Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2019-09-18

Athens

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Wed, Sep 18
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1940
Feeder Cattle receipts
790 head
215 vs last sale 575 790 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
207 head
121 vs last sale 86 207 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
87 head
61 vs last sale 26 87 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 5.00 to 10.00 lower, slaughter bulls 7.00 to 8.00 lower, feeder steers unevenly steady, feeder bulls steady, feeder heifers mostly steady, steer calves unevenly steady, bull calves steady to 2.00 lower, heifer calves steady to 2.00 lower, replacement cattle lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $115.28/cwt on 179 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits 99.53 against this barn's trailing median of $214.82.
Average price
$115.28
179 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$605
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$137
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.06
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555125.1269429
Medium and Large 2556115.9164455
Medium and Large 3498111.9255795
One grade step is worth $13.21/cwt here — about $137 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
241218194171median 214.8212/1702/1804/0105/2007/15
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 sale179 hd
115.28
GA average16 barns · 1,543 hd
112.22
+3.06
This barn, trailing median20 sales
214.82
−99.53
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
BullsAverage1,58776.861,21913
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16648.6956780
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40346.6765515
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00342.7142931

Every lot, as filed

72 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
BullsMedium and Large 1525123.70/cwt122.50–125.006492
BullsMedium and Large 1335153.66/cwt152.50–157.505156
BullsMedium and Large 1627116.96/cwt115.00–122.007336
BullsMedium and Large 1669113.39/cwt110.00–115.007597
BullsMedium and Large 1572120.47/cwt118.00–122.506898
BullsMedium and Large 2425132.38/cwt130.00–135.005632
BullsMedium and Large 272597.43/cwt95.00–100.007062
BullsMedium and Large 2672104.29/cwt100.00–107.007016
BullsMedium and Large 2371138.81/cwt132.50–142.505157
BullsMedium and Large 2581111.60/cwt108.00–116.0064812
BullsMedium and Large 2618110.33/cwt105.00–112.5068212
BullsMedium and Large 2518118.19/cwt114.00–120.0061214
BullsMedium and Large 3275139.82/cwt137.50–142.503852
BullsMedium and Large 367592.14/cwt90.00–95.006225
BullsMedium and Large 362897.12/cwt95.00–100.006108
BullsMedium and Large 3427119.44/cwt115.00–125.0051011
BullsMedium and Large 3572104.58/cwt100.00–107.5059813
BullsMedium and Large 3369127.26/cwt122.50–130.0047016
BullsMedium and Large 3485112.35/cwt110.00–119.0054520
BullsMedium and Large 3530107.92/cwt105.00–112.5057220
HeifersMedium and Large 1575114.97/cwt114.00–116.006612
Bred CowsSmall 2-31,208667.55/cwt600.00–750.008,06411
Bred CowsSmall 2-31,031595.79/cwt540.00–670.006,1434
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13144.33/cwt40.00–47.0050135
Bred CowsSmall 1-21,175840.00/cwt840.00–840.009,8701
Bred CowsSmall 2-3715520.00/cwt520.00–520.003,7181
HeifersMedium and Large 1654112.00/cwt112.00–112.007324
HeifersMedium and Large 1622110.15/cwt109.00–111.006856
HeifersMedium and Large 272593.60/cwt90.00–97.006793
HeifersMedium and Large 267598.32/cwt95.00–102.006645
HeifersMedium and Large 2474114.28/cwt111.00–117.5054210
HeifersMedium and Large 2436117.03/cwt115.00–122.5051013
HeifersMedium and Large 2584107.08/cwt105.00–112.0062516
HeifersMedium and Large 2624103.94/cwt100.00–108.0064916
HeifersMedium and Large 2529110.74/cwt108.00–115.0058620
HeifersMedium and Large 3325122.35/cwt120.00–125.003982
Bred CowsSmall 1-21,195780.00/cwt780.00–780.009,3211
CowsLean 85-90%1,00739.05/cwt35.00–42.0039315
CowsLean 85-90%99844.75/cwt43.00–49.0044713
CowsLean 85-90%1,00852.20/cwt51.00–54.005263
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41846.83/cwt44.00–50.0066412
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35042.53/cwt42.00–43.005742
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33553.00/cwt53.00–53.007081
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19351.67/cwt48.00–56.0061642
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18357.76/cwt57.00–59.006833
Bulls1,70680.60/cwt77.00–82.001,3756
Bulls1,43572.10/cwt68.00–74.001,0356
Bulls1,78083.00/cwt83.00–83.001,4771
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3785621.53/cwt530.00–740.004,8794
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3810653.64/cwt600.00–710.005,2942
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2823890.88/cwt880.00–900.007,3322
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3940804.89/cwt800.00–810.007,5662
SteersMedium and Large 3516122.82/cwt115.00–125.0063413
SteersMedium and Large 3475123.66/cwt120.00–127.505878
SteersMedium and Large 3573114.10/cwt110.00–117.006547
SteersMedium and Large 3625113.47/cwt111.00–115.007094
SteersMedium and Large 3425130.67/cwt128.00–135.005554
SteersMedium and Large 3318146.60/cwt145.00–147.504663
SteersMedium and Large 3725103.89/cwt100.00–108.007532
SteersMedium and Large 2580124.16/cwt120.00–128.0072022
SteersMedium and Large 2614123.74/cwt120.00–125.007609
SteersMedium and Large 2529129.41/cwt127.50–132.506859
SteersMedium and Large 2725111.46/cwt110.00–113.008082
SteersMedium and Large 1675122.97/cwt122.00–124.008302
HeifersMedium and Large 3519103.70/cwt97.50–106.0053819
HeifersMedium and Large 3465107.96/cwt102.50–110.0050214
HeifersMedium and Large 356999.84/cwt95.00–102.5056810
HeifersMedium and Large 3422110.53/cwt109.00–112.504667
HeifersMedium and Large 362695.96/cwt93.00–99.006015
HeifersMedium and Large 3370114.86/cwt110.00–117.504254
HeifersMedium and Large 367587.95/cwt85.00–90.005943
HeifersMedium and Large 372584.38/cwt80.00–89.006122

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.