Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2021-06-09

Athens

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Wed, Jun 9
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1940
Feeder Cattle receipts
488 head
▲ 116 vs last sale 372▼ 16 vs year ago 504 · −3.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
128 head
▲ 59 vs last sale 69▲ 20 vs year ago 108 · +18.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
76 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 30▲ 44 vs year ago 32 · +137.5%
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 3.00 to 4.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers and steer calves mostly steady, feeder bulls and bull calves 2.00 to 3.00 lower, feeder heifers and heifer calves 3.00 to 400 lower, replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.30/cwt on 100 head.
Average price
$115.30
100 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$624
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$163
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$9.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.63
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3449119.0453428
Medium and Large 2534117.1662642
Medium and Large 1638109.2169730
One grade step is worth $9.83/cwt here — about −$163 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 sale100 hd
115.30
—
GA average15 barns · 1,724 hd
121.93
−6.63
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—Low1,69596.611,63817
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22672.0088369
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53471.051,09017
CowsLean 85-90%Low97861.0059715

Every lot, as filed

54 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 3—374134.83/cwt134.00–137.505044
SteersMedium and Large 1—511149.00/cwt149.00–149.0076111
SteersMedium and Large 1—675119.82/cwt115.00–122.508094
HeifersMedium and Large 1—528127.85/cwt125.00–129.006758
BullsMedium and Large 1—625113.71/cwt112.50–115.007112
BullsMedium and Large 1—575121.97/cwt121.00–123.007012
BullsMedium and Large 2—531121.74/cwt120.00–125.006467
HeifersMedium and Large 1—622108.93/cwt104.00–116.006783
HeifersMedium and Large 1—582119.54/cwt117.00–125.006963
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—808837.93/cwt800.00–870.006,7704
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—1,1381,085.25/cwt1,080.00–1,090.0012,3504
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—1,0151,130.00/cwt1,130.00–1,130.0011,4702
BullsMedium and Large 2—475131.20/cwt130.00–132.506232
HeifersMedium and Large 1—672101.94/cwt97.00–106.006856
HeifersMedium and Large 1—72895.64/cwt92.00–101.0069610
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,55472.12/cwt69.00–74.001,12114
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24972.17/cwt69.00–75.0090143
Bulls——1,51889.06/cwt87.00–91.001,3524
Bulls——1,936102.65/cwt100.00–105.001,9877
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02655.46/cwt52.00–58.005694
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,44066.05/cwt64.00–67.009513
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3151,030.99/cwt950.00–1,125.0013,5583
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,265997.10/cwt960.00–1,050.0012,6133
CowsLean 85-90%—96163.01/cwt60.00–66.0060611
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13165.19/cwt61.00–68.0073714
Bulls——1,53294.59/cwt92.00–97.001,4496
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25479.36/cwt77.00–84.0099512
HeifersMedium and Large 3—473116.44/cwt110.00–120.0055110
SteersMedium and Large 3—375153.55/cwt150.00–157.505762
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,250995.00/cwt995.00–995.0012,4381
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,129840.13/cwt725.00–920.009,48512
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,201846.25/cwt750.00–950.0010,16311
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—910700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,3701
SteersMedium and Large 2—533137.49/cwt136.00–138.007334
HeifersMedium and Large 3—434125.08/cwt120.00–127.005437
HeifersMedium and Large 3—370126.78/cwt126.00–130.004697
SteersMedium and Large 3—475134.61/cwt130.00–139.006395
BullsMedium and Large 3—568105.44/cwt100.00–108.005998
BullsMedium and Large 3—522111.61/cwt107.50–115.005837
BullsMedium and Large 2—579112.88/cwt110.00–117.506545
BullsMedium and Large 3—425129.88/cwt125.00–135.005525
BullsMedium and Large 3—468121.61/cwt115.00–125.0056913
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525105.48/cwt105.00–106.005542
SteersMedium and Large 2—575124.34/cwt120.00–129.007152
SteersMedium and Large 2—405153.00/cwt153.00–153.006202
SteersMedium and Large 1—581137.52/cwt135.00–138.007997
HeifersMedium and Large 2—472128.93/cwt121.00–131.0060918
HeifersMedium and Large 2—583107.77/cwt105.00–114.006288
HeifersMedium and Large 3—57597.41/cwt95.00–100.005602
HeifersMedium and Large 2—623101.74/cwt97.00–106.006349
HeifersMedium and Large 2—525117.45/cwt115.00–120.006177
BullsMedium and Large 1—773100.52/cwt95.00–105.007775
BullsMedium and Large 2—620106.10/cwt100.00–110.0065811
BullsMedium and Large 2—677102.61/cwt100.00–106.006953

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.