Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2024-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows were 8.00 to 12.00 higher, slaughter bulls were lightly tested. Feeder cattle, heifers unevenly steady. Bulls lightly tested and steers steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $266.02/cwt on 40 head.

Average price

$266.02

40 head · 426 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,134

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$229

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

$34.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.84

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	455	274.43	1,249	17thin
Medium and Large 2	392	272.52	1,069	14thin
Medium and Large 3	425	240.04	1,019	9thin

One grade step is worth $34.38/cwt here — about $229 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 sale40 hd

266.02

—

GA average14 barns · 1,601 hd

246.18

+19.84

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	—	Average	1,472	116.60	1,716	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,209	115.74	1,399	24

Every lot, as filed

34 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,034	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	988	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,071	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,082	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	378	207.62/cwt	205.00–210.00	785	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	209.88/cwt	205.00–215.00	678	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,344	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	258.29/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,098	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	258.38/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,248	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	224.95/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,069	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	246.69/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,364	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	237.53/cwt	235.00–240.00	998	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	297.50/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,056	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	960	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	332	268.47/cwt	265.00–275.00	891	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	518	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,114	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	250	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	334	289.94/cwt	285.00–295.00	968	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	252.50/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,376	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	210.48/cwt	208.00–213.00	1,179	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	295	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	915	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	291.67/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,219	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	960	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	225.09/cwt	220.00–230.00	819	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	208.49/cwt	205.00–214.00	1,107	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	221.67/cwt	220.00–225.00	904	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	229.65/cwt	225.00–235.00	739	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	381	280.15/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,067	4
Bulls	—	—	1,412	114.80/cwt	111.00–118.00	1,621	3
Bulls	—	—	1,650	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	2,013	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	114.87/cwt	111.00–119.00	1,378	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,179	139.14/cwt	136.00–144.00	1,640	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	105.34/cwt	101.00–108.00	1,302	8

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 Jan 17, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 113Last week 173Year ago 201

Slaughter CattleReceipts 53Last week 100Year ago 100

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows were 8.00 to 12.00 higher, slaughter bulls were lightly tested. Feeder cattle, heifers unevenly steady. Bulls lightly tested and steers steady to 3.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	220.00	220.00
1	—	380	260.00	260.00
1	—	420	255.00	255.00
1	—	515	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	378	205.00–210.00	207.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	323	205.00–215.00	209.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	560	208.00–213.00	210.48
1	—	295	310.00	310.00
2	—	480	200.00	200.00
4	—	364	220.00–230.00	225.09
4	—	531	205.00–214.00	208.49
3	—	408	220.00–225.00	221.67
5	—	322	225.00–235.00	229.65
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	215.00	215.00
3	—	425	255.00–265.00	258.29
1	—	480	250.00	250.00
1	—	250	295.00	295.00
4	—	334	285.00–295.00	289.94
4	—	381	275.00–285.00	280.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	483	255.00–260.00	258.38
3	—	553	245.00–250.00	246.69
2	—	355	295.00–300.00	297.50
1	—	320	300.00	300.00
2	—	545	250.00–255.00	252.50
6	—	418	290.00–295.00	291.67
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	220.00–230.00	224.95
2	—	420	235.00–240.00	237.53
3	—	332	265.00–275.00	268.47
2	—	518	215.00	215.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,412	111.00–118.00	114.80
1	—	1,650	122.00	122.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,200	111.00–119.00	114.87
4	—	1,179	136.00–144.00	139.14
8	—	1,236	101.00–108.00	105.34

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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