Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2023-12-20

Athens

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Wed, Dec 20
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1940
Feeder Cattle receipts
80 head
189 vs last sale 269 356 vs year ago 436 · 81.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
95 head
17 vs last sale 112 26 vs year ago 121 · 21.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
4 vs last sale 12 39 vs year ago 47 · 83.0%
Also sold hereSpecial Feeder Cattle SaleThu Aug 13, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special note: Sale will be closed for the next 2 weeks for Christmas and New Years. Sale will open back up on January 10th for the regular weekly sale.

Compared to one-week earlier Slaughter cows, slaughter bulls were steady. Feeder cattle mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $227.11/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 21 of 20 comparable sales and sits +12.29 against this barn's trailing median of $214.82.
Average price
$227.11
12 head · 510 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,157
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$196
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.60
vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1514230.591,1859thin
Medium and Large 2570220.001,2541thin
Medium and Large 3460215.009892thin
One grade step is worth $15.59/cwt here — about $196 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
241218194171median 214.8212/1702/1804/0105/2007/15
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 sale12 hd
227.11
GA average15 barns · 829 hd
220.51
+6.60
This barn, trailing median20 sales
214.82
+12.29
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
BullsAverage1,486112.821,6775thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17696.631,13645
CowsLean 85-90%Average95992.578888thin

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 (2-4 yrs)1,067$1,0176
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)900$8001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,130$1,2751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,005$8501thin

Every lot, as filed

16 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 1355245.00/cwt245.00–245.008701
BullsMedium and Large 1400230.00/cwt230.00–230.009201
BullsMedium and Large 3460215.00/cwt215.00–215.009892
BullsMedium and Large 1450240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0801
BullsMedium and Large 1523230.08/cwt225.00–235.001,2033
BullsMedium and Large 1617223.35/cwt220.00–227.501,3783
SteersMedium and Large 2740167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,2401
BullsMedium and Large 2570220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2541
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-21,005850.00/head850.00–850.008501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-31,1301,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2900800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0671,017.23/head750.00–1,300.001,0176
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16294.97/cwt90.00–99.001,10437
CowsLean 85-90%95992.57/cwt80.00–99.008888
CowsBoner 80-85%1,241104.33/cwt100.00–108.001,2958
Bulls1,486112.82/cwt109.00–114.001,6775

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.