Georgia Daily Livestock Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Georgia reported 125 priced lines covering 1,764 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,260 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 532 head. replacement cattle receipts at 221 head. Counted as USDA files them — 60 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Wed May 4, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,260Last week 2,159Year ago 1,584

Slaughter CattleReceipts 532Last week 497Year ago 396

Replacement CattleReceipts 221Last week 331Year ago 295

Cattle auctions at Ashburn (1365), Athens (442), Donalsonville (482), Jackson (232), Moultrie (350) and Washington (142). Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder steers and steer calves unevenly steady, feeder bulls and bull calves 1.00 to 2.00 lower, feeder heifers and heifer calves steady to 1.00 lower. Replacement cows unevenly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	177.00	177.00
2	—	405	167.00–175.00	171.00
1	—	695	135.00	135.00
3	—	370	175.00–185.00	180.87
21	—	579	149.00–160.00	159.24
10	—	528	154.00–167.50	160.40
15	—	456	152.00–162.00	160.31
1	—	605	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	429	150.00–172.50	161.47
27	—	469	140.00–165.00	152.10
13	—	321	165.00–185.00	170.90
4	—	675	130.00–135.00	132.46
8	—	626	129.00–140.00	135.05
2	—	558	130.00–134.00	132.01
2	—	765	112.00–114.00	112.99
1	—	735	110.00	110.00
7	—	522	135.00–155.00	145.85
16	—	370	144.00–177.50	164.56
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	570	117.50–130.00	121.97
4	—	681	115.00–124.00	119.04
30	—	527	130.00–144.00	136.84
15	—	281	157.00–167.50	160.84
3	—	638	120.00–122.00	120.66
9	—	328	150.00–160.00	154.40
20	—	429	135.00–157.50	147.03
4	—	245	160.00	160.00
16	—	468	130.00–152.50	139.85
12	—	367	140.00–152.00	146.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	757	139.00–145.00	140.90
15	—	635	150.00–155.00	151.12
9	—	415	177.00–187.50	178.57
1	—	545	161.00	161.00
6	—	806	140.00	140.00
18	—	465	165.00–175.00	172.82
7	—	1,049	117.00	117.00
9	—	374	178.00–190.00	182.49
30	—	564	155.00–167.00	166.61
1	—	875	135.00	135.00
11	—	672	145.00–154.00	150.29
5	—	976	121.00	121.00
6	—	733	142.00–149.00	147.68
5	—	900	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	179.00	179.00
1	—	585	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	530	140.00–170.00	162.25
5	—	627	145.00–150.00	148.25
19	—	571	150.00–167.00	157.46
31	—	339	168.00–185.00	180.19
8	—	373	170.00–182.50	176.87
5	—	673	145.00–147.00	145.80
13	—	414	170.00–175.00	172.26
21	—	470	160.00–175.00	167.38
12	—	779	121.00–130.00	122.51
1	—	805	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	139.00	139.00
8	—	466	150.00–160.00	154.53
1	—	340	173.00	173.00
9	—	425	147.50–165.00	159.29
5	—	559	140.00–148.00	146.41
5	—	626	138.00–148.00	144.17
3	—	532	150.00–158.00	152.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	120.00	120.00
2	—	318	160.00–162.50	161.18
55	—	476	146.00–170.00	159.49
2	—	805	119.00	119.00
1	—	1,000	108.00	108.00
7	—	375	160.00–162.00	160.89
25	—	419	150.00–168.00	160.65
79	—	519	141.00–165.00	155.60
28	—	724	119.00–130.00	128.12
1	—	870	119.00	119.00
21	—	612	134.00–138.00	136.37
29	—	577	135.00–154.00	141.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	673	107.00–126.00	116.02
3	—	227	150.00–155.00	152.39
34	—	580	120.00–140.00	131.80
36	—	529	130.00–158.00	145.00
8	—	722	107.00–117.00	112.45
50	—	380	147.00–162.50	153.19
8	—	321	140.00–165.00	151.18
18	—	475	135.00–152.50	146.31
26	—	419	140.00–155.00	146.77
6	—	628	115.00–125.00	118.51
11	—	272	145.00–151.00	149.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	223	135.00–145.00	140.07
11	—	525	117.50–129.00	122.97
4	—	681	100.00–108.00	105.57
13	—	274	134.00–147.00	143.63
12	—	571	110.00–125.00	117.96
16	—	630	106.00–120.00	116.48
29	—	363	130.00–155.00	141.50
11	—	324	132.50–155.00	144.20
25	—	417	122.50–145.00	134.30
18	—	465	120.00–140.00	127.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	165.00	165.00
3	—	453	166.00	166.00
32	—	767	135.00	135.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,455	1,050.00–1,275.00	1,173.71
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	—	1,125	875.00–1,100.00	1,023.05
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,195	1,150.00	1,150.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	22	—	1,190	1,000.00–1,250.00	1,148.79
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	980	950.00–1,100.00	1,034.28
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	700	700.00	700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	904	54.00–59.00	56.77
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	695	500.00	500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,075	750.00–800.00	772.79
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	955	500.00–825.00	735.88
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,063	575.00–850.00	763.36
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	860	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,015	680.00	680.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,255	950.00–1,030.00	989.26
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,068	825.00–1,050.00	916.04
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,018	810.00–825.00	816.45

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,830	109.00–118.00	112.01
10	—	1,439	88.00–97.00	94.00
13	—	1,648	98.00–106.00	101.61
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,209	79.00–89.00	84.43
116	—	1,207	69.00–86.00	77.86
68	—	1,240	63.00–79.00	71.55
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,508	89.00–90.00	89.33
35	—	1,456	66.00–87.00	78.01
45	—	1,436	60.00–78.00	71.68
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,042	50.00–75.00	64.13
3	—	1,108	75.00–83.00	80.08
45	—	1,041	60.00–83.00	70.68

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the Georgia barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.

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