Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2026-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-13

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $372.68/cwt on 85 head, down $82.20 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −73.52 against this barn's trailing median of $446.20.

Average price

$372.68

▼ 82.20 vs prior sale

85 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,066

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$210

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

$20.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.10

vs GA average

−29.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	384.00	2,181	39
Medium and Large 2	543	363.08	1,972	46

One grade step is worth $20.92/cwt here — about $210 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale85 hd

372.68

—

GA average14 barns · 428 hd

373.78

−1.10

National average152 barns · 6,242 hd

401.88

−29.20

This barn, trailing median8 sales

446.20

−73.52

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

24 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	800–850	806	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,426	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,532	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	310.50/cwt	310.50–310.50	2,301	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,100	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,781	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	355.63/cwt	340.00–357.50	1,960	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,572	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,634	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	1,986	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,527	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,181	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	370.50/cwt	370.50–370.50	2,408	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	345.84/cwt	345.00–346.00	2,227	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	2,077	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	840	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,579	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	864	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,506	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,210	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	331.07/cwt	328.50–335.00	2,466	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	363.08/cwt	358.00–376.00	1,972	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	886	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,437	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	651	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,953	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,896	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	758	298.20/cwt	290.00–304.00	2,260	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,819	19

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 Aug 13, 2026

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

Receipts 672Last week 606Year ago 1,225

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	450–500	465	383.00	383.00
56	550–600	551	340.00–357.50	355.63
35	600–650	646	325.00	325.00
20	700–750	741	310.50	310.50
7	800–850	806	301.00	301.00
19	850–900	870	291.00	291.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	650–700	652	318.50	318.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	548	346.00	346.00
19	550–600	553	329.00	329.00
15	650–700	651	300.00	300.00
17	750–800	758	290.00–304.00	298.20
14	850–900	886	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	450–500	464	428.00	428.00
39	550–600	568	384.00	384.00
71	650–700	650	370.50	370.50
30	700–750	741	341.00	341.00
4	800–850	823	312.50	312.50
18	850–900	878	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
49	600–650	644	345.00–346.00	345.84
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
46	500–550	543	358.00–376.00	363.08
33	650–700	650	340.00	340.00
38	700–750	745	328.50–335.00	331.07
8	800–850	840	307.00	307.00
12	850–900	864	290.00	290.00

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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