Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2020-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows and bulls 6.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder steers and steer calves steady, feeder bulls and bull calves unevenly steady, feeder heifers and heifer calves mostly steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.43/cwt on 104 head.

Average price

$121.43

104 head · 512 lb average

Value per head Derived

$621

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$138

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

$0.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.35

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	587	121.59	714	15thin
Medium and Large 2	531	121.51	645	38
Medium and Large 3	475	121.32	576	51

One grade step is worth $0.26/cwt here — about $138 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 sale104 hd

121.43

—

GA average17 barns · 1,535 hd

119.08

+2.35

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	1,534	101.56	1,558	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,243	70.50	876	47
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,424	70.30	1,001	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	996	61.80	616	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
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	573	100.35/cwt	95.00–105.00	575	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	123.14/cwt	117.50–127.00	650	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	472	121.60/cwt	117.50–125.00	574	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	518	111.55/cwt	105.00–115.00	578	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,001	62.24/cwt	59.00–65.00	623	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,428	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	942	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,246	70.54/cwt	67.00–74.00	879	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,281	76.79/cwt	75.00–81.00	984	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	63.41/cwt	59.00–66.00	755	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	539	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,423	70.96/cwt	67.00–74.00	1,010	13
Bulls	—	—	1,813	102.67/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,861	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	527	117.94/cwt	115.00–122.50	622	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	475	124.96/cwt	122.50–127.50	594	6
Bulls	—	—	1,249	95.03/cwt	91.00–98.00	1,187	9
Bulls	—	—	1,684	110.24/cwt	107.00–114.00	1,856	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	635	113.46/cwt	112.50–117.50	720	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	668	108.95/cwt	105.00–111.00	728	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	571	119.75/cwt	118.00–121.00	684	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	529	128.91/cwt	125.00–135.00	682	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	162.41/cwt	160.00–165.00	609	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	725	111.38/cwt	107.50–115.00	808	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	422	133.42/cwt	127.50–135.00	563	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	114.95/cwt	112.00–120.00	710	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	574	113.88/cwt	110.00–117.50	654	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	124.00/cwt	120.00–127.00	714	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	102.28/cwt	100.00–105.00	639	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	129.09/cwt	129.00–130.00	622	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	582	128.41/cwt	125.00–132.00	747	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	516	134.18/cwt	132.00–135.00	692	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	144.76/cwt	140.00–145.00	630	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	915	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	871	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	126.48/cwt	124.00–128.00	789	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	528	126.59/cwt	124.00–130.00	668	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,043	1,186.50/cwt	1,160.00–1,210.00	12,375	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,247	1,033.74/cwt	1,000.00–1,090.00	12,891	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 Jul 29, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 449Last week 474Year ago 568

Slaughter CattleReceipts 112Last week 80Year ago 142

Replacement CattleReceipts 24Last week 27Year ago 46

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	573	95.00–105.00	100.35
16	—	472	117.50–125.00	121.60
12	—	518	105.00–115.00	111.55
18	—	422	127.50–135.00	133.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	528	117.50–127.00	123.14
7	—	574	110.00–117.50	113.88
3	—	625	100.00–105.00	102.28
11	—	482	129.00–130.00	129.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	618	112.00–120.00	114.95
11	—	576	120.00–127.00	124.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	527	115.00–122.50	117.94
6	—	475	122.50–127.50	124.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	635	112.50–117.50	113.46
6	—	668	105.00–111.00	108.95
5	—	571	118.00–121.00	119.75
5	—	529	125.00–135.00	128.91
3	—	375	160.00–165.00	162.41
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	725	107.50–115.00	111.38
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	582	125.00–132.00	128.41
16	—	516	132.00–135.00	134.18
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	435	140.00–145.00	144.76
8	—	528	124.00–130.00	126.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	775	118.00	118.00
4	—	708	123.00	123.00
6	—	624	124.00–128.00	126.48

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,001	59.00–65.00	62.24
1	—	945	57.00	57.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,428	66.00	66.00
13	—	1,423	67.00–74.00	70.96
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,246	67.00–74.00	70.54
10	—	1,281	75.00–81.00	76.79
9	—	1,191	59.00–66.00	63.41
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,813	100.00–106.00	102.67
9	—	1,249	91.00–98.00	95.03
6	—	1,684	107.00–114.00	110.24

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,043	1,160.00–1,210.00	1,186.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,247	1,000.00–1,090.00	1,033.74

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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Reporter comment USDA

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle