Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2021-06-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows and bulls steady, feeder steers and steer calves mostly steady, feeder bulls and bull calves steady to 2.00 higher, feeder heifers and heifer calves mostly steady, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.78/cwt on 74 head.

Average price

$121.78

74 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$653

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$154

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

$6.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.03

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	467	124.09	579	17thin
Medium and Large 2	533	122.29	652	42
Medium and Large 1	622	117.73	733	15thin

One grade step is worth $6.36/cwt here — about −$154 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 sale74 hd

121.78

—

GA average13 barns · 1,472 hd

128.81

−7.03

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	—	High	1,707	94.16	1,608	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,270	70.92	901	82
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,573	70.14	1,103	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,011	60.58	613	16

Every lot, as filed

50 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,256	1,081.96/cwt	990.00–1,175.00	13,589	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	116.35/cwt	109.00–119.00	659	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	136.20/cwt	135.00–137.50	647	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	129.61/cwt	125.00–134.00	551	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	476	123.66/cwt	120.00–127.50	589	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	471	133.44/cwt	127.50–137.50	629	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	563	114.47/cwt	112.50–115.00	644	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	137.59/cwt	136.00–138.00	870	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	769	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	711	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	745	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	574	123.99/cwt	120.00–127.50	712	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	129.51/cwt	128.00–131.00	614	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	995	1,040.51/cwt	900.00–1,100.00	10,353	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	720	106.41/cwt	101.00–110.00	766	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	113.96/cwt	112.00–115.00	761	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	702	126.83/cwt	126.00–128.50	890	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	135.91/cwt	131.00–140.00	779	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	678	114.07/cwt	110.00–120.00	773	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	863	772.32/cwt	750.00–800.00	6,665	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	890	780.00/cwt	780.00–780.00	6,942	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	71.05/cwt	68.00–75.00	1,119	22
Bulls	—	—	1,888	102.98/cwt	101.00–104.00	1,944	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,276	70.88/cwt	67.00–74.00	904	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	953	56.66/cwt	54.00–60.00	540	9
Bulls	—	—	1,761	95.61/cwt	92.00–99.00	1,684	7
Bulls	—	—	1,524	86.85/cwt	84.00–91.00	1,324	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,174	1,087.20/cwt	1,000.00–1,200.00	12,764	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	884.10/cwt	800.00–960.00	9,725	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	65.63/cwt	63.00–69.00	713	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,561	65.16/cwt	63.00–67.00	1,017	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,177	63.63/cwt	60.00–66.00	749	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,315	76.06/cwt	75.00–82.00	1,000	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	107.42/cwt	105.00–110.00	671	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	523	125.53/cwt	122.00–129.00	657	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,099	862.34/cwt	810.00–930.00	9,477	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,288	924.54/cwt	840.00–970.00	11,908	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	963	744.81/cwt	690.00–770.00	7,173	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	136.24/cwt	133.00–140.00	715	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	115.07/cwt	112.50–118.00	604	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	432	136.56/cwt	135.00–140.00	590	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	629	127.06/cwt	124.00–132.00	799	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	623	114.25/cwt	110.00–118.00	712	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	138.96/cwt	138.00–140.00	660	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	121.57/cwt	121.00–124.00	714	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	507	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	690	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	123.93/cwt	119.00–129.00	657	22
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,420	1,340.00/cwt	1,340.00–1,340.00	19,028	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	116.61/cwt	113.00–122.00	732	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	140.36/cwt	137.00–142.00	808	20

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 Jun 23, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 392Last week 398Year ago 461

Slaughter CattleReceipts 160Last week 115Year ago 130

Replacement CattleReceipts 79Last week 42Year ago 41

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,256	990.00–1,175.00	1,081.96
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,174	1,000.00–1,200.00	1,087.20
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,100	800.00–960.00	884.10
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,099	810.00–930.00	862.34
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,288	840.00–970.00	924.54
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	963	690.00–770.00	744.81
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	995	900.00–1,100.00	1,040.51
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	863	750.00–800.00	772.32
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	890	780.00	780.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,420	1,340.00	1,340.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	566	109.00–119.00	116.35
9	—	474	128.00–131.00	129.51
4	—	625	105.00–110.00	107.42
22	—	530	119.00–129.00	123.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	425	125.00–134.00	129.61
6	—	476	120.00–127.50	123.66
4	—	525	112.50–118.00	115.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	668	112.00–115.00	113.96
5	—	587	121.00–124.00	121.57
7	—	628	113.00–122.00	116.61
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	135.00–137.50	136.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	632	136.00–138.00	137.59
3	—	507	147.00	147.00
20	—	576	137.00–142.00	140.36
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	615	125.00	125.00
4	—	474	150.00	150.00
6	—	507	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	702	126.00–128.50	126.83
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	471	127.50–137.50	133.44
5	—	563	112.50–115.00	114.47
7	—	523	122.00–129.00	125.53
3	—	432	135.00–140.00	136.56
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	574	120.00–127.50	123.99
9	—	525	133.00–140.00	136.24
3	—	623	110.00–118.00	114.25
2	—	475	138.00–140.00	138.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	720	101.00–110.00	106.41
8	—	573	131.00–140.00	135.91
7	—	678	110.00–120.00	114.07
6	—	629	124.00–132.00	127.06

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,575	68.00–75.00	71.05
4	—	1,561	63.00–67.00	65.16
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,276	67.00–74.00	70.88
11	—	1,177	60.00–66.00	63.63
16	—	1,315	75.00–82.00	76.06
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	953	54.00–60.00	56.66
7	—	1,086	63.00–69.00	65.63
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,888	101.00–104.00	102.98
7	—	1,761	92.00–99.00	95.61
5	—	1,524	84.00–91.00	86.85

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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Reporter comment USDA

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

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle