Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2020-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows and bulls steady, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and bull calves mostly steady, feeder heifers and heifer calves steady to 2.00 lower. replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $113.28/cwt on 81 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −101.54 against this barn's trailing median of $214.82.

Average price

$113.28

81 head · 509 lb average

Value per head Derived

$577

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$57

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

$2.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.55

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	518	114.78	594	28
Medium and Large 1	568	114.20	648	15thin
Medium and Large 3	480	111.81	537	38

One grade step is worth $2.98/cwt here — about $57 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 sale81 hd

113.28

—

GA average13 barns · 1,004 hd

113.82

−0.55

This barn, trailing median20 sales

214.82

−101.54

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	—	Average	1,644	81.55	1,340	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,187	55.63	660	43
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,541	54.82	845	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	995	43.54	433	9thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,245	820.00/cwt	820.00–820.00	10,209	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,233	794.30/cwt	780.00–810.00	9,794	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,014	669.08/cwt	630.00–700.00	6,784	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	952	602.28/cwt	530.00–670.00	5,734	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	355	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	568	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	133.70/cwt	132.50–135.00	635	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	112.67/cwt	111.00–115.00	648	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	7,194	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	98.39/cwt	95.00–105.00	620	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	108.71/cwt	107.50–110.00	625	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	131.80/cwt	130.00–135.00	567	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	530	113.56/cwt	110.00–120.00	602	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	109.18/cwt	107.50–112.50	580	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	101.92/cwt	95.00–105.00	578	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	92.12/cwt	90.00–94.00	576	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	119.08/cwt	115.00–122.50	682	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	619	103.17/cwt	100.00–105.00	639	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	378	131.73/cwt	127.50–137.50	498	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	426	117.15/cwt	112.50–122.50	499	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	523	106.61/cwt	105.00–108.00	558	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	368	141.61/cwt	140.00–142.50	521	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	121.81/cwt	120.00–125.00	646	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	566	105.20/cwt	100.00–108.00	595	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	579	92.82/cwt	90.00–97.50	537	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	132.38/cwt	130.00–135.00	563	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	101.11/cwt	95.00–105.00	526	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	114.41/cwt	110.00–117.50	712	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	128.05/cwt	125.00–130.00	602	4
Bulls	—	—	1,750	83.29/cwt	81.00–85.00	1,458	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	45.46/cwt	42.00–49.00	452	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,544	55.42/cwt	54.00–60.00	856	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	61.09/cwt	60.00–62.00	769	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	478	111.77/cwt	107.50–117.50	534	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	426	119.61/cwt	115.00–125.00	510	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	36.84/cwt	35.00–39.00	366	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	50.53/cwt	49.00–51.00	563	5
Bulls	—	—	1,253	75.18/cwt	73.00–77.00	942	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	51.99/cwt	51.00–53.00	793	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	473	107.79/cwt	102.50–112.50	510	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	56.03/cwt	52.00–59.00	668	36

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 Oct 28, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 360Last week 420Year ago 411

Slaughter CattleReceipts 105Last week 93Year ago 72

Replacement CattleReceipts 47Last week 36Year ago 34

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	—	1,245	820.00	820.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,233	780.00–810.00	794.30
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,090	660.00	660.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,014	630.00–700.00	669.08
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	952	530.00–670.00	602.28

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	160.00	160.00
2	—	475	132.50–135.00	133.70
5	—	575	111.00–115.00	112.67
7	—	619	100.00–105.00	103.17
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	430	130.00–135.00	131.80
11	—	530	110.00–120.00	113.56
3	—	625	90.00–94.00	92.12
3	—	368	140.00–142.50	141.61
7	—	566	100.00–108.00	105.20
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	378	127.50–137.50	131.73
9	—	523	105.00–108.00	106.61
5	—	579	90.00–97.50	92.82
12	—	478	107.50–117.50	111.77
8	—	426	115.00–125.00	119.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	630	95.00–105.00	98.39
2	—	575	107.50–110.00	108.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	531	107.50–112.50	109.18
10	—	567	95.00–105.00	101.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	426	112.50–122.50	117.15
8	—	520	95.00–105.00	101.11
13	—	473	102.50–112.50	107.79
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	573	115.00–122.50	119.08
3	—	622	110.00–117.50	114.41
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	530	120.00–125.00	121.81
2	—	425	130.00–135.00	132.38
4	—	470	125.00–130.00	128.05

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,750	81.00–85.00	83.29
3	—	1,253	73.00–77.00	75.18
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	995	42.00–49.00	45.46
2	—	993	35.00–39.00	36.84
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,544	54.00–60.00	55.42
4	—	1,525	51.00–53.00	51.99
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,258	60.00–62.00	61.09
5	—	1,115	49.00–51.00	50.53
36	—	1,193	52.00–59.00	56.03

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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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

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle