Georgia Daily Livestock Auction Summary

Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, August 31, 2022

3,104 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $155.48/cwt +1.47 vs last sale · ≈ $804/hd at 517 lb · 75 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $144.64/cwt +2.67 vs last sale · ≈ $756/hd at 523 lb · 64 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $181.08/cwt -4.17 vs last sale · ≈ $866/hd at 478 lb · 64 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,104	3,972	2,970
Feeder cattle	2,417	3,024	2,411
Slaughter cattle	449	678	394
Replacement cattle	238	270	165

Market comments — USDA reporter

Cattle auctions at Ashburn (1335), Athens (488), Donalsonville (547), Jackson (201), Moultrie (247) and Washington (286). Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady. Feeder classes unevenly steady. 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
305–335	320	12	198.00–208.00	$203.05	$650	-6.77
350–388	377	13	190.00–215.00	$203.16	$766	+9.37
400–445	421	18	190.00–199.00	$194.26	$818	+0.44
450–495	478	64	180.00–185.00	$181.08	$866	-4.17
500–549	528	52	170.00–182.00	$176.15	$930	+0.71
553–595	576	64	165.00–185.00	$171.02	$985	+4.02
600–640	628	33	165.00–168.00	$166.12	$1,043	+8.61
655–683	669	42	150.00–159.00	$156.59	$1,048	-4.86
705–745	718	3	142.00–146.00	$144.36	$1,037	-12.61
760	760	1	146.00	$146.00	$1,110	-11.47

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–345	338	3	185.00–190.00	$188.30	$636	-7.19
401–435	412	11	180.00–190.00	$182.47	$752	-0.86
455–485	474	9	169.00–176.00	$174.00	$825	+0.76
510–549	545	13	162.00–167.00	$166.34	$907	+1.43
555–595	566	9	159.00–177.50	$162.81	$922	-2.77
635	635	3	154.00	$154.00	$978	-8.03
651–695	667	18	140.00–154.00	$149.92	$1,000	-1.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	325	5	175.00–183.00	$178.76	$581	-2.16
355–360	357	3	180.00–182.00	$181.33	$647	+6.62
400–430	417	7	170.00–185.00	$175.71	$733	+5.91
455–480	462	7	150.00–165.00	$158.56	$733	-11.86
505–545	522	13	150.00–175.00	$157.62	$823	+1.07
560–580	569	9	132.00–171.00	$158.22	$900	+0.41
600–632	621	12	140.00–159.50	$146.05	$907	-7.23
655–690	671	4	130.00–136.00	$133.72	$897	-10.54
710	710	1	124.00	$124.00	$880	-8.47

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	326	13	152.00–163.00	$157.51	$513	+2.16
350–395	361	14	145.00–170.00	$154.84	$559	+1.42
400–445	426	44	140.00–167.50	$152.20	$648	+1.37
455–495	466	41	137.50–155.00	$146.46	$683	+1.49
500–545	523	64	137.50–149.00	$144.64	$756	+2.67
551–595	567	33	130.00–143.00	$138.04	$783	-6.33
600–645	620	20	127.00–138.00	$133.68	$829	+1.01
655–695	664	10	125.00–137.00	$131.72	$875	+3.09
730–735	733	2	121.00–124.00	$122.49	$898	—
755–790	768	6	107.00–126.00	$119.93	$921	—
835	835	1	106.00	$106.00	$885	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–390	386	14	156.00–162.00	$161.30	$623	-1.79
408–429	421	13	156.00–157.00	$156.63	$659	-3.92
450–499	469	41	150.00–159.00	$156.72	$735	-0.90
501–545	517	75	150.00–159.00	$155.48	$804	+1.47
550–595	572	24	142.50–150.00	$147.08	$841	-9.24
605–640	619	4	141.00–143.00	$142.13	$880	-6.98
655–695	670	13	134.00–148.00	$142.24	$953	+11.65
705–749	724	5	120.00–137.00	$129.45	$937	—
770	770	1	125.00	$125.00	$962	-14.20

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	152.00	$152.00	$312	+8.19
250–290	278	5	147.00–158.00	$150.56	$419	+6.47
300–345	327	17	140.00–155.00	$149.48	$489	+7.34
355–395	376	27	135.00–167.50	$151.97	$571	+8.32
400–445	420	43	130.00–157.50	$143.04	$601	+1.74
455–495	469	38	127.50–149.00	$138.76	$651	+2.98
500–545	524	32	125.00–138.00	$133.63	$700	+1.71
555–590	569	6	123.00–132.00	$127.25	$724	-3.35
605–645	628	8	120.00–130.00	$125.97	$791	+2.47
660–695	673	5	119.00–122.00	$119.82	$806	-2.08
725	725	3	114.00	$114.00	$826	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	180.00	$180.00	$396	+11.15
255–280	265	6	165.00–185.00	$173.96	$461	+3.19
330–345	336	4	160.00–170.00	$164.98	$554	-6.50
355–395	375	17	155.00–190.00	$171.62	$644	+4.29
401–445	419	25	135.00–175.00	$159.39	$668	+1.08
451–495	466	40	135.00–157.50	$148.44	$692	-2.76
500–545	519	23	135.00–148.00	$142.00	$737	-2.48
555–598	580	11	130.00–140.00	$136.28	$790	-3.14
638–645	642	6	125.00–129.00	$126.99	$815	—
655–680	664	7	120.00–127.00	$122.59	$814	-6.70
783–795	787	10	105.00–116.00	$111.70	$879	-3.30

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	180.00	$180.00	$504	-4.40
300–345	328	8	172.50–197.50	$184.05	$604	+2.86
355–395	368	3	182.50–192.50	$188.93	$695	+12.07
405–445	426	15	150.00–176.00	$169.52	$722	-0.44
455–495	476	26	145.00–165.00	$157.01	$747	-7.41
500–545	513	25	142.00–157.50	$149.85	$769	-1.85
555–595	564	16	137.00–150.00	$142.53	$804	-3.59
600–645	611	7	129.00–135.00	$132.56	$810	-6.08
655–695	680	15	120.00–135.00	$128.80	$876	-5.20
710–745	728	2	117.00–120.00	$118.54	$863	-11.26
760–790	775	2	114.00–121.00	$117.43	$910	-5.56

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	199.00	$199.00	$547	+4.05
305–345	333	7	192.00–202.00	$196.09	$653	+1.71
350 value added	350	1	207.00	$207.00	$724	—
355–395	376	8	195.00–202.00	$199.12	$749	+13.31
405–440	418	20	160.00–190.00	$179.22	$749	-3.05
450 value added	450	1	192.00	$192.00	$864	+9.00
455–495	477	9	170.00–180.00	$175.39	$837	+0.11
505–545	523	10	160.00–167.50	$163.95	$857	-2.55
555–590	571	14	149.00–162.50	$154.06	$880	-2.62
605–645	614	16	140.00–150.00	$144.95	$890	-2.25
655–695	672	11	130.00–140.00	$134.03	$901	-5.49
705–745	725	2	122.50–127.50	$124.93	$906	-11.15

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960–1795	1186	80-85%	53	70.00–82.00	$75.88	$900	-1.32
925–1745	1236	80-85%	67	75.00–90.00	$82.78	$1,023	-9.90
1205–1515	1357	80-85%	13	88.00–95.00	$91.15	$1,237	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855–1180	998	85-90%	30	56.00–67.00	$62.11	$620	-19.02
800–1250	1026	85-90%	64	65.00–78.00	$70.65	$725	-4.81
960–1130	1042	85-90%	9	76.00–82.00	$79.06	$824	+3.60

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235–1695	1393	75-80%	10	74.00–83.00	$78.63	$1,095	—
1340–1645	1500	75-80%	22	80.00–90.00	$85.44	$1,282	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–2100	1435	18	93.00–104.00	$97.66	$1,401	—
1245–2315	1750	10	102.00–112.00	$106.95	$1,872	—
1360–2170	1895	8	111.00–117.00	$114.42	$2,168	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740	740	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
820–1205	932	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	650.00–975.00	$860.21
857–1165	952	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	675.00–900.00	$738.87
1190	1190	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	860.00	$860.00
1300	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	885.00–910.00	$897.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915–1050	966	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,100.00–1,250.00	$1,188.29
980–1130	1032	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,000.00–1,300.00	$1,149.76

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
985–1370	1167	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	79.00–86.00	$82.63	$964
1085–1295	1190	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	80.00–82.00	$80.91	$963
1205–1585	1395	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	75.00–78.00	$76.70	$1,070

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
885	885	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	100.00	$100.00	$885
915–1100	1008	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	75.00–110.00	$90.89	$916

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780	780	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	420.00	$420.00
855–900	878	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	680.00–700.00	$690.26

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815–865	840	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	720.00–780.00	$750.89

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
820–835	828	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	550.00–675.00	$611.93	-188.07
835–1305	1070	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	810.00–940.00	$889.28	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1160–1450	1260	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	875.00–1,100.00	$992.26	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1395	1395	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—

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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.