Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2019-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-15

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $138.37/cwt on 752 head.

Average price

$138.37

752 head · 654 lb average

Value per head Derived

$904

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$19

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

$4.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.49

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	639	141.19	903	119
Medium and Large 1	662	138.94	920	373
Medium and Large 2	648	136.26	883	260

One grade step is worth $4.93/cwt here — about $19 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 sale752 hd

138.37

—

GA average17 barns · 1,276 hd

136.88

+1.49

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

18 lots · USDA AMS · Northeast Georgia Livestock Special Feeder Cattle Sale - 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 1	—	751	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	991	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	713	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	840	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	964	112.75/cwt	112.75–112.75	1,087	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	131.75/cwt	131.75–131.75	1,021	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	629	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,157	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	456	146.75/cwt	146.75–146.75	669	65
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	759	131.75/cwt	131.75–131.75	1,000	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	744	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,004	54
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	780	69
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	135.53/cwt	135.00–135.75	861	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	736	124.25/cwt	124.25–124.25	914	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	644	127.25/cwt	127.25–127.25	819	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	127.30/cwt	125.25–128.00	721	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	802	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	1,027	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	898	159

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 Special Feeder Cattle Sale - Athens, GA

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	751	132.00	132.00
79	—	555	128.50	128.50
126	—	646	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	964	112.75	112.75
73	—	775	131.75	131.75
105	—	466	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	736	124.25	124.25
80	—	644	127.25	127.25
136	—	566	125.25–128.00	127.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	860	134.50	134.50
65	—	456	146.75	146.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	759	131.75	131.75
54	—	744	135.00	135.00
69	—	557	140.00	140.00
113	—	635	135.00–135.75	135.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	555	144.50	144.50
124	—	751	136.75	136.75
159	—	653	137.50	137.50

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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