Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2021-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-13

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $133.98/cwt on 646 head.

Average price

$133.98

646 head · 665 lb average

Value per head Derived

$891

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$38

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

$9.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.11

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	681	135.99	926	437
Medium and Large 3	579	132.02	764	117
Medium and Large 2	699	126.95	887	92

One grade step is worth $9.04/cwt here — about $38 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 sale646 hd

133.98

—

GA average15 barns · 1,207 hd

133.87

+0.11

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	711	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	126.90/cwt	125.25–128.00	940	113
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	792	120.75/cwt	120.75–120.75	956	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	117.20/cwt	115.75–118.75	905	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	121.75/cwt	121.75–121.75	710	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	840	86
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	642	130.75/cwt	130.75–130.75	839	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	900	80
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	579	132.02/cwt	130.00–136.50	764	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	122.25/cwt	122.25–122.25	996	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	842	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	922	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	119.22/cwt	118.75–121.25	1,046	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	785	120.25/cwt	120.25–120.25	944	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	137.75/cwt	137.75–137.75	624	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	112.75/cwt	112.75–112.75	984	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	124.25/cwt	124.25–124.25	800	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	724	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	737	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	123.40/cwt	123.40–123.40	811	38

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 May 13, 2021

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

Receipts 1,271Last week 1,272Year ago 1,369

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	453	157.00	157.00
113	—	741	125.25–128.00	126.90
86	—	556	151.00	151.00
80	—	643	140.00	140.00
33	—	815	122.25	122.25
73	—	877	118.75–121.25	119.22
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	792	120.75	120.75
57	—	642	130.75	130.75
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	579	130.00–136.50	132.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	772	115.75–118.75	117.20
81	—	453	137.75	137.75
63	—	873	112.75	112.75
55	—	644	124.25	124.25
53	—	566	128.00	128.00
41	—	548	134.50	134.50
38	—	657	123.40	123.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	583	121.75	121.75
28	—	842	109.50	109.50
24	—	785	120.25	120.25

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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