Georgia Daily Livestock Auction Summary

Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, January 26, 2022

2,404 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $143.11/cwt -1.51 vs last sale · ≈ $753/hd at 526 lb · 77 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $139.12/cwt -3.07 vs last sale · ≈ $661/hd at 475 lb · 60 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $139.07/cwt -0.21 vs last sale · ≈ $808/hd at 581 lb · 41 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,404	3,586	1,823
Feeder cattle	1,855	2,826	1,454
Slaughter cattle	367	592	263
Replacement cattle	182	168	106

Market comments — USDA reporter

Cattle auctions at Ashburn (1005), Athens (575), Donalsonville (310), Jackson (203), Moultrie (127) and Washington (184). Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls 2.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder classes unevenly steady to 3.00 higher. Replacement cows steady to 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–295	288	3	190.00–200.00	$196.59	$566	—
305–345	325	10	190.00–203.00	$196.91	$640	+3.57
350–395	362	16	178.00–197.00	$191.01	$691	+4.01
395 value added	395	1	202.00	$202.00	$798	—
410–445	426	9	185.00–192.00	$188.72	$804	+3.53
455–499	480	40	167.50–189.00	$178.81	$858	+4.14
500–545	518	22	160.00–177.00	$167.29	$867	-0.63
555–595	574	19	151.00–168.00	$156.46	$898	-7.73
600–645	629	19	143.00–158.00	$152.71	$961	+1.93
655–695	678	5	132.00–144.00	$137.37	$931	-7.48
700–740	713	22	130.00–148.00	$142.09	$1,013	-8.91
755–795	764	20	120.00–146.00	$139.27	$1,064	+4.07

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	202.00	$202.00	$414	—
310–335	320	12	178.00–188.00	$180.81	$579	+1.14
355–399	383	13	170.00–187.00	$179.26	$687	+2.20
405–440	423	9	173.00–182.00	$175.48	$742	+2.43
455–495	478	24	157.50–170.00	$167.80	$802	+4.21
505–548	532	15	147.50–171.00	$164.06	$873	+10.24
555–595	571	23	145.00–163.00	$157.62	$900	+7.63
600–649	636	11	138.00–154.00	$144.85	$921	+0.16
660–675	667	3	145.00–148.00	$146.66	$978	+8.37
770	770	1	125.00	$125.00	$962	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	280	4	165.00–180.00	$174.04	$487	-15.84
345	345	1	182.00	$182.00	$628	+9.46
380–390	385	2	165.00–167.00	$165.99	$639	+5.29
420–435	428	2	150.00–152.00	$151.02	$646	-1.77
460–490	472	6	150.00–158.00	$153.92	$727	-0.04
505–545	527	10	140.00–150.00	$146.11	$770	-3.63
555–595	564	6	130.00–135.00	$131.49	$742	-16.45
605–632	625	4	128.00–130.00	$129.52	$810	-10.40
665–675	670	2	120.00–130.00	$125.04	$838	-6.98
795	795	4	110.00	$110.00	$874	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–245	233	2	165.00–167.00	$165.95	$387	—
335–339	336	11	159.00–160.00	$159.37	$535	+1.08
355–399	389	24	155.00–159.00	$156.56	$609	-1.43
405–445	422	40	140.00–167.50	$153.45	$648	-0.76
454–493	478	26	139.00–151.00	$147.83	$707	-2.21
505–545	526	77	131.00–148.00	$143.11	$753	-1.51
555–595	581	41	128.00–150.00	$139.07	$808	-0.21
605–645	615	30	121.00–148.00	$141.51	$870	+8.82
655–695	669	17	112.50–136.00	$127.15	$851	-0.36
755–760	758	2	124.00–128.00	$126.01	$955	+3.26

