Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2020-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one month ago: All feeder classes sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $132.78/cwt on 677 head.

Average price

$132.78

677 head · 649 lb average

Value per head Derived

$862

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$35

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

$8.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.38

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	647	134.11	867	568
Medium and Large 2	662	125.84	833	109

One grade step is worth $8.27/cwt here — about $35 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 sale677 hd

132.78

—

GA average16 barns · 1,504 hd

129.40

+3.38

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

15 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	—	561	139.19/cwt	138.50–139.75	781	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	862	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	746	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	959	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	121.09/cwt	117.50–124.00	681	82
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	597	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	770	69
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	773	120.40/cwt	118.25–123.00	931	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	746	103.86/cwt	100.00–105.00	775	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	670	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,060	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	752	127.25/cwt	127.25–127.25	957	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	124.75/cwt	124.25–125.25	797	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	126.75/cwt	126.75–126.75	706	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	119.83/cwt	116.00–120.50	914	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	131.25/cwt	131.25–131.25	605	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	114.25/cwt	114.25–114.25	960	22

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 Oct 8, 2020

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

Receipts 1,251Last week 1,512Year ago 0

Compared to one month ago: All feeder classes sold steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
172	—	561	138.50–139.75	139.19
157	—	648	133.00	133.00
71	—	746	128.50	128.50
53	—	457	146.50	146.50
52	—	855	124.00	124.00
63	—	752	127.25	127.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	597	129.00	129.00
40	—	773	118.25–123.00	120.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	562	117.50–124.00	121.09
13	—	746	100.00–105.00	103.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
154	—	639	124.25–125.25	124.75
84	—	557	126.75	126.75
79	—	763	116.00–120.50	119.83
64	—	461	131.25	131.25
22	—	840	114.25	114.25

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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