Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2022-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, Slaughter cows steady, Slaughter bulls steady, Feeder steers and steer calves 10.00 lower, Feeder bulls and bull calves 10.00 lower, Feeder heifers and heifer calves 10.00 lower, Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.65/cwt on 95 head.

Average price

$130.65

95 head · 488 lb average

Value per head Derived

$637

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$144

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

$18.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.14

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	503	140.75	708	34
Medium and Large 2	491	126.65	622	37
Medium and Large 3	460	122.52	564	24

One grade step is worth $18.23/cwt here — about $144 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 sale95 hd

130.65

—

GA average14 barns · 1,781 hd

140.80

−10.14

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	1,609	108.22	1,741	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,526	87.48	1,335	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,284	79.31	1,019	108
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	941	48.70	458	9thin

Every lot, as filed

73 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	975	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	700	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	700	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	145.38/cwt	142.50–150.00	611	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	144.48/cwt	140.00–148.00	683	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	503	123.69/cwt	120.00–125.00	622	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	500	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	585	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	122.50/cwt	120.00–125.00	674	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	400	126.25/cwt	125.00–130.00	505	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	408	137.45/cwt	135.00–140.00	561	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	127.11/cwt	122.50–132.00	595	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	400	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	628	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	357	144.14/cwt	142.50–145.00	515	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	142.17/cwt	137.00–145.00	722	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	720	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	675	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	500	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	760	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	400	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	680	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	880	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	364	135.28/cwt	132.50–137.50	492	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	126.88/cwt	125.00–132.50	761	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	870	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	147.97/cwt	146.00–151.00	826	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	684	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	747	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	500	146.25/cwt	145.00–147.50	731	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	550	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	770	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	163.00/cwt	161.00–165.00	815	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	621	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	912	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	650	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	767	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	650	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	871	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	558	136.59/cwt	134.00–140.00	762	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	450	151.00/cwt	150.00–152.00	680	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	550	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	811	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	350	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	586	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	85.47/cwt	83.00–89.00	1,346	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,383	87.25/cwt	85.00–92.00	1,207	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	80.26/cwt	77.00–84.00	1,051	49
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,192	73.32/cwt	69.00–76.00	874	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	40.71/cwt	40.00–42.00	401	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,403	92.51/cwt	92.00–93.00	1,298	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	919	52.69/cwt	50.00–57.00	484	6
Bulls	—	—	1,864	116.04/cwt	112.00–119.00	2,163	5
Bulls	—	—	1,372	108.39/cwt	106.00–110.00	1,487	5
Bulls	—	—	1,585	98.23/cwt	95.00–101.00	1,557	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	892.95/cwt	800.00–970.00	9,421	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,157	954.01/cwt	870.00–1,010.00	11,038	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	870	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	4,872	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	994	786.62/cwt	750.00–830.00	7,819	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,110	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	7,881	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,204	1,011.60/cwt	920.00–1,090.00	12,180	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	313	153.30/cwt	152.50–155.00	480	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	509	133.20/cwt	130.00–135.00	678	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	403	144.13/cwt	140.00–145.00	581	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	463	135.88/cwt	135.00–137.50	629	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	763	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	350	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	525	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	650	127.75/cwt	127.50–128.00	830	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	504	144.79/cwt	144.00–145.00	730	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	363	158.71/cwt	157.50–160.00	576	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	600	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	720	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	404	154.48/cwt	152.50–155.00	624	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	569	124.87/cwt	122.50–130.00	711	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	543	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	135.13/cwt	132.50–143.00	743	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	748	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	300	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	426	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	300	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	495	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	600	133.33/cwt	130.00–135.00	800	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	650	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	683	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	118.13/cwt	117.50–120.00	532	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	550	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	633	2

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 Mar 9, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 483Last week 342Year ago 540

Slaughter CattleReceipts 181Last week 135Year ago 117

Replacement CattleReceipts 108Last week 32Year ago 77

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	650	150.00	150.00
1	—	400	170.00	170.00
2	—	550	160.00	160.00
1	—	450	166.00	166.00
2	—	500	161.00–165.00	163.00
1	—	350	177.50	177.50
1	—	600	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	157.00	157.00
2	—	450	150.00	150.00
2	—	500	145.00–147.50	146.25
2	—	550	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	152.00	152.00
1	—	600	145.00	145.00
3	—	558	146.00–151.00	147.97
1	—	450	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	700	100.00	100.00
2	—	500	117.00	117.00
4	—	400	125.00–130.00	126.25
7	—	364	132.50–137.50	135.28
1	—	300	142.00	142.00
2	—	650	105.00	105.00
4	—	450	117.50–120.00	118.13
2	—	550	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	420	142.50–150.00	145.38
8	—	473	140.00–148.00	144.48
14	—	508	137.00–145.00	142.17
4	—	600	125.00–132.50	126.88
1	—	350	155.00	155.00
4	—	550	132.50–143.00	135.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	503	120.00–125.00	123.69
2	—	550	120.00–125.00	122.50
1	—	700	110.00	110.00
3	—	408	135.00–140.00	137.45
14	—	468	122.50–132.00	127.11
3	—	357	142.50–145.00	144.14
2	—	600	120.00	120.00
2	—	650	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	118.00	118.00
3	—	313	152.50–155.00	153.30
7	—	509	130.00–135.00	133.20
6	—	403	140.00–145.00	144.13
11	—	463	135.00–137.50	135.88
5	—	350	150.00	150.00
3	—	600	120.00	120.00
7	—	569	122.50–130.00	124.87
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	134.00	134.00
1	—	550	147.50	147.50
1	—	350	167.50	167.50
1	—	500	152.50	152.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	558	134.00–140.00	136.59
2	—	450	150.00–152.00	151.00
2	—	650	127.50–128.00	127.75
5	—	504	144.00–145.00	144.79
2	—	363	157.50–160.00	158.71
5	—	404	152.50–155.00	154.48
1	—	300	165.00	165.00
3	—	600	130.00–135.00	133.33

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,575	83.00–89.00	85.47
2	—	1,403	92.00–93.00	92.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,383	85.00–92.00	87.25
49	—	1,310	77.00–84.00	80.26
37	—	1,192	69.00–76.00	73.32
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	985	40.00–42.00	40.71
6	—	919	50.00–57.00	52.69
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,864	112.00–119.00	116.04
5	—	1,372	106.00–110.00	108.39
4	—	1,585	95.00–101.00	98.23

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,055	800.00–970.00	892.95
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,157	870.00–1,010.00	954.01
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,204	920.00–1,090.00	1,011.60
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,110	710.00	710.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	870	560.00	560.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	994	750.00–830.00	786.62

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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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

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Slaughter Cattle

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