Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2020-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-14

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $128.52/cwt on 507 head.

Average price

$128.52

507 head · 665 lb average

Value per head Derived

$854

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$3.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.26

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	630	130.50	822	138
Medium and Large 1	689	127.89	882	282
Medium and Large 1-2	640	127.43	815	87

One grade step is worth $3.07/cwt here — about $7 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 sale507 hd

128.52

—

GA average15 barns · 1,200 hd

129.78

−1.26

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

19 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	—	745	102.75/cwt	102.75–102.75	765	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	641	108.25/cwt	108.25–108.25	694	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	701	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	596	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	120.75/cwt	120.75–120.75	682	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	95.50/cwt	95.50–95.50	812	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	125.75/cwt	125.75–125.75	694	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	787	101.50/cwt	101.50–101.50	799	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	880	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	143.72/cwt	132.50–146.00	795	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	456	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	675	47
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	657	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	854	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	744	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	885	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	856	103.25/cwt	103.25–103.25	884	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	742	114.25/cwt	114.25–114.25	848	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	953	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	133.91/cwt	126.00–135.00	862	83
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	611	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	782	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	546	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	775	46

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 May 14, 2020

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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
47	—	745	102.75	102.75
47	—	646	108.50	108.50
32	—	850	95.50	95.50
54	—	552	125.75	125.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	641	108.25	108.25
84	—	565	120.75	120.75
64	—	787	101.50	101.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	457	130.50	130.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	811	108.50	108.50
77	—	553	132.50–146.00	143.72
59	—	744	119.00	119.00
54	—	874	109.00	109.00
83	—	644	126.00–135.00	133.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	456	148.00	148.00
40	—	856	103.25	103.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	657	130.00	130.00
28	—	742	114.25	114.25
21	—	611	128.00	128.00
46	—	546	142.00	142.00

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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