Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2026-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-12

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $371.75/cwt on 158 head, down $20.46 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 8 comparable sales and sits −14.55 against this barn's trailing median of $386.30.

Average price

$371.75

▼ 20.46 vs prior sale

158 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,112

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2

$38.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.93

vs GA average

−42.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	555	391.00	2,170	79
Medium and Large 2	581	352.50	2,048	79

One grade step is worth $38.50/cwt here — about $122 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $408.88, low $348.38, median $386.30 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale158 hd

371.75

—

GA average14 barns · 521 hd

382.68

−10.93

National average182 barns · 10,991 hd

413.78

−42.03

This barn, trailing median8 sales

386.30

−14.55

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

14 lots · USDA AMS · Northeast Georgia Livestock Special Feeder Cattle Sale - Athens, GA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,517	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,214	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	386.50/cwt	386.50–386.50	2,512	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,634	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	892	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,756	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	512.00/cwt	512.00–512.00	2,330	47
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	654	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,217	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	739	320.50/cwt	320.50–320.50	2,368	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	2,536	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,048	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	310.09/cwt	298.00–314.00	2,354	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	649	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,259	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,170	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	453	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,138	55

How this sale compares

Georgia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Georgia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Northeast Georgia Livestock Special Feeder Cattle Sale - Athens, GA

Thu Mar 12, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

Receipts 791Last week 1,098Year ago 789

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	567	444.00	444.00
24	650–700	654	339.00	339.00
18	700–750	739	320.50	320.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	450–500	455	512.00	512.00
33	500–550	526	421.00	421.00
72	650–700	650	386.50	386.50
68	750–800	759	347.00	347.00
64	850–900	892	309.00	309.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	550–600	550	461.00	461.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
79	550–600	581	352.50	352.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
55	450–500	453	472.00	472.00
79	550–600	555	391.00	391.00
81	600–650	649	348.00	348.00
90	750–800	759	298.00–314.00	310.09

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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