Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2020-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows and bulls sharply lower, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and bull calves steady, feeder heifers and heifer calves mostly steady, replacement cows n/a.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $128.80/cwt on 82 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −86.01 against this barn's trailing median of $214.82.

Average price

$128.80

82 head · 475 lb average

Value per head Derived

$611

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

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

$7.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.04

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	522	131.91	689	16thin
Medium and Large 2	475	130.23	618	43
Medium and Large 3	442	123.98	548	23

One grade step is worth $7.93/cwt here — about $140 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 sale82 hd

128.80

—

GA average13 barns · 838 hd

129.84

−1.04

This barn, trailing median20 sales

214.82

−86.01

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	1,613	69.48	1,121	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,203	48.35	582	57
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,563	46.84	732	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,062	42.88	455	13

Every lot, as filed

34 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	885	37.00/cwt	37.00–37.00	327	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,256	54.35/cwt	52.00–57.00	683	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	47.82/cwt	45.00–51.00	571	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	125.79/cwt	122.50–132.50	605	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	128.97/cwt	128.00–130.00	677	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	107.64/cwt	105.00–112.50	677	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	136.70/cwt	132.50–142.50	585	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	322	148.11/cwt	142.50–152.50	477	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,585	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	666	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,558	47.81/cwt	47.00–49.00	745	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,077	43.37/cwt	40.00–47.00	467	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	367	136.96/cwt	130.00–140.00	503	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	472	115.72/cwt	110.00–120.00	546	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	521	111.39/cwt	105.00–115.00	580	8
Bulls	—	—	1,734	66.16/cwt	63.00–68.00	1,147	4
Bulls	—	—	1,533	71.70/cwt	69.00–75.00	1,099	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	478	129.06/cwt	125.00–134.00	617	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,167	40.82/cwt	36.00–43.00	476	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	426	124.92/cwt	120.00–130.00	532	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	113.76/cwt	110.00–120.00	546	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	107.46/cwt	105.00–110.00	564	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	106.78/cwt	102.50–113.00	617	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	94.44/cwt	90.00–98.00	590	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	115.79/cwt	115.00–117.50	616	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	117.25/cwt	113.00–120.00	729	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	135.80/cwt	135.00–136.00	642	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	130.61/cwt	130.00–132.50	679	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	581	121.90/cwt	119.00–127.50	708	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	533	122.18/cwt	120.00–128.00	651	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	383	145.72/cwt	142.50–153.00	558	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	107.81/cwt	104.00–112.50	674	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	481	136.67/cwt	135.00–140.00	657	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	125.28/cwt	120.00–130.00	718	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	121.39/cwt	118.00–125.00	759	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 Apr 1, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 313Last week 226Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 157Last week 235Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	885	37.00	37.00
12	—	1,077	40.00–47.00	43.37
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,256	52.00–57.00	54.35
42	—	1,195	45.00–51.00	47.82
5	—	1,167	36.00–43.00	40.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,585	42.00	42.00
5	—	1,558	47.00–49.00	47.81
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,734	63.00–68.00	66.16
6	—	1,533	69.00–75.00	71.70

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	481	122.50–132.50	125.79
7	—	578	102.50–113.00	106.78
4	—	625	90.00–98.00	94.44
3	—	532	115.00–117.50	115.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	525	128.00–130.00	128.97
5	—	629	105.00–112.50	107.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	426	120.00–130.00	124.92
11	—	480	110.00–120.00	113.76
9	—	525	105.00–110.00	107.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	428	132.50–142.50	136.70
12	—	478	125.00–134.00	129.06
8	—	533	120.00–128.00	122.18
5	—	383	142.50–153.00	145.72
4	—	625	104.00–112.50	107.81
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	322	142.50–152.50	148.11
6	—	367	130.00–140.00	136.96
6	—	472	110.00–120.00	115.72
8	—	521	105.00–115.00	111.39
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	481	135.00–140.00	136.67
4	—	573	120.00–130.00	125.28
2	—	625	118.00–125.00	121.39
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	622	113.00–120.00	117.25
5	—	473	135.00–136.00	135.80
4	—	520	130.00–132.50	130.61
4	—	581	119.00–127.50	121.90

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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