Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2026-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady to 6.00 higher, feeder steers lightly tested, feeder bulls and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher, all replacements steady to 15.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $380.00/cwt on 9 head, up $2.60 from the prior sale. That ranks 22 of 29 comparable sales and sits +10.98 against this barn's trailing median of $369.01.

Average price

$380.00

▲ 2.60 vs prior sale

9 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,050

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$97

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

$5.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.37

vs GA average

−36.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	385.00	2,137	1thin
Medium and Large 2	538	379.37	2,040	8thin

One grade step is worth $5.63/cwt here — about $97 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

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 sale9 hd

380.00

—

GA average13 barns · 434 hd

392.36

−12.37

National average164 barns · 8,069 hd

416.12

−36.12

This barn, trailing median29 sales

369.01

+10.98

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	—	High	1,634	207.24	3,386	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,338	185.10	2,477	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,378	171.16	2,358	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,002	158.69	1,589	8thin

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)	1,069	$2,997	10
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,057	$2,718	12
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,056	$2,605	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	995	$4,250	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	989	$4,088	50

Every lot, as filed

67 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	400–450	430	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,720	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	550.00/cwt	545.00–555.00	2,118	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	268	402.43/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,079	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,268	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,156	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	359.92/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,584	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	364.97/cwt	355.00–370.00	2,051	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,502	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	524.07/cwt	515.00–540.00	1,944	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	352.49/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,355	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	362.46/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,211	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,137	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,915	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	269	447.84/cwt	420.00–490.00	1,205	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	220	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	935	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	370.00/cwt	345.00–395.00	1,221	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	280	385.71/cwt	365.00–405.00	1,080	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,457	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	388.01/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,029	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	502.50/cwt	490.00–525.00	2,065	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	474.17/cwt	460.00–485.00	2,039	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	414.76/cwt	405.00–430.00	1,970	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	302.29/cwt	295.00–310.00	2,176	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	402.41/cwt	395.00–410.00	2,648	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,881	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	665	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,796	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,204	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	1,406	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	452.13/cwt	425.00–480.00	2,545	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,748	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,652	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	463.97/cwt	420.00–505.00	1,782	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,588	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	443.15/cwt	415.00–470.00	1,861	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	424.04/cwt	380.00–470.00	1,993	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,395	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	473.78/cwt	465.00–485.00	2,203	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	518.63/cwt	495.00–540.00	2,126	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	503.36/cwt	475.00–535.00	2,426	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	580.18/cwt	575.00–590.00	1,584	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	447.50/cwt	430.00–465.00	1,768	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,488	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,931	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,802	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	745	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,089	2,933.73/head	2,650.00–3,150.00	2,934	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	4,250.00/head	4,250.00–4,250.00	4,250	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	943	4,647.35/head	4,600.00–4,700.00	4,647	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,020	3,579.51/head	3,300.00–3,850.00	3,580	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	4,250.00/head	4,250.00–4,250.00	4,250	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,016	2,439.73/head	2,000.00–2,600.00	2,440	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	996	3,309.09/head	2,800.00–3,650.00	3,309	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	994	2,287.86/head	1,950.00–2,400.00	2,288	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	4,605.40/head	4,050.00–5,200.00	4,605	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,106	2,898.42/head	2,600.00–3,100.00	2,898	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,022	2,408.77/head	2,250.00–2,550.00	2,409	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,104	3,369.28/head	3,000.00–3,600.00	3,369	6
Bulls	—	—	2,147	220.72/cwt	216.00–226.00	4,739	3
Bulls	—	—	1,377	200.50/cwt	196.00–205.00	2,761	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,031	163.01/cwt	158.00–166.00	1,681	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	913	145.74/cwt	139.00–154.00	1,331	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,426	170.78/cwt	163.00–177.00	2,435	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	184.22/cwt	182.00–186.00	2,257	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,332	143.80/cwt	112.00–159.00	1,915	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,338	185.10/cwt	181.00–189.00	2,477	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 Mar 18, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 183Last week 194Year ago 297

Slaughter CattleReceipts 44Last week 80Year ago 146

Replacement CattleReceipts 110Last week 32Year ago 60

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady to 6.00 higher, feeder steers lightly tested, feeder bulls and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher, all replacements steady to 15.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	425.00	425.00
2	250–300	280	365.00–405.00	385.71
2	300–350	330	345.00–395.00	370.00
1	350–400	390	385.00	385.00
1	400–450	430	400.00	400.00
1	600–650	620	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	269	420.00–490.00	447.84
1	300–350	330	505.00	505.00
4	350–400	384	420.00–505.00	463.97
6	400–450	430	460.00–485.00	474.17
4	450–500	475	405.00–430.00	414.76
5	500–550	523	370.00–400.00	388.01
3	550–600	562	355.00–370.00	364.97
2	700–750	720	295.00–310.00	302.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	371	515.00–540.00	524.07
7	400–450	411	490.00–525.00	502.50
5	450–500	465	465.00–485.00	473.78
1	550–600	555	385.00	385.00
2	600–650	610	360.00–365.00	362.46
2	650–700	668	350.00–355.00	352.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	273	575.00–590.00	580.18
1	300–350	340	530.00	530.00
2	350–400	385	545.00–555.00	550.00
8	400–450	410	495.00–540.00	518.63
3	450–500	482	475.00–535.00	503.36
1	500–550	535	465.00	465.00
1	550–600	575	375.00	375.00
1	600–650	630	360.00	360.00
1	650–700	690	375.00	375.00
1	750–800	785	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	268	400.00–405.00	402.43
1	300–350	310	450.00	450.00
2	350–400	395	430.00–465.00	447.50
2	400–450	420	415.00–470.00	443.15
2	450–500	470	380.00–470.00	424.04
1	500–550	515	375.00	375.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	625.00	625.00
1	350–400	380	580.00	580.00
2	550–600	563	425.00–480.00	452.13
1	650–700	680	390.00	390.00
3	700–750	718	350.00–375.00	359.92
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	555.00	555.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	570.00	570.00
1	450–500	460	500.00	500.00
2	650–700	658	395.00–410.00	402.41
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	665	270.00	270.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	745	3,500.00	3,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	995	4,250.00	4,250.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	943	4,600.00–4,700.00	4,647.35
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,110	4,250.00	4,250.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	—	995	4,050.00–5,200.00	4,605.40
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,020	3,300.00–3,850.00	3,579.51
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	996	2,800.00–3,650.00	3,309.09
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,089	2,650.00–3,150.00	2,933.73
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,106	2,600.00–3,100.00	2,898.42
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,104	3,000.00–3,600.00	3,369.28
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,016	2,000.00–2,600.00	2,439.73
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	994	1,950.00–2,400.00	2,287.86
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,022	2,250.00–2,550.00	2,408.77

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,147	216.00–226.00	220.72
6	—	1,377	196.00–205.00	200.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,031	158.00–166.00	163.01
2	—	913	139.00–154.00	145.74
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,426	163.00–177.00	170.78
7	—	1,225	182.00–186.00	184.22
3	—	1,332	112.00–159.00	143.80
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,338	181.00–189.00	185.10

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

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Northeast Georgia Livestock - Athens, GA

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle