Northeast Georgia Livestock Market Report

Athens, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 2, 2022

509 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 2 heifers $161.57/cwt +4.07 vs last sale · ≈ $588/hd at 364 lb · 17 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $150.86/cwt -1.64 vs last sale · ≈ $626/hd at 415 lb · 16 head

light 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $186.36/cwt +10.17 vs last sale · ≈ $745/hd at 400 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	509	349	393
Feeder cattle	342	255	283
Slaughter cattle	135	67	90
Replacement cattle	32	27	20

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week age; Slaughter cows 2.00 to 5.00 higher, Slaughter bulls mostly steady, Feeder steers and steer calves unevenly steady, Feeder bulls and bull calves 5.00 higher, Feeder heifers and heifer calves 4.00 higher, Replacement cows mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	195.00	$195.00	$585	—
350	350	1	192.50	$192.50	$674	—
450–475	456	4	170.00–180.00	$176.66	$806	—
500	500	2	167.50	$167.50	$838	—
600	600	2	145.00–157.50	$151.25	$908	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	200.00	$200.00	$600	—
375	375	1	195.00	$195.00	$731	—
475	475	2	185.00	$185.00	$879	—
600	600	1	152.50	$152.50	$915	—
650	650	2	146.00–150.00	$148.00	$962	—
700	700	1	140.00	$140.00	$980	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	197.50	$197.50	$790	—
650	650	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,008	—
700	700	1	152.50	$152.50	$1,068	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–380	364	17	157.50–165.00	$161.57	$588	+4.07
400–440	415	16	147.50–155.00	$150.86	$626	-1.64
450–475	454	7	145.00–147.00	$146.13	$663	+2.43
500	500	2	142.50	$142.50	$712	+2.56
550	550	4	130.00–140.00	$137.50	$756	±0.00
650	650	1	121.00	$121.00	$786	—
700	700	1	120.00	$120.00	$840	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	170.00	$170.00	$510	—
400–425	413	2	160.00–165.00	$162.42	$671	—
450–475	458	10	155.00–157.50	$155.25	$711	—
500–540	515	10	147.50–155.00	$151.75	$782	—
550	550	3	144.00–145.00	$144.33	$794	—
600–630	612	5	135.00–143.00	$138.75	$849	—
650	650	2	133.00	$133.00	$864	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–330	312	5	157.50–165.00	$161.89	$505	—
350–370	360	10	150.00–155.00	$151.94	$547	+7.83
400	400	6	140.00–145.00	$143.33	$573	+4.42
500–525	513	2	137.50–138.00	$137.74	$707	—
550	550	3	120.00–135.00	$130.00	$715	—
600	600	1	115.00	$115.00	$690	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	205.00	$205.00	$512	—
300–330	317	3	192.50–200.00	$195.71	$620	—
350–380	363	6	187.50–192.50	$190.45	$691	+5.45
400	400	11	185.00–190.00	$186.36	$745	+10.17
450	450	2	170.00	$170.00	$765	+7.09
500	500	2	167.50	$167.50	$838	+15.10
550	550	2	157.50	$157.50	$866	+16.35
600–625	608	3	142.50–152.50	$147.43	$896	+12.43
650	650	1	140.00	$140.00	$910	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	190.00	$190.00	$475	—
300	300	2	185.00	$185.00	$555	—
350–390	364	5	177.50–182.50	$179.95	$655	+13.08
400	400	2	175.00	$175.00	$700	+15.14
450–480	460	4	155.00–160.00	$158.07	$727	+8.23
500	500	2	150.00–156.00	$153.00	$765	+12.18
550–580	567	3	146.00–150.00	$147.80	$838	+14.77
600	600	1	140.00	$140.00	$840	—
650	650	1	130.00	$130.00	$845	—
700	700	2	125.00	$125.00	$875	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–360	353	3	195.00–200.00	$198.30	$700	—
400–440	430	6	190.00–195.00	$191.18	$822	—
450–470	454	5	182.50–185.00	$184.48	$838	—
500	500	2	175.00–180.00	$177.50	$888	+18.54
550–560	553	3	162.50–169.00	$166.31	$920	—
600	600	1	160.00	$160.00	$960	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–1170	954	80-85%	18	67.00–75.00	$71.31	$680	—
885–1705	1144	80-85%	34	76.00–83.00	$79.31	$907	—
995–2135	1397	80-85%	22	84.00–91.00	$85.98	$1,201	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730–800	777	85-90%	3	54.00–59.00	$56.06	$436	—
670–1125	898	85-90%	2	69.00	$69.00	$620	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–1610	1463	75-80%	2	90.00–91.00	$90.45	$1,323	—
1455–1565	1502	75-80%	3	83.00–86.00	$84.37	$1,267	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1525–1960	1724	7	99.00–109.00	$104.70	$1,805	—
1550–2150	1870	5	113.00–115.00	$114.28	$2,137	+7.48

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780–1000	864	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	650.00–790.00	$733.59
745–1020	904	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	700.00–800.00	$720.24
865–1115	976	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	700.00–790.00	$733.09

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890–900	895	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	940.00–950.00	$945.03
800–1275	988	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	900.00–1,050.00	$988.52
895–1160	1021	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	850.00–1,040.00	$923.88

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1075	1075	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	790.00	$790.00	—

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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.