Northeast Georgia Livestock Market Report

Athens, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 9, 2022

772 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $142.17/cwt -9.58 vs last sale · ≈ $722/hd at 508 lb · 14 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $127.11/cwt -19.02 vs last sale · ≈ $595/hd at 468 lb · 14 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 3 bulls $135.88/cwt -22.19 vs last sale · ≈ $629/hd at 463 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	772	509	734
Feeder cattle	483	342	540
Slaughter cattle	181	135	117
Replacement cattle	108	32	77

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago, Slaughter cows steady, Slaughter bulls steady, Feeder steers and steer calves 10.00 lower, Feeder bulls and bull calves 10.00 lower, Feeder heifers and heifer calves 10.00 lower, Replacement cows steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	177.50	$177.50	$621	—
400	400	1	170.00	$170.00	$680	-27.50
450	450	1	166.00	$166.00	$747	—
500	500	2	161.00–165.00	$163.00	$815	—
550	550	2	160.00	$160.00	$880	—
600	600	1	152.00	$152.00	$912	—
650	650	2	150.00	$150.00	$975	-5.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	157.00	$157.00	$628	—
450	450	2	150.00	$150.00	$675	-26.66
500	500	2	145.00–147.50	$146.25	$731	-21.25
550	550	2	140.00	$140.00	$770	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	152.00	$152.00	$684	-33.00
500	500	1	152.00	$152.00	$760	—
550–575	558	3	146.00–151.00	$147.97	$826	—
600	600	1	145.00	$145.00	$870	-7.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–370	357	3	142.50–145.00	$144.14	$515	-17.43
400–425	408	3	135.00–140.00	$137.45	$561	-13.41
450–490	468	14	122.50–132.00	$127.11	$595	-19.02
500–525	503	10	120.00–125.00	$123.69	$622	-18.81
550	550	2	120.00–125.00	$122.50	$674	-15.00
600	600	2	120.00	$120.00	$720	—
650	650	2	115.00	$115.00	$748	-6.00
700	700	1	110.00	$110.00	$770	-10.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	155.00	$155.00	$542	—
400–440	420	3	142.50–150.00	$145.38	$611	-17.04
450–490	473	8	140.00–148.00	$144.48	$683	-10.77
500–540	508	14	137.00–145.00	$142.17	$722	-9.58
550	550	4	132.50–143.00	$135.13	$743	-9.20
600	600	4	125.00–132.50	$126.88	$761	-11.87

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	142.00	$142.00	$426	-19.89
350–380	364	7	132.50–137.50	$135.28	$492	-16.66
400	400	4	125.00–130.00	$126.25	$505	-17.08
450	450	4	117.50–120.00	$118.13	$532	—
500	500	2	117.00	$117.00	$585	-20.74
550	550	2	115.00	$115.00	$632	-15.00
650	650	2	105.00	$105.00	$682	—
700	700	2	100.00	$100.00	$700	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–320	313	3	152.50–155.00	$153.30	$480	-31.70
350	350	5	150.00	$150.00	$525	-29.95
400–420	403	6	140.00–145.00	$144.13	$581	-30.87
450–470	463	11	135.00–137.50	$135.88	$629	-22.19
500–520	509	7	130.00–135.00	$133.20	$678	-19.80
550–580	569	7	122.50–130.00	$124.87	$711	-22.93
600	600	3	120.00	$120.00	$720	-20.00
650	650	1	118.00	$118.00	$767	-12.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	165.00	$165.00	$495	-30.71
350–375	363	2	157.50–160.00	$158.71	$576	-31.74
400–420	404	5	152.50–155.00	$154.48	$624	-31.88
450	450	2	150.00–152.00	$151.00	$680	-19.00
500–520	504	5	144.00–145.00	$144.79	$730	-22.71
550–570	558	4	134.00–140.00	$136.59	$762	-20.91
600	600	3	130.00–135.00	$133.33	$800	-14.10
650	650	2	127.50–128.00	$127.75	$830	-12.25

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	167.50	$167.50	$586	-30.80
500	500	1	152.50	$152.50	$762	-25.00
550	550	1	147.50	$147.50	$811	-18.81
650	650	1	134.00	$134.00	$871	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–1530	1192	80-85%	37	69.00–76.00	$73.32	$874	—
945–1940	1310	80-85%	49	77.00–84.00	$80.26	$1,051	—
1080–1985	1383	80-85%	22	85.00–92.00	$87.25	$1,207	+1.27

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640–1015	919	85-90%	6	50.00–57.00	$52.69	$484	—
815–1085	985	85-90%	3	40.00–42.00	$40.71	$401	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1385–1420	1403	75-80%	2	92.00–93.00	$92.51	$1,298	—
1410–1710	1575	75-80%	5	83.00–89.00	$85.47	$1,346	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1705	1372	5	106.00–110.00	$108.39	$1,487	—
1090–2480	1585	4	95.00–101.00	$98.23	$1,557	—
1290–2290	1864	5	112.00–119.00	$116.04	$2,163	+1.76

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905–1135	1055	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	800.00–970.00	$892.95
970–1330	1157	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	870.00–1,010.00	$954.01
1170–1260	1204	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	920.00–1,090.00	$1,011.60

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1110	1110	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	710.00	$710.00

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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
835–1110	994	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	750.00–830.00	$786.62	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
870	870	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	560.00	$560.00	—

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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.