Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2021-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder classes lightly tested, replacement cows steady

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $126.60/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −88.22 against this barn's trailing median of $214.82.

Average price

$126.60

38 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$670

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$171

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

$13.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.21

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	413	135.93	562	10thin
Medium and Large 2	506	125.82	637	9thin
Medium and Large 1	601	122.06	733	19thin

One grade step is worth $13.87/cwt here — about −$171 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 sale38 hd

126.60

—

GA average15 barns · 1,264 hd

125.39

+1.21

This barn, trailing median20 sales

214.82

−88.22

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	1,664	96.26	1,601	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,200	71.48	858	70
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,485	68.93	1,023	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,077	58.34	628	7thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,625	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,219	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,418	64.16/cwt	62.00–65.00	910	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	723	108.28/cwt	105.00–111.00	783	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	69.61/cwt	68.00–72.00	1,037	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	130.97/cwt	130.00–132.00	753	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	715	830.00/cwt	830.00–830.00	5,935	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	532	132.95/cwt	132.00–135.00	707	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	124.65/cwt	124.00–125.00	708	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,284	76.34/cwt	74.00–80.00	980	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,052	62.90/cwt	60.00–65.00	662	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,184	70.53/cwt	66.00–73.00	835	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	629	115.32/cwt	112.00–120.00	725	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	423	134.32/cwt	130.00–137.50	568	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	109.41/cwt	107.00–112.00	629	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	129.13/cwt	123.00–131.00	597	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	482	130.89/cwt	129.00–135.00	631	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	123.28/cwt	120.00–125.00	639	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,100	728.69/cwt	660.00–840.00	8,016	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	905	683.01/cwt	630.00–730.00	6,181	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	124.67/cwt	120.00–130.00	532	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	915.89/cwt	890.00–940.00	10,258	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	698	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	375	142.37/cwt	140.00–145.00	534	2
Bulls	—	—	1,745	97.34/cwt	97.00–98.00	1,699	3
Bulls	—	—	1,420	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,321	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	118.42/cwt	114.00–121.00	613	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	117.89/cwt	114.00–120.00	552	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	61.31/cwt	59.00–64.00	671	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,052	54.39/cwt	53.00–55.00	572	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,173	838.25/cwt	820.00–860.00	9,833	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	900	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	675	111.97/cwt	111.00–113.00	756	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	482	140.31/cwt	140.00–141.00	676	3

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 May 5, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 126Last week 355Year ago 397

Slaughter CattleReceipts 104Last week 66Year ago 82

Replacement CattleReceipts 28Last week 42Year ago 31

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder classes lightly tested, replacement cows steady

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,625	75.00	75.00
3	—	1,418	62.00–65.00	64.16
12	—	1,490	68.00–72.00	69.61
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,284	74.00–80.00	76.34
8	—	1,052	60.00–65.00	62.90
40	—	1,184	66.00–73.00	70.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,095	59.00–64.00	61.31
3	—	1,052	53.00–55.00	54.39
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,745	97.00–98.00	97.34
1	—	1,420	93.00	93.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	723	105.00–111.00	108.28
3	—	532	132.00–135.00	132.95
3	—	568	124.00–125.00	124.65
5	—	629	112.00–120.00	115.32
2	—	675	111.00–113.00	111.97
3	—	482	140.00–141.00	140.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	423	130.00–137.50	134.32
2	—	375	140.00–145.00	142.37
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	482	129.00–135.00	130.89
6	—	518	120.00–125.00	123.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	130.00–132.00	130.97
1	—	605	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	107.00–112.00	109.41
16	—	462	123.00–131.00	129.13
6	—	518	114.00–121.00	118.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	427	120.00–130.00	124.67
3	—	468	114.00–120.00	117.89

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	715	830.00	830.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,100	660.00–840.00	728.69
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	905	630.00–730.00	683.01
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	700.00	700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,120	890.00–940.00	915.89
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,173	820.00–860.00	838.25

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

Slaughter Cattle

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