Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2019-06-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls 3.00 to 5.00 lower, feeder steers and feeder heifers lightly tested, feeder bulls unevenly steady, bull calves and heifer calves 3.00 to 5.00 lower, steer calves unevenly steady, and replacements lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $121.12/cwt on 187 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −93.69 against this barn's trailing median of $214.82.

Average price

$121.12

187 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$627

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$130

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$16.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.13

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	131.37	700	30
Medium and Large 2	527	122.85	648	88
Medium and Large 3	498	114.47	570	69

One grade step is worth $16.89/cwt here — about $130 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

20 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $226.86, low $185.12, median $214.82 across 20 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale187 hd

121.12

—

GA average15 barns · 1,284 hd

122.25

−1.13

This barn, trailing median20 sales

214.82

−93.69

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

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,481	85.51	1,266	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,463	63.62	931	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,242	61.88	769	68
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,072	53.36	572	46

Every lot, as filed

63 lots · USDA AMS · Northeast Georgia Livestock - 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 3	—	580	99.19/cwt	95.00–105.00	575	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	427	113.91/cwt	110.00–119.00	486	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	116.94/cwt	112.50–122.50	436	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	92.68/cwt	90.00–96.00	579	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	113.24/cwt	111.00–119.00	597	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	110.63/cwt	106.00–115.00	639	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	116.97/cwt	112.50–121.00	554	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	123.38/cwt	122.50–125.00	524	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	621	103.21/cwt	100.00–107.00	641	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	128.55/cwt	125.00–132.50	481	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	110.56/cwt	109.00–112.50	689	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	122.61/cwt	122.00–124.00	577	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	131.72/cwt	131.00–132.50	557	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	426	117.88/cwt	114.00–124.00	502	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	636	102.02/cwt	97.00–107.00	649	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	574	111.31/cwt	105.00–115.00	639	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	524	114.55/cwt	110.00–118.00	600	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	373	123.85/cwt	117.00–127.00	462	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	324	127.97/cwt	122.50–132.50	415	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	673	98.25/cwt	93.00–103.00	661	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	521	124.30/cwt	120.00–127.50	648	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	578	119.69/cwt	116.00–123.00	692	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	125.50/cwt	122.00–131.00	594	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	623	114.10/cwt	110.00–117.50	711	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	419	134.24/cwt	129.00–137.50	562	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	721	96.50/cwt	91.00–101.00	696	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	141.54/cwt	139.00–145.00	524	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	328	146.55/cwt	145.00–150.00	481	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	531	131.54/cwt	129.00–135.00	698	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	580	127.94/cwt	125.00–133.00	742	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	137.33/cwt	133.00–140.00	645	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	142.07/cwt	140.00–143.00	604	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	681	115.24/cwt	115.00–116.00	785	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,099	54.68/cwt	51.00–58.00	601	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,002	46.31/cwt	42.00–49.00	464	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	60.56/cwt	59.00–63.00	678	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	64.09/cwt	61.00–67.00	949	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,411	57.82/cwt	55.00–60.00	816	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,483	70.24/cwt	68.00–74.00	1,042	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,224	62.98/cwt	60.00–66.00	771	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	56.67/cwt	53.00–59.00	697	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,323	68.80/cwt	67.00–73.00	910	11
Bulls	—	—	1,435	86.80/cwt	83.00–89.00	1,246	7
Bulls	—	—	1,745	91.38/cwt	90.00–93.00	1,595	3
Bulls	—	—	1,243	72.17/cwt	70.00–75.00	897	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	476	118.07/cwt	110.00–127.50	562	17
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,190	796.01/cwt	720.00–855.00	9,473	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,045	840.00/cwt	840.00–840.00	8,778	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	950	790.00/cwt	790.00–790.00	7,505	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	332	134.16/cwt	130.00–140.00	445	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	642	116.33/cwt	115.00–117.00	747	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	687	122.64/cwt	122.00–125.00	843	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	129.20/cwt	124.00–131.00	748	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	612	125.98/cwt	123.00–126.50	771	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	144.64/cwt	137.50–146.00	615	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	359	141.62/cwt	140.00–147.50	508	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	134.63/cwt	130.00–140.00	637	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	111.49/cwt	111.00–112.00	797	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	139.88/cwt	132.00–142.00	785	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	138.72/cwt	135.00–144.00	728	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	128.94/cwt	127.00–131.00	803	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	317	124.34/cwt	117.50–127.50	394	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	472	109.40/cwt	102.00–112.00	516	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 - Athens, GA

Wed Jun 5, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 807Last week 491Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 173Last week 88Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 28Last week 41Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	580	95.00–105.00	99.19
6	—	427	110.00–119.00	113.91
6	—	373	112.50–122.50	116.94
4	—	625	90.00–96.00	92.68
14	—	317	117.50–127.50	124.34
11	—	472	102.00–112.00	109.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	527	111.00–119.00	113.24
20	—	578	106.00–115.00	110.63
18	—	474	112.50–121.00	116.97
11	—	425	122.50–125.00	123.38
7	—	621	100.00–107.00	103.21
7	—	374	125.00–132.50	128.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	623	109.00–112.50	110.56
5	—	471	122.00–124.00	122.61
4	—	423	131.00–132.50	131.72
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	426	114.00–124.00	117.88
11	—	636	97.00–107.00	102.02
8	—	574	105.00–115.00	111.31
5	—	524	110.00–118.00	114.55
4	—	373	117.00–127.00	123.85
4	—	324	122.50–132.50	127.97
3	—	673	93.00–103.00	98.25
17	—	476	110.00–127.50	118.07
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	521	120.00–127.50	124.30
18	—	578	116.00–123.00	119.69
14	—	473	122.00–131.00	125.50
11	—	623	110.00–117.50	114.10
11	—	419	129.00–137.50	134.24
7	—	721	91.00–101.00	96.50
4	—	370	139.00–145.00	141.54
3	—	328	145.00–150.00	146.55
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	531	129.00–135.00	131.54
6	—	580	125.00–133.00	127.94
5	—	470	133.00–140.00	137.33
5	—	425	140.00–143.00	142.07
4	—	681	115.00–116.00	115.24
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	332	130.00–140.00	134.16
3	—	642	115.00–117.00	116.33
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	687	122.00–125.00	122.64
9	—	579	124.00–131.00	129.20
8	—	612	123.00–126.50	125.98
8	—	425	137.50–146.00	144.64
8	—	359	140.00–147.50	141.62
4	—	473	130.00–140.00	134.63
2	—	715	111.00–112.00	111.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	561	132.00–142.00	139.88
3	—	525	135.00–144.00	138.72
2	—	623	127.00–131.00	128.94

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,099	51.00–58.00	54.68
15	—	1,002	42.00–49.00	46.31
11	—	1,120	59.00–63.00	60.56
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,480	61.00–67.00	64.09
7	—	1,411	55.00–60.00	57.82
5	—	1,483	68.00–74.00	70.24
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,224	60.00–66.00	62.98
22	—	1,230	53.00–59.00	56.67
11	—	1,323	67.00–73.00	68.80
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,435	83.00–89.00	86.80
3	—	1,745	90.00–93.00	91.38
2	—	1,243	70.00–75.00	72.17

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,190	720.00–855.00	796.01
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,045	840.00	840.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	950	790.00	790.00

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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Athens

Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Northeast Georgia Livestock - Athens, GA

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle