Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2023-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder heifers mostly steady, heifer calves 3.00 to 5.00 lower, feeder bulls 5.00 lower, bull calves unevenly steady, replacement cattle mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $206.64/cwt on 96 head. That ranks 7 of 20 comparable sales and sits −8.17 against this barn's trailing median of $214.82.

Average price

$206.64

96 head · 501 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,035

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

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

$40.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.81

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	465	237.35	1,103	14thin
Medium and Large 2	508	209.33	1,064	31
Medium and Large 3	506	196.58	995	51

One grade step is worth $40.77/cwt here — about $108 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

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $226.86, low $185.12, 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 sale96 hd

206.64

—

GA average16 barns · 1,061 hd

201.83

+4.81

This barn, trailing median20 sales

214.82

−8.17

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	—	Low	1,655	109.39	1,811	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,572	87.69	1,378	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,263	85.67	1,082	82
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,117	72.95	815	27

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,245	$1,239	13
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,203	$1,144	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,075	$1,050	10

Every lot, as filed

68 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	—	518	172.44/cwt	170.00–175.00	893	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,164	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	410	228.77/cwt	225.00–235.00	938	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	332	256.68/cwt	255.00–260.00	852	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	712	168.33/cwt	165.00–170.00	1,199	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	186.52/cwt	185.00–187.00	974	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	188.90/cwt	187.50–195.00	886	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	713	145.09/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,034	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	603	164.98/cwt	160.00–170.00	995	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	197.52/cwt	195.00–200.00	816	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	177.47/cwt	175.00–180.00	825	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	617	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,311	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,172	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	607	176.68/cwt	175.00–180.00	1,072	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	567	166.01/cwt	165.00–170.00	941	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	775	135.03/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,046	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,018	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,104	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	416	188.99/cwt	185.00–190.00	786	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	184.17/cwt	180.00–187.50	1,046	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	369	192.74/cwt	190.00–195.00	711	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	204.95/cwt	200.00–210.00	676	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	229.79/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,301	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	981	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	657	214.56/cwt	214.50–215.00	1,410	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	984	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	693	188.75/cwt	187.50–190.00	1,308	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	773	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,507	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	363	260.03/cwt	255.00–265.00	944	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	239.98/cwt	235.00–245.00	888	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	212.55/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,105	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	730	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,387	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	196.71/cwt	195.00–200.00	1,226	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	513	223.77/cwt	220.00–227.50	1,148	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	80.05/cwt	76.00–83.00	963	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,291	93.18/cwt	92.00–94.00	1,203	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	66.99/cwt	65.00–71.00	732	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	75.03/cwt	72.00–79.00	844	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,572	87.69/cwt	86.00–91.00	1,378	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	86.88/cwt	84.00–91.00	1,115	54
Bulls	—	—	1,538	103.54/cwt	102.00–105.00	1,592	4
Bulls	—	—	1,780	118.99/cwt	116.00–122.00	2,118	2
Bulls	—	—	1,710	110.43/cwt	108.00–113.00	1,888	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,250	1,040.32/head	1,020.00–1,060.00	1,040	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,267	1,104.46/head	1,025.00–1,150.00	1,104	5
Bred Cows	Small 2-3	—	907	803.68/head	800.00–810.00	804	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,147	1,154.90/head	1,075.00–1,225.00	1,155	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,232	1,323.36/head	1,275.00–1,350.00	1,323	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	617	171.58/cwt	165.00–175.00	1,059	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	694	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,138	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	508	188.37/cwt	185.00–195.00	957	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	466	216.01/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,007	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	371	224.19/cwt	220.00–230.00	832	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	413	217.52/cwt	215.00–220.00	898	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	612	182.39/cwt	178.00–188.00	1,116	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	575	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,064	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	700	155.00/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,085	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	280	252.63/cwt	250.00–255.00	707	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	323	271.70/cwt	270.00–275.00	878	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,104	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	235	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	611	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,156	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,062	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	463	207.35/cwt	200.00–210.00	960	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	767	145.07/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,113	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	685	177.48/cwt	175.00–180.00	1,216	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	203.78/cwt	200.00–205.00	730	4

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 Oct 25, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 526Last week 627Year ago 536

Slaughter CattleReceipts 179Last week 149Year ago 116

Replacement CattleReceipts 53Last week 14Year ago 75

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	170.00–175.00	172.44
2	—	713	140.00–150.00	145.09
2	—	603	160.00–170.00	164.98
6	—	465	175.00–180.00	177.47
10	—	567	165.00–170.00	166.01
2	—	775	130.00–140.00	135.03
5	—	416	185.00–190.00	188.99
9	—	369	190.00–195.00	192.74
5	—	330	200.00–210.00	204.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	175.00	175.00
8	—	522	185.00–187.00	186.52
14	—	469	187.50–195.00	188.90
2	—	413	195.00–200.00	197.52
1	—	710	165.00	165.00
6	—	607	175.00–180.00	176.68
3	—	568	180.00–187.50	184.17
4	—	358	200.00–205.00	203.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	185.00	185.00
11	—	559	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	410	225.00–235.00	228.77
3	—	332	255.00–260.00	256.68
3	—	712	165.00–170.00	168.33
3	—	370	235.00–245.00	239.98
2	—	520	210.00–215.00	212.55
5	—	466	215.00–220.00	216.01
8	—	612	178.00–188.00	182.39
1	—	235	260.00	260.00
2	—	685	175.00–180.00	177.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	363	255.00–265.00	260.03
1	—	730	190.00	190.00
3	—	623	195.00–200.00	196.71
2	—	513	220.00–227.50	223.77
3	—	323	270.00–275.00	271.70
1	—	460	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	617	165.00–175.00	171.58
4	—	694	164.00	164.00
6	—	508	185.00–195.00	188.37
12	—	371	220.00–230.00	224.19
8	—	413	215.00–220.00	217.52
1	—	575	185.00	185.00
2	—	700	150.00–160.00	155.00
2	—	280	250.00–255.00	252.63
4	—	463	200.00–210.00	207.35
3	—	767	140.00–150.00	145.07
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	617	212.50	212.50
1	—	410	240.00	240.00
2	—	693	187.50–190.00	188.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	240.00	240.00
25	—	566	225.00–230.00	229.79
1	—	370	265.00	265.00
8	—	657	214.50–215.00	214.56
2	—	773	195.00	195.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,203	76.00–83.00	80.05
7	—	1,291	92.00–94.00	93.18
54	—	1,283	84.00–91.00	86.88
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,093	65.00–71.00	66.99
20	—	1,125	72.00–79.00	75.03
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,572	86.00–91.00	87.69
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,538	102.00–105.00	103.54
2	—	1,780	116.00–122.00	118.99
4	—	1,710	108.00–113.00	110.43

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,250	1,020.00–1,060.00	1,040.32
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,267	1,025.00–1,150.00	1,104.46
Bred Cows — Small 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	907	800.00–810.00	803.68
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,147	1,075.00–1,225.00	1,154.90
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,110	1,350.00	1,350.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,232	1,275.00–1,350.00	1,323.36

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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Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

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How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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