Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2020-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows and bulls 4.00 to 5.00 lower, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and bull calves steady, feeder heifers and heifer calves lightly tested, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.34/cwt on 50 head.

Average price

$116.34

50 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$612

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$123

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

$4.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.18

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	475	118.14	561	21
Medium and Large 2	534	116.24	620	17thin
Medium and Large 1	604	113.31	684	12thin

One grade step is worth $4.83/cwt here — about −$123 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 sale50 hd

116.34

—

GA average16 barns · 1,322 hd

114.16

+2.18

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	1,535	86.57	1,329	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,451	58.97	856	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,185	57.34	679	74
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,052	52.96	557	26

Every lot, as filed

34 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	—	568	131.91/cwt	128.00–134.00	749	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	634	123.96/cwt	120.00–126.00	786	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	675	115.13/cwt	110.00–120.00	777	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	103.88/cwt	100.00–108.00	701	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	130.15/cwt	125.00–133.00	677	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	325	162.35/cwt	160.00–165.00	528	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	1,060.26/cwt	970.00–1,110.00	12,458	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,172	956.93/cwt	900.00–1,050.00	11,215	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	810	682.78/cwt	670.00–700.00	5,531	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,077	825.34/cwt	750.00–900.00	8,889	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	117.57/cwt	112.50–122.00	564	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	131.69/cwt	130.00–135.00	764	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	136.72/cwt	136.00–137.50	649	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	122.41/cwt	120.00–125.00	704	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	526	133.76/cwt	131.00–135.00	704	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,179	806.84/cwt	700.00–860.00	9,513	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,172	54.84/cwt	50.00–57.00	643	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	116.09/cwt	112.50–119.00	663	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	111.33/cwt	107.50–112.50	698	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	107.41/cwt	105.00–110.00	618	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	117.42/cwt	112.50–122.00	620	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	123.57/cwt	120.00–127.50	525	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	64.21/cwt	60.00–67.00	973	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,424	56.73/cwt	55.00–58.00	808	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	56.08/cwt	54.00–61.00	593	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	51.01/cwt	48.00–53.00	535	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	745	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	60.05/cwt	58.00–65.00	722	33
Bulls	—	—	1,430	83.13/cwt	82.00–84.00	1,189	2
Bulls	—	—	1,570	87.72/cwt	86.00–90.00	1,377	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	375	151.18/cwt	150.00–152.50	567	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	277	169.34/cwt	165.00–175.00	469	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	613	103.32/cwt	97.00–105.00	633	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	527	118.24/cwt	115.00–122.50	623	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 Sep 2, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 273Last week 683Year ago 480

Slaughter CattleReceipts 133Last week 134Year ago 124

Replacement CattleReceipts 48Last week 84Year ago 29

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	568	128.00–134.00	131.91
3	—	634	120.00–126.00	123.96
5	—	675	110.00–120.00	115.13
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	675	100.00–108.00	103.88
4	—	520	125.00–133.00	130.15
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	160.00–165.00	162.35
2	—	375	150.00–152.50	151.18
5	—	277	165.00–175.00	169.34
5	—	613	97.00–105.00	103.32
6	—	527	115.00–122.50	118.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	480	112.50–122.00	117.57
2	—	425	120.00–127.50	123.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	571	112.50–119.00	116.09
7	—	627	107.50–112.50	111.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	105.00–110.00	107.41
15	—	528	112.50–122.00	117.42
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	580	130.00–135.00	131.69
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	136.00–137.50	136.72
2	—	575	120.00–125.00	122.41
5	—	526	131.00–135.00	133.76

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)	2	—	1,175	970.00–1,110.00	1,060.26
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,172	900.00–1,050.00	956.93
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	810	670.00–700.00	682.78
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,077	750.00–900.00	825.34
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,179	700.00–860.00	806.84

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,172	50.00–57.00	54.84
1	—	1,095	68.00	68.00
33	—	1,203	58.00–65.00	60.05
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,515	60.00–67.00	64.21
7	—	1,424	55.00–58.00	56.73
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,058	54.00–61.00	56.08
16	—	1,048	48.00–53.00	51.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,430	82.00–84.00	83.13
6	—	1,570	86.00–90.00	87.72

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle