Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2020-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-10

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $125.83/cwt on 767 head.

Average price

$125.83

767 head · 685 lb average

Value per head Derived

$862

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$184

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$8.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.27

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	701	130.97	917	315
Medium and Large 2	698	122.26	853	340
Medium and Large 3	600	122.25	734	112

One grade step is worth $8.72/cwt here — about $184 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 sale767 hd

125.83

—

GA average17 barns · 2,336 hd

136.10

−10.27

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	—	556	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	667	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	938	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,062	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	780	81
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	600	122.25/cwt	122.25–122.25	734	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	116.09/cwt	115.50–116.25	691	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	646	114.25/cwt	114.25–114.25	738	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	548	116.34/cwt	115.00–116.50	638	57
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	656	123.75/cwt	123.75–123.75	812	83
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	861	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	986	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	654	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	752	77
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	576	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	749	88
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	789	116.94/cwt	115.00–118.00	923	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	773	105.76/cwt	103.00–109.50	818	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	748	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	890	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	747	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	941	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	709	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	754	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	867	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	444	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	597	113

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 Dec 10, 2020

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

Receipts 1,672Last week 1,701Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	556	120.00	120.00
48	—	845	111.00	111.00
130	—	754	115.00	115.00
113	—	444	134.50	134.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
118	—	595	115.50–116.25	116.09
103	—	646	114.25	114.25
57	—	548	115.00–116.50	116.34
38	—	773	103.00–109.50	105.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	654	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	885	120.00	120.00
81	—	557	140.00	140.00
139	—	747	126.00	126.00
29	—	459	154.50	154.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	600	122.25	122.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	656	123.75	123.75
28	—	861	114.50	114.50
88	—	576	130.00	130.00
62	—	789	115.00–118.00	116.94
79	—	748	119.00	119.00

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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