Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2026-06-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-11

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $434.25/cwt on 168 head, down $17.35 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 8 comparable sales and sits −11.95 against this barn's trailing median of $446.20.

Average price

$434.25

▼ 17.35 vs prior sale

168 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,482

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$45

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

$31.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.41

vs GA average

−19.47 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	450.00	2,502	84
Medium and Large 2	587	418.50	2,457	84

One grade step is worth $31.50/cwt here — about $45 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 sale168 hd

434.25

—

GA average15 barns · 435 hd

425.84

+8.41

National average163 barns · 9,671 hd

453.72

−19.47

This barn, trailing median8 sales

446.20

−11.95

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

20 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,759	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	316.77/cwt	310.00–325.00	2,461	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,347	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,224	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,951	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,657	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,650	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	449	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,003	68
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	741	340.95/cwt	330.00–355.00	2,526	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	587	418.50/cwt	418.50–418.50	2,457	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	454	489.50/cwt	489.50–489.50	2,222	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,698	76
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	884	322.30/cwt	322.00–323.00	2,849	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	837	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,469	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	354.50/cwt	354.50–354.50	2,287	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,131	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,173	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,502	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	776	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,514	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	736	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,208	11

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 Jun 11, 2026

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

Receipts 694Last week 823Year ago 973

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	500–550	545	408.00	408.00
22	650–700	652	360.00	360.00
15	750–800	777	310.00–325.00	316.77
7	850–900	865	319.00	319.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
68	400–450	449	446.00	446.00
89	550–600	578	376.00	376.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	552	386.00	386.00
12	600–650	645	354.50	354.50
11	700–750	736	300.00	300.00
5	750–800	776	324.00	324.00
2	800–850	837	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	700–750	736	360.00	360.00
4	750–800	759	350.00	350.00
23	900–950	915	322.50	322.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
84	550–600	587	418.50	418.50
32	700–750	741	330.00–355.00	340.95
13	850–900	884	322.00–323.00	322.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	450–500	454	489.50	489.50
84	550–600	556	450.00	450.00
76	650–700	650	415.00	415.00

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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