Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2021-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-04

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.38/cwt on 893 head.

Average price

$135.38

893 head · 683 lb average

Value per head Derived

$924

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$131

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

$1.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.88

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	596	136.41	813	135
Medium and Large 1	698	135.19	944	758

One grade step is worth $1.22/cwt here — about −$131 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 sale893 hd

135.38

—

GA average16 barns · 1,815 hd

139.26

−3.88

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 2	—	559	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	699	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	730	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	747	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	945	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	803	122.77/cwt	121.25–124.50	986	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	114.25/cwt	114.25–114.25	889	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	109.75/cwt	109.75–109.75	960	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	873	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	623	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	749	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	869	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	897	116.25/cwt	116.25–116.25	1,043	113
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	619	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	823	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	656	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	781	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	794	110.61/cwt	110.50–110.75	878	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	793	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	621	124.14/cwt	123.25–124.90	771	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	156.75/cwt	156.75–156.75	854	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	587	137.75/cwt	137.75–137.75	809	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	169.75/cwt	169.75–169.75	771	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	134.47/cwt	133.25–135.00	881	196

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 2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	559	125.00	125.00
75	—	458	136.00	136.00
51	—	656	119.00	119.00
52	—	794	110.50–110.75	110.61
154	—	621	123.25–124.90	124.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	553	132.00	132.00
76	—	778	114.25	114.25
113	—	875	109.75	109.75
60	—	749	116.00	116.00
85	—	647	122.50	122.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
131	—	747	126.50	126.50
131	—	803	121.25–124.50	122.77
90	—	551	158.50	158.50
113	—	897	116.25	116.25
31	—	545	156.75	156.75
66	—	454	169.75	169.75
196	—	655	133.25–135.00	134.47
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	619	133.00	133.00
97	—	587	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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