Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2019-08-07

Athens

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Wed, Aug 7
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1940
Feeder Cattle receipts
440 head
128 vs last sale 568 440 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
103 head
39 vs last sale 142 103 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
32 head
14 vs last sale 46 32 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereSpecial Feeder Cattle SaleThu Aug 13, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to week prior, slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady, all feeder cattle lightly tested, replacement cattle mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.00/cwt on 2 head.
Average price
$115.00
2 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$575
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+1.07
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2500115.005752thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale2 hd
115.00
GA average16 barns · 1,468 hd
113.93
+1.07
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,61494.271,52110
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,46763.9593813
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,14561.2470132
CowsLean 85-90%High99350.5650215

Every lot, as filed

17 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 2425118.00/cwt118.00–118.005021
HeifersMedium and Large 2575112.00/cwt112.00–112.006441
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,095900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,8551
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,123824.16/cwt780.00–850.009,2554
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,033684.56/cwt660.00–730.007,0724
Bulls1,00085.00/cwt85.00–85.008501
Bulls1,64198.30/cwt96.00–101.001,6134
Bulls1,71592.90/cwt89.00–94.001,5935
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25067.86/cwt66.00–73.008487
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13256.19/cwt53.00–58.0063611
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10261.89/cwt59.00–65.0068214
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63870.03/cwt68.00–72.001,1472
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50359.49/cwt58.00–61.008943
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41164.10/cwt62.00–65.009048
CowsLean 85-90%94563.00/cwt63.00–63.005951
CowsLean 85-90%97644.99/cwt42.00–48.004396
CowsLean 85-90%1,01153.18/cwt51.00–55.005388

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.