The Morning Wire / Georgia / Tue Oct 20, 2026

Georgia cattle market

The trading day in one page — Tue, Oct 20

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The market in a line

Tue, Oct 20

Choice cutout closed $1.72 higher at $373.30. 6 Georgia barns reported 434 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

Barn by barn, 500–599 lb steers

Same day, same class USDA

Every barn that sold at least 20 head of this class on Tue, Oct 20, weighted by head. Spread of $53.92 between the top and bottom of 2 barns. An average moves with the cattle that showed up as much as with the buyers in the seats — a yard with better grade will average higher on the same demand. This is where the money landed, not a verdict on the barn.

Barn	State	Average	Head
Thomasville	GA	404.28/cwt	34
Southern Livestock	GA	350.36/cwt	31

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Oct 20 USDA

Choice $373.30, $1.72 higher. Select $361.54, $1.63 higher. The Choice–Select spread stands at $11.76. 98 loads traded.

At the Georgia barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls steady to 5.00 higher, feeder steers lightly tested, feeder bulls sharply higher, feeder heifers unevenly steady, all replacements steady.
Carnesville · Georgia

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady, feeder steers and bulls steady, feeder heifers 7.00 higher, steer and bull calves unevenly steady, heifer calves 5.00 higher, replacements steady.
Southern Livestock · Georgia

Compared to a week ago, slaughter breaker cows 7.00 lower, slaughter boner & lean cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls 3.00 lower, feeder steers 15.00 higher, feeder heifers 5.00 lower, feeder bulls lightly tested, steer calves 2.00 higher, heifer calves 15.00 lower, bull calves 5.00 lower, replaceme…
Thomasville · Georgia

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls, feeder steers lightly tested, feeder heifers, feeder bulls unevenly steady and replacement cows lightly.
Pulaski Co · Georgia

Compared to a week ago, Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower, Slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher, Replacement cows mostly steady, Feeder steers mostly steady, Feeder heifers unevenly steady, Feeder bulls steady to 4.00 higher.
Calhoun · Georgia

Compared to a week ago Slaughter Cows steady, Slaughter Bulls lightly tested, Replacement Cattle lightly tested, Feeder Steers lightly tested, Feeder Heifers steady, Feeder Bulls mostly steady.
Washington · Georgia

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA

Class	Price	Direction	Head
Breaker (75% lean)	244.60/cwt	$8.63 lower	527
Boner (85% lean)	256.04/cwt	$1.41 lower	1,765
Cutter (90% lean)	259.28/cwt	$0.33 higher	3,630
Premium White	276.61/cwt	$7.86 higher	1,400
Bull (92% lean)	320.39/cwt	$0.63 higher	436

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.