Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2019-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to week prior slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady to 1.00 lower, feeder steers lightly tested, feeder bulls 4.00 to 10.00 lower, feeder heifers 4.00 to 6.00 lower, steer calves 5.00 to 8.00 lower, bull calves 5.00 to 7.00 lower, heifer calves 3.00 to 5.00 lower, replacement cattle lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.07/cwt on 148 head.

Average price

$107.07

148 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$566

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$187

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

$5.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.13

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	642	111.22	714	9thin
Medium and Large 2	574	108.27	622	43
Medium and Large 3	497	106.14	527	96

One grade step is worth $5.08/cwt here — about $187 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.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale148 hd

107.07

—

GA average16 barns · 1,333 hd

104.94

+2.13

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	—	Low	1,575	83.60	1,317	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,429	58.53	836	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,171	58.07	680	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	979	50.12	491	11

Every lot, as filed

52 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	—	622	92.82/cwt	90.00–95.00	577	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	103.85/cwt	102.50–105.00	696	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	626	107.95/cwt	105.00–111.00	676	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	684	115.08/cwt	111.00–117.00	787	3
Bulls	—	—	1,627	79.28/cwt	75.00–82.00	1,290	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	515	110.98/cwt	107.50–112.50	572	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	725	97.30/cwt	95.00–99.00	705	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	725	102.94/cwt	101.00–105.00	746	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	670	96.90/cwt	90.00–100.00	649	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	775	96.97/cwt	96.00–98.00	752	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	425	124.05/cwt	120.00–127.50	527	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	117.58/cwt	115.00–122.00	617	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	619	101.01/cwt	96.00–103.00	625	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	670	107.23/cwt	104.00–110.00	718	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	114.31/cwt	113.00–115.00	764	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	109.97/cwt	109.00–111.00	687	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	106.98/cwt	106.00–108.00	776	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	429	125.25/cwt	123.00–130.00	537	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	124.27/cwt	124.00–125.00	664	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	467	123.45/cwt	120.00–125.00	577	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	119.46/cwt	118.00–122.00	753	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	521	119.59/cwt	115.00–123.00	623	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	121.63/cwt	120.00–125.00	712	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	123.48/cwt	123.00–124.00	772	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	725	102.62/cwt	100.00–105.00	744	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	701	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	820	4
Bulls	—	—	1,805	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,679	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	477	118.37/cwt	115.00–122.50	565	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	113.07/cwt	110.00–116.00	650	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	118.94/cwt	117.00–121.00	743	2
Bulls	—	—	1,478	86.03/cwt	85.00–87.00	1,272	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	571	104.81/cwt	101.00–108.00	598	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	573	101.58/cwt	100.00–103.00	582	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	112.70/cwt	110.00–116.00	648	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	845	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	4,901	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,429	58.53/cwt	55.00–61.00	836	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	42.81/cwt	40.00–45.00	427	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	57.27/cwt	56.00–59.00	597	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	929	50.22/cwt	48.00–54.00	467	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,125	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	821	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	54.37/cwt	50.00–57.00	657	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,144	60.37/cwt	58.00–65.00	691	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	621	105.79/cwt	103.00–108.00	657	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	524	105.54/cwt	100.00–109.00	553	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	576	106.72/cwt	104.00–110.00	615	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	422	111.70/cwt	107.50–115.00	471	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	111.38/cwt	110.00–115.00	597	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	476	108.35/cwt	104.00–112.50	516	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	387	110.92/cwt	110.00–115.00	429	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	110.21/cwt	108.00–112.00	738	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	671	91.35/cwt	88.00–94.00	613	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	112.03/cwt	110.00–114.00	695	5

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 Sep 11, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 575Last week 480Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 86Last week 124Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 26Last week 29Year 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	—	622	90.00–95.00	92.82
8	—	573	100.00–103.00	101.58
18	—	524	100.00–109.00	105.54
22	—	422	107.50–115.00	111.70
31	—	476	104.00–112.50	108.35
5	—	387	110.00–115.00	110.92
5	—	671	88.00–94.00	91.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	670	102.50–105.00	103.85
6	—	621	103.00–108.00	105.79
15	—	576	104.00–110.00	106.72
18	—	536	110.00–115.00	111.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	670	108.00–112.00	110.21
5	—	620	110.00–114.00	112.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	626	105.00–111.00	107.95
2	—	725	101.00–105.00	102.94
2	—	775	96.00–98.00	96.97
3	—	525	115.00–122.00	117.58
7	—	670	104.00–110.00	107.23
8	—	575	110.00–116.00	113.07
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	684	111.00–117.00	115.08
2	—	625	117.00–121.00	118.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	515	107.50–112.50	110.98
3	—	725	95.00–99.00	97.30
4	—	670	90.00–100.00	96.90
6	—	425	120.00–127.50	124.05
7	—	619	96.00–103.00	101.01
8	—	477	115.00–122.50	118.37
11	—	571	101.00–108.00	104.81
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	668	113.00–115.00	114.31
3	—	725	106.00–108.00	106.98
7	—	534	124.00–125.00	124.27
8	—	630	118.00–122.00	119.46
15	—	585	120.00–125.00	121.63
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	625	109.00–111.00	109.97
5	—	429	123.00–130.00	125.25
10	—	467	120.00–125.00	123.45
19	—	521	115.00–123.00	119.59
3	—	725	100.00–105.00	102.62
4	—	575	110.00–116.00	112.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	625	123.00–124.00	123.48
4	—	701	117.00	117.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,627	75.00–82.00	79.28
1	—	1,805	93.00	93.00
5	—	1,478	85.00–87.00	86.03
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,429	55.00–61.00	58.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	998	40.00–45.00	42.81
3	—	1,043	56.00–59.00	57.27
5	—	929	48.00–54.00	50.22
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,125	73.00	73.00
19	—	1,208	50.00–57.00	54.37
24	—	1,144	58.00–65.00	60.37

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	845	580.00	580.00

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Northeast Georgia Livestock - Athens, GA

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Slaughter Cattle

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