The Morning Wire / Georgia / Mon Aug 3, 2026

Georgia cattle market

The trading day in one page — Mon, Aug 3
4 barns reportedEvery figure as filed

The market in a line

Mon, Aug 3
Choice cutout closed $5.35 higher at $366.73. 4 Georgia barns reported 307 priced lots.

Feeder steers

Georgia, week of Aug 3 USDA
Weighted across every reported lot, by weight class. Weekly rather than daily — one day's barns are too thin a base for a state figure. Watch the barn count: a weight class carried by one or two barns is a thin figure, not a market.
WeightPricevs prior weekHeadBarns
300-399 lb472.80/cwt$6.28 higher909
400-499 lb424.20/cwt$27.26 higher28612
500-599 lb382.43/cwt$12.82 higher27713
600-699 lb373.50/cwt$30.25 higher25813
700-799 lb322.50/cwt$4.06 higher377

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Aug 3 USDA
Choice $366.73, $5.35 higher. Select $344.45, $1.78 lower. The Choice–Select spread stands at $22.28. 85 loads traded.

Fed cattle

National · Negotiated cash, week to date USDA
9,171 head traded Jul 28Aug 3.
RegionBasisPriceHead
Iowa-MinnesotaDressed Delivered364.80354
Iowa-MinnesotaDressed FOB365.0070
Iowa-MinnesotaLive Delivered235.811,432
Iowa-MinnesotaLive FOB233.484,067
KansasLive FOB232.831,476
NebraskaDressed Delivered364.511,620

At the Georgia barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls mostly 5.00 to 10.00 higher, feeder steers and bulls sharply higher, feeder heifers mostly steady, all replacements steady.

Greensboro · Georgia

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 lower, slaughter bulls and replacement cows lightly tested, all feeder classes 5.00 to 15.00 higher.

Carrollton · Georgia

Compared to one week earlier, Slaughter Cows mostly steady, Slaughter Bulls lightly tested, Replacement Cows steady, All Feeder Classes 3.00 to 5.00 higher.

Eastanollee · Georgia

Compared to a week ago, slaughter cows 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls 7.00-11.00 lower, feeder steers & feeder bulls 15.00 lower, feeder heifers 5.00 lower, all calves 15.00 lower.

Donalsonville · Georgia

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA
ClassPriceDirectionHead
Breaker (75% lean)316.11/cwt$2.66 higher421
Boner (85% lean)335.01/cwt$4.76 higher1,390
Cutter (90% lean)334.67/cwt$1.99 higher2,327
Premium White327.87/cwt$0.35 lower1,836
Bull (92% lean)375.79/cwt$0.64 lower424

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Source: USDA AMS. Feeder prices and barn comment are Georgia only; boxed beef, fed cattle and the cow market are national, because those markets are. Every figure is USDA's as filed, and the direction words — higher, lower, steady— follow the arithmetic rather than an opinion. Quoted comment is the work of USDA market reporters, credited to the sale it came from. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of USDA data, not a copy of USDA's document and not endorsed by USDA.