Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2021-06-02

Athens

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Wed, Jun 2
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1940
Feeder Cattle receipts
372 head
▲ 29 vs last sale 343▼ 69 vs year ago 441 · −15.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
69 head
▼ 48 vs last sale 117▼ 67 vs year ago 136 · −49.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 48▼ 21 vs year ago 51 · −41.2%
Also sold hereSpecial Feeder Cattle SaleThu Sep 10, 2026
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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

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.27/cwt on 99 head.
Average price
$115.27
99 head · 570 lb average
Value per head Derived
$657
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$86
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$6.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.30
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3473117.8855723
Medium and Large 1618116.4471944
Medium and Large 2576111.7864432
One grade step is worth $6.10/cwt here — about −$86 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 sale99 hd
115.27
—
GA average15 barns · 1,469 hd
122.56
−7.30
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
Bulls—High1,56695.271,49214
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23869.2385731
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,67866.661,1199thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02658.145977thin

Every lot, as filed

53 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
BullsMedium and Large 1—725106.40/cwt103.00–110.007712
BullsMedium and Large 2—526129.50/cwt125.00–134.0068122
SteersMedium and Large 1—673120.15/cwt115.00–124.008094
HeifersMedium and Large 1—674110.63/cwt105.00–113.007468
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525129.93/cwt125.00–135.006827
SteersMedium and Large 1—725108.45/cwt105.00–112.007864
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—1,005970.00/cwt970.00–970.009,7492
SteersMedium and Large 2—532135.95/cwt135.00–138.007233
BullsMedium and Large 1—628113.01/cwt110.00–119.007106
BullsMedium and Large 1—585126.20/cwt125.00–130.007386
BullsMedium and Large 1—678110.70/cwt108.00–115.007514
Bulls——1,697101.40/cwt100.00–103.001,7213
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,81562.00/cwt62.00–62.001,1251
SteersMedium and Large 1—627127.58/cwt124.00–132.008003
Bulls——1,48587.84/cwt85.00–92.001,3043
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,66167.24/cwt65.00–70.001,1178
Bulls——1,54795.76/cwt93.00–98.001,4818
HeifersMedium and Large 1—573119.29/cwt115.00–125.0068411
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06063.96/cwt62.00–66.006782
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19567.88/cwt65.00–72.0081117
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,36775.26/cwt73.00–77.001,0299
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15462.97/cwt62.00–64.007275
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01355.81/cwt55.00–57.005655
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525107.45/cwt105.00–110.005644
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,042886.96/cwt850.00–950.009,2423
HeifersMedium and Large 1—629116.61/cwt110.00–118.0073313
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—975690.00/cwt690.00–690.006,7281
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,145841.31/cwt810.00–870.009,6332
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,018925.53/cwt920.00–930.009,4222
SteersMedium and Large 2—578123.91/cwt120.00–129.007166
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,075620.00/cwt620.00–620.006,6651
SteersMedium and Large 3—618108.96/cwt107.00–110.006733
SteersMedium and Large 3—575114.48/cwt114.00–115.006582
HeifersMedium and Large 3—478118.27/cwt115.00–122.5056512
SteersMedium and Large 3—375151.18/cwt150.00–152.505672
HeifersMedium and Large 2—568108.27/cwt105.00–110.006159
SteersMedium and Large 3—432143.13/cwt140.00–150.006183
BullsMedium and Large 3—431133.40/cwt130.00–140.0057510
BullsMedium and Large 3—524115.19/cwt110.00–120.006049
HeifersMedium and Large 3—434123.17/cwt122.50–125.005357
BullsMedium and Large 3—475126.15/cwt122.50–130.0059910
SteersMedium and Large 1—579134.30/cwt130.00–140.007785
SteersMedium and Large 3—473135.32/cwt130.00–140.006406
BullsMedium and Large 2—480135.03/cwt132.00–140.0064813
HeifersMedium and Large 2—468131.90/cwt125.00–135.006176
HeifersMedium and Large 2—72592.43/cwt90.00–95.006702
HeifersMedium and Large 2—516120.32/cwt115.00–122.506216
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—723127.50/cwt127.50–127.509229
BullsMedium and Large 3—565108.68/cwt105.00–110.006144
HeifersMedium and Large 2—634104.20/cwt102.50–105.006613
HeifersMedium and Large 2—67698.61/cwt95.00–102.006676
BullsMedium and Large 2—579119.43/cwt117.50–122.5069110
HeifersMedium and Large 1—725100.14/cwt96.00–105.007265

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.