Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2020-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows 7.00 to 8.00 lower, slaughter bulls 10.00 lower, feeder steers and steer calves steady, feeder bulls and bull calves 5.00 to 7.00 lower, feeder heifers and heifer calves 6.00 to 8.00 lower, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.53/cwt on 176 head.

Average price

$107.53

176 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$569

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$138

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

$14.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.42

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	479	110.73	530	95
Medium and Large 2	550	106.47	586	59
Medium and Large 1	692	96.55	668	22

One grade step is worth $14.18/cwt here — about −$138 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 sale176 hd

107.53

—

GA average18 barns · 2,117 hd

113.95

−6.42

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	1,552	69.09	1,072	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,272	46.99	598	60
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,501	44.68	671	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,095	40.78	447	17

Every lot, as filed

44 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	—	—	1,577	65.71/cwt	65.00–67.00	1,036	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,124	37.59/cwt	34.00–41.00	423	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	670	110.25/cwt	107.50–114.00	739	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	727	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	45.33/cwt	42.00–48.00	478	7
Bulls	—	—	1,544	70.21/cwt	68.00–74.00	1,084	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	56.76/cwt	55.00–59.00	724	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,252	43.30/cwt	39.00–46.00	542	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	98.48/cwt	96.00–99.00	652	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	629	98.88/cwt	95.00–105.00	622	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	1,025	920.00/cwt	920.00–920.00	9,430	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	890	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	6,141	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	130.52/cwt	130.00–131.00	685	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	119.30/cwt	118.00–120.00	678	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	111.82/cwt	106.00–116.00	583	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	581	92.58/cwt	90.00–97.50	538	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,441	42.02/cwt	40.00–44.00	606	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,294	49.75/cwt	47.00–54.00	644	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	101.06/cwt	95.00–105.00	526	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	531	115.89/cwt	112.50–123.00	615	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	8,546	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	938.00/cwt	910.00–960.00	10,177	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	710	109.00/cwt	102.50–111.00	774	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,275	740.00/cwt	740.00–740.00	9,435	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	123.75/cwt	122.50–135.00	647	18
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	459	133.30/cwt	133.00–137.50	612	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,000	666.34/cwt	590.00–720.00	6,663	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,538	46.35/cwt	45.00–49.00	713	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	623	84.31/cwt	80.00–87.50	525	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	478	110.49/cwt	105.00–116.00	528	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	101.93/cwt	99.00–105.00	584	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	473	131.56/cwt	127.50–135.00	622	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	120.59/cwt	115.00–121.50	681	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	91.11/cwt	87.50–94.00	704	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	110.46/cwt	109.00–112.00	746	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	628	110.09/cwt	106.00–116.00	691	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	102.45/cwt	100.00–105.00	692	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	675	91.21/cwt	90.00–92.50	616	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	122.09/cwt	115.00–125.00	516	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	573	107.99/cwt	102.50–112.50	619	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	120.81/cwt	120.50–124.00	815	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	93.45/cwt	90.00–98.00	687	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	100.95/cwt	100.00–104.00	641	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	93.78/cwt	90.00–98.00	586	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 Dec 16, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 705Last week 751Year ago 382

Slaughter CattleReceipts 121Last week 176Year ago 139

Replacement CattleReceipts 29Last week 54Year ago 58

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,577	65.00–67.00	65.71
9	—	1,544	68.00–74.00	70.21
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,124	34.00–41.00	37.59
7	—	1,054	42.00–48.00	45.33
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,275	55.00–59.00	56.76
30	—	1,252	39.00–46.00	43.30
26	—	1,294	47.00–54.00	49.75
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,441	40.00–44.00	42.02
8	—	1,538	45.00–49.00	46.35

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	670	107.50–114.00	110.25
10	—	710	102.50–111.00	109.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	629	95.00–105.00	98.88
11	—	531	112.50–123.00	115.89
3	—	473	127.50–135.00	131.56
2	—	675	90.00–92.50	91.21
9	—	573	102.50–112.50	107.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	130.00–131.00	130.52
3	—	568	118.00–120.00	119.30
6	—	628	106.00–116.00	110.09
3	—	675	100.00–105.00	102.45
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	570	127.50	127.50
2	—	675	109.00–112.00	110.46
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	523	122.50–135.00	123.75
16	—	459	133.00–137.50	133.30
13	—	565	115.00–121.50	120.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	675	120.50–124.00	120.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	662	96.00–99.00	98.48
3	—	773	87.50–94.00	91.11
6	—	735	90.00–98.00	93.45
4	—	635	100.00–104.00	100.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	521	106.00–116.00	111.82
21	—	573	99.00–105.00	101.93
6	—	625	90.00–98.00	93.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	581	90.00–97.50	92.58
15	—	520	95.00–105.00	101.06
4	—	623	80.00–87.50	84.31
35	—	478	105.00–116.00	110.49
34	—	423	115.00–125.00	122.09

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,025	920.00	920.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	890	690.00	690.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,055	810.00	810.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,085	910.00–960.00	938.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,275	740.00	740.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,000	590.00–720.00	666.34

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

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