Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2022-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-13

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $155.54/cwt on 711 head.

Average price

$155.54

711 head · 680 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,058

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$38

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

$11.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.62

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	673	158.72	1,068	506
Medium and Large 2	698	147.70	1,030	205

One grade step is worth $11.01/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 sale711 hd

155.54

—

GA average13 barns · 1,412 hd

161.16

−5.62

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

16 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	—	591	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	916	64
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	612	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	918	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,269	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	744	149.75/cwt	149.75–149.75	1,114	60
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	768	143.46/cwt	138.25–147.00	1,102	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	860	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	786	137.09/cwt	132.00–138.25	1,078	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	141.25/cwt	141.25–141.25	840	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	154.81/cwt	153.25–156.25	1,009	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	171.29/cwt	166.00–173.75	952	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	636	140.55/cwt	140.25–140.75	894	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	835	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	919	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,045	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	709	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,185	23

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 Jan 13, 2022

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

Receipts 1,355Last week 1,799Year ago 1,425

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	591	155.00	155.00
20	—	612	150.00	150.00
121	—	768	138.25–147.00	143.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	881	144.00	144.00
60	—	744	149.75	149.75
46	—	461	186.50	186.50
163	—	652	153.25–156.25	154.81
124	—	556	166.00–173.75	171.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
143	—	786	132.00–138.25	137.09
71	—	595	141.25	141.25
67	—	636	140.25–140.75	140.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	553	151.00	151.00
70	—	652	141.00	141.00
63	—	757	138.00	138.00
61	—	462	153.50	153.50
23	—	878	135.00	135.00

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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