Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2020-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to week prior, slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers and steers calves steady, feeder bulls mostly steady, bull calves 2.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder heifers steady, heifer calves unevenly steady. Replacement cattle lightly tested.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $122.28/cwt on 86 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −92.54 against this barn's trailing median of $214.82.

Average price

$122.28

86 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$688

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$113

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$12.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.83

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	591	124.93	739	31
Medium and Large 2	542	124.77	676	37
Medium and Large 3	556	112.59	626	18thin

One grade step is worth $12.35/cwt here — about $113 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

122.28

—

GA average17 barns · 1,409 hd

123.10

−0.83

This barn, trailing median20 sales

214.82

−92.54

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	—	Low	1,958	91.49	1,791	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,141	64.42	735	41
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,332	64.04	853	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	963	51.62	497	15

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	131.49/cwt	131.00–132.00	644	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	131.34/cwt	128.00–132.50	670	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	119.98/cwt	119.00–121.00	741	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	130.20/cwt	129.00–131.50	747	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	116.23/cwt	114.00–117.00	767	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	126.16/cwt	120.00–132.00	840	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	571	123.15/cwt	120.00–125.00	703	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	125.88/cwt	124.00–127.00	803	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	532	131.58/cwt	130.00–135.00	700	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	667	119.76/cwt	116.00–121.00	799	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	535	115.59/cwt	115.00–117.50	618	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	118.13/cwt	112.50–123.00	679	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	622	122.96/cwt	119.00–124.00	765	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	575	102.41/cwt	100.00–105.00	589	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	135.89/cwt	133.00–137.00	652	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	566	124.09/cwt	124.00–125.00	702	11
Bulls	—	—	1,545	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,282	1
Bulls	—	—	1,903	97.53/cwt	97.00–98.00	1,856	2
Bulls	—	—	2,132	90.29/cwt	89.00–92.00	1,925	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	961	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,297	63.05/cwt	61.00–65.00	818	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,066	58.74/cwt	58.00–59.00	626	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	53.47/cwt	50.00–57.00	523	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	55.34/cwt	52.00–58.00	625	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	881	45.32/cwt	42.00–48.00	399	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,164	69.00/cwt	67.00–74.00	803	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,131	63.13/cwt	59.00–66.00	714	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	103.71/cwt	102.50–105.00	700	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	579	98.02/cwt	95.00–102.50	568	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	105.81/cwt	102.50–109.00	664	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	101.41/cwt	98.00–105.00	786	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	121.22/cwt	120.00–122.50	503	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	113.80/cwt	109.00–118.00	652	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	124.30/cwt	122.00–125.00	667	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	116.14/cwt	112.50–120.00	549	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	124.63/cwt	122.50–126.00	582	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	125.30/cwt	124.00–128.00	533	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	115.94/cwt	112.50–120.00	614	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	97.29/cwt	95.00–99.00	608	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	107.45/cwt	105.00–110.00	553	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	658	102.49/cwt	100.00–105.00	674	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	154.73/cwt	150.00–160.00	580	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	785	89.49/cwt	89.00–90.00	702	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	663	109.32/cwt	108.00–110.00	725	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	142.39/cwt	140.00–145.00	676	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	425	132.74/cwt	130.00–136.00	564	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	521	125.25/cwt	120.00–129.00	653	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,160	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	10,440	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	798	759.91/cwt	750.00–770.00	6,064	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	117.27/cwt	115.00–120.00	616	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	122.17/cwt	115.00–124.50	876	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	468	124.12/cwt	122.50–125.00	581	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	623	111.60/cwt	107.50–115.00	695	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 Jul 22, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 474Last week 522Year ago 534

Slaughter CattleReceipts 80Last week 41Year ago 160

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 41Year ago 64

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	490	131.00–132.00	131.49
4	—	510	128.00–132.50	131.34
4	—	618	119.00–121.00	119.98
4	—	660	114.00–117.00	116.23
5	—	571	120.00–125.00	123.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	574	129.00–131.50	130.20
4	—	666	120.00–132.00	126.16
9	—	638	124.00–127.00	125.88
9	—	717	115.00–124.50	122.17
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	525	115.00–120.00	117.27
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	532	130.00–135.00	131.58
5	—	667	116.00–121.00	119.76
10	—	622	119.00–124.00	122.96
11	—	566	124.00–125.00	124.09
2	—	475	140.00–145.00	142.39
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	535	115.00–117.50	115.59
4	—	575	100.00–105.00	102.41
2	—	658	100.00–105.00	102.49
2	—	785	89.00–90.00	89.49
3	—	425	130.00–136.00	132.74
3	—	468	122.50–125.00	124.12
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	575	112.50–123.00	118.13
11	—	480	133.00–137.00	135.89
2	—	375	150.00–160.00	154.73
3	—	663	108.00–110.00	109.32
6	—	521	120.00–129.00	125.25
6	—	623	107.50–115.00	111.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	675	102.50–105.00	103.71
2	—	775	98.00–105.00	101.41
7	—	537	122.00–125.00	124.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	579	95.00–102.50	98.02
8	—	415	120.00–122.50	121.22
10	—	473	112.50–120.00	116.14
3	—	625	95.00–99.00	97.29
4	—	515	105.00–110.00	107.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	628	102.50–109.00	105.81
9	—	573	109.00–118.00	113.80
11	—	467	122.50–126.00	124.63
6	—	425	124.00–128.00	125.30
11	—	530	112.50–120.00	115.94

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,545	83.00	83.00
2	—	1,903	97.00–98.00	97.53
3	—	2,132	89.00–92.00	90.29
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,435	67.00	67.00
3	—	1,297	61.00–65.00	63.05
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,066	58.00–59.00	58.74
5	—	978	50.00–57.00	53.47
6	—	881	42.00–48.00	45.32
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,130	52.00–58.00	55.34
13	—	1,164	67.00–74.00	69.00
25	—	1,131	59.00–66.00	63.13

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)	1	—	1,160	900.00	900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	798	750.00–770.00	759.91

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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Reporter comment USDA

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle