Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2026-01-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls sharply higher, all feeder classes lightly tested, all replacements steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $388.77/cwt on 8 head, down $21.24 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 30 comparable sales and sits −1.35 against this barn's trailing median of $390.12.

Average price

$388.77

▼ 21.24 vs prior sale

8 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,152

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$276

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$48.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.90

vs GA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	425.00	2,359	2thin
Medium and Large 2	553	376.69	2,083	6thin

One grade step is worth $48.31/cwt here — about $276 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale8 hd

388.77

—

GA average6 barns · 45 hd

411.66

−22.90

This barn, trailing median30 sales

390.12

−1.35

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	1,471	226.86	3,336	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,620	213.10	3,452	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,465	200.07	2,932	76
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,002	151.45	1,518	9thin

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 Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,067	$2,590	6
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,213	$2,479	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,129	$2,359	3thin

Every lot, as filed

55 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,016	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,720	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,916	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,688	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,535	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,279	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	357.60/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,860	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	492.50/cwt	450.00–535.00	1,354	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,163	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	404.98/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,936	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	384.80/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,628	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	462.63/cwt	455.00–470.00	2,003	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,482	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	313	450.00/cwt	435.00–465.00	1,409	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,651	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	473.04/cwt	470.00–480.00	2,200	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	533.63/cwt	525.00–550.00	2,001	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,498	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	472.17/cwt	460.00–485.00	2,233	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	501.56/cwt	485.00–520.00	1,871	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,240	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	374.64/cwt	350.00–400.00	2,128	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	526.53/cwt	520.00–535.00	2,148	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,279	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,250	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,931	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,436	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,620	213.10/cwt	209.00–217.00	3,452	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,431	171.36/cwt	160.00–179.00	2,452	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,584	213.80/cwt	207.00–231.00	3,387	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,364	195.60/cwt	180.00–229.00	2,668	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	169.99/cwt	165.00–180.00	1,730	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,244	1
Bulls	—	—	1,440	209.28/cwt	197.00–219.00	3,014	4
Bulls	—	—	1,486	235.65/cwt	225.00–242.00	3,502	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	139.52/cwt	130.00–149.00	1,378	4
Bred Cows	Small 2-3	—	790	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,243	3,042.63/head	3,000.00–3,150.00	3,043	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,173	2,304.54/head	1,950.00–2,550.00	2,305	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,308	2,538.15/head	2,500.00–2,575.00	2,538	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,415	3,350.00/head	3,350.00–3,350.00	3,350	1
Bred Cows	Small 2-3	—	770	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	940	2,206.52/head	2,100.00–2,325.00	2,207	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,853	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	579.91/cwt	570.00–585.00	2,076	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,653	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,377	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	380.79/cwt	325.00–435.00	1,992	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	575.00/cwt	570.00–580.00	1,668	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	322.42/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,999	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,916	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,847	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	412.94/cwt	385.00–445.00	1,928	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	491.45/cwt	450.00–520.00	1,863	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	457.68/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,876	2

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 28, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 117Last week 225Year ago 599

Slaughter CattleReceipts 101Last week 49Year ago 230

Replacement CattleReceipts 31Last week 45Year ago 160

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls sharply higher, all feeder classes lightly tested, all replacements steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	485.00–520.00	501.56
2	400–450	433	455.00–470.00	462.63
2	450–500	473	460.00–485.00	472.17
1	500–550	530	430.00	430.00
1	600–650	640	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	525.00–550.00	533.63
1	400–450	435	515.00	515.00
5	450–500	465	470.00–480.00	473.04
1	550–600	570	465.00	465.00
1	700–750	740	337.50	337.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	450.00–535.00	492.50
3	300–350	313	435.00–465.00	450.00
1	350–400	375	450.00	450.00
3	400–450	423	375.00–395.00	384.80
1	450–500	485	395.00	395.00
2	500–550	520	355.00–360.00	357.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	375.00	375.00
1	400–450	445	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	570.00	570.00
1	350–400	365	525.00	525.00
2	400–450	445	415.00	415.00
3	450–500	478	400.00–410.00	404.98
2	600–650	620	320.00–325.00	322.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	570.00	570.00
4	350–400	379	450.00–520.00	491.45
2	400–450	410	450.00–465.00	457.68
5	450–500	467	385.00–445.00	412.94
2	500–550	523	325.00–435.00	380.79
4	550–600	568	350.00–400.00	374.64
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	570.00–580.00	575.00
1	300–350	330	585.00	585.00
3	350–400	358	570.00–585.00	579.91
3	400–450	408	520.00–535.00	526.53
1	450–500	450	500.00	500.00
1	500–550	530	430.00	430.00
1	550–600	580	420.00	420.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	405.00	405.00
1	400–450	435	380.00	380.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,620	209.00–217.00	213.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,431	160.00–179.00	171.36
32	—	1,584	207.00–231.00	213.80
34	—	1,364	180.00–229.00	195.60
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,018	165.00–180.00	169.99
1	—	995	125.00	125.00
4	—	988	130.00–149.00	139.52
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,440	197.00–219.00	209.28
8	—	1,486	225.00–242.00	235.65

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)	1	—	790	2,000.00	2,000.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	770	2,000.00	2,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,243	3,000.00–3,150.00	3,042.63
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,415	3,350.00	3,350.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,173	1,950.00–2,550.00	2,304.54
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,308	2,500.00–2,575.00	2,538.15
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	940	2,100.00–2,325.00	2,206.52

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

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

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Northeast Georgia Livestock - Athens, GA

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle