Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2020-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 lower, slaughter bulls 6.00 to 8.00 lower, feeder steers and steer calves unevenly steady, feeder bulls and bull calves mostly steady, feeder heifers and heifer calves steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.49/cwt on 131 head.

Average price

$114.49

131 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$618

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$130

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

$0.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.65

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	614	114.88	705	26
Medium and Large 2	558	114.83	640	33
Medium and Large 3	504	114.19	576	72

One grade step is worth $0.69/cwt here — about $130 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 sale131 hd

114.49

—

GA average17 barns · 1,673 hd

112.84

+1.65

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	1,692	82.29	1,392	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,244	56.04	697	80
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,437	53.43	768	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,094	48.42	530	25

Every lot, as filed

43 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	—	725	112.72/cwt	110.00–115.00	817	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	725	102.26/cwt	98.00–106.00	741	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	108.95/cwt	106.00–112.50	735	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	576	117.93/cwt	116.00–122.00	679	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	629	113.17/cwt	109.00–119.00	712	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	482	130.20/cwt	128.00–135.00	628	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	571	110.81/cwt	105.00–115.00	633	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	521	118.52/cwt	112.50–122.50	617	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	627	103.34/cwt	100.00–107.50	648	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	108.61/cwt	102.50–112.50	733	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	112.96/cwt	109.00–114.50	715	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	119.48/cwt	119.00–124.00	680	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	95.57/cwt	92.50–100.00	648	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	113.95/cwt	109.00–117.50	660	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	514	119.99/cwt	116.00–124.00	617	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	124.92/cwt	122.50–127.50	531	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	573	101.60/cwt	97.50–105.00	582	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	528	108.39/cwt	105.00–115.00	572	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	477	120.77/cwt	115.00–123.00	576	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	118.40/cwt	115.00–120.00	807	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	129.62/cwt	127.50–131.00	792	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	819	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	128.55/cwt	124.00–131.00	728	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	624	119.24/cwt	117.50–122.50	744	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	132.94/cwt	131.00–135.00	697	25
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	118.62/cwt	115.00–122.50	682	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	137.44/cwt	135.00–140.00	584	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	623	113.96/cwt	110.00–116.00	710	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	474	129.70/cwt	127.50–135.00	615	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	531	121.70/cwt	121.00–127.50	646	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	11,353	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	870.00/cwt	870.00–870.00	9,657	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,060	792.81/cwt	740.00–860.00	8,404	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,000	705.73/cwt	640.00–750.00	7,057	2
Bulls	—	—	1,500	80.00/cwt	79.00–81.00	1,200	3
Bulls	—	—	1,836	84.00/cwt	83.00–86.00	1,542	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,420	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	966	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	53.33/cwt	49.00–55.00	653	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	57.93/cwt	56.00–63.00	727	44
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	51.03/cwt	50.00–52.00	730	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,442	55.29/cwt	54.00–57.00	797	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,153	44.01/cwt	40.00–47.00	507	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	51.88/cwt	49.00–55.00	544	14

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 23, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 927Last week 735Year ago 762

Slaughter CattleReceipts 142Last week 68Year ago 102

Replacement CattleReceipts 26Last week 23Year ago 25

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	725	110.00–115.00	112.72
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	725	98.00–106.00	102.26
4	—	675	106.00–112.50	108.95
17	—	576	116.00–122.00	117.93
19	—	629	109.00–119.00	113.17
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	482	128.00–135.00	130.20
11	—	571	105.00–115.00	110.81
14	—	521	112.50–122.50	118.52
14	—	627	100.00–107.50	103.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	675	102.50–112.50	108.61
10	—	633	109.00–114.50	112.96
11	—	569	119.00–124.00	119.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	678	92.50–100.00	95.57
12	—	579	109.00–117.50	113.95
17	—	514	116.00–124.00	119.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	425	122.50–127.50	124.92
6	—	573	97.50–105.00	101.60
30	—	528	105.00–115.00	108.39
33	—	477	115.00–123.00	120.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	682	115.00–120.00	118.40
7	—	611	127.50–131.00	129.62
11	—	718	114.00	114.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	566	124.00–131.00	128.55
12	—	624	117.50–122.50	119.24
25	—	524	131.00–135.00	132.94
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	115.00–122.50	118.62
4	—	425	135.00–140.00	137.44
6	—	623	110.00–116.00	113.96
10	—	474	127.50–135.00	129.70
11	—	531	121.00–127.50	121.70

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)	1	—	1,195	950.00	950.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,110	870.00	870.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,060	740.00–860.00	792.81
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,000	640.00–750.00	705.73

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,500	79.00–81.00	80.00
4	—	1,836	83.00–86.00	84.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,420	68.00	68.00
35	—	1,225	49.00–55.00	53.33
44	—	1,255	56.00–63.00	57.93
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,430	50.00–52.00	51.03
9	—	1,442	54.00–57.00	55.29
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,153	40.00–47.00	44.01
14	—	1,048	49.00–55.00	51.88

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