The Morning Wire / Georgia / Tue Oct 27, 2026

Georgia cattle market

The trading day in one page — Tue, Oct 27

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The market in a line

Tue, Oct 27

Choice cutout closed $2.78 higher at $372.22. 6 Georgia barns reported 463 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 Tue, Oct 27, weighted by head. Spread of $15.76 between the top and bottom of 3 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
Pulaski Co	GA	384.07/cwt	24
Carnesville	GA	376.78/cwt	21
Southern Livestock	GA	368.32/cwt	87

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Oct 27 USDA

Choice $372.22, $2.78 higher. Select $358.85, $1.29 higher. The Choice–Select spread stands at $13.37. 120 loads traded.

Fed cattle

National · Negotiated cash, week to date USDA

671 head traded Oct 21–Oct 27.

Region	Basis	Price	Head
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed Delivered	361.31	432
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 sharply higher, feeder bulls unevenly steady, feeder heifers 3.00 to 5.00 lower, all replacements mostly steady.
Carnesville · Georgia

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter Cows and Slaughter Bulls sold steady. Replacement Cattle steady. All Feeder Classes and Calf Classes sold steady.
Southern Livestock · Georgia

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers lightly tested, feeder heifers and bulls steady to 10.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.
Pulaski Co · Georgia

Compared to last week, slaughter cows 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls lightly tested, steers steady, feeder heifers and feeder bulls lightly tested, heifer calves 14.00 to 15.00 higher, bull calves 10.00 to 11.00 higher, replacement cattle lightly tested.
Thomasville · Georgia

Compared to last week all slaughter classed steady, feeder steers lightly tested, feeder heifers 10.00 to 15.00 higher, feeder bulls unevenly steady, all replacement classes unevenly steady.
Calhoun · Georgia

Compared to a week ago Slaughter Cows Steady, Slaughter Bulls 3.00 to 5.00 higher, Replacement Cattle lightly tested, Feeder Cattle Steady.
Washington · Georgia

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA

Class	Price	Direction	Head
Breaker (75% lean)	241.16/cwt	$2.32 lower	575
Boner (85% lean)	248.81/cwt	$1.32 lower	1,608
Cutter (90% lean)	252.76/cwt	$0.88 lower	3,103
Premium White	264.75/cwt	$3.66 higher	892
Bull (92% lean)	311.92/cwt	$3.87 lower	379

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.