Northeast Georgia Livestock Market Report

Athens, Georgia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, April 6, 2022

593 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $149.82/cwt ≈ $677/hd at 452 lb · 24 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $145.20/cwt +8.55 vs last sale · ≈ $752/hd at 518 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	593	681	666
Feeder cattle	295	373	374
Slaughter cattle	162	215	192
Replacement cattle	136	93	100

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows 8.00 lower, slaughter bulls 4.00 lower, feeder steers and steer calves mostly steady, feeder bulls and bull calves 5.00 higher, feeder heifers and heifer calves mostly steady, replacement cows steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	192.50	$192.50	$578	—
350	350	1	180.00	$180.00	$630	—
400	400	5	175.00	$175.00	$700	+3.00
450	450	2	170.00	$170.00	$765	+7.22
500	500	1	165.00	$165.00	$825	+11.59
600	600	1	148.00	$148.00	$888	+8.87
650	650	1	145.00	$145.00	$942	—
725	725	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,015	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	210.00	$210.00	$630	+11.00
500	500	1	165.00	$165.00	$825	—
550	550	1	164.00	$164.00	$902	+6.59
600	600	1	162.50	$162.50	$975	+8.37
700	700	2	144.00	$144.00	$1,008	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	195.00	$195.00	$488	—
300	300	1	180.00	$180.00	$540	+5.00
400	400	1	165.00	$165.00	$660	—
550	550	1	142.50	$142.50	$784	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	422	3	152.50–160.00	$155.71	$657	—
450–475	452	24	148.00–150.00	$149.82	$677	—
500–540	518	10	142.50–147.50	$145.20	$752	+8.55
550–575	556	4	140.00–145.00	$141.24	$785	+7.86
600–625	608	3	132.50–137.50	$134.97	$821	+8.76
650–675	658	3	121.00–130.00	$126.27	$831	-3.73
700	700	1	120.00	$120.00	$840	—

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	±0.00
350–375	363	2	155.00–160.00	$157.41	$571	-1.50
400–425	408	9	145.00–150.00	$147.99	$604	+3.08
450	450	3	140.00–142.50	$141.67	$638	+3.46
500	500	3	135.00–140.00	$136.67	$683	+7.27
550	550	3	135.00	$135.00	$742	—
600	600	3	125.00	$125.00	$750	—
650	650	4	120.00	$120.00	$780	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	2	155.00	$155.00	$465	+4.07
350	350	1	145.00	$145.00	$508	+0.40
400	400	2	135.00–140.00	$137.50	$550	+2.22
450	450	1	135.00	$135.00	$608	+6.57
500	500	1	132.50	$132.50	$662	—
550	550	1	122.50	$122.50	$674	—
600	600	1	115.00	$115.00	$690	—
650	650	1	110.00	$110.00	$715	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	187.50	$187.50	$562	+7.50
350	350	2	177.50–180.00	$178.75	$626	+11.44
400–425	408	3	162.50–170.00	$165.77	$676	+7.14
450–470	460	8	156.00–160.00	$157.11	$723	+3.28
500–525	507	7	142.50–155.00	$150.25	$762	+5.33
550–590	565	4	135.00–142.50	$138.67	$783	+3.76
600–625	614	7	132.50–137.50	$134.77	$827	+6.13
650	650	2	122.50–127.50	$125.00	$812	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	187.50	$187.50	$469	+12.50
350	350	1	162.50	$162.50	$569	+7.59
400	400	6	155.00–160.00	$157.50	$630	+9.33
450	450	3	147.50–150.00	$148.33	$667	+9.40
500–540	517	6	132.50–142.50	$136.95	$708	+3.25
550	550	2	127.50–130.00	$128.75	$708	+5.13
600	600	3	125.00	$125.00	$750	—
650	650	1	122.50	$122.50	$796	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	192.50	$192.50	$578	—
350	350	1	180.00	$180.00	$630	—
400	400	7	170.00	$170.00	$680	-2.38
450	450	1	162.50	$162.50	$731	—
500	500	2	160.00	$160.00	$800	+7.56
550	550	7	152.50–155.00	$154.64	$851	+7.23
650	650	1	133.00	$133.00	$864	-9.00
700	700	1	130.00	$130.00	$910	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1730	1252	80-85%	48	73.00–80.00	$75.55	$946	—
1045–1470	1274	80-85%	30	65.00–72.00	$68.73	$876	—
1155–1625	1421	80-85%	8	81.00–88.00	$82.65	$1,174	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285–1735	1433	75-80%	7	66.00–72.00	$68.92	$988	—
1020–1630	1434	75-80%	19	73.00–80.00	$75.07	$1,077	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–1095	1026	85-90%	7	60.00–64.00	$61.72	$633	-24.28
885–1120	1039	85-90%	8	65.00–72.00	$68.05	$707	-17.95

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235–1915	1474	5	103.00–109.00	$105.06	$1,549	—
1175–2345	1793	6	110.00–117.00	$112.55	$2,018	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–1145	1014	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	680.00–850.00	$760.12
870–1310	1095	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	780.00–925.00	$861.49
1070–1225	1123	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	810.00–1,000.00	$933.29

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855–1015	957	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,075.00–1,275.00	$1,185.27
970–1155	1045	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	900.00–990.00	$944.76

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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
965–1450	1152	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	1,600.00–1,750.00	$1,685.53	—
985–1430	1187	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	34	1,600.00–1,775.00	$1,704.54	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
855	855	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
830–1145	991	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	1,375.00–1,550.00	$1,466.44	—
1095	1095	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
1055–1210	1112	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,400.00–1,550.00	$1,483.73	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
970	970	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—
1030	1030	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
970–1265	1079	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,200.00–1,300.00	$1,242.82	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
925–940	933	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	980.00–1,000.00	$990.08	—

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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.