Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2020-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows 4.00 to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and bull calves steady, feeder heifers and heifer calves 2.00 to 3.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $122.59/cwt on 134 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −92.23 against this barn's trailing median of $214.82.

Average price

$122.59

134 head · 495 lb average

Value per head Derived

$607

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$73

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

$3.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.98

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	493	123.58	609	67
Medium and Large 1	550	122.72	675	33
Medium and Large 3	445	120.50	536	34

One grade step is worth $3.08/cwt here — about $73 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 sale134 hd

122.59

—

GA average16 barns · 1,212 hd

120.61

+1.98

This barn, trailing median20 sales

214.82

−92.23

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	1,432	90.96	1,302	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,196	62.10	743	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,414	60.36	854	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	942	51.89	489	12

Every lot, as filed

37 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	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	801	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,212	58.63/cwt	55.00–61.00	711	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	64.09/cwt	62.00–69.00	750	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	947	51.77/cwt	48.00–55.00	490	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	519	107.20/cwt	102.50–110.00	556	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	370	133.03/cwt	130.00–135.00	492	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	107.27/cwt	103.00–111.00	613	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	485	112.38/cwt	110.00–120.00	545	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	474	126.97/cwt	122.50–131.00	602	21
Bulls	—	—	1,551	92.44/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,434	6
Bulls	—	—	1,073	86.53/cwt	86.00–87.00	928	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	433	133.93/cwt	132.50–137.50	580	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	423	125.51/cwt	120.00–130.00	531	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	115.65/cwt	112.50–120.00	611	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	71.31/cwt	70.00–72.00	879	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	633	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	825	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	347	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,411	61.23/cwt	58.00–64.00	864	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	114.99/cwt	114.00–116.00	711	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	125.66/cwt	122.00–128.00	591	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	418	116.76/cwt	110.00–120.00	488	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	104.62/cwt	97.50–107.00	486	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	106.86/cwt	103.00–111.00	560	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	113.13/cwt	110.00–116.00	537	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,005	867.21/cwt	810.00–910.00	8,715	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,385	815.00/cwt	815.00–815.00	11,288	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	890	880.00/cwt	880.00–880.00	7,832	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	104.92/cwt	102.50–107.50	656	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	127.87/cwt	125.00–131.00	607	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	126.66/cwt	124.00–131.00	671	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,148	734.63/cwt	680.00–800.00	8,434	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	569	110.83/cwt	105.00–114.00	631	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	117.93/cwt	112.00–122.00	617	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	127.79/cwt	123.00–131.00	668	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	583	118.67/cwt	116.00–126.00	692	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	624	109.23/cwt	105.00–113.00	682	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	133.70/cwt	132.50–135.00	635	6

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 May 6, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 397Last week 511Year ago 357

Slaughter CattleReceipts 82Last week 145Year ago 70

Replacement CattleReceipts 31Last week 88Year ago 34

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	56.00	56.00
5	—	1,411	58.00–64.00	61.23
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,212	55.00–61.00	58.63
14	—	1,170	62.00–69.00	64.09
3	—	1,232	70.00–72.00	71.31
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	947	48.00–55.00	51.77
1	—	1,005	63.00	63.00
1	—	825	42.00	42.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,551	90.00–95.00	92.44
2	—	1,073	86.00–87.00	86.53

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	519	102.50–110.00	107.20
8	—	370	130.00–135.00	133.03
5	—	485	110.00–120.00	112.38
12	—	423	120.00–130.00	125.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	474	122.50–131.00	126.97
18	—	433	132.50–137.50	133.93
14	—	569	105.00–114.00	110.83
14	—	523	112.00–122.00	117.93
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	523	123.00–131.00	127.79
8	—	583	116.00–126.00	118.67
7	—	624	105.00–113.00	109.23
6	—	475	132.50–135.00	133.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	571	103.00–111.00	107.27
7	—	528	112.50–120.00	115.65
4	—	470	122.00–128.00	125.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	418	110.00–120.00	116.76
9	—	465	97.50–107.00	104.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	524	103.00–111.00	106.86
11	—	475	110.00–116.00	113.13
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	618	114.00–116.00	114.99
4	—	530	124.00–131.00	126.66
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	102.50–107.50	104.92
2	—	475	125.00–131.00	127.87

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)	2	—	1,005	810.00–910.00	867.21
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,148	680.00–800.00	734.63
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,385	815.00	815.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	890	880.00	880.00

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

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