Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2020-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls 7.00 higher, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and bull calves steady to 2.00 higher, feeder heifers and heifer calves 2.00 to 3.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $125.54/cwt on 128 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −89.27 against this barn's trailing median of $214.82.

Average price

$125.54

128 head · 493 lb average

Value per head Derived

$618

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$94

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

$8.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.10

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	396	131.15	519	33
Medium and Large 1	548	124.71	683	51
Medium and Large 2	501	122.30	613	44

One grade step is worth $8.84/cwt here — about −$94 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 sale128 hd

125.54

—

GA average13 barns · 719 hd

122.45

+3.10

This barn, trailing median20 sales

214.82

−89.27

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	1,500	95.46	1,432	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,472	66.63	981	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,182	65.32	772	63
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,047	56.32	590	10

Every lot, as filed

36 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	—	—	1,344	88.02/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,183	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	472	116.64/cwt	112.00–120.00	551	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	571	111.34/cwt	105.00–115.00	636	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	370	137.26/cwt	132.50–140.00	508	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	426	124.38/cwt	117.50–127.50	530	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	323	142.80/cwt	137.50–147.50	461	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,047	74.69/cwt	74.00–75.00	782	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	127.40/cwt	122.50–130.00	599	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	135.35/cwt	130.00–140.00	573	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	117.20/cwt	112.00–121.00	607	9
Bulls	—	—	1,481	94.83/cwt	92.00–98.00	1,404	11
Bulls	—	—	1,624	100.99/cwt	99.00–104.00	1,640	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	104.19/cwt	102.00–108.00	657	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	61.07/cwt	59.00–65.00	664	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,006	51.56/cwt	49.00–56.00	519	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,472	66.63/cwt	64.00–69.00	981	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	67.67/cwt	65.00–72.00	821	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,159	61.40/cwt	57.00–64.00	712	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	319	129.90/cwt	125.00–132.50	414	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	112.71/cwt	107.50–116.00	531	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	110.09/cwt	105.00–113.00	571	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	128.10/cwt	125.00–132.50	485	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	110.61/cwt	107.00–116.00	639	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	120.31/cwt	117.00–126.00	576	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	840.00/cwt	840.00–840.00	9,492	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	935	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	7,948	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,118	778.44/cwt	730.00–830.00	8,703	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	898	726.27/cwt	630.00–810.00	6,522	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	126.42/cwt	124.00–129.00	790	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	748	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	621	105.91/cwt	101.00–110.00	658	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	529	126.84/cwt	123.00–132.00	671	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	471	134.24/cwt	132.00–137.00	632	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	633	114.92/cwt	112.00–122.00	727	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	571	122.89/cwt	117.00–127.00	702	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	108.17/cwt	103.00–110.00	719	4

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 15, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 318Last week 343Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 132Last week 90Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 31Last week 17Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,344	85.00–90.00	88.02
11	—	1,481	92.00–98.00	94.83
8	—	1,624	99.00–104.00	100.99
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,047	74.00–75.00	74.69
33	—	1,213	65.00–72.00	67.67
27	—	1,159	57.00–64.00	61.40
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,088	59.00–65.00	61.07
5	—	1,006	49.00–56.00	51.56
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,472	64.00–69.00	66.63

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	472	112.00–120.00	116.64
15	—	370	132.50–140.00	137.26
5	—	426	117.50–127.50	124.38
5	—	323	137.50–147.50	142.80
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	571	105.00–115.00	111.34
12	—	470	122.50–130.00	127.40
11	—	423	130.00–140.00	135.35
9	—	518	112.00–121.00	117.20
5	—	621	101.00–110.00	105.91
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	529	123.00–132.00	126.84
11	—	471	132.00–137.00	134.24
8	—	633	112.00–122.00	114.92
5	—	571	117.00–127.00	122.89
4	—	665	103.00–110.00	108.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	631	102.00–108.00	104.19
7	—	578	107.00–116.00	110.61
5	—	479	117.00–126.00	120.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	319	125.00–132.50	129.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	471	107.50–116.00	112.71
12	—	519	105.00–113.00	110.09
7	—	379	125.00–132.50	128.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	124.00–129.00	126.42
2	—	575	130.00	130.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,130	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	—	935	850.00	850.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,118	730.00–830.00	778.44
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	898	630.00–810.00	726.27

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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

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