$1,255.46	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
865	865	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,475.00	$1,475.00	—
875–1200	1062	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	700.00–1,125.00	$947.25	—
1010–1220	1125	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	1,175.00–1,600.00	$1,490.28	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
785	785	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	975.00	$975.00	—
945–990	968	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	925.00	$925.00	—

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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.