Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2020-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows and bulls 5.00 to 7.00 lower, feeder steers and steer calves 3.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder bulls and bull calves unevenly steady, feeder heifers and heifer calves mostly steady, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.12/cwt on 139 head.

Average price

$118.12

139 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$611

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$61

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

$1.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.32

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	524	119.00	624	45
Medium and Large 1	584	118.43	692	31
Medium and Large 3	479	117.33	563	63

One grade step is worth $1.67/cwt here — about $61 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 sale139 hd

118.12

—

GA average17 barns · 1,624 hd

120.44

−2.32

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	1,732	92.36	1,599	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,227	60.96	748	65
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,437	59.62	857	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,036	52.14	540	25

Every lot, as filed

39 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	—	635	121.12/cwt	120.00–125.00	769	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	725	109.79/cwt	105.00–114.00	796	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	672	113.97/cwt	110.00–116.00	766	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	167.35/cwt	165.00–170.00	544	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	104.94/cwt	101.00–109.00	708	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	517	134.02/cwt	130.00–136.00	693	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	588	123.05/cwt	122.50–126.00	724	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	624	114.02/cwt	110.00–117.50	711	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	615	104.34/cwt	102.50–105.00	642	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	527	123.30/cwt	120.00–128.00	650	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	478	132.04/cwt	130.00–135.00	631	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	577	114.51/cwt	110.00–120.00	661	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	106.96/cwt	103.00–112.00	671	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	123.89/cwt	115.00–125.50	699	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	134.62/cwt	132.00–137.50	572	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	127.11/cwt	125.00–132.50	614	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	109.41/cwt	105.00–112.50	626	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	118.99/cwt	115.00–125.00	626	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	432	127.15/cwt	125.00–130.00	549	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	518	109.19/cwt	103.00–112.50	566	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	479	117.54/cwt	112.50–122.50	563	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	880	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	131.49/cwt	123.00–132.00	890	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	133.31/cwt	125.00–134.50	815	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	131.70/cwt	127.50–135.00	755	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	139.70/cwt	137.50–140.00	636	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	533	135.69/cwt	130.00–137.50	723	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,347	1,153.29/cwt	1,125.00–1,180.00	15,535	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,244	1,144.29/cwt	1,050.00–1,210.00	14,235	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,059	942.82/cwt	880.00–1,000.00	9,984	10
Bulls	—	—	1,673	88.41/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,479	4
Bulls	—	—	1,755	93.94/cwt	92.00–98.00	1,649	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,314	68.30/cwt	67.00–70.00	897	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,211	57.13/cwt	55.00–58.00	692	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,224	61.47/cwt	59.00–66.00	752	47
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,302	56.34/cwt	56.00–57.00	734	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,462	60.23/cwt	58.00–64.00	881	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	954	48.20/cwt	46.00–50.00	460	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	54.35/cwt	52.00–59.00	588	16

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 Aug 5, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 600Last week 449Year ago 440

Slaughter CattleReceipts 135Last week 112Year ago 103

Replacement CattleReceipts 69Last week 24Year ago 32

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	635	120.00–125.00	121.12
7	—	725	105.00–114.00	109.79
12	—	672	110.00–116.00	113.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	165.00–170.00	167.35
4	—	675	101.00–109.00	104.94
5	—	517	130.00–136.00	134.02
6	—	588	122.50–126.00	123.05
17	—	624	110.00–117.50	114.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	615	102.50–105.00	104.34
11	—	527	120.00–128.00	123.30
13	—	478	130.00–135.00	132.04
19	—	577	110.00–120.00	114.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	627	103.00–112.00	106.96
21	—	564	115.00–125.50	123.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	132.00–137.50	134.62
8	—	483	125.00–132.50	127.11
10	—	572	105.00–112.50	109.41
25	—	526	115.00–125.00	118.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	432	125.00–130.00	127.15
20	—	518	103.00–112.50	109.19
27	—	479	112.50–122.50	117.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	721	122.00	122.00
18	—	677	123.00–132.00	131.49
30	—	611	125.00–134.50	133.31
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	573	127.50–135.00	131.70
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	455	137.50–140.00	139.70
16	—	533	130.00–137.50	135.69

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,347	1,125.00–1,180.00	1,153.29
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,244	1,050.00–1,210.00	1,144.29
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,059	880.00–1,000.00	942.82

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,673	85.00–90.00	88.41
10	—	1,755	92.00–98.00	93.94
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,314	67.00–70.00	68.30
14	—	1,211	55.00–58.00	57.13
47	—	1,224	59.00–66.00	61.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,302	56.00–57.00	56.34
16	—	1,462	58.00–64.00	60.23
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	954	46.00–50.00	48.20
16	—	1,082	52.00–59.00	54.35

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