Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2022-02-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $152.26/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −62.56 against this barn's trailing median of $214.82.

Average price

$152.26

52 head · 493 lb average

Value per head Derived

$751

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$21

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$7.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.04

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	158.96	835	2thin
Medium and Large 3	462	152.27	704	30
Medium and Large 2	537	151.57	814	20

One grade step is worth $7.39/cwt here — about $21 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 $185.12, 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 sale52 hd

152.26

—

GA average15 barns · 1,266 hd

152.22

+0.04

This barn, trailing median20 sales

214.82

−62.56

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	1,792	104.88	1,880	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,419	74.08	1,051	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,224	73.72	902	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,065	62.63	667	7thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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 1	—	525	158.96/cwt	158.00–160.00	835	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	152.40/cwt	150.00–155.00	800	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	479	162.91/cwt	160.00–167.50	780	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	176.19/cwt	175.00–177.50	749	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	565	133.03/cwt	127.50–135.00	752	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	521	140.82/cwt	135.00–145.00	734	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	144.11/cwt	142.50–145.00	530	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	139.94/cwt	137.50–142.50	735	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	590	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	738	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	625	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	425	159.86/cwt	155.00–165.00	679	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	379	166.87/cwt	165.00–170.00	632	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	138.91/cwt	135.00–142.50	588	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	136.20/cwt	135.00–137.50	647	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	763	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	143.70/cwt	142.50–145.00	683	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	694	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	141.15/cwt	137.50–147.50	819	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	475	149.84/cwt	145.00–155.00	712	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	844	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	922	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	599	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	800	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	5,280	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	925	733.14/cwt	720.00–750.00	6,782	2
Bulls	—	—	1,975	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	2,173	1
Bulls	—	—	1,295	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,217	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	66.80/cwt	64.00–70.00	811	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	74.72/cwt	71.00–78.00	910	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	83.98/cwt	82.00–86.00	1,100	2
Bulls	—	—	1,897	106.80/cwt	105.00–109.00	2,026	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	64.57/cwt	62.00–68.00	709	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	57.79/cwt	55.00–60.00	568	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,418	74.93/cwt	73.00–77.00	1,063	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	983	1

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 Feb 23, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 255Last week 391Year ago 232

Slaughter CattleReceipts 67Last week 106Year ago 167

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 62Year ago 45

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	158.00–160.00	158.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	150.00–155.00	152.40
5	—	479	160.00–167.50	162.91
2	—	425	175.00–177.50	176.19
1	—	375	185.00	185.00
4	—	580	137.50–147.50	141.15
6	—	625	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	565	127.50–135.00	133.03
5	—	521	135.00–145.00	140.82
10	—	425	155.00–165.00	159.86
5	—	379	165.00–170.00	166.87
6	—	475	145.00–155.00	149.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	368	142.50–145.00	144.11
1	—	590	125.00	125.00
8	—	423	135.00–142.50	138.91
4	—	475	135.00–137.50	136.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	525	137.50–142.50	139.94
1	—	410	152.50	152.50
1	—	555	137.50	137.50
2	—	475	142.50–145.00	143.70
3	—	380	157.50	157.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	768	120.00	120.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	800	660.00	660.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	925	720.00–750.00	733.14

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,975	110.00	110.00
1	—	1,295	94.00	94.00
3	—	1,897	105.00–109.00	106.80
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,214	64.00–70.00	66.80
21	—	1,218	71.00–78.00	74.72
2	—	1,310	82.00–86.00	83.98
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,098	62.00–68.00	64.57
2	—	983	55.00–60.00	57.79
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,418	73.00–77.00	74.93
1	—	1,425	69.00	69.00

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

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle