Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2022-08-17

Athens

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Wed, Aug 17
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1940
Feeder Cattle receipts
516 head
▲ 99 vs last sale 417▲ 129 vs year ago 387 · +33.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
109 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 132▼ 1 vs year ago 110 · −0.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 28▼ 41 vs year ago 48 · −85.4%
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 higher, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers and steer calves unevenly steady, feeder bulls and bull calves mostly 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 $153.86/cwt on 154 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −60.96 against this barn's trailing median of $214.82.
Average price
$153.86
154 head · 501 lb average
Value per head Derived
$771
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$68
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$5.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.09
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2490155.8576459
Medium and Large 1565155.4787942
Medium and Large 3463150.3669653
One grade step is worth $5.49/cwt here — about $68 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
241218195172median 214.8201/2103/0404/1506/1709/16
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $226.86, low $185.87, 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 sale154 hd
153.86
—
GA average15 barns · 1,378 hd
151.77
+2.09
This barn, trailing median20 sales
214.82
−60.96
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—High1,623115.201,8694thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,44897.501,41119
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21790.651,10343
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03475.4878020

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,048$9702thin

Every lot, as filed

72 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
SteersMedium and Large 3—642155.50/cwt155.50–155.509986
SteersMedium and Large 1—475186.00/cwt186.00–186.008849
HeifersMedium and Large 2—377165.70/cwt162.50–170.006253
HeifersMedium and Large 3—433147.20/cwt145.00–152.5063712
HeifersMedium and Large 1—546156.50/cwt156.50–156.508548
HeifersMedium and Large 1—581150.00/cwt150.00–150.008728
HeifersMedium and Large 2—470153.00/cwt153.00–153.007198
HeifersMedium and Large 2—325171.17/cwt170.00–172.505562
HeifersMedium and Large 3—477142.21/cwt140.00–143.0067813
HeifersMedium and Large 2—574139.80/cwt135.00–144.0080214
HeifersMedium and Large 3—315163.63/cwt160.00–165.005154
HeifersMedium and Large 2—521147.95/cwt145.00–150.007715
HeifersMedium and Large 2—422159.59/cwt155.00–165.0067312
HeifersMedium and Large 3—275170.00/cwt170.00–170.004681
BullsMedium and Large 1—518162.44/cwt160.00–165.0084110
BullsMedium and Large 1—584151.45/cwt147.50–157.5088410
BullsMedium and Large 2—362174.54/cwt172.50–175.006326
HeifersMedium and Large 3—513135.30/cwt133.00–142.506949
HeifersMedium and Large 3—374155.14/cwt150.00–160.005808
HeifersMedium and Large 1—675131.21/cwt130.00–132.508862
BullsMedium and Large 2—285190.00/cwt190.00–190.005422
HeifersMedium and Large 1—715124.13/cwt122.50–125.008883
HeifersMedium and Large 1—489159.00/cwt159.00–159.0077831
HeifersMedium and Large 1—765125.00/cwt125.00–125.009561
HeifersMedium and Large 1—620143.53/cwt137.50–147.008907
SteersMedium and Large 2—318193.19/cwt190.00–195.006143
SteersMedium and Large 3—505157.50/cwt157.50–157.507951
SteersMedium and Large 2—643146.94/cwt146.00–155.009459
SteersMedium and Large 2—765134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0252
SteersMedium and Large 2—463175.00/cwt175.00–175.008104
SteersMedium and Large 1—615161.62/cwt161.50–162.509949
SteersMedium and Large 2—390182.50/cwt182.50–182.507121
SteersMedium and Large 1—575167.12/cwt165.00–169.009613
SteersMedium and Large 1—534172.00/cwt172.00–172.0091820
SteersMedium and Large 1—440187.00/cwt187.00–187.008238
SteersMedium and Large 1—770142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,0971
BullsMedium and Large 1—725133.74/cwt132.50–135.009702
BullsMedium and Large 1—375181.18/cwt180.00–182.506792
BullsMedium and Large 1—790130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0271
BullsMedium and Large 3—419154.94/cwt150.00–157.506498
BullsMedium and Large 3—516142.13/cwt135.00–145.0073310
BullsMedium and Large 3—377163.51/cwt160.00–167.506169
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27099.35/cwt97.00–104.001,26211
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20392.28/cwt88.00–95.001,11016
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02781.05/cwt78.00–85.008327
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03772.48/cwt69.00–76.0075213
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,26590.38/cwt90.00–91.001,1433
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,40095.78/cwt92.00–98.001,3419
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,587102.75/cwt99.00–106.001,6317
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19583.04/cwt79.00–86.0099216
Bulls——1,780121.00/cwt121.00–121.002,1541
Bulls——1,693116.89/cwt116.00–118.001,9792
Bulls——1,325106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,4051
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1351,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—960840.00/head840.00–840.008401
BullsMedium and Large 2—321182.85/cwt180.00–185.005875
BullsMedium and Large 3—677117.79/cwt116.00–120.007973
BullsMedium and Large 1—618149.89/cwt145.00–152.509263
BullsMedium and Large 3—575127.44/cwt125.00–130.007333
BullsMedium and Large 2—586136.03/cwt135.00–140.007977
BullsMedium and Large 3—337170.45/cwt170.00–172.505745
BullsMedium and Large 1—325192.50/cwt192.50–192.506261
BullsMedium and Large 2—675132.21/cwt130.00–135.008924
BullsMedium and Large 1—432175.78/cwt175.00–177.507593
BullsMedium and Large 2—623131.58/cwt127.50–135.008203
BullsMedium and Large 3—479149.92/cwt145.00–154.0071815
BullsMedium and Large 2—519154.92/cwt150.00–157.508045
BullsMedium and Large 1—475171.20/cwt170.00–172.508132
BullsMedium and Large 2—473157.71/cwt155.00–165.0074618
BullsMedium and Large 1—664139.91/cwt137.50–141.009298
BullsMedium and Large 2—718124.14/cwt122.50–125.008913
BullsMedium and Large 2—438165.38/cwt165.00–167.507246

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.