Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2021-12-01

Athens

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Wed, Dec 1
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1940
Feeder Cattle receipts
545 head
▲ 105 vs last sale 440▲ 2 vs year ago 543 · +0.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
149 head
▲ 58 vs last sale 91▲ 40 vs year ago 109 · +36.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
79 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 45▲ 15 vs year ago 64 · +23.4%
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 being closed last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.72/cwt on 156 head.
Average price
$121.72
156 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$644
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$73
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$3.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.86
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2514123.2263363
Medium and Large 1602121.2472950
Medium and Large 3467120.0956143
One grade step is worth $3.14/cwt here — about $73 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 sale156 hd
121.72
—
GA average15 barns · 1,779 hd
126.58
−4.86
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—Average1,52486.421,31713
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50059.8689821
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27158.6774678
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05046.2648613

Every lot, as filed

66 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1—724103.09/cwt100.00–110.007467
SteersMedium and Large 2—475157.50/cwt157.50–157.507481
SteersMedium and Large 1—568146.48/cwt144.00–147.0083210
SteersMedium and Large 2—620132.46/cwt130.00–134.008214
SteersMedium and Large 3—525134.87/cwt130.00–140.007083
SteersMedium and Large 2—440162.00/cwt162.00–162.007131
SteersMedium and Large 1—715131.00/cwt129.00–136.009374
SteersMedium and Large 2—580134.02/cwt133.00–135.007772
BullsMedium and Large 1—732116.61/cwt115.00–120.008543
BullsMedium and Large 1—375196.84/cwt194.00–200.007382
BullsMedium and Large 1—584133.18/cwt132.50–135.007787
BullsMedium and Large 1—626129.75/cwt125.00–135.008127
BullsMedium and Large 1—421187.89/cwt185.00–190.007915
BullsMedium and Large 1—475157.39/cwt155.00–160.007484
HeifersMedium and Large 1—675117.43/cwt115.00–120.007934
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525130.11/cwt128.00–132.506833
BullsMedium and Large 2—527135.95/cwt132.50–141.0071621
HeifersMedium and Large 3—470117.98/cwt115.00–120.0055513
HeifersMedium and Large 2—431138.47/cwt135.00–145.005977
HeifersMedium and Large 2—368149.11/cwt147.50–150.005493
HeifersMedium and Large 1—631118.44/cwt115.00–124.0074712
HeifersMedium and Large 2—315152.50/cwt152.50–152.504801
HeifersMedium and Large 2—524121.35/cwt117.50–125.0063625
HeifersMedium and Large 3—381137.40/cwt135.00–142.505237
SteersMedium and Large 1—653138.00/cwt138.00–138.009012
SteersMedium and Large 1—775129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0001
SteersMedium and Large 1—450175.00/cwt175.00–175.007881
HeifersMedium and Large 1—589121.03/cwt120.00–127.5071314
HeifersMedium and Large 1—492136.44/cwt135.00–137.5067110
BullsMedium and Large 2—473149.04/cwt145.00–152.007059
BullsMedium and Large 2—624117.62/cwt112.50–122.007347
HeifersMedium and Large 3—563104.47/cwt102.50–105.005885
HeifersMedium and Large 2—481125.78/cwt122.50–132.0060511
HeifersMedium and Large 2—636106.72/cwt105.00–112.506797
HeifersMedium and Large 2—567114.39/cwt107.50–117.506499
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525109.90/cwt105.00–115.005778
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04342.25/cwt38.00–45.004416
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05649.70/cwt46.00–53.005257
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,50059.86/cwt57.00–62.0089821
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,26858.40/cwt54.00–61.0074142
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,32364.00/cwt62.00–69.0084723
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19050.13/cwt47.00–53.0059713
Bulls——1,43585.08/cwt83.00–87.001,2216
Bulls——1,34874.53/cwt74.00–75.001,0052
Bulls——1,70192.78/cwt91.00–94.001,5785
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—861589.43/cwt530.00–670.005,0754
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,225809.18/cwt760.00–860.009,9122
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,062681.22/cwt610.00–760.007,2353
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,145877.71/cwt810.00–970.0010,0506
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,105700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,7351
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—1,023775.67/cwt730.00–810.007,9356
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—810890.00/cwt890.00–890.007,2092
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—1,0851,010.00/cwt1,010.00–1,010.0010,9592
BullsMedium and Large 2—574125.31/cwt120.00–130.0071914
BullsMedium and Large 2—369184.86/cwt180.00–187.506824
BullsMedium and Large 2—435172.50/cwt172.50–172.507501
BullsMedium and Large 3—526124.70/cwt120.00–130.0065613
BullsMedium and Large 3—466137.12/cwt130.00–140.006399
BullsMedium and Large 3—320181.10/cwt175.00–185.005806
BullsMedium and Large 2—681110.18/cwt108.00–115.007504
BullsMedium and Large 1—672124.49/cwt120.00–128.008377
BullsMedium and Large 1—531147.14/cwt144.00–153.007814
BullsMedium and Large 3—625107.42/cwt105.00–110.006714
BullsMedium and Large 3—432160.78/cwt160.00–162.506953
BullsMedium and Large 3—370175.00/cwt175.00–175.006482
HeifersMedium and Large 3—428126.66/cwt122.50–133.0054210

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.