Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2021-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.20/cwt on 951 head.

Average price

$145.20

951 head · 647 lb average

Value per head Derived

$940

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$85

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

$14.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.31

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	648	147.65	956	449
Medium and Large 2	647	143.20	926	493
Medium and Large 3	655	133.00	871	9thin

One grade step is worth $14.65/cwt here — about $85 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 sale951 hd

145.20

—

GA average16 barns · 1,594 hd

142.89

+2.31

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	—	768	129.00/cwt	125.00–130.00	991	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	146.75/cwt	146.75–146.75	678	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,048	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	676	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	831	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	754	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	890	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	548	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	741	68
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	655	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	871	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	135.90/cwt	133.50–137.25	1,178	83
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	764	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,016	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	151.20/cwt	145.00–157.50	847	175
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	149.86/cwt	149.00–150.25	869	215
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	809	127.86/cwt	127.00–129.00	1,034	42
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	642	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	918	157
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	731	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	983	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	945	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	130.75/cwt	130.75–130.75	846	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	128.86/cwt	126.50–131.00	744	221
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	765	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,053	66

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 Oct 14, 2021

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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
87	—	768	125.00–130.00	129.00
93	—	462	146.75	146.75
31	—	838	125.00	125.00
68	—	548	135.25	135.25
81	—	647	130.75	130.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	676	123.00	123.00
25	—	754	118.00	118.00
221	—	577	126.50–131.00	128.86
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	655	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	867	133.50–137.25	135.90
175	—	560	145.00–157.50	151.20
75	—	652	145.00	145.00
50	—	462	165.50	165.50
66	—	739	142.50	142.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	764	133.00	133.00
215	—	580	149.00–150.25	149.86
42	—	809	127.00–129.00	127.86
157	—	642	143.00	143.00
33	—	731	134.50	134.50

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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