The Morning Wire / Georgia / Mon Oct 19, 2026

Georgia cattle market

The trading day in one page — Mon, Oct 19

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Mon, Oct 19

Choice cutout held near $371.58. 4 Georgia barns reported 337 priced lots.

Feeder steers

Georgia, week of Oct 19 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.

Weight	Price	vs prior week	Head	Barns
300-399 lb	456.40/cwt	$5.50 lower	50	8
400-499 lb	403.69/cwt	$22.78 lower	149	13
500-599 lb	364.15/cwt	$4.15 lower	197	13
600-699 lb	344.02/cwt	$9.13 higher	163	13
700-799 lb	327.03/cwt	$6.04 higher	96	10
800-899 lb	297.50/cwt	$17.50 lower	1	1

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Oct 19 USDA

Choice $371.58, $0.73 lower. Select $359.91, $6.86 higher. The Choice–Select spread stands at $11.67. 104 loads traded.

Fed cattle

National · Negotiated cash, week to date USDA

24,753 head traded Oct 10–Oct 16.

Region	Basis	Price	Head
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed Delivered	353.40	3,231
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed FOB	350.84	679
Iowa-Minnesota	Live Delivered	225.48	73
Iowa-Minnesota	Live FOB	223.03	5,858
Nebraska	Dressed Delivered	351.23	9,484
Nebraska	Dressed FOB	354.00	639

At the Georgia barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls 3.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder steers steady to 5.00 lower, feeder bulls unevenly steady, feeder heifers 5.00 to 10.00 lower, replacement cows mostly steady.
Carrollton · Georgia

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady to 10.00 higher, feeder steers lightly tested, feeder bulls sharply higher, feeder heifers steady to 12.00 higher, all replacements mostly steady.
Greensboro · Georgia

Compared to a week ago, slaughter breaker & boner cows 4.00-6.00 higher, slaughter lean cows 5.00 lower, slaughter bulls 9.00-12.00 lower, feeder steers 10.00 lower, feeder heifers 7.00 lower, feeder bulls 15.00 higher, steer calves & heifer calves 5.00 higher, bull calves 15.00 higher, replacement…
Donalsonville · Georgia

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA

Class	Price	Direction	Head
Breaker (75% lean)	253.23/cwt	$7.83 higher	607
Boner (85% lean)	257.45/cwt	$0.90 lower	2,166
Cutter (90% lean)	258.95/cwt	$0.59 lower	4,122
Premium White	268.75/cwt	$5.43 lower	1,221
Bull (92% lean)	319.76/cwt	$2.27 higher	390

What published

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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.