Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2026-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $477.06/cwt on 102 head, up $36.25 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 8 comparable sales and sits +30.86 against this barn's trailing median of $446.20.

Average price

$477.06

▲ 36.25 vs prior sale

102 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,642

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$354

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

$53.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.17

vs GA average

−13.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	556	486.50	2,705	84
Medium and Large 2	543	433.00	2,351	18thin

One grade step is worth $53.50/cwt here — about $354 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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $477.06, low $372.68, median $446.20 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 sale102 hd

477.06

—

GA average14 barns · 513 hd

465.89

+11.17

National average167 barns · 10,529 hd

490.83

−13.77

This barn, trailing median8 sales

446.20

+30.86

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

23 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 1	600–650	634	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,587	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,473	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	767	327.94/cwt	321.00–335.50	2,515	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	877	335.50/cwt	335.50–335.50	2,942	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,054	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	362.65/cwt	355.00–376.00	2,350	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,218	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,328	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	486.50/cwt	486.50–486.50	2,705	84
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,351	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,263	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,431	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,619	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,502	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,528	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,364	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	649	410.50/cwt	410.50–410.50	2,664	75
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,648	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	654	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,524	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	733	374.50/cwt	374.50–374.50	2,745	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	922	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,950	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,766	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	375.50/cwt	375.50–375.50	2,794	35

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 Apr 9, 2026

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	450–500	458	540.00	540.00
7	600–650	634	408.00	408.00
35	700–750	744	375.50	375.50
11	750–800	760	364.00	364.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
84	550–600	556	486.50	486.50
75	600–650	649	410.50	410.50
33	850–900	877	335.50	335.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	543	433.00	433.00
27	650–700	654	386.00	386.00
9	700–750	733	374.50	374.50
17	750–800	750	353.00	353.00
11	900–950	922	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	500–550	539	381.00	381.00
12	550–600	553	421.00	421.00
44	600–650	648	355.00–376.00	362.65
25	750–800	767	321.00–335.50	327.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	400–450	448	495.00	495.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	544	416.00	416.00
33	550–600	555	426.00	426.00
7	600–650	643	378.00	378.00
27	650–700	655	386.00	386.00
17	700–750	738	339.00	339.00
12	850–900	853	307.00	307.00

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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