Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2022-03-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.26/cwt on 122 head.

Average price

$139.26

122 head · 474 lb average

Value per head Derived

$660

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$252

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

$9.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.20

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	383	142.42	545	47
Medium and Large 2	458	141.99	651	37
Medium and Large 1	601	132.68	798	38

One grade step is worth $9.74/cwt here — about −$252 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 sale122 hd

139.26

—

GA average14 barns · 1,723 hd

144.46

−5.20

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	1,631	117.85	1,922	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,287	85.71	1,103	93
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,527	83.95	1,282	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,066	76.55	816	31

Every lot, as filed

67 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	135.28/cwt	130.00–140.00	572	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	325	169.79/cwt	165.00–175.00	552	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	147.41/cwt	145.00–150.00	848	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	519	144.92/cwt	140.00–147.50	752	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	285	156.12/cwt	155.00–160.00	445	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	376	144.60/cwt	140.00–150.00	544	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	467	128.43/cwt	125.00–130.00	600	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	633	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	133.38/cwt	130.00–137.50	770	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	956	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	144.91/cwt	142.50–152.50	630	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	158.91/cwt	155.00–162.50	594	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	139.13/cwt	137.50–140.00	860	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	545	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	138.21/cwt	135.00–144.00	668	18
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	126.13/cwt	122.50–130.00	788	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	586	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	412	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	709	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	154.13/cwt	152.50–155.00	953	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	126.21/cwt	125.00–127.50	789	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	129.40/cwt	122.50–132.50	669	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	582	145.80/cwt	145.00–147.50	849	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	162.78/cwt	162.00–165.00	778	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	157.41/cwt	155.00–160.00	905	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	153.41/cwt	150.00–157.50	808	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	167.37/cwt	165.00–170.00	628	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	158.63/cwt	155.00–162.50	674	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	128.64/cwt	125.00–135.00	810	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	172.38/cwt	170.00–175.00	733	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	263	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	487	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	144.92/cwt	142.50–147.50	906	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	395	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	711	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	873	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,548	81.68/cwt	80.00–83.00	1,264	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	80.89/cwt	77.00–83.00	988	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	94.80/cwt	93.00–97.00	1,275	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,059	77.33/cwt	75.00–82.00	819	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	71.85/cwt	69.00–74.00	794	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,306	86.32/cwt	84.00–91.00	1,127	57
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,507	86.04/cwt	84.00–89.00	1,297	13
Bulls	—	—	1,821	123.92/cwt	122.00–128.00	2,257	5
Bulls	—	—	1,661	119.59/cwt	116.00–121.00	1,986	6
Bulls	—	—	1,443	111.06/cwt	108.00–113.00	1,603	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	927	808.09/cwt	790.00–840.00	7,491	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	940	880.00/cwt	880.00–880.00	8,272	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	903	817.82/cwt	750.00–860.00	7,385	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	980.00/cwt	980.00–980.00	9,653	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	1,625.00/cwt	1,625.00–1,625.00	15,925	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,338	1,086.54/cwt	1,060.00–1,110.00	14,538	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	925	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	11,563	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,087	974.97/cwt	920.00–1,025.00	10,598	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,233	1,904.75/cwt	1,800.00–2,000.00	23,486	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	585	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	474	138.93/cwt	135.00–142.50	659	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	133.70/cwt	132.50–135.00	702	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	265	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	464	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	428	148.17/cwt	145.00–152.50	634	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	474	153.83/cwt	150.00–157.50	729	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	650	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	923	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	152.44/cwt	150.00–155.00	800	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	575	123.62/cwt	120.00–127.50	711	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	582	134.91/cwt	132.50–140.00	785	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	385	167.31/cwt	165.00–175.00	644	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	381	154.91/cwt	152.50–160.00	590	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	136.65/cwt	135.00–142.50	732	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	329	150.93/cwt	147.50–157.50	497	7

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 30, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 373Last week 379Year ago 236

Slaughter CattleReceipts 215Last week 197Year ago 90

Replacement CattleReceipts 93Last week 57Year ago 34

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	423	130.00–140.00	135.28
4	—	285	155.00–160.00	156.12
19	—	376	140.00–150.00	144.60
5	—	467	125.00–130.00	128.43
7	—	329	147.50–157.50	150.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	130.00	130.00
8	—	577	130.00–137.50	133.38
8	—	768	124.50	124.50
2	—	625	125.00–127.50	126.21
19	—	536	135.00–142.50	136.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	435	142.50–152.50	144.91
5	—	374	155.00–162.50	158.91
1	—	330	165.00	165.00
18	—	483	135.00–144.00	138.21
5	—	517	122.50–132.50	129.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	325	165.00–175.00	169.79
5	—	474	135.00–142.50	138.93
2	—	525	132.50–135.00	133.70
2	—	265	175.00	175.00
10	—	428	145.00–152.50	148.17
2	—	575	120.00–127.50	123.62
6	—	381	152.50–160.00	154.91
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	145.00–150.00	147.41
2	—	425	170.00–175.00	172.38
2	—	625	142.50–147.50	144.92
1	—	395	180.00	180.00
1	—	650	142.00	142.00
3	—	525	150.00–155.00	152.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	519	140.00–147.50	144.92
6	—	425	155.00–162.50	158.63
4	—	630	125.00–135.00	128.64
2	—	263	185.00	185.00
1	—	325	180.00	180.00
7	—	474	150.00–157.50	153.83
5	—	582	132.50–140.00	134.91
4	—	385	165.00–175.00	167.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	318	199.00	199.00
3	—	618	152.50–155.00	154.13
6	—	575	155.00–160.00	157.41
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	618	137.50–140.00	139.13
5	—	412	172.00	172.00
3	—	582	145.00–147.50	145.80
8	—	478	162.00–165.00	162.78
5	—	527	150.00–157.50	153.41
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	122.50–130.00	126.13
3	—	335	175.00	175.00
2	—	375	165.00–170.00	167.37

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,015	86.00	86.00
24	—	1,059	75.00–82.00	77.33
6	—	1,105	69.00–74.00	71.85
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,548	80.00–83.00	81.68
13	—	1,507	84.00–89.00	86.04
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,222	77.00–83.00	80.89
10	—	1,345	93.00–97.00	94.80
57	—	1,306	84.00–91.00	86.32
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,821	122.00–128.00	123.92
6	—	1,661	116.00–121.00	119.59
6	—	1,443	108.00–113.00	111.06

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)	3	—	927	790.00–840.00	808.09
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	940	880.00	880.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	903	750.00–860.00	817.82
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	985	980.00	980.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,338	1,060.00–1,110.00	1,086.54
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,087	920.00–1,025.00	974.97
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	980	1,625.00	1,625.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	36	—	1,233	1,800.00–2,000.00	1,904.75
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	925	1,250.00	1,250.00

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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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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