Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2020-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-12

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.28/cwt on 675 head.

Average price

$123.28

675 head · 614 lb average

Value per head Derived

$757

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$18

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

$9.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.43

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	609	124.69	759	580
Medium and Large 2	646	114.73	741	95

One grade step is worth $9.96/cwt here — about $18 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 sale675 hd

123.28

—

GA average17 barns · 2,056 hd

116.86

+6.43

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	910	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	134.25/cwt	134.25–134.25	626	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	120.11/cwt	118.75–120.50	912	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	120.99/cwt	119.00–123.00	779	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	126.75/cwt	122.00–128.75	711	223
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	151.25/cwt	151.25–151.25	702	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	123.53/cwt	120.00–125.25	1,086	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	136.29/cwt	134.00–138.75	752	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	931	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	128.06/cwt	128.00–129.75	788	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	752	115.51/cwt	112.00–117.75	869	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	743	124.25/cwt	124.25–124.25	923	63
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	759	118.64/cwt	114.00–121.50	900	73
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	598	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	762	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	581	114.25/cwt	114.25–114.25	664	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

Thu Nov 12, 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
10	—	867	105.00	105.00
83	—	466	134.25	134.25
93	—	759	118.75–120.50	120.11
171	—	644	119.00–123.00	120.99
223	—	561	122.00–128.75	126.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	752	112.00–117.75	115.51
59	—	581	114.25	114.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	464	151.25	151.25
87	—	879	120.00–125.25	123.53
187	—	552	134.00–138.75	136.29
1	—	739	126.00	126.00
33	—	615	128.00–129.75	128.06
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	743	124.25	124.25
73	—	759	114.00–121.50	118.64
91	—	598	127.50	127.50

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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