Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2020-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier, Slaughter cows and bulls 10.00 to 12.00 higher, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and bull calves steady to 2.00 lower, feeder heifers and heifer calves lightly tested, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $128.34/cwt on 86 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −86.48 against this barn's trailing median of $214.82.

Average price

$128.34

86 head · 471 lb average

Value per head Derived

$604

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$88

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

$8.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.73

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	379	133.80	507	16thin
Medium and Large 1	515	128.95	663	31
Medium and Large 2	474	125.61	595	39

One grade step is worth $8.19/cwt here — about −$88 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 sale86 hd

128.34

—

GA average9 barns · 476 hd

120.60

+7.73

This barn, trailing median20 sales

214.82

−86.48

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	—	High	1,544	88.84	1,372	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,196	66.14	791	48
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,564	65.56	1,025	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,100	56.02	616	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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	143.23/cwt	140.00–147.50	613	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	127.94/cwt	122.50–131.00	665	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	474	133.37/cwt	129.00–139.00	632	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	571	121.38/cwt	118.00–124.00	693	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	107.53/cwt	103.00–112.00	672	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	117.27/cwt	115.00–120.00	616	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	122.80/cwt	120.00–125.00	829	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	10,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	840.00/cwt	840.00–840.00	8,442	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	865	770.00/cwt	770.00–770.00	6,661	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	424	108.92/cwt	105.00–112.50	462	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	376	119.63/cwt	115.00–124.00	450	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	144.29/cwt	140.00–149.00	613	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	136.36/cwt	132.50–142.00	652	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	129.54/cwt	125.00–135.00	680	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	126.92/cwt	124.00–130.00	730	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	66.32/cwt	62.00–69.00	759	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,460	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	1,066	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	118.90/cwt	115.00–124.00	568	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	106.52/cwt	102.50–112.50	509	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	109.36/cwt	103.00–113.00	626	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	119.74/cwt	115.00–125.00	510	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,495	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	897	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,598	65.18/cwt	62.00–68.00	1,042	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,049	51.07/cwt	48.00–53.00	536	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,123	58.22/cwt	55.00–62.00	654	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,198	58.39/cwt	55.00–61.00	700	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	72.35/cwt	70.00–74.00	933	13
Bulls	—	—	1,733	94.94/cwt	92.00–99.00	1,645	5
Bulls	—	—	1,525	88.30/cwt	85.00–91.00	1,347	6
Bulls	—	—	1,267	79.77/cwt	78.00–83.00	1,011	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	469	124.32/cwt	118.00–127.50	583	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	133.61/cwt	127.50–137.50	561	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	379	133.80/cwt	130.00–140.00	507	16

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 8, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 343Last week 313Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 90Last week 157Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	428	140.00–147.50	143.23
6	—	520	122.50–131.00	127.94
9	—	474	129.00–139.00	133.37
12	—	571	118.00–124.00	121.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	625	103.00–112.00	107.53
6	—	525	115.00–120.00	117.27
9	—	469	118.00–127.50	124.32
19	—	420	127.50–137.50	133.61
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	379	130.00–140.00	133.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	675	120.00–125.00	122.80
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	140.00–149.00	144.29
3	—	478	132.50–142.00	136.36
3	—	525	125.00–135.00	129.54
5	—	575	124.00–130.00	126.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	424	105.00–112.50	108.92
9	—	376	115.00–124.00	119.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	478	115.00–124.00	118.90
7	—	572	103.00–113.00	109.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	478	102.50–112.50	106.52
17	—	426	115.00–125.00	119.74

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,250	800.00	800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,005	840.00	840.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	865	770.00	770.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,145	62.00–69.00	66.32
11	—	1,198	55.00–61.00	58.39
13	—	1,290	70.00–74.00	72.35
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	73.00	73.00
1	—	1,495	60.00	60.00
5	—	1,598	62.00–68.00	65.18
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,049	48.00–53.00	51.07
9	—	1,123	55.00–62.00	58.22
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,733	92.00–99.00	94.94
6	—	1,525	85.00–91.00	88.30
3	—	1,267	78.00–83.00	79.77

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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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

Replacement Cattle

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