Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2021-11-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 3.00 lower, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and bull calves unevenly steady, feeder heifers and heifer calves steady to 2.00 higher, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $133.54/cwt on 98 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −81.27 against this barn's trailing median of $214.82.

Average price

$133.54

98 head · 491 lb average

Value per head Derived

$656

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$113

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

$24.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.09

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	483	149.11	721	19thin
Medium and Large 2	497	135.58	674	39
Medium and Large 3	490	124.15	608	40

One grade step is worth $24.96/cwt here — about $113 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

20 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $226.86, low $185.87, median $214.82 across 20 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale98 hd

133.54

—

GA average15 barns · 1,397 hd

128.45

+5.09

This barn, trailing median20 sales

214.82

−81.27

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	1,499	84.33	1,264	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,449	54.36	788	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,238	53.95	668	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,041	44.45	463	11

Every lot, as filed

52 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	—	612	103.24/cwt	95.00–105.00	632	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	578	108.89/cwt	105.00–114.00	629	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	133.62/cwt	130.00–140.00	508	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	134.39/cwt	132.50–137.50	577	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	123.45/cwt	122.00–125.00	710	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	129.13/cwt	127.50–130.00	733	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	424	135.19/cwt	130.00–140.00	573	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	106.21/cwt	105.00–107.50	611	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	471	115.93/cwt	110.00–120.00	546	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	730	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	145.15/cwt	142.50–148.00	835	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	791	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	109.74/cwt	105.00–112.50	571	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	621	110.45/cwt	107.50–112.50	686	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	134.13/cwt	132.50–135.00	762	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	665	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	427	124.46/cwt	120.00–130.00	531	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	110.12/cwt	109.00–112.50	751	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	142.94/cwt	141.00–145.00	893	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	116.58/cwt	115.00–125.00	627	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	534	126.89/cwt	125.00–132.00	678	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	378	156.66/cwt	152.50–162.50	592	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	572	121.79/cwt	117.50–125.00	697	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	427	161.96/cwt	157.50–167.50	692	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	377	168.38/cwt	165.00–172.50	635	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	633	123.02/cwt	120.00–130.00	779	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,094	41.10/cwt	38.00–43.00	450	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	997	47.24/cwt	45.00–52.00	471	6
Bulls	—	—	1,551	85.26/cwt	84.00–88.00	1,322	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,449	54.36/cwt	51.00–57.00	788	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	48.72/cwt	46.00–50.00	597	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,271	60.81/cwt	60.00–61.00	773	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	54.70/cwt	51.00–58.00	676	24
Bulls	—	—	1,333	77.55/cwt	74.00–81.00	1,034	4
Bulls	—	—	1,527	89.97/cwt	89.00–91.00	1,374	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,151	730.20/cwt	650.00–790.00	8,405	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,020	646.62/cwt	560.00–730.00	6,596	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,084	796.57/cwt	750.00–840.00	8,635	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,033	868.96/cwt	800.00–920.00	8,976	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	725	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	3,698	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	6,078	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	1,370	955.05/cwt	940.00–970.00	13,084	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	117.39/cwt	112.50–122.50	616	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	328	156.52/cwt	152.50–162.50	513	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	480	122.77/cwt	120.00–127.50	589	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	142.54/cwt	135.00–145.00	663	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	149.84/cwt	145.00–152.50	626	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	582	111.59/cwt	110.00–115.00	649	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	123.70/cwt	122.50–125.00	588	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	118.41/cwt	115.00–124.00	746	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	114.87/cwt	112.50–117.00	718	5

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 Nov 10, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 372Last week 782Year ago 532

Slaughter CattleReceipts 95Last week 146Year ago 116

Replacement CattleReceipts 58Last week 93Year ago 51

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	612	95.00–105.00	103.24
7	—	578	105.00–114.00	108.89
8	—	424	130.00–140.00	135.19
6	—	525	112.50–122.50	117.39
6	—	328	152.50–162.50	156.52
7	—	480	120.00–127.50	122.77
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	568	127.50–130.00	129.13
6	—	427	157.50–167.50	161.96
5	—	377	165.00–172.50	168.38
4	—	633	120.00–130.00	123.02
1	—	500	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	534	125.00–132.00	126.89
7	—	378	152.50–162.50	156.66
8	—	572	117.50–125.00	121.79
6	—	465	135.00–145.00	142.54
6	—	418	145.00–152.50	149.84
5	—	625	112.50–117.00	114.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	380	130.00–140.00	133.62
2	—	575	105.00–107.50	106.21
17	—	471	110.00–120.00	115.93
12	—	520	105.00–112.50	109.74
6	—	427	120.00–130.00	124.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	429	132.50–137.50	134.39
5	—	621	107.50–112.50	110.45
9	—	538	115.00–125.00	116.58
3	—	582	110.00–115.00	111.59
4	—	475	122.50–125.00	123.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	122.00–125.00	123.45
3	—	682	109.00–112.50	110.12
8	—	630	115.00–124.00	118.41
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	147.50	147.50
3	—	568	132.50–135.00	134.13
1	—	380	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	142.50–148.00	145.15
1	—	510	155.00	155.00
2	—	625	141.00–145.00	142.94

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,094	38.00–43.00	41.10
6	—	997	45.00–52.00	47.24
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,449	51.00–57.00	54.36
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,226	46.00–50.00	48.72
5	—	1,271	60.00–61.00	60.81
24	—	1,236	51.00–58.00	54.70
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,551	84.00–88.00	85.26
4	—	1,333	74.00–81.00	77.55
3	—	1,527	89.00–91.00	89.97

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,151	650.00–790.00	730.20
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,020	560.00–730.00	646.62
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	725	510.00	510.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,084	750.00–840.00	796.57
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,033	800.00–920.00	868.96
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	935	650.00	650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,370	940.00–970.00	955.05

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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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

This barn's trailing prices 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