Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2024-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and bull calves 3.00 to 5.00 higher, feeder heifers steady to 3.00 higher, heifer calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher, replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $243.35/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −146.77 against this barn's trailing median of $390.12.

Average price

$243.35

34 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,318

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$189

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

$23.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.00

vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	253.52	1,427	4thin
Medium and Large 2	539	247.00	1,331	21
Medium and Large 3	538	230.30	1,238	9thin

One grade step is worth $23.22/cwt here — about $189 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $442.62, low $293.19, median $390.12 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale34 hd

243.35

—

GA average14 barns · 302 hd

249.35

−6.00

This barn, trailing median30 sales

390.12

−146.77

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	1,561	150.95	2,356	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,507	119.35	1,799	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,349	117.52	1,586	61
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,080	103.68	1,120	22

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	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	990	$1,325	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	847	$1,082	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	998	$1,483	6

Every lot, as filed

70 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	600–650	623	197.41/cwt	195.00–200.00	1,230	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	265.05/cwt	260.00–270.00	959	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	464	236.03/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,095	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	333	245.00/cwt	240.00–250.00	816	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	511	232.67/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,189	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	424	263.73/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,118	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	208.76/cwt	207.50–210.00	1,395	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	268	256.94/cwt	252.00–262.00	689	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	264.08/cwt	257.50–275.00	1,212	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	253.43/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,072	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	275.53/cwt	270.00–287.50	1,127	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	292.54/cwt	290.00–295.00	834	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	316	270.02/cwt	265.00–275.00	853	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	250.25/cwt	247.50–252.50	1,304	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	419	242.82/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,017	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	214.36/cwt	200.00–225.00	1,325	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	250.42/cwt	242.00–255.00	1,154	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	237.00/cwt	232.00–242.00	1,221	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,238	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	245.61/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,378	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	277.89/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,050	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,215	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	519	218.51/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,134	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	274.88/cwt	270.00–280.00	750	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,524	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,290	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,441	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	232.84/cwt	225.00–237.50	1,311	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	316.85/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,217	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	290.82/cwt	287.50–295.00	1,332	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	221.25/cwt	220.00–222.50	1,571	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	658	199.97/cwt	195.00–205.00	1,316	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	700	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,313	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	242.56/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,116	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	559	228.41/cwt	225.00–237.00	1,277	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	118.80/cwt	115.00–124.00	1,566	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,402	126.58/cwt	125.00–129.00	1,775	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,087	94.16/cwt	90.00–97.00	1,024	3
Bulls	—	—	1,355	139.14/cwt	132.00–143.00	1,885	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,433	109.81/cwt	107.00–114.00	1,574	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,493	110.15/cwt	105.00–114.00	1,645	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	126.68/cwt	125.00–128.00	1,875	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,527	121.94/cwt	118.00–124.00	1,862	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,079	105.18/cwt	100.00–111.00	1,135	19
Bulls	—	—	1,845	165.20/cwt	163.00–168.00	3,048	4
Bulls	—	—	1,543	151.30/cwt	146.00–156.00	2,335	6
Bred Cows	Small 2-3	—	785	1,085.35/head	1,050.00–1,125.00	1,085	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	990	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	970	1,075.00/head	1,075.00–1,075.00	1,075	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,000	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,015	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 2-3	—	980	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	248.12/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,285	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	279.42/cwt	272.00–285.00	1,196	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	667	224.19/cwt	220.00–227.50	1,495	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	234.73/cwt	232.00–237.00	1,460	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	306.88/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,246	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	242.84/cwt	240.00–247.50	1,493	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	263	307.38/cwt	300.00–320.00	808	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	264	338.33/cwt	330.00–350.00	893	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	317.60/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,175	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	237.21/cwt	232.00–242.50	1,554	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	253.52/cwt	252.00–255.00	1,427	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	262.39/cwt	255.00–272.00	1,217	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,406	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	326	300.02/cwt	295.00–310.00	978	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	332.02/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,079	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	245	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	662	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	382.37/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,109	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	245.76/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,381	10

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 Nov 20, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 314Last week 544Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 146Last week 80Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 39Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	268	252.00–262.00	256.94
4	300–350	333	240.00–250.00	245.00
7	400–450	419	240.00–245.00	242.82
5	450–500	464	230.00–240.00	236.03
6	500–550	519	210.00–225.00	218.51
2	600–650	623	195.00–200.00	197.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	273	270.00–280.00	274.88
4	300–350	316	265.00–275.00	270.02
3	350–400	362	260.00–270.00	265.05
3	400–450	423	250.00–255.00	253.43
5	450–500	461	242.00–255.00	250.42
10	500–550	515	232.00–242.00	237.00
8	550–600	563	225.00–237.50	232.84
2	650–700	668	207.50–210.00	208.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	290.00–295.00	292.54
6	350–400	378	275.00–285.00	277.89
6	400–450	409	270.00–287.50	275.53
9	450–500	459	257.50–275.00	264.08
10	500–550	521	247.50–252.50	250.25
8	550–600	561	240.00–250.00	245.61
6	600–650	618	200.00–225.00	214.36
3	650–700	655	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	263	300.00–320.00	307.38
4	300–350	326	295.00–310.00	300.02
7	400–450	424	260.00–270.00	263.73
6	450–500	460	235.00–250.00	242.56
4	500–550	511	230.00–240.00	232.67
5	550–600	559	225.00–237.00	228.41
3	650–700	658	195.00–205.00	199.97
1	700–750	700	187.50	187.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	375.00–390.00	382.37
4	400–450	406	305.00–310.00	306.88
3	450–500	458	287.50–295.00	290.82
4	550–600	563	252.00–255.00	253.52
3	600–650	615	240.00–247.50	242.84
2	650–700	655	232.00–242.50	237.21
4	700–750	710	220.00–222.50	221.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	270.00	270.00
5	250–300	264	330.00–350.00	338.33
5	300–350	325	330.00–335.00	332.02
4	350–400	370	310.00–325.00	317.60
8	400–450	428	272.00–285.00	279.42
12	450–500	464	255.00–272.00	262.39
11	500–550	518	245.00–255.00	248.12
10	550–600	562	240.00–250.00	245.76
3	600–650	622	232.00–237.00	234.73
3	650–700	667	220.00–227.50	224.19
2	750–800	750	187.50	187.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	247.50	247.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	384	315.00–330.00	316.85
1	400–450	405	300.00	300.00
1	450–500	465	277.50	277.50
1	550–600	575	265.00	265.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,318	115.00–124.00	118.80
5	—	1,402	125.00–129.00	126.58
13	—	1,433	107.00–114.00	109.81
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,087	90.00–97.00	94.16
19	—	1,079	100.00–111.00	105.18
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,493	105.00–114.00	110.15
2	—	1,480	125.00–128.00	126.68
5	—	1,527	118.00–124.00	121.94
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,355	132.00–143.00	139.14
4	—	1,845	163.00–168.00	165.20
6	—	1,543	146.00–156.00	151.30

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	785	1,050.00–1,125.00	1,085.35
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	990	1,325.00	1,325.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	970	1,075.00	1,075.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,000	1,650.00	1,650.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,015	1,550.00	1,550.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	980	1,250.00	1,250.00

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 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

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How this sale compares

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