Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2022-10-19

Athens

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Wed, Oct 19
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1940
Feeder Cattle receipts
515 head
125 vs last sale 640 5 vs year ago 520 · 1.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
140 head
51 vs last sale 191 21 vs year ago 119 · +17.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
69 head
37 vs last sale 106 27 vs year ago 42 · +64.3%
Also sold hereSpecial Feeder Cattle SaleThu Aug 13, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.99/cwt on 148 head.
Average price
$130.99
148 head · 571 lb average
Value per head Derived
$748
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$135
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$5.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.37
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1623133.2783085
Medium and Large 3443128.5156927
Medium and Large 2546127.5069636
One grade step is worth $5.77/cwt here — about $135 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 sale148 hd
130.99
GA average15 barns · 2,320 hd
137.37
−6.37
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
BullsLow1,76295.001,6749thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,23063.5578163
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,50863.2195330
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08553.7358327

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,208$8525
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,133$7962thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)979$7794thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,156$1,13920

Every lot, as filed

76 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
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,1871,225.59/head1,200.00–1,270.001,2266
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-21,1351,046.40/head1,000.00–1,090.001,0468
BullsMedium and Large 1475159.85/cwt155.00–165.007595
BullsMedium and Large 2568129.26/cwt122.50–132.507344
BullsMedium and Large 2265185.00/cwt185.00–185.004901
BullsMedium and Large 3629111.55/cwt109.00–115.007025
HeifersMedium and Large 2568121.51/cwt115.00–125.006903
HeifersMedium and Large 2631114.92/cwt112.50–120.007254
HeifersMedium and Large 3459124.40/cwt120.00–125.005719
HeifersMedium and Large 2682113.82/cwt107.50–116.007766
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added668135.00/cwt135.00–135.0090224
HeifersMedium and Large 3424130.06/cwt125.00–135.005519
HeifersMedium and Large 2527128.41/cwt125.00–132.506775
HeifersMedium and Large 1578132.30/cwt127.50–137.5076528
HeifersMedium and Large 1525137.46/cwt135.00–140.007225
HeifersMedium and Large 1625130.00/cwt130.00–130.008131
HeifersMedium and Large 3371140.85/cwt135.00–145.005235
HeifersMedium and Large 2375156.18/cwt155.00–157.505862
HeifersMedium and Large 3537118.82/cwt115.00–120.006384
SteersMedium and Large 1735135.00/cwt135.00–135.009921
SteersMedium and Large 1514156.27/cwt155.00–162.5080310
HeifersMedium and Large 2419144.88/cwt140.00–147.506074
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added736129.50/cwt129.50–129.5095314
HeifersMedium and Large 2481133.40/cwt130.00–140.0064210
HeifersMedium and Large 1663120.27/cwt117.50–121.007975
SteersMedium and Large 2485155.00/cwt155.00–155.007522
SteersMedium and Large 1690139.57/cwt137.50–145.0096322
SteersMedium and Large 2594144.48/cwt135.00–145.0085818
SteersMedium and Large 3590132.50/cwt132.50–132.507821
SteersMedium and Large 3325170.00/cwt170.00–170.005531
SteersMedium and Large 1323194.01/cwt190.00–197.506273
SteersMedium and Large 1415179.33/cwt177.50–180.007444
SteersMedium and Large 2385175.58/cwt175.00–177.506764
SteersMedium and Large 1555157.50/cwt157.50–157.508741
SteersMedium and Large 1368186.52/cwt180.00–190.006866
SteersMedium and Large 1471170.80/cwt165.00–175.008045
SteersMedium and Large 3515140.00/cwt140.00–140.007211
SteersMedium and Large 3450145.00/cwt145.00–145.006531
BullsMedium and Large 1675125.00/cwt125.00–125.008442
BullsMedium and Large 2531138.10/cwt135.00–145.007338
BullsMedium and Large 2734109.40/cwt107.50–112.508037
BullsMedium and Large 1375178.68/cwt177.50–180.006702
BullsMedium and Large 1533150.38/cwt147.50–157.508025
BullsMedium and Large 1573140.53/cwt135.00–145.008054
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,68373.09/cwt72.00–74.001,2302
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25957.46/cwt54.00–60.0072317
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45765.25/cwt62.00–68.0095117
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55658.26/cwt54.00–61.0090711
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37870.58/cwt69.00–72.0097311
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16964.29/cwt61.00–68.0075235
CowsLean 85-90%1,17849.94/cwt45.00–52.0058812
CowsLean 85-90%1,01156.76/cwt53.00–60.0057415
Bulls1,78990.65/cwt89.00–93.001,6224
Bulls1,74198.48/cwt95.00–102.001,7155
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4051,440.00/head1,440.00–1,440.001,4402
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,133796.29/head720.00–880.007962
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-31,208851.84/head770.00–940.008525
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3998731.70/head700.00–790.007323
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2920920.00/head920.00–920.009201
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3995910.00/head910.00–910.009102
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-21,0601,180.00/head1,180.00–1,180.001,1802
BullsMedium and Large 3423146.78/cwt142.50–150.006214
BullsMedium and Large 3568115.76/cwt112.50–117.506583
BullsMedium and Large 3521129.54/cwt125.00–132.506757
BullsMedium and Large 2373165.33/cwt160.00–170.006175
BullsMedium and Large 2622122.85/cwt120.00–125.007646
BullsMedium and Large 2421158.34/cwt152.50–162.506675
BullsMedium and Large 2483144.50/cwt142.50–150.006986
BullsMedium and Large 2675117.44/cwt115.00–120.007937
HeifersMedium and Large 1405157.50/cwt157.50–157.506381
HeifersMedium and Large 1494142.00/cwt142.00–142.007017
BullsMedium and Large 1434167.59/cwt165.00–175.0072713
BullsMedium and Large 1632130.80/cwt130.00–132.508273
BullsMedium and Large 1305185.00/cwt185.00–185.005641
BullsMedium and Large 3305165.00/cwt165.00–165.005031
HeifersMedium and Large 2725107.43/cwt105.00–110.007792

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.