Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2022-04-13

Athens

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Wed, Apr 13
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1940
Feeder Cattle receipts
388 head
▲ 93 vs last sale 295▼ 257 vs year ago 645 · −39.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
152 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 162▼ 14 vs year ago 166 · −8.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
103 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 136▲ 64 vs year ago 39 · +164.1%
Also sold hereSpecial Feeder Cattle SaleThu Sep 10, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. slaughter cows 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls 6.00 lower, feeder steers and steer calves mostly steady, feeder bulls and bull calves mostly steady, feeder heifers and heifer calves steady to 3.00 higher, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.73/cwt on 130 head.
Average price
$141.73
130 head · 509 lb average
Value per head Derived
$721
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$202
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$2.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.50
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3453142.4464555
Medium and Large 2528141.8374954
Medium and Large 1606139.6184721
One grade step is worth $2.83/cwt here — about −$202 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 sale130 hd
141.73
—
GA average15 barns · 1,822 hd
142.23
−0.50
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—Average1,549105.771,63818
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,35471.979747thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17971.4584378
CowsLean 85-90%Average98559.9859122

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 2—671131.93/cwt127.50–135.008855
BullsMedium and Large 2—478163.41/cwt160.00–167.5078116
BullsMedium and Large 3—578137.72/cwt135.00–139.007963
BullsMedium and Large 2—432166.56/cwt165.00–170.007206
BullsMedium and Large 2—325182.35/cwt180.00–185.005932
BullsMedium and Large 2—275192.32/cwt190.00–195.005294
HeifersMedium and Large 2—582133.30/cwt132.50–135.007763
HeifersMedium and Large 3—715113.70/cwt110.00–115.008134
HeifersMedium and Large 3—625122.42/cwt120.00–125.007652
HeifersMedium and Large 1—576143.56/cwt140.00–147.508278
BullsMedium and Large 2—375172.37/cwt170.00–175.006466
BullsMedium and Large 2—530156.81/cwt155.00–160.008314
HeifersMedium and Large 2—735120.24/cwt120.00–121.008844
HeifersMedium and Large 1—771117.37/cwt115.00–119.009055
HeifersMedium and Large 3—377148.69/cwt145.00–152.5056112
HeifersMedium and Large 3—323155.46/cwt150.00–160.005024
HeifersMedium and Large 3—470141.06/cwt135.00–145.0066315
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425147.40/cwt145.00–150.006269
SteersMedium and Large 2—482166.34/cwt165.00–172.508029
SteersMedium and Large 2—448177.00/cwt177.00–177.007933
HeifersMedium and Large 2—526139.10/cwt135.00–145.0073212
HeifersMedium and Large 3—235170.00/cwt170.00–170.004001
HeifersMedium and Large 3—280163.50/cwt160.00–170.004584
HeifersMedium and Large 2—478150.25/cwt147.50–155.0071818
SteersMedium and Large 3—525150.00/cwt150.00–150.007881
SteersMedium and Large 3—485155.00/cwt155.00–155.007522
HeifersMedium and Large 2—420152.17/cwt150.00–152.506398
HeifersMedium and Large 3—685115.48/cwt115.00–117.007914
HeifersMedium and Large 1—534149.56/cwt146.00–155.007998
HeifersMedium and Large 2—616131.89/cwt127.50–134.008129
SteersMedium and Large 1—554165.00/cwt164.00–170.0091412
SteersMedium and Large 2—376178.47/cwt178.00–180.006714
SteersMedium and Large 1—525167.50/cwt167.50–167.508791
SteersMedium and Large 2—592158.83/cwt157.50–159.509403
SteersMedium and Large 3—340180.00/cwt180.00–180.006121
SteersMedium and Large 2—530162.50/cwt162.50–162.508611
SteersMedium and Large 1—400185.00/cwt185.00–185.007401
BullsMedium and Large 2—582144.89/cwt142.50–150.008433
BullsMedium and Large 1—535165.59/cwt165.00–167.508864
BullsMedium and Large 1—432175.78/cwt175.00–177.507593
BullsMedium and Large 2—645137.50/cwt137.50–142.508871
BullsMedium and Large 1—382181.55/cwt180.00–185.006943
BullsMedium and Large 3—419157.38/cwt152.50–160.006594
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—880800.00/cwt800.00–800.007,0402
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2701,500.00/cwt1,500.00–1,500.0019,0502
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1901,475.00/cwt1,475.00–1,475.0017,5532
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,057850.02/cwt800.00–890.008,9857
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,023738.33/cwt720.00–770.007,5534
Bulls——1,514105.16/cwt103.00–109.001,59212
Bulls——1,709111.38/cwt110.00–115.001,9034
Bulls——1,43598.22/cwt96.00–100.001,4092
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19073.01/cwt70.00–77.0086933
CowsLean 85-90%—99562.76/cwt59.00–66.0062415
CowsLean 85-90%—96454.01/cwt50.00–57.005217
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22580.03/cwt78.00–84.0098012
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15266.76/cwt62.00–69.0076933
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,40368.00/cwt68.00–68.009542
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,33473.56/cwt71.00–77.009815
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—8381,145.15/cwt1,075.00–1,200.009,5964
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,028726.09/cwt720.00–740.007,4643
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—980798.47/cwt750.00–850.007,8252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,142920.79/cwt870.00–960.0010,5157
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,076816.93/cwt780.00–850.008,7906
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1931,536.84/cwt1,475.00–1,600.0018,3354
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,0781,354.01/cwt1,250.00–1,425.0014,59614
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,0771,321.90/cwt1,250.00–1,425.0014,2376
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—1,0431,085.61/cwt1,050.00–1,125.0011,3234
BullsMedium and Large 2—725124.49/cwt124.00–125.009032
BullsMedium and Large 3—632130.80/cwt130.00–132.508273
BullsMedium and Large 3—481149.90/cwt147.50–155.007214
BullsMedium and Large 1—575161.12/cwt157.50–165.009262
BullsMedium and Large 3—529143.02/cwt140.00–147.507574
BullsMedium and Large 3—332171.53/cwt170.00–175.005693

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.