The Morning Wire / Georgia / Mon Oct 26, 2026

Georgia cattle market

The trading day in one page — Mon, Oct 26

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Mon, Oct 26

Choice cutout closed $3.65 higher at $369.44. 5 Georgia barns reported 389 priced lots.

Feeder steers

Georgia, week of Oct 26 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	470.61/cwt	$14.21 higher	95	13
400-499 lb	415.24/cwt	$11.55 higher	217	14
500-599 lb	372.26/cwt	$8.11 higher	263	13
600-699 lb	340.04/cwt	$3.98 lower	234	13
700-799 lb	313.14/cwt	$13.89 lower	85	11
800-899 lb	270.00/cwt	$27.50 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 Mon, Oct 26, weighted by head. Spread of $4.63 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
Carrollton	GA	372.27/cwt	23
Greensboro	GA	367.65/cwt	29

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Oct 26 USDA

Choice $369.44, $3.65 higher. Select $357.56, $4.87 higher. The Choice–Select spread stands at $11.88. 89 loads traded.

Fed cattle

National · Negotiated cash, week to date USDA

391 head traded Oct 17–Oct 23.

Region	Basis	Price	Head
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed Delivered	354.50	152
Iowa-Minnesota	Live FOB	225.66	239

At the Georgia barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers 4.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder bulls and heifers 3.00 to 5.00 higher, replacement cows mostly steady.
Carrollton · Georgia

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls unevenly steady, feeder steers lightly tested, feeder bulls and heifers unevenly steady, all replacements mostly steady.
Greensboro · Georgia

Compared to a week ago Slaughter Cows and Bulls steady, Replacement Cattle mostly steady, Feeder Cattle 3.00 to 5.00 higher.
Eastanollee · Georgia

Slaughter breaker cows 7.00 lower, slaughter boner cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls steady to 5.00 lower, feeder steers lightly tested, feeder heifers 15.00 higher, feeder bulls 10.00 higher, steer calves 15.00 higher, heifer calves 15.00 lower, bull calves 10.00 lower, replacement cows 5.00 high…
Donalsonville · Georgia

Compared to two weeks ago, Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher, Slaughter bulls 4.00 higher, Replacement cows mostly steady, Feeders steers limited comparable sale, Feeder heifers 2.00 to 5.00 higher, Feeder bulls unevenly steady.
Upson County Livestock · Georgia

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA

Class	Price	Direction	Head
Breaker (75% lean)	243.48/cwt	$2.44 lower	628
Boner (85% lean)	250.13/cwt	$1.17 lower	1,980
Cutter (90% lean)	253.64/cwt	$1.94 lower	4,027
Premium White	261.10/cwt	$3.64 lower	1,492
Bull (92% lean)	315.79/cwt	$2.96 lower	474

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.