Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2021-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-09

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $146.90/cwt on 917 head.

Average price

$146.90

917 head · 676 lb average

Value per head Derived

$993

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$57

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

$9.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.59

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	675	150.11	1,013	592
Medium and Large 2	677	141.05	956	325

One grade step is worth $9.07/cwt here — about $57 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 sale917 hd

146.90

—

GA average16 barns · 1,885 hd

150.49

−3.59

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

18 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 2	—	648	143.75/cwt	143.75–143.75	932	82
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	796	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,083	53
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	844	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,169	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	748	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,070	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	776	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,009	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	598	136.32/cwt	135.50–136.50	815	107
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	661	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	922	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	158.23/cwt	156.25–160.00	878	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,231	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	146.25/cwt	146.25–146.25	954	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	169.25/cwt	169.25–169.25	789	62
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	592	142.46/cwt	142.25–142.50	843	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	652	135.74/cwt	133.00–136.00	885	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,034	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	893	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	776	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	679	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,127	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 Dec 9, 2021

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	648	143.75	143.75
53	—	796	136.00	136.00
45	—	844	138.50	138.50
15	—	661	139.50	139.50
130	—	592	142.25–142.50	142.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
166	—	748	143.00	143.00
157	—	555	156.25–160.00	158.23
113	—	867	142.00	142.00
94	—	652	146.25	146.25
62	—	466	169.25	169.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	776	130.00	130.00
107	—	598	135.50–136.50	136.32
81	—	652	133.00–136.00	135.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	760	136.00	136.00
105	—	647	138.00	138.00
104	—	554	140.00	140.00
82	—	460	147.50	147.50
66	—	826	136.50	136.50

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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