Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2021-11-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-11

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.88/cwt on 888 head.

Average price

$147.88

888 head · 635 lb average

Value per head Derived

$940

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$28

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

$20.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.03

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	643	150.34	967	548
Medium and Large 2	615	144.70	890	322
Medium and Large 3	765	130.00	995	18thin

One grade step is worth $20.34/cwt here — about −$28 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 sale888 hd

147.88

—

GA average16 barns · 1,662 hd

146.85

+1.03

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	—	651	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	898	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	684	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,049	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,005	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	777	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	132.69/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,022	86
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	150.39/cwt	147.50–151.50	857	132
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	800	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,056	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	141.82/cwt	140.25–143.00	889	169
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	798	132.25/cwt	132.25–132.25	1,055	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	1,067	148
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	765	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	995	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	144.35/cwt	144.00–147.50	933	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	776	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,194	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	140.64/cwt	140.00–141.00	797	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	624	136.65/cwt	135.00–138.00	853	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	851	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	869	119

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 Nov 11, 2021

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

Receipts 1,656Last week 1,592Year ago 1,701

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	651	138.00	138.00
101	—	456	150.00	150.00
19	—	860	122.00	122.00
52	—	742	135.50	135.50
79	—	551	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	770	125.00–135.00	132.69
105	—	567	140.00–141.00	140.64
152	—	624	135.00–138.00	136.65
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	570	147.50–151.50	150.39
9	—	800	132.00	132.00
169	—	627	140.25–143.00	141.82
12	—	798	132.25	132.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	745	143.25	143.25
128	—	646	144.00–147.50	144.35
86	—	458	169.50	169.50
56	—	859	139.00	139.00
11	—	544	156.50	156.50
119	—	555	156.50	156.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	765	130.00	130.00

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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