Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2020-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-12

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $122.23/cwt on 616 head.

Average price

$122.23

616 head · 668 lb average

Value per head Derived

$816

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$56

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

$17.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.39

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	137.40	765	91
Medium and Large 1-2	687	119.60	822	525

One grade step is worth $17.80/cwt here — about −$56 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 sale616 hd

122.23

—

GA average15 barns · 1,047 hd

128.62

−6.39

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

12 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	827	105.25/cwt	105.25–105.25	870	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	137.40/cwt	137.40–137.40	765	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	840	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	675	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	125.20/cwt	125.20–125.20	814	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	128.75/cwt	128.75–128.75	739	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	670	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	842	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	554	119.25/cwt	119.25–119.25	661	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	649	107.75/cwt	107.75–107.75	699	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	754	99.95/cwt	99.95–99.95	754	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	613	43

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

Thu Mar 12, 2020

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	827	105.25	105.25
138	—	750	112.00	112.00
36	—	459	147.00	147.00
139	—	650	125.20	125.20
99	—	574	128.75	128.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	557	137.40	137.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	638	105.00	105.00
88	—	554	119.25	119.25
138	—	754	99.95	99.95
43	—	463	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	859	98.00	98.00
81	—	649	107.75	107.75

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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