Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2020-06-17

Athens

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Wed, Jun 17
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1940
Feeder Cattle receipts
681 head
177 vs last sale 504 335 vs year ago 346 · +96.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
151 head
43 vs last sale 108 46 vs year ago 105 · +43.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
8 vs last sale 32 30 vs year ago 70 · 42.9%
Also sold hereSpecial Feeder Cattle SaleThu Aug 13, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows and bulls 5.00 to 7.00 higher, feeder steers and steer calves unevenly steady, feeder bulls and bull calves steady, feeder heifers and heifer calves mostly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $122.10/cwt on 171 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits 92.71 against this barn's trailing median of $214.82.
Average price
$122.10
171 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$656
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$137
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$7.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.18
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3479124.4659668
Medium and Large 2544122.7866863
Medium and Large 1626117.0273340
One grade step is worth $7.45/cwt here — about −$137 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
241218194171median 214.8212/1702/1804/0105/2007/15
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 sale171 hd
122.10
GA average16 barns · 1,436 hd
121.92
+0.18
This barn, trailing median20 sales
214.82
−92.71
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,555107.261,66816
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50572.741,09418
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22471.4487469
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03661.1063317

Every lot, as filed

53 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1572122.16/cwt119.00–129.0069922
HeifersMedium and Large 1621112.46/cwt111.00–115.006988
HeifersMedium and Large 1675110.44/cwt106.00–114.007454
BullsMedium and Large 3516117.36/cwt110.00–120.0060618
BullsMedium and Large 3425135.07/cwt130.00–140.0057417
BullsMedium and Large 3477124.25/cwt120.00–129.0059316
BullsMedium and Large 3575106.30/cwt102.50–110.0061110
BullsMedium and Large 3381143.42/cwt140.00–150.005467
BullsMedium and Large 2574117.00/cwt112.00–121.0067219
BullsMedium and Large 2476134.41/cwt131.00–137.0064018
BullsMedium and Large 2622108.32/cwt105.00–111.0067415
BullsMedium and Large 2534124.58/cwt122.00–131.006659
BullsMedium and Large 2325173.52/cwt170.00–177.505642
BullsMedium and Large 1643112.69/cwt112.00–118.0072517
BullsMedium and Large 1677109.13/cwt104.00–114.0073914
BullsMedium and Large 1575123.45/cwt122.00–125.007104
BullsMedium and Large 1532133.74/cwt132.00–137.507113
BullsMedium and Large 1375171.05/cwt167.50–175.006412
Bulls1,876115.66/cwt113.00–118.002,1704
Bulls1,233100.32/cwt95.00–102.001,2374
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,085847.74/cwt780.00–890.009,1984
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3885690.00/cwt690.00–690.006,1071
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,270925.00/cwt925.00–925.0011,7481
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3751,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0014,4381
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2995950.00/cwt950.00–950.009,4531
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2955900.00/cwt900.00–900.008,5952
SteersMedium and Large 3471135.99/cwt130.00–140.006419
SteersMedium and Large 3375153.55/cwt150.00–157.505762
SteersMedium and Large 2640124.85/cwt117.00–127.0079937
SteersMedium and Large 2580127.38/cwt121.00–131.0073918
SteersMedium and Large 2522134.45/cwt131.00–137.007026
SteersMedium and Large 2682109.36/cwt105.00–115.007463
SteersMedium and Large 2425152.38/cwt150.00–155.006482
SteersMedium and Large 1542142.21/cwt141.50–143.5077117
SteersMedium and Large 1724119.38/cwt113.00–123.0086415
SteersMedium and Large 1669125.59/cwt120.00–127.0084012
SteersMedium and Large 1557142.15/cwt140.00–143.007927
SteersMedium and Large 1375174.73/cwt170.00–180.006552
HeifersMedium and Large 3485124.59/cwt120.00–130.0060422
HeifersMedium and Large 3524112.82/cwt108.00–118.0059112
HeifersMedium and Large 3567104.09/cwt99.00–106.005907
HeifersMedium and Large 2572114.79/cwt110.00–117.0065717
CowsLean 85-90%1,05363.95/cwt61.00–67.0067310
CowsLean 85-90%1,01257.03/cwt54.00–60.005777
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53773.49/cwt70.00–77.001,13015
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,34269.00/cwt69.00–69.009263
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25773.95/cwt71.00–78.0093038
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17566.70/cwt64.00–70.0078427
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23679.53/cwt79.00–80.009834
Bulls1,555106.53/cwt103.00–109.001,6578
HeifersMedium and Large 2522124.34/cwt119.00–128.0064910
HeifersMedium and Large 2676100.42/cwt95.00–103.006799
HeifersMedium and Large 2626101.59/cwt98.00–105.006368

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.