Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2021-01-06

Athens

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Wed, Jan 6
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1940
Feeder Cattle receipts
486 head
219 vs last sale 705 193 vs year ago 679 · 28.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
152 head
31 vs last sale 121 49 vs year ago 103 · +47.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
55 head
26 vs last sale 29 12 vs year ago 43 · +27.9%
Also sold hereSpecial Feeder Cattle SaleThu Aug 13, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends are available due to the market being closed the previous week.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $140.83/cwt on 74 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits 73.98 against this barn's trailing median of $214.82.
Average price
$140.83
74 head · 524 lb average
Value per head Derived
$739
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$105
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$33.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.52
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1509158.0580516thin
Medium and Large 2472155.6373422
Medium and Large 3563124.1469936
One grade step is worth $33.91/cwt here — about $105 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
241218194171median 214.8212/1702/1804/0105/2007/15
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 sale74 hd
140.83
GA average13 barns · 1,003 hd
127.31
+13.52
This barn, trailing median20 sales
214.82
−73.98
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,79182.341,4759thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49157.4585729
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17956.8767172
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07148.1551629

Every lot, as filed

42 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 167793.25/cwt90.00–100.006317
HeifersMedium and Large 1752100.00/cwt100.00–100.007525
HeifersMedium and Large 1623109.27/cwt106.00–112.006813
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-21,210920.00/cwt920.00–920.0011,1322
SteersMedium and Large 1787116.00/cwt116.00–116.009138
BullsMedium and Large 3374171.14/cwt167.50–175.006406
BullsMedium and Large 3629107.93/cwt105.00–112.506795
BullsMedium and Large 3529129.49/cwt126.00–136.006855
BullsMedium and Large 1674110.19/cwt110.00–111.007435
HeifersMedium and Large 262395.41/cwt90.00–100.005944
BullsMedium and Large 2374182.68/cwt177.50–187.506839
HeifersMedium and Large 2574105.18/cwt100.00–110.0060410
BullsMedium and Large 2619113.28/cwt113.00–115.007017
BullsMedium and Large 2468159.12/cwt157.50–160.007453
BullsMedium and Large 1425182.29/cwt177.50–187.507759
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29366.59/cwt65.00–68.008614
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19059.29/cwt56.00–63.0070638
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15052.52/cwt49.00–55.0060430
Bulls1,81475.10/cwt73.00–76.001,3624
Bulls1,99594.48/cwt94.00–95.001,8852
Bulls1,62583.91/cwt81.00–87.001,3643
BullsMedium and Large 3684101.37/cwt100.00–105.006937
BullsMedium and Large 3574118.88/cwt115.00–125.0068213
BullsMedium and Large 2425169.84/cwt165.00–175.007223
HeifersMedium and Large 3425123.69/cwt122.50–125.005262
HeifersMedium and Large 356393.94/cwt90.00–95.005295
HeifersMedium and Large 3478114.29/cwt110.00–120.0054612
HeifersMedium and Large 3521105.91/cwt100.00–110.0055213
SteersMedium and Large 3575123.71/cwt122.50–125.007112
SteersMedium and Large 2483167.99/cwt165.00–175.008114
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,192743.22/cwt700.00–785.008,8593
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,271915.22/cwt840.00–990.0011,6327
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,232810.43/cwt775.00–860.009,9843
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,002555.71/cwt510.00–580.005,5683
BullsMedium and Large 1475168.59/cwt165.00–172.508012
SteersMedium and Large 3618115.87/cwt110.00–119.007163
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46960.35/cwt58.00–65.0088714
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51254.74/cwt52.00–57.0082815
CowsLean 85-90%1,01552.19/cwt50.00–56.0053012
CowsLean 85-90%1,19058.00/cwt58.00–58.006901
CowsLean 85-90%1,10544.51/cwt42.00–47.0049216
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,2181,073.00/cwt1,000.00–1,150.0013,0694

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.