Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2022-11-02

Athens

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Wed, Nov 2
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1940
Feeder Cattle receipts
524 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 536▼ 258 vs year ago 782 · −33.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
128 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 116▼ 18 vs year ago 146 · −12.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
59 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 75▼ 34 vs year ago 93 · −36.6%
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 and bulls steady, feeder bulls and bull calves mostly steady, feeder bulls and bull calves steady to 2.00 higher, feeder heifers and heifer calves 4.00 higher, replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.30/cwt on 117 head.
Average price
$138.30
117 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$703
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$238
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$0.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.19
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3421138.4558334
Medium and Large 2499138.3569144
Medium and Large 1594138.1282139
One grade step is worth $0.33/cwt here — about −$238 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 sale117 hd
138.30
—
GA average15 barns · 1,437 hd
137.11
+1.19
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—High1,76897.001,7144thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19365.2877964
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,41962.848926thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06253.5756919

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)1,145$8542thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,093$8344thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,062$7116
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,107$1,12410

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
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325147.35/cwt145.00–150.004794
HeifersMedium and Large 2—424148.74/cwt142.50–150.0063110
HeifersMedium and Large 3—525123.61/cwt120.00–127.506492
HeifersMedium and Large 1—775118.05/cwt116.00–120.009154
HeifersMedium and Large 1—465151.00/cwt151.00–151.007021
HeifersMedium and Large 2—526134.72/cwt130.00–140.0070913
BullsMedium and Large 2—325185.00/cwt185.00–185.006013
HeifersMedium and Large 2—625123.71/cwt122.50–125.007732
SteersMedium and Large 1—454182.57/cwt175.00–184.0082916
HeifersMedium and Large 2—395155.00/cwt155.00–155.006121
HeifersMedium and Large 3—406140.06/cwt135.00–141.0056915
HeifersMedium and Large 2—475140.11/cwt137.50–145.0066613
HeifersMedium and Large 1—568141.73/cwt135.00–144.0080524
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375144.93/cwt142.50–147.505434
SteersMedium and Large 2—565150.00/cwt150.00–150.008481
HeifersMedium and Large 1—678126.56/cwt122.50–132.508583
HeifersMedium and Large 2—675118.71/cwt117.50–120.008012
HeifersMedium and Large 1—630132.50/cwt132.50–132.508352
SteersMedium and Large 2—335190.00/cwt190.00–190.006371
SteersMedium and Large 1—625149.92/cwt145.00–155.009376
SteersMedium and Large 1—725147.43/cwt145.00–150.001,0692
SteersMedium and Large 1—408188.00/cwt188.00–188.007677
HeifersMedium and Large 1—537143.44/cwt142.50–147.507705
HeifersMedium and Large 2—573129.08/cwt125.00–132.507403
SteersMedium and Large 2—511153.00/cwt153.00–153.007827
SteersMedium and Large 1—580159.20/cwt157.50–162.509239
SteersMedium and Large 1—519170.88/cwt165.00–173.008879
SteersMedium and Large 2—375185.00/cwt185.00–185.006941
SteersMedium and Large 3—625133.71/cwt132.50–135.008362
SteersMedium and Large 3—345185.00/cwt185.00–185.006381
BullsMedium and Large 2—725117.43/cwt115.00–120.008512
BullsMedium and Large 1—625138.71/cwt137.50–140.008672
BullsMedium and Large 1—378184.10/cwt180.00–190.006967
BullsMedium and Large 1—489166.00/cwt165.00–172.508127
BullsMedium and Large 1—533152.88/cwt150.00–160.008155
BullsMedium and Large 1—575144.83/cwt140.00–150.008332
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,34660.00/cwt60.00–60.008084
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,56568.53/cwt68.00–69.001,0722
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18974.08/cwt71.00–78.0088110
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18166.57/cwt63.00–70.0078633
CowsLean 85-90%—99747.92/cwt45.00–51.004786
CowsLean 85-90%—1,09256.18/cwt52.00–59.0061313
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21359.07/cwt55.00–62.0071721
Bulls——1,960103.00/cwt103.00–103.002,0192
Bulls——1,78597.00/cwt97.00–97.001,7311
Bulls——1,36585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,1601
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—935565.35/head560.00–570.005652
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—938787.20/head770.00–800.007872
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,125783.08/head750.00–870.007834
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3—980800.00/head800.00–800.008002
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2—1,0951,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,248880.22/head870.00–890.008802
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,1581,309.13/head1,250.00–1,375.001,3094
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,145854.32/head850.00–860.008542
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,1451,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2002
BullsMedium and Large 1—434172.73/cwt170.00–180.007507
BullsMedium and Large 3—421151.74/cwt147.50–155.006394
BullsMedium and Large 3—473143.90/cwt140.00–147.006813
BullsMedium and Large 3—375162.37/cwt160.00–165.006092
BullsMedium and Large 2—362174.54/cwt172.50–175.006326
BullsMedium and Large 3—271180.79/cwt175.00–185.004905
BullsMedium and Large 2—576134.52/cwt130.00–139.007758
BullsMedium and Large 3—675112.61/cwt108.00–117.507604
BullsMedium and Large 3—571121.78/cwt117.50–125.006954
BullsMedium and Large 2—625128.69/cwt125.00–132.508044
BullsMedium and Large 3—310175.00/cwt175.00–175.005432
BullsMedium and Large 3—628114.25/cwt110.00–120.007178
BullsMedium and Large 2—516143.59/cwt140.00–145.0074113
BullsMedium and Large 2—420165.00/cwt165.00–165.006932
HeifersMedium and Large 3—486132.24/cwt125.00–135.006439
BullsMedium and Large 2—479151.90/cwt150.00–155.007285
BullsMedium and Large 2—675124.95/cwt122.50–127.508433
BullsMedium and Large 3—534127.70/cwt125.00–135.006827

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.