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–290	270	10	150.00–160.00	$154.22	$416	+6.19
305–349	324	29	137.50–156.00	$143.63	$465	-3.24
355–395	371	28	135.00–160.00	$147.55	$547	+1.45
400–445	422	41	131.00–155.00	$142.90	$603	-2.92
455–497	475	60	129.00–145.00	$139.12	$661	-3.07
500–549	529	37	125.00–140.00	$133.04	$704	-2.53
555–595	575	14	120.00–137.00	$126.99	$730	-0.89
605–645	633	16	110.00–135.00	$121.86	$771	+0.16
655–695	677	6	107.00–126.00	$119.84	$811	+1.38
700–745	719	5	105.00–124.00	$114.94	$826	+2.52
750	750	1	115.00	$115.00	$862	+5.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–231	230	11	145.00–152.00	$145.61	$335	—
250–295	273	17	127.50–145.00	$140.31	$383	+0.65
305–345	319	14	132.00–152.50	$148.27	$473	+13.97
350–395	371	22	127.50–150.00	$140.64	$522	-4.68
400–445	416	17	118.00–142.50	$131.22	$546	-4.82
455–495	470	3	125.00–132.00	$127.93	$601	-3.95
500–545	524	13	115.00–133.00	$125.02	$655	+2.01
560–565	563	2	119.00–129.00	$124.02	$698	+9.60
605–635	620	6	110.00–120.00	$115.83	$718	+10.65
700	700	1	104.00	$104.00	$728	—
790	790	1	107.00	$107.00	$845	-5.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	190.00	$190.00	$466	—
250–299	275	5	170.00–186.00	$178.90	$492	-4.00
305–345	325	21	150.00–185.00	$174.09	$566	-3.18
355–390	370	13	160.00–180.00	$173.46	$642	-2.32
405–445	430	27	150.00–170.00	$161.59	$695	-5.46
455–495	464	38	150.00–169.00	$161.73	$750	+5.42
500–545	522	27	138.00–154.00	$145.51	$760	-2.48
550–595	570	17	127.50–152.00	$137.12	$782	-4.10
605–645	621	8	118.00–128.00	$123.63	$768	-11.36
655–695	668	12	115.00–125.00	$118.95	$795	-11.90
780	780	1	110.00	$110.00	$858	+2.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	280	2	195.00–197.00	$195.95	$549	-18.08
301–340	320	6	187.00–200.00	$192.94	$617	-0.41
355–395	372	22	172.50–192.00	$181.90	$677	-3.28
405–445	427	16	167.50–185.00	$174.48	$745	-4.76
455–495	474	15	162.50–177.00	$167.48	$794	-1.62
500–545	516	16	153.00–170.00	$162.00	$836	+6.39
555–595	575	11	139.00–155.00	$146.05	$840	-3.39
605–645	624	10	130.00–140.00	$133.21	$831	-12.17
655–695	678	4	127.50–134.00	$130.33	$884	-7.51
705–745	724	4	123.00–128.00	$126.05	$913	-1.42
755–795	778	4	116.00–124.00	$119.42	$929	-0.42

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	2	165.00	$165.00	$363	-9.22
255–298	289	14	167.00–180.00	$173.05	$500	+4.66
300–345	324	13	150.00–170.00	$163.38	$529	+3.52
355–395	370	13	142.50–167.50	$155.76	$576	-5.95
400–445	423	13	140.00–160.00	$149.41	$632	-3.89
450–470	459	6	140.00–150.00	$143.19	$657	-0.39
500–545	527	9	130.00–145.00	$133.88	$706	-1.03
555–595	583	8	120.00–139.00	$124.91	$728	-3.13
605–645	628	3	110.00–129.00	$119.52	$751	-1.67
650–685	668	3	102.00–118.00	$111.79	$747	-1.28

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1915	1212	80-85%	35	61.00–73.00	$67.07	$813	-4.01
835–1840	1273	80-85%	66	66.00–81.00	$74.72	$951	-1.84
980–1940	1314	80-85%	38	74.00–89.00	$82.78	$1,088	-1.92

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1220	956	85-90%	20	48.00–61.00	$55.23	$528	-21.26
815–1125	1009	85-90%	9	67.00–79.00	$70.07	$707	+5.08
960–1280	1061	85-90%	28	55.00–70.00	$61.98	$658	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1790	1470	75-80%	3	74.00–75.00	$74.73	$1,099	-0.47
1295–1855	1505	75-80%	12	70.00–82.00	$78.19	$1,177	—
1310–1835	1603	75-80%	7	82.00–96.00	$87.73	$1,406	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1950	1359	10	80.00–101.00	$93.52	$1,271	—
1060–2435	1406	33	88.00–109.00	$102.33	$1,439	+8.75
1180–2150	1458	26	100.00–118.00	$111.35	$1,623	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760–1065	878	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	575.00–800.00	$710.90
1030	1030	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	670.00	$670.00
760–1320	1063	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	675.00–900.00	$817.93

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880–1305	1049	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	900.00–1,120.00	$999.29
930–1215	1073	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	875.00–900.00	$885.84
1355	1355	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
705–795	750	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	81.00–96.00	$88.95	$667
875–1130	1017	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	77.00–91.00	$85.13	$866
850–1235	1124	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	73.00–77.00	$74.54	$838

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770	770	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
720–875	798	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	520.00–685.00	$610.52

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—
900–975	938	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	775.00–1,150.00	$970.00	—
1070	1070	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
1015–1135	1078	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	950.00–1,250.00	$1,058.39	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
630–920	805	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	550.00–870.00	$692.80	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
995	995	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
980–1050	1015	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	650.00–745.00	$699.14	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1150	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,090.00	$1,090.00	—

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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.