Georgia Daily Livestock Auction Summary

Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, September 21, 2022

2,846 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 2 heifers $132.18/cwt +2.03 vs last sale · ≈ $830/hd at 628 lb · 58 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $143.50/cwt -2.19 vs last sale · ≈ $835/hd at 582 lb · 44 head

light 6-weight M&L 2 steers $148.76/cwt -3.30 vs last sale · ≈ $919/hd at 618 lb · 43 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,846	4,079	3,123
Feeder cattle	2,151	3,260	2,496
Slaughter cattle	430	664	400
Replacement cattle	265	155	227

Market comments — USDA reporter

Cattle auctions at Ashburn (1127), Athens (429), Donalsonville (487), Jackson (174), Moultrie (326) and Washington (303). Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder classes mostly 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Replacement cows steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–390	368	12	160.00–188.00	$172.52	$635	-12.19
403–445	417	18	162.00–178.00	$170.89	$713	+11.67
455–495	477	20	150.00–164.00	$159.44	$761	+2.18
501–540	524	29	150.00–165.00	$156.43	$820	+6.53
555–599	580	31	140.00–158.00	$145.37	$843	+1.03
605–645	624	17	130.00–150.00	$140.64	$878	-1.07
673–679	675	16	128.00–134.50	$131.54	$888	-10.45
720	720	1	120.00	$120.00	$864	-13.35

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–395	370	7	180.00–193.00	$186.99	$692	+0.51
405–448	427	7	172.50–180.00	$175.94	$751	-3.43
460–490	478	10	160.00–168.00	$162.99	$779	-9.74
503–548	523	16	157.00–160.00	$159.46	$834	-5.14
550–586	574	29	150.00–160.00	$154.88	$889	-3.87
600–645	618	43	140.00–154.00	$148.76	$919	-3.30
655–695	669	9	135.00–145.00	$140.24	$938	-11.59
703–710	704	5	140.00–143.00	$142.40	$1,002	-1.34

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	201.00	$201.00	$794	+16.87
408	408	7	199.00	$199.00	$812	+14.06
460–498	487	24	170.00–176.00	$173.34	$844	-2.24
509 value added	509	9	175.00	$175.00	$891	—
507–548	527	11	164.00–174.00	$167.00	$880	+3.20
562–578	570	6	161.00–166.00	$163.54	$932	-1.61
610–649	628	30	154.00–157.00	$155.25	$975	-4.79
650–671	663	13	155.00–158.50	$157.14	$1,042	+6.50
703–725	709	8	144.00–154.00	$151.44	$1,074	+1.17
755–780	768	2	133.00–139.00	$135.95	$1,044	-14.41

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–235	227	3	160.00–167.00	$162.42	$369	—
315	315	1	150.00	$150.00	$472	-2.07
360–393	375	14	144.00–150.00	$145.92	$547	-6.77
405–446	429	35	140.00–150.00	$145.49	$624	-4.48
450–497	472	40	135.00–145.00	$140.80	$665	-3.46
500–545	515	34	130.00–141.00	$136.41	$703	-4.92
551–585	566	36	129.00–140.00	$135.56	$767	+0.78
600–649	628	58	120.00–138.00	$132.18	$830	+2.03
655–695	672	14	118.00–138.00	$128.54	$864	+6.13
700–740	723	3	106.00–129.00	$120.56	$872	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	147.00	$147.00	$309	—
255–285	266	5	136.00–145.00	$140.64	$374	-2.98
301–330	313	22	130.00–160.00	$136.77	$428	-2.88
355–395	375	13	125.00–150.00	$139.46	$523	-5.95
405–445	427	40	130.00–138.00	$134.21	$573	-8.63
455–495	471	27	125.00–142.00	$132.33	$623	-0.83
500–545	528	29	120.00–137.50	$130.47	$689	+1.87
552–580	562	16	124.00–130.00	$127.60	$717	+2.04
600–648	630	10	110.00–125.00	$119.13	$751	-5.75
655–695	673	12	110.00–123.00	$116.72	$786	+0.02
745	745	1	100.00	$100.00	$745	-20.99

