Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2021-11-03

Athens

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Wed, Nov 3
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1940
Feeder Cattle receipts
782 head
▲ 262 vs last sale 520▲ 477 vs year ago 305 · +156.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
146 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 119▲ 82 vs year ago 64 · +128.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
93 head
▲ 51 vs last sale 42▲ 53 vs year ago 40 · +132.5%
Also sold hereSpecial Feeder Cattle SaleThu Sep 10, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends are available due to the market not being reported last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.93/cwt on 216 head.
Average price
$126.93
216 head · 481 lb average
Value per head Derived
$611
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$120
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.13
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2445130.1457996
Medium and Large 3413124.8551542
Medium and Large 1563124.0969978
One grade step is worth $6.05/cwt here — about −$120 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 sale216 hd
126.93
—
GA average15 barns · 1,590 hd
122.80
+4.13
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—Low1,66883.801,3985thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43058.3883511
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16156.0565173
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03443.9545425

Every lot, as filed

62 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
Bulls——1,40579.00/cwt79.00–79.001,1101
Bulls——1,57589.00/cwt89.00–89.001,4021
BullsMedium and Large 2—675107.43/cwt105.00–110.007252
BullsMedium and Large 3—61999.95/cwt95.00–102.506198
HeifersMedium and Large 3—431122.71/cwt120.00–127.505298
HeifersMedium and Large 1—529124.39/cwt122.50–127.506589
HeifersMedium and Large 2—621103.51/cwt100.00–106.006435
HeifersMedium and Large 3—341142.65/cwt140.00–144.004866
HeifersMedium and Large 3—369133.99/cwt127.50–137.5049414
BullsMedium and Large 3—569103.96/cwt97.50–107.5059213
HeifersMedium and Large 2—482122.29/cwt117.50–127.5058920
SteersMedium and Large 1—720121.41/cwt115.00–125.008744
SteersMedium and Large 1—503152.50/cwt152.50–152.5076715
HeifersMedium and Large 3—477109.31/cwt105.00–115.0052114
HeifersMedium and Large 1—673110.36/cwt105.00–115.0074312
SteersMedium and Large 1—574137.46/cwt131.00–140.0078912
SteersMedium and Large 2—350172.50/cwt172.50–172.506041
HeifersMedium and Large 2—361145.04/cwt140.00–150.0052437
HeifersMedium and Large 1—477137.93/cwt131.00–140.0065829
HeifersMedium and Large 2—422134.93/cwt130.00–140.0056915
SteersMedium and Large 2—405162.50/cwt162.50–162.506581
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—714134.00/cwt134.00–134.009574
SteersMedium and Large 2—490143.74/cwt142.50–145.007042
HeifersMedium and Large 1—576120.94/cwt115.00–123.0069713
HeifersMedium and Large 1—640111.33/cwt110.00–120.0071313
HeifersMedium and Large 2—523115.31/cwt110.00–120.0060312
SteersMedium and Large 1—625130.48/cwt130.00–131.008162
SteersMedium and Large 2—568125.76/cwt122.50–127.507143
SteersMedium and Large 3—410149.52/cwt147.00–150.0061320
BullsMedium and Large 2—72599.97/cwt97.50–102.507254
BullsMedium and Large 2—300162.50/cwt162.50–162.504881
BullsMedium and Large 1—655120.00/cwt120.00–120.007861
BullsMedium and Large 1—425161.43/cwt160.00–163.006864
BullsMedium and Large 2—472138.15/cwt132.50–142.5065210
BullsMedium and Large 1—375176.18/cwt175.00–177.506614
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,42659.31/cwt55.00–61.008467
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,31361.77/cwt61.00–64.0081112
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12656.13/cwt53.00–60.0063250
CowsLean 85-90%—99740.54/cwt37.00–44.0040413
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,61362.48/cwt62.00–63.001,0082
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,26351.05/cwt50.00–52.006452
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07447.65/cwt45.00–52.0051212
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15449.42/cwt46.00–52.0057011
Bulls——1,78783.67/cwt82.00–85.001,4953
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—905850.00/cwt850.00–850.007,6931
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—884742.21/cwt690.00–860.006,5618
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,044697.35/cwt600.00–760.007,28011
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,024914.14/cwt830.00–980.009,3616
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,080796.73/cwt700.00–860.008,60510
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,050900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,4501
BullsMedium and Large 2—625109.37/cwt105.00–115.006849
BullsMedium and Large 2—425151.07/cwt147.50–155.006424
BullsMedium and Large 2—575114.90/cwt110.00–120.0066110
BullsMedium and Large 1—529138.82/cwt135.00–145.007345
BullsMedium and Large 3—523114.30/cwt110.00–117.505988
BullsMedium and Large 3—385146.15/cwt145.00–150.005634
BullsMedium and Large 2—379160.31/cwt157.50–165.006085
BullsMedium and Large 3—470126.19/cwt120.00–130.0059315
BullsMedium and Large 2—524125.22/cwt120.00–130.006568
BullsMedium and Large 3—421138.37/cwt132.50–142.505835
HeifersMedium and Large 1—725107.92/cwt105.00–111.007822
HeifersMedium and Large 2—572108.04/cwt102.50–112.506187

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.