Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2021-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-12

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.57/cwt on 993 head.

Average price

$153.57

993 head · 664 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,020

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$26

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

$6.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.52

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	661	156.03	1,031	596
Medium and Large 2	670	149.89	1,004	397

One grade step is worth $6.14/cwt here — about $26 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 sale993 hd

153.57

—

GA average14 barns · 1,868 hd

152.06

+1.52

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	—	772	146.25/cwt	145.75–146.75	1,129	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	144.75/cwt	144.75–144.75	1,258	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	767	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,016	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	173.25/cwt	173.25–173.25	800	68
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	837	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,201	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	157.90/cwt	157.90–157.90	1,018	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	612	142.75/cwt	142.75–142.75	874	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	607	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	898	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	548	147.75/cwt	147.75–147.75	810	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	156.63/cwt	149.00–158.00	1,021	93
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	746	148.16/cwt	148.00–148.25	1,105	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	160.01/cwt	157.00–160.25	896	95
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	571	156.04/cwt	153.00–157.50	891	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	148.11/cwt	145.50–151.00	849	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	138.07/cwt	133.50–139.00	1,052	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	156.25/cwt	156.25–156.25	714	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	649	146.11/cwt	145.60–146.25	948	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	931	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	1,120	45

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 Aug 12, 2021

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	772	145.75–146.75	146.25
58	—	869	144.75	144.75
68	—	462	173.25	173.25
155	—	645	157.90	157.90
93	—	652	149.00–158.00	156.63
95	—	560	157.00–160.25	160.01
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	837	143.50	143.50
103	—	607	148.00	148.00
176	—	746	148.00–148.25	148.16
100	—	571	153.00–157.50	156.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	767	132.50	132.50
27	—	612	142.75	142.75
62	—	548	147.75	147.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
168	—	573	145.50–151.00	148.11
161	—	762	133.50–139.00	138.07
106	—	457	156.25	156.25
104	—	649	145.60–146.25	146.11
48	—	650	143.25	143.25
45	—	863	129.75	129.75

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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