Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2026-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-09

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $454.88/cwt on 120 head, up $20.63 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 8 comparable sales and sits +8.68 against this barn's trailing median of $446.20.

Average price

$454.88

▲ 20.63 vs prior sale

120 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,515

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$308

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

$45.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.94

vs GA average

−4.60 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	465.50	2,588	92
Medium and Large 2	543	420.00	2,281	28

One grade step is worth $45.50/cwt here — about $308 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 sale120 hd

454.88

—

GA average14 barns · 399 hd

442.94

+11.94

National average146 barns · 7,211 hd

459.48

−4.60

This barn, trailing median8 sales

446.20

+8.68

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,424	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,815	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,283	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,251	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	2,982	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,705	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,102	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,295	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	552	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,103	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,139	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	465.50/cwt	465.50–465.50	2,588	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	945	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,835	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	742	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,360	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,281	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,703	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	649	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,265	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	761	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,405	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,476	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,157	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	855	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,873	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	350.44/cwt	330.00–355.00	2,611	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,712	76
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	925	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	3,006	4

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 Jul 9, 2026

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

Receipts 606Last week 694Year ago 990

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	550–600	553	407.00	407.00
21	600–650	636	359.00	359.00
2	700–750	748	324.00	324.00
5	900–950	908	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	450–500	460	465.00	465.00
38	550–600	552	381.00	381.00
25	600–650	637	330.00	330.00
14	750–800	761	316.00	316.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	542	398.00	398.00
9	600–650	649	349.00	349.00
7	700–750	742	318.00	318.00
1	900–950	945	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	700–750	735	368.00	368.00
10	750–800	788	343.00	343.00
19	900–950	905	329.50	329.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
78	450–500	450	510.00	510.00
92	550–600	556	465.50	465.50
76	650–700	655	414.00	414.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	500–550	543	420.00	420.00
29	600–650	643	385.00	385.00
16	700–750	745	330.00–355.00	350.44
5	850–900	855	336.00	336.00
4	900–950	925	325.00	325.00

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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