Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2020-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.89/cwt on 105 head.

Average price

$114.89

105 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$610

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$76

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

$11.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.54

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	427	123.31	527	23
Medium and Large 1	583	113.99	664	37
Medium and Large 2	541	111.34	603	45

One grade step is worth $11.97/cwt here — about −$76 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 sale105 hd

114.89

—

GA average15 barns · 1,294 hd

118.44

−3.54

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	1,904	99.25	1,890	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,214	63.07	766	64
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,430	61.50	879	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,016	53.68	546	10

Every lot, as filed

42 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	—	579	128.31/cwt	125.00–134.00	743	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	729	105.33/cwt	102.00–110.00	768	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	481	140.26/cwt	138.00–146.00	675	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	629	113.02/cwt	109.00–119.00	711	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	674	112.19/cwt	110.00–115.00	756	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	130.57/cwt	125.00–135.00	683	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	123.73/cwt	123.00–128.00	843	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	128.58/cwt	125.00–132.00	797	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	112.27/cwt	109.00–115.00	699	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	142.56/cwt	141.00–147.50	676	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	554	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,125	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	8,550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	123.85/cwt	117.50–127.50	583	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	569	107.76/cwt	103.00–111.00	613	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	427	123.31/cwt	120.00–128.00	527	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	143.98/cwt	143.00–145.00	756	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	122.72/cwt	120.00–126.00	706	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	131.79/cwt	127.00–137.00	759	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	122.46/cwt	117.00–126.00	638	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	115.20/cwt	112.00–122.50	672	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	110.35/cwt	106.00–114.00	689	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	98.42/cwt	95.00–104.00	667	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	98.26/cwt	95.00–101.00	612	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	112.61/cwt	107.50–116.00	584	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	65.90/cwt	63.00–70.00	817	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,305	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	757	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	62.20/cwt	60.00–64.00	905	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	46.71/cwt	45.00–49.00	528	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	55.42/cwt	53.00–59.00	548	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	71.50/cwt	71.00–72.00	965	2
Bulls	—	—	2,103	108.95/cwt	106.00–112.00	2,291	2
Bulls	—	—	1,957	101.68/cwt	99.00–104.00	1,990	5
Bulls	—	—	1,809	94.74/cwt	91.00–98.00	1,714	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	478	129.21/cwt	125.00–135.00	618	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	104.69/cwt	101.00–108.00	654	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,179	59.69/cwt	55.00–62.00	704	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	118.74/cwt	113.00–122.50	677	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	432	140.65/cwt	137.50–147.50	608	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	482	118.89/cwt	117.00–123.00	573	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	372	143.14/cwt	137.50–147.50	532	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	419	131.34/cwt	125.00–135.00	550	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	575	99.88/cwt	95.00–105.00	574	3

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 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 401Last week 423Year ago 491

Slaughter CattleReceipts 104Last week 80Year ago 88

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 63Year ago 41

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	579	125.00–134.00	128.31
5	—	729	102.00–110.00	105.33
6	—	481	138.00–146.00	140.26
9	—	629	109.00–119.00	113.02
9	—	674	110.00–115.00	112.19
13	—	523	125.00–135.00	130.57
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	478	125.00–135.00	129.21
4	—	625	101.00–108.00	104.69
6	—	570	113.00–122.50	118.74
10	—	432	137.50–147.50	140.65
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	482	117.00–123.00	118.89
10	—	372	137.50–147.50	143.14
10	—	419	125.00–135.00	131.34
3	—	575	95.00–105.00	99.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	681	123.00–128.00	123.73
12	—	620	125.00–132.00	128.58
4	—	525	143.00–145.00	143.98
6	—	576	127.00–137.00	131.79
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	623	109.00–115.00	112.27
4	—	474	141.00–147.50	142.56
10	—	575	120.00–126.00	122.72
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	471	117.50–127.50	123.85
13	—	569	103.00–111.00	107.76
9	—	623	95.00–101.00	98.26
11	—	519	107.50–116.00	112.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	427	120.00–128.00	123.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	521	117.00–126.00	122.46
5	—	583	112.00–122.50	115.20
7	—	624	106.00–114.00	110.35
8	—	678	95.00–104.00	98.42

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,125	760.00	760.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,240	63.00–70.00	65.90
2	—	1,350	71.00–72.00	71.50
31	—	1,179	55.00–62.00	59.69
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,305	58.00	58.00
5	—	1,455	60.00–64.00	62.20
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,130	45.00–49.00	46.71
8	—	988	53.00–59.00	55.42
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,103	106.00–112.00	108.95
5	—	1,957	99.00–104.00	101.68
7	—	1,809	91.00–98.00	94.74

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 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

Slaughter Cattle