Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2024-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier, Slaughter Cows and Bulls lightly tested, Replacement Cattle 5.00 to 8.00 higher, all feeder classes steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $234.84/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −134.17 against this barn's trailing median of $369.01.

Average price

$234.84

18 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,280

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$84

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

$34.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.61

vs GA average

−50.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	519	253.13	1,312	4thin
Medium and Large 2	546	237.76	1,298	8thin
Medium and Large 3	562	218.75	1,229	6thin

One grade step is worth $34.38/cwt here — about $84 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $400.34, low $315.98, median $369.01 across 29 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 sale18 hd

234.84

—

GA average15 barns · 562 hd

251.45

−16.61

National average180 barns · 17,940 hd

284.95

−50.11

This barn, trailing median29 sales

369.01

−134.17

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	—	Average	1,632	137.26	2,241	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,285	115.38	1,482	76
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,466	114.54	1,679	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,050	99.46	1,044	16

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)	1,264	$2,554	89
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,208	$2,005	31
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,119	$1,555	44
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,089	$3,089	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,142	$2,834	35

Every lot, as filed

100 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	312.20/cwt	305.00–320.00	993	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	210.84/cwt	210.00–212.50	1,609	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	315.05/cwt	312.50–317.50	1,370	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	914	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,278	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	3,184.80/head	3,000.00–3,350.00	3,185	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,307	2,855.42/head	2,600.00–3,200.00	2,855	40
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,253	2,396.45/head	2,150.00–2,600.00	2,396	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	298.06/cwt	275.00–307.50	1,255	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,422	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,268	3,084.23/head	2,950.00–3,300.00	3,084	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,197	1,852.48/head	1,700.00–2,150.00	1,852	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,722	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	262.51/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,347	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,409	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	820	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,804	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,106	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	274.52/cwt	272.50–277.50	1,304	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,709	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	363.69/cwt	361.00–365.00	1,386	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	262.53/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,636	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	251.45/cwt	247.50–255.00	1,149	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,375	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	406	270.16/cwt	265.00–279.00	1,097	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	357.03/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,160	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	242.39/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,270	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,108	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,210	2,384.05/head	2,200.00–2,600.00	2,384	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,494	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	230.04/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,339	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,252	2,389.57/head	1,700.00–2,650.00	2,390	45
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,230	1,915.40/head	1,525.00–2,150.00	1,915	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,033	2,771.19/head	2,600.00–2,950.00	2,771	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	270	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	959	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	348.72/cwt	347.50–350.00	1,290	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	608	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,338	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	529	244.86/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,295	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	220.52/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,367	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,048	2,778.04/head	2,700.00–2,850.00	2,778	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	745	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,714	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,161	1,488.40/head	1,250.00–1,650.00	1,488	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	582	233.30/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,358	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,047	2,770.64/head	2,600.00–3,000.00	2,771	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,458	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	239.95/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,123	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	284.73/cwt	280.00–290.00	934	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	286	297.45/cwt	290.00–305.00	851	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	800–850	820	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,517	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	342.06/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,146	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	613	211.12/cwt	205.00–217.50	1,294	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	567	217.00/cwt	205.00–222.50	1,230	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,498	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	913	1,163.91/head	900.00–1,400.00	1,164	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	253.95/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,041	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	290.95/cwt	285.00–292.50	1,367	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	483	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,280	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	800–850	830	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,743	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	1,135	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	971	1,378.67/head	975.00–1,750.00	1,379	4
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	994	1,287.11/head	1,075.00–1,550.00	1,287	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	978	2,012.79/head	1,800.00–2,200.00	2,013	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	115.02/cwt	112.00–119.00	1,674	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,523	107.42/cwt	106.00–109.00	1,636	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,827	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,197	109.31/cwt	105.00–112.00	1,308	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,312	116.71/cwt	113.00–120.00	1,531	51
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,107	109.80/cwt	108.00–112.00	1,215	5
Bulls	—	—	1,539	135.83/cwt	132.00–139.00	2,090	7
Bulls	—	—	1,568	130.32/cwt	129.00–131.00	2,043	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,042	87.64/cwt	84.00–93.00	913	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	100.70/cwt	95.00–105.00	1,015	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,329	123.26/cwt	122.00–125.00	1,638	6
Bulls	—	—	1,781	144.64/cwt	141.00–148.00	2,576	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,350	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	304.98/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,104	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,295	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,314	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,551	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,658	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	233.47/cwt	230.00–237.50	1,459	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,429	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	222.48/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,457	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	389.69/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,247	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	282.48/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,138	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	415	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,361	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,506	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	465	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,523	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	460	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,541	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	292.46/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,339	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	373.32/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,221	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	352	283.34/cwt	280.00–285.00	997	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	339.90/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,285	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	284.94/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,197	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	740	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,443	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,217	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	670	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,390	1

