Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2021-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows and bulls steady with exceptional individuals bringing 84.00 to 87.00. feeder steers and steer calves unevenly steady, feeder bulls and bull calves mostly steady, feeder heifers and heifer calves steady, replacement cows steady,

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.05/cwt on 96 head.

Average price

$122.05

96 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$695

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$102

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2

$5.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.80

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	481	124.53	599	34
Medium and Large 1	639	121.53	777	37
Medium and Large 2	587	119.45	701	25

One grade step is worth $5.09/cwt here — about −$102 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 sale96 hd

122.05

—

GA average17 barns · 2,337 hd

132.86

−10.80

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	1,794	98.81	1,773	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,182	69.83	825	59
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,360	69.62	947	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,113	58.32	649	20

Every lot, as filed

55 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	479	133.05/cwt	130.00–137.50	637	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	575	114.91/cwt	112.50–117.50	661	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	113.71/cwt	112.50–115.00	711	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	128.54/cwt	125.00–134.00	681	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	742	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	305	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	511	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	140.40/cwt	138.00–143.00	737	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	142.33/cwt	140.00–150.00	619	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	125.72/cwt	122.50–132.00	728	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	572	105.98/cwt	105.00–107.00	606	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	441	131.91/cwt	130.00–135.00	582	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	123.64/cwt	120.00–130.00	593	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	524	119.01/cwt	115.00–123.00	624	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	124.45/cwt	117.50–126.00	757	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	587	130.24/cwt	130.00–131.00	765	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	112.76/cwt	108.00–116.00	813	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	118.99/cwt	114.00–123.00	802	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	117.41/cwt	115.00–120.00	675	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	107.91/cwt	105.00–111.00	728	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	723	100.56/cwt	95.00–104.00	727	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	150.62/cwt	150.00–154.00	812	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	129.27/cwt	126.00–134.00	812	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	138.56/cwt	136.00–142.00	794	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	147.33/cwt	147.00–148.00	756	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	125.97/cwt	125.00–127.00	850	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	639	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	141.39/cwt	135.00–145.00	877	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	146.26/cwt	143.00–148.00	831	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	136.56/cwt	131.00–138.50	916	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	128.97/cwt	128.00–130.00	1,000	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	775	104.44/cwt	100.00–110.00	809	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	675	117.43/cwt	115.00–120.00	793	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	569	125.95/cwt	120.00–129.00	717	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	111.46/cwt	110.00–113.00	752	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	115.97/cwt	115.00–117.00	725	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	518	122.43/cwt	117.50–125.00	634	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,279	75.39/cwt	75.00–77.00	964	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	70.93/cwt	67.00–74.00	830	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,072	53.18/cwt	50.00–57.00	570	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,146	62.52/cwt	59.00–65.00	716	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,208	65.47/cwt	65.00–66.00	791	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,340	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,032	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,414	69.78/cwt	67.00–74.00	987	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,192	64.05/cwt	59.00–66.00	763	12
Bulls	—	—	1,680	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,579	1
Bulls	—	—	1,480	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,362	1
Bulls	—	—	2,008	104.61/cwt	103.00–106.00	2,101	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	932.29/cwt	910.00–980.00	11,048	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,115	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	8,140	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,050	781.35/cwt	690.00–860.00	8,204	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	855	1,010.00/cwt	1,010.00–1,010.00	8,636	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	122.45/cwt	120.00–125.00	765	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	581	133.30/cwt	130.00–140.00	774	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	148.59/cwt	145.00–152.50	706	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	526	132.77/cwt	130.00–136.00	698	7

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 Aug 18, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 387Last week 369Year ago 743

Slaughter CattleReceipts 110Last week 82Year ago 156

Replacement CattleReceipts 48Last week 41Year ago 87

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	479	130.00–137.50	133.05
2	—	575	112.50–117.50	114.91
10	—	518	117.50–125.00	122.43
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	167.50	167.50
4	—	435	140.00–150.00	142.33
9	—	569	120.00–129.00	125.95
2	—	675	110.00–113.00	111.46
2	—	625	115.00–117.00	115.97
7	—	526	130.00–136.00	132.77
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	138.00–143.00	140.40
4	—	775	100.00–110.00	104.44
4	—	675	115.00–120.00	117.43
6	—	625	120.00–125.00	122.45
5	—	581	130.00–140.00	133.30
2	—	475	145.00–152.50	148.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	112.50–115.00	113.71
13	—	530	125.00–134.00	128.54
4	—	575	115.00–120.00	117.41
2	—	675	105.00–111.00	107.91
4	—	723	95.00–104.00	100.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	147.00	147.00
9	—	579	122.50–132.00	125.72
9	—	608	117.50–126.00	124.45
7	—	721	108.00–116.00	112.76
11	—	674	114.00–123.00	118.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	572	105.00–107.00	105.98
14	—	441	130.00–135.00	131.91
10	—	480	120.00–130.00	123.64
7	—	524	115.00–123.00	119.01
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	587	130.00–131.00	130.24
8	—	423	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	539	150.00–154.00	150.62
4	—	620	135.00–145.00	141.39
3	—	568	143.00–148.00	146.26
4	—	671	131.00–138.50	136.56
2	—	775	128.00–130.00	128.97
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	628	126.00–134.00	129.27
8	—	573	136.00–142.00	138.56
3	—	513	147.00–148.00	147.33
2	—	675	125.00–127.00	125.97

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,279	75.00–77.00	75.39
43	—	1,170	67.00–74.00	70.93
12	—	1,192	59.00–66.00	64.05
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,072	50.00–57.00	53.18
11	—	1,146	59.00–65.00	62.52
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,208	65.00–66.00	65.47
1	—	1,340	77.00	77.00
6	—	1,414	67.00–74.00	69.78
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,680	94.00	94.00
1	—	1,480	92.00	92.00
2	—	2,008	103.00–106.00	104.61

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	—	1,185	910.00–980.00	932.29
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,115	730.00	730.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,050	690.00–860.00	781.35
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	855	1,010.00	1,010.00

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle