Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2020-02-12

Athens

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Wed, Feb 12
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1940
Feeder Cattle receipts
285 head
89 vs last sale 374 285 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
79 head
43 vs last sale 122 79 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
19 vs last sale 45 26 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 one week earlier. Slaughter cows and bulls unevenly steady, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and bull calves lightly tested, feeder heifers and heifer calves steady to 2.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.75/cwt on 59 head.
Average price
$126.75
59 head · 432 lb average
Value per head Derived
$547
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$153
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$28.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.04
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1275153.484222thin
Medium and Large 3351128.4545112thin
Medium and Large 2460125.1157545
One grade step is worth $28.37/cwt here — about −$153 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 sale59 hd
126.75
GA average15 barns · 1,202 hd
126.71
+0.04
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
BullsAverage1,45479.971,1633thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,64165.591,0764thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,14663.4372740
CowsLean 85-90%High97450.6049317

Every lot, as filed

30 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 1425182.88/cwt179.00–188.007774
BullsMedium and Large 2225188.11/cwt185.00–192.504233
BullsMedium and Large 2476155.22/cwt150.00–159.007395
BullsMedium and Large 2427169.42/cwt165.00–175.007236
BullsMedium and Large 3530129.74/cwt125.00–137.0068811
SteersMedium and Large 1731121.00/cwt121.00–121.008856
SteersMedium and Large 2525133.91/cwt130.00–137.007033
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-21,085890.00/cwt890.00–890.009,6572
BullsMedium and Large 1372182.66/cwt177.50–186.006793
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3990640.00/cwt640.00–640.006,3361
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,172783.29/cwt680.00–850.009,1803
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3995684.32/cwt670.00–700.006,8093
HeifersMedium and Large 1275153.48/cwt150.00–157.504222
HeifersMedium and Large 2627108.96/cwt103.00–113.006835
HeifersMedium and Large 2325143.66/cwt140.00–147.504676
HeifersMedium and Large 2427125.33/cwt120.00–130.005356
HeifersMedium and Large 2378134.30/cwt130.00–140.005088
HeifersMedium and Large 2535117.42/cwt110.00–120.006288
CowsLean 85-90%95862.19/cwt60.00–64.005962
CowsLean 85-90%97852.62/cwt50.00–56.005156
CowsLean 85-90%97446.68/cwt43.00–49.004559
HeifersMedium and Large 2479121.47/cwt117.50–127.5058212
HeifersMedium and Large 3329132.80/cwt130.00–137.504376
HeifersMedium and Large 3373124.09/cwt120.00–127.504636
Bulls1,89588.00/cwt88.00–88.001,6681
Bulls1,23375.96/cwt75.00–77.009372
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18271.21/cwt69.00–75.008427
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14357.35/cwt53.00–60.0065612
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13664.32/cwt61.00–68.0073121
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64165.59/cwt63.00–67.001,0764

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.