Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2020-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows unevenly steady, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers and steer calves steady, feeder bulls and bull calves 2.00 to 3.00 lower, feeder heifers and heifer calves steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.86/cwt on 61 head.

Average price

$127.86

61 head · 466 lb average

Value per head Derived

$595

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$50

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$7.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.53

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	488	132.81	648	20
Medium and Large 3	410	125.70	515	14thin
Medium and Large 2	478	125.31	599	27

One grade step is worth $7.50/cwt here — about $50 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 sale61 hd

127.86

—

GA average16 barns · 1,472 hd

123.33

+4.53

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,531	72.63	1,112	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,265	61.64	780	51
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,616	58.60	947	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	999	50.14	501	21

Every lot, as filed

33 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	322	155.61/cwt	150.00–160.00	501	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	125.29/cwt	123.00–127.00	720	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	629	119.32/cwt	116.00–125.00	751	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	128.51/cwt	125.00–131.00	672	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	428	139.00/cwt	135.00–145.00	595	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	617	112.08/cwt	105.00–115.00	692	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	147.32/cwt	140.00–150.00	611	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,071	766.68/cwt	680.00–830.00	8,211	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,118	747.85/cwt	660.00–830.00	8,361	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	126.62/cwt	120.00–130.00	593	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	434	131.40/cwt	130.00–135.00	570	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	126.62/cwt	125.00–129.00	791	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	145.41/cwt	140.00–150.00	692	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	576	132.35/cwt	130.00–136.00	762	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	138.12/cwt	135.00–142.00	725	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	113.26/cwt	110.00–116.00	651	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	129.87/cwt	125.00–135.00	487	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	424	124.03/cwt	120.00–128.00	526	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	152.32/cwt	150.00–155.00	419	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	125.45/cwt	124.00–127.00	721	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	118.65/cwt	112.50–122.50	618	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	669	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	972	42.94/cwt	40.00–47.00	417	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	51.88/cwt	49.00–55.00	519	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,294	66.38/cwt	64.00–71.00	859	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	130.11/cwt	127.00–133.00	686	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	132.22/cwt	126.00–135.00	643	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	474	128.49/cwt	125.00–132.00	609	11
Bulls	—	—	1,818	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,491	2
Bulls	—	—	1,388	67.94/cwt	65.00–72.00	943	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,252	59.47/cwt	56.00–63.00	745	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,675	63.55/cwt	61.00–68.00	1,064	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,571	54.88/cwt	52.00–58.00	862	8

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 Feb 5, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 374Last week 543Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 122Last week 86Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 45Last week 33Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	322	150.00–160.00	155.61
3	—	575	123.00–127.00	125.29
5	—	629	116.00–125.00	119.32
11	—	523	125.00–131.00	128.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	428	135.00–145.00	139.00
6	—	617	105.00–115.00	112.08
11	—	474	125.00–132.00	128.49
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	415	140.00–150.00	147.32
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	625	125.00–129.00	126.62
5	—	476	140.00–150.00	145.41
5	—	576	130.00–136.00	132.35
6	—	525	135.00–142.00	138.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	468	120.00–130.00	126.62
11	—	434	130.00–135.00	131.40
3	—	575	110.00–116.00	113.26
6	—	521	112.50–122.50	118.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	375	125.00–135.00	129.87
10	—	424	120.00–128.00	124.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	275	150.00–155.00	152.32
2	—	575	124.00–127.00	125.45
7	—	527	127.00–133.00	130.11
9	—	486	126.00–135.00	132.22

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)	6	—	1,071	680.00–830.00	766.68
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,118	660.00–830.00	747.85

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	60.00	60.00
5	—	972	40.00–47.00	42.94
15	—	1,000	49.00–55.00	51.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,294	64.00–71.00	66.38
35	—	1,252	56.00–63.00	59.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,675	61.00–68.00	63.55
8	—	1,571	52.00–58.00	54.88
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,818	82.00	82.00
4	—	1,388	65.00–72.00	67.94

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle