Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2020-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows and bulls steady, 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

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $129.20/cwt on 123 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −85.62 against this barn's trailing median of $214.82.

Average price

$129.20

123 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$665

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$114

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

$31.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.89

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	472	133.06	628	76
Medium and Large 2	549	128.07	703	38
Medium and Large 1	733	101.29	742	9thin

One grade step is worth $31.78/cwt here — about −$114 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 sale123 hd

129.20

—

GA average17 barns · 1,998 hd

127.31

+1.89

This barn, trailing median20 sales

214.82

−85.62

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	1,519	82.51	1,254	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,188	57.70	686	87
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,423	55.46	789	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,065	49.71	530	23

Every lot, as filed

49 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	—	718	103.93/cwt	100.00–106.00	746	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	675	111.49/cwt	111.00–112.00	753	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	374	150.08/cwt	145.00–155.00	561	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	668	102.61/cwt	100.00–104.00	685	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	113.52/cwt	110.00–117.00	650	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	122.41/cwt	116.00–123.50	656	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	99.29/cwt	95.00–101.00	715	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	791	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	791	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	128.96/cwt	128.00–130.00	613	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	436	139.62/cwt	137.50–147.50	609	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	371	161.98/cwt	157.50–165.00	601	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,007	53.07/cwt	50.00–56.00	534	10
Bulls	—	—	1,657	85.22/cwt	82.00–88.00	1,412	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	152.38/cwt	150.00–155.00	648	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	122.88/cwt	120.00–127.00	713	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	121.21/cwt	120.00–122.50	818	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	100.87/cwt	95.00–105.00	674	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	773	94.20/cwt	90.00–97.00	728	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	631	111.72/cwt	109.00–118.00	705	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	119.45/cwt	112.00–121.00	849	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,165	57.67/cwt	57.00–59.00	672	3
Bulls	—	—	1,244	77.09/cwt	73.00–80.00	959	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,345	51.57/cwt	50.00–53.00	694	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,167	57.57/cwt	54.00–61.00	672	61
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	820	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	4,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,163	793.83/cwt	760.00–840.00	9,232	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,446	56.61/cwt	54.00–60.00	819	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,172	51.66/cwt	50.00–53.00	605	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	484	136.91/cwt	132.50–142.50	663	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	632	110.12/cwt	109.00–112.50	696	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,296	63.44/cwt	62.00–68.00	822	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,094	43.96/cwt	42.00–48.00	481	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	524	109.02/cwt	105.00–112.50	571	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	482	115.69/cwt	112.50–122.50	558	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	625	102.42/cwt	100.00–105.00	640	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	945	596.03/cwt	550.00–640.00	5,632	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,096	626.90/cwt	570.00–730.00	6,871	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	571	113.34/cwt	107.50–117.50	647	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	571	104.13/cwt	97.50–108.00	595	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	124.19/cwt	121.00–125.00	779	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	621	102.43/cwt	99.00–105.00	636	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	325	163.67/cwt	162.50–165.00	532	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	427	127.14/cwt	122.50–132.50	543	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	475	134.95/cwt	130.00–140.00	641	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	522	123.34/cwt	117.50–128.00	644	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	133.54/cwt	130.00–136.00	694	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	130.64/cwt	127.50–134.00	751	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	517	129.65/cwt	126.00–133.00	670	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	113.37/cwt	109.00–118.00	765	2

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 Dec 9, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 751Last week 543Year ago 547

Slaughter CattleReceipts 176Last week 109Year ago 76

Replacement CattleReceipts 54Last week 64Year ago 33

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	718	100.00–106.00	103.93
2	—	675	111.00–112.00	111.49
4	—	773	90.00–97.00	94.20
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	374	145.00–155.00	150.08
17	—	436	137.50–147.50	139.62
2	—	625	100.00–105.00	102.42
11	—	571	107.50–117.50	113.34
2	—	325	162.50–165.00	163.67
16	—	475	130.00–140.00	134.95
15	—	522	117.50–128.00	123.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	668	100.00–104.00	102.61
6	—	371	157.50–165.00	161.98
2	—	425	150.00–155.00	152.38
16	—	580	120.00–127.00	122.88
7	—	631	109.00–118.00	111.72
4	—	520	130.00–136.00	133.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	573	110.00–117.00	113.52
7	—	536	116.00–123.50	122.41
2	—	475	128.00–130.00	128.96
4	—	621	99.00–105.00	102.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	720	95.00–101.00	99.29
3	—	791	100.00	100.00
11	—	668	95.00–105.00	100.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	524	105.00–112.50	109.02
13	—	482	112.50–122.50	115.69
13	—	571	97.50–108.00	104.13
6	—	427	122.50–132.50	127.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	675	120.00–122.50	121.21
16	—	711	112.00–121.00	119.45
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	484	132.50–142.50	136.91
3	—	632	109.00–112.50	110.12
19	—	517	126.00–133.00	129.65
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	627	121.00–125.00	124.19
4	—	575	127.50–134.00	130.64
2	—	675	109.00–118.00	113.37

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,007	50.00–56.00	53.07
3	—	1,165	57.00–59.00	57.67
10	—	1,094	42.00–48.00	43.96
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,345	50.00–53.00	51.57
17	—	1,446	54.00–60.00	56.61
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,167	54.00–61.00	57.57
12	—	1,172	50.00–53.00	51.66
14	—	1,296	62.00–68.00	63.44
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,657	82.00–88.00	85.22
5	—	1,244	73.00–80.00	77.09

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	820	500.00	500.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	945	550.00–640.00	596.03
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,096	570.00–730.00	626.90
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,163	760.00–840.00	793.83

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

Feeder Cattle

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