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–361	360	7	155.00–162.00	$157.43	$567	-0.60
416	416	7	153.00	$153.00	$636	-1.37
458–492	469	33	146.00–149.00	$147.63	$692	-6.26
505–545	532	29	140.00–150.00	$145.30	$773	-4.28
552–595	582	44	130.00–149.00	$143.50	$835	-2.19
605–645	630	9	130.00–137.50	$134.60	$848	-3.90
646 value added	646	9	150.00	$150.00	$969	—
655–675	663	3	130.00–135.00	$133.34	$884	-1.46
708–740	718	9	123.00–135.00	$129.21	$928	-9.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–225	220	2	185.00–187.00	$186.02	$409	—
280	280	3	190.00–195.00	$193.33	$541	+3.51
339–340	339	8	180.00–187.00	$186.12	$631	+3.91
355–390	373	5	160.00–177.00	$169.61	$633	-8.63
425–445	436	5	157.00–165.00	$160.65	$700	-7.92
455–498	479	27	150.00–165.00	$156.60	$750	-1.68
500–545	529	24	125.00–152.00	$142.05	$751	-9.17
552–595	569	29	130.00–145.00	$139.09	$791	-2.96
600–645	614	17	130.00–144.00	$138.04	$848	+2.24
660–675	669	5	125.00–129.00	$126.61	$847	-3.78
700–725	712	5	111.00–125.00	$121.23	$863	-6.48

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	281	6	162.00–173.00	$167.47	$471	-6.14
300–330	313	3	157.00–165.00	$160.60	$503	-13.58
355–395	371	8	160.00–177.00	$167.60	$622	+1.73
401–445	430	26	142.00–167.00	$153.20	$659	-5.82
450–490	471	32	140.00–150.00	$143.50	$676	-2.98
500–545	525	20	125.00–140.00	$133.00	$698	-7.44
555–590	572	5	120.00–132.00	$128.45	$735	-1.72
630–640	633	3	125.00–126.00	$125.34	$793	-1.40
660–695	682	3	110.00–124.00	$115.37	$787	-4.62

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	197.00	$197.00	$404	—
268	268	3	205.00	$205.00	$549	—
320	320	2	192.50	$192.50	$616	+1.66
355–395	375	5	180.00–195.00	$188.38	$706	+3.99
403–415	407	4	175.00–185.00	$178.17	$725	+0.74
455–460	458	2	172.00–177.00	$174.49	$799	+0.05
500–535	520	8	154.00–162.00	$158.63	$825	+1.18
552	552	3	152.00	$152.00	$839	-1.33
600–645	621	5	140.00–146.00	$142.99	$888	-2.03
655–670	664	4	135.00–140.00	$137.23	$911	-5.38

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1740	1207	80-85%	42	65.00–74.00	$69.14	$835	-0.32
980–1585	1223	80-85%	15	81.00–88.00	$83.17	$1,017	+6.78
980–1575	1267	80-85%	70	73.00–81.00	$77.04	$976	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–1405	1030	85-90%	34	57.00–66.00	$61.63	$635	—
890–1300	1097	85-90%	47	60.00–74.00	$68.34	$750	+0.52
1120–1125	1123	85-90%	2	76.00–78.00	$77.00	$865	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1280–1750	1513	75-80%	8	75.00–81.00	$77.36	$1,170	—
1415–1765	1590	75-80%	2	72.00–73.00	$72.44	$1,152	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1380	1380	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,518	—
1035–2180	1578	18	83.00–99.00	$90.54	$1,429	—
1110–2085	1763	9	95.00–107.00	$101.14	$1,783	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830–990	905	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	775.00–850.00	$806.98
800–1030	912	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	610.00–875.00	$721.37
905–1000	953	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	830.00–875.00	$851.38
980–1100	1040	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	675.00–750.00	$714.66
975–1175	1098	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	750.00–975.00	$906.93

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
890–935	915	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	65.00–67.00	$65.99	$604
795–1075	926	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	80.00–84.00	$81.72	$757
910–980	945	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	78.00–84.00	$81.11	$766
960–1005	984	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	90.00–115.00	$106.35	$1,046
940–1140	1054	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	77.00–92.00	$83.84	$884

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1030–1195	1105	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	1,000.00–1,150.00	$1,085.66
1100–1275	1179	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	950.00–1,125.00	$1,041.20

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
880–1100	972	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	70.00–76.00	$72.90	$709
1095–1200	1179	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	70.00–76.00	$71.11	$838

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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
1015	1015	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,175.00–1,200.00	$1,187.50	—
900–1225	1029	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	750.00–1,250.00	$986.74	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
910–1100	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	700.00–1,025.00	$856.02	—
1165	1165	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	800.00	$800.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950–1070	974	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	625.00–750.00	$722.54	—

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	600.00	$600.00	-340.00
865	865	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	550.00	$550.00	-290.00

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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.