Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2020-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-10

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.15/cwt on 621 head.

Average price

$135.15

621 head · 660 lb average

Value per head Derived

$892

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$3.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.35

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	625	136.66	854	184
Medium and Large 1	690	134.99	931	312
Medium and Large 2	638	133.31	850	125

One grade step is worth $3.35/cwt here — about $4 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 sale621 hd

135.15

—

GA average15 barns · 1,221 hd

135.50

−0.35

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	—	550	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	748	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	698	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	747	128.25/cwt	128.25–128.25	958	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	649	132.75/cwt	132.75–132.75	862	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,106	66
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	840	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,004	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	137.10/cwt	137.10–137.10	879	72
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	772	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	953	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	131.25/cwt	131.25–131.25	970	78
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	137.75/cwt	137.75–137.75	792	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	143.33/cwt	135.00–144.00	791	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	746	121.75/cwt	121.75–121.75	908	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	843	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	927	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	713	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	128.25/cwt	128.25–128.25	816	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	115.75/cwt	115.75–115.75	898	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	795	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	134.25/cwt	134.25–134.25	627	59

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
101	—	550	136.00	136.00
15	—	843	110.00	110.00
82	—	636	128.25	128.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	746	121.75	121.75
87	—	553	129.00	129.00
31	—	776	115.75	115.75
51	—	646	123.00	123.00
59	—	467	134.25	134.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	464	150.50	150.50
61	—	747	128.25	128.25
67	—	649	132.75	132.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	885	125.00	125.00
72	—	641	137.10	137.10
78	—	739	131.25	131.25
96	—	552	135.00–144.00	143.33
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	840	119.50	119.50
21	—	772	123.50	123.50
90	—	575	137.75	137.75

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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