Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2019-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago; slaughter cows are steady, slaughter bulls are steady to 2.00 higher, feeder steers unevenly steady, feeder bulls steady to 2.00 higher, feeder heifers steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $111.14/cwt on 116 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −103.67 against this barn's trailing median of $214.82.

Average price

$111.14

116 head · 503 lb average

Value per head Derived

$560

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$62

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$7.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.32

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	492	115.97	571	37
Medium and Large 1	654	110.06	720	17thin
Medium and Large 3	469	108.56	509	62

One grade step is worth $7.40/cwt here — about $62 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 sale116 hd

111.14

—

GA average16 barns · 1,442 hd

113.47

−2.32

This barn, trailing median20 sales

214.82

−103.67

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	1,544	70.43	1,087	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,509	46.53	702	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,178	45.50	536	75
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	987	36.53	361	19

Every lot, as filed

45 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	127.13/cwt	122.50–130.00	671	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	33.86/cwt	31.00–37.00	338	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	40.21/cwt	38.00–43.00	391	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,509	46.53/cwt	44.00–49.00	702	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	45.24/cwt	42.00–49.00	524	54
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	51.26/cwt	50.00–53.00	656	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,159	39.42/cwt	36.00–41.00	457	9
Bulls	—	—	1,611	74.48/cwt	73.00–76.00	1,200	5
Bulls	—	—	1,432	63.69/cwt	63.00–65.00	912	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,135	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	8,513	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,138	607.59/cwt	570.00–650.00	6,914	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,200	792.31/cwt	720.00–850.00	9,508	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	541	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	123.46/cwt	119.00–126.00	774	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	125.92/cwt	121.00–130.50	709	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	102.99/cwt	100.00–105.00	546	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	107.67/cwt	105.00–110.00	509	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	569	104.55/cwt	100.00–107.50	595	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	107.88/cwt	107.00–111.00	571	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	104.03/cwt	100.00–105.00	655	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	109.39/cwt	107.50–110.00	463	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	113.76/cwt	112.50–115.00	424	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	102.67/cwt	100.00–105.00	689	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	110.86/cwt	106.00–113.00	690	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	110.75/cwt	109.00–112.00	627	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	432	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	99.68/cwt	99.00–101.00	765	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	367	117.37/cwt	115.00–122.50	431	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	519	103.06/cwt	100.00–105.00	535	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	415	112.30/cwt	110.00–115.00	466	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	622	98.64/cwt	95.00–102.50	614	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	568	99.15/cwt	97.50–100.00	563	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	460	109.58/cwt	107.50–110.00	504	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	318	120.73/cwt	117.00–125.00	384	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	426	120.01/cwt	117.50–122.50	511	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	763	94.70/cwt	90.00–100.00	723	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	366	127.02/cwt	125.00–130.00	465	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	619	105.25/cwt	104.00–106.00	651	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	461	118.77/cwt	115.00–122.50	548	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	316	132.56/cwt	130.00–137.50	419	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	513	113.68/cwt	113.00–115.00	583	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	666	108.64/cwt	105.00–113.00	724	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	724	106.23/cwt	103.00–112.00	769	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	569	115.76/cwt	114.00–117.00	659	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	613	112.51/cwt	111.00–114.00	690	2

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 Oct 9, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 596Last week 545Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 186Last week 153Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 63Last week 83Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	528	122.50–130.00	127.13
8	—	627	119.00–126.00	123.46
5	—	563	121.00–130.50	125.92
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	460	117.50	117.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	530	100.00–105.00	102.99
6	—	473	105.00–110.00	107.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	569	100.00–107.50	104.55
9	—	529	107.00–111.00	107.88
6	—	630	100.00–105.00	104.03
4	—	423	107.50–110.00	109.39
4	—	373	112.50–115.00	113.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	671	100.00–105.00	102.67
6	—	622	106.00–113.00	110.86
4	—	566	109.00–112.00	110.75
4	—	360	120.00	120.00
3	—	767	99.00–101.00	99.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	367	115.00–122.50	117.37
11	—	519	100.00–105.00	103.06
11	—	415	110.00–115.00	112.30
9	—	622	95.00–102.50	98.64
7	—	568	97.50–100.00	99.15
6	—	460	107.50–110.00	109.58
3	—	318	117.00–125.00	120.73
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	426	117.50–122.50	120.01
6	—	763	90.00–100.00	94.70
5	—	366	125.00–130.00	127.02
4	—	619	104.00–106.00	105.25
4	—	461	115.00–122.50	118.77
4	—	316	130.00–137.50	132.56
3	—	513	113.00–115.00	113.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	666	105.00–113.00	108.64
5	—	724	103.00–112.00	106.23
4	—	569	114.00–117.00	115.76
2	—	613	111.00–114.00	112.51

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	998	31.00–37.00	33.86
8	—	973	38.00–43.00	40.21
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,509	44.00–49.00	46.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,158	42.00–49.00	45.24
12	—	1,280	50.00–53.00	51.26
9	—	1,159	36.00–41.00	39.42
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,611	73.00–76.00	74.48
3	—	1,432	63.00–65.00	63.69

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,135	750.00	750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,138	570.00–650.00	607.59
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,200	720.00–850.00	792.31

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

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