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 Dec 18, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 377Last week 149Year ago 80

Slaughter CattleReceipts 169Last week 49Year ago 95

Replacement CattleReceipts 277Last week 15Year ago 8

Compared to one week earlier, Slaughter Cows and Bulls lightly tested, Replacement Cattle 5.00 to 8.00 higher, all feeder classes steady to 5.00 higher.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,130	3,500.00	3,500.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,200	3,000.00–3,350.00	3,184.80
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,268	2,950.00–3,300.00	3,084.23
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,130	3,400.00	3,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,210	2,200.00–2,600.00	2,384.05
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,033	2,600.00–2,950.00	2,771.19
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,048	2,700.00–2,850.00	2,778.04
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,047	2,600.00–3,000.00	2,770.64
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,135	1,800.00	1,800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	978	1,800.00–2,200.00	2,012.79
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	40	—	1,307	2,600.00–3,200.00	2,855.42
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,253	2,150.00–2,600.00	2,396.45
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	17	—	1,197	1,700.00–2,150.00	1,852.48
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	45	—	1,252	1,700.00–2,650.00	2,389.57
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,230	1,525.00–2,150.00	1,915.40
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	17	—	1,161	1,250.00–1,650.00	1,488.40
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	913	900.00–1,400.00	1,163.91
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	971	975.00–1,750.00	1,378.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	994	1,075.00–1,550.00	1,287.11

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	305.00–320.00	312.20
3	350–400	362	300.00–315.00	304.98
2	400–450	403	280.00–285.00	282.48
3	500–550	508	255.00	255.00
1	550–600	550	247.50	247.50
5	600–650	625	230.00–237.50	233.47
2	650–700	655	220.00–225.00	222.48
1	700–750	735	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	315.00	315.00
5	350–400	382	290.00	290.00
4	400–450	406	265.00–279.00	270.16
6	450–500	457	247.50–255.00	251.45
5	500–550	524	240.00–245.00	242.39
3	550–600	582	225.00–235.00	230.04
2	600–650	608	220.00	220.00
1	700–750	720	207.50	207.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	286	290.00–305.00	297.45
2	300–350	328	280.00–290.00	284.73
3	350–400	352	280.00–285.00	283.34
5	400–450	410	245.00–260.00	253.95
4	450–500	468	235.00–245.00	239.95
1	500–550	535	227.50	227.50
5	550–600	567	205.00–222.50	217.00
2	600–650	613	205.00–217.50	211.12
1	650–700	670	207.50	207.50
1	700–750	740	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	327	370.00–375.00	373.32
1	350–400	355	360.00	360.00
3	400–450	435	312.50–317.50	315.05
2	450–500	458	290.00–295.00	292.46
1	500–550	500	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	585	257.50	257.50
1	700–750	705	220.00	220.00
3	750–800	763	210.00–212.50	210.84
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	375.00	375.00
5	300–350	325	355.00–365.00	357.03
2	350–400	370	347.50–350.00	348.72
5	400–450	421	275.00–307.50	298.06
5	450–500	475	272.50–277.50	274.52
2	500–550	513	260.00–265.00	262.51
3	550–600	575	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	355.00	355.00
5	300–350	335	335.00–350.00	342.06
2	350–400	378	335.00–345.00	339.90
2	400–450	420	280.00–290.00	284.94
2	450–500	483	265.00	265.00
7	500–550	529	240.00–255.00	244.86
3	550–600	582	230.00–235.00	233.30
5	600–650	620	215.00–225.00	220.52
1	800–850	820	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	330.00	330.00
1	450–500	465	327.50	327.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	381	361.00–365.00	363.69
2	400–450	423	325.00	325.00
2	450–500	470	302.50	302.50
2	600–650	623	260.00–265.00	262.53
1	650–700	670	255.00	255.00
1	700–750	710	242.50	242.50
1	800–850	820	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	470	285.00–292.50	290.95
1	500–550	535	280.00	280.00
1	550–600	550	265.00	265.00
1	700–750	745	230.00	230.00
2	800–850	830	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	385.00–395.00	389.69
1	350–400	355	370.00	370.00
1	450–500	450	317.50	317.50
11	500–550	549	302.00	302.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	335.00	335.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,455	112.00–119.00	115.02
2	—	1,523	106.00–109.00	107.42
1	—	1,485	123.00	123.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,197	105.00–112.00	109.31
51	—	1,312	113.00–120.00	116.71
6	—	1,329	122.00–125.00	123.26
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,107	108.00–112.00	109.80
5	—	1,042	84.00–93.00	87.64
6	—	1,008	95.00–105.00	100.70
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,539	132.00–139.00	135.83
6	—	1,568	129.00–131.00	130.32
7	—	1,781	141.00–148.00	144.64

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

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How this sale compares

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