Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2022-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-10

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $158.00/cwt on 609 head.

Average price

$158.00

609 head · 686 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,084

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$88

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

$13.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.23

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	655	163.32	1,069	342
Medium and Large 3	597	153.75	918	68
Medium and Large 2	770	150.32	1,157	199

One grade step is worth $13.00/cwt here — about −$88 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 sale609 hd

158.00

—

GA average14 barns · 1,436 hd

164.23

−6.23

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,179	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	142.25/cwt	142.25–142.25	1,050	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	144.25/cwt	144.25–144.25	938	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	452	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	716	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	549	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	848	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	599	150.25/cwt	150.25–150.25	900	84
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	597	153.75/cwt	153.75–153.75	918	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	449	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	844	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	746	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,149	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	891	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,292	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	649	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,032	77
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	864	145.25/cwt	145.25–145.25	1,255	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	140.93/cwt	139.00–142.50	1,092	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	656	143.75/cwt	143.75–143.75	943	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	954	91
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	646	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,001	41
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	801	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,169	65
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	778	153.75/cwt	153.75–153.75	1,196	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 Feb 10, 2022

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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
32	—	873	135.00	135.00
55	—	738	142.25	142.25
61	—	650	144.25	144.25
66	—	452	158.50	158.50
94	—	549	154.50	154.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	599	150.25	150.25
123	—	775	139.00–142.50	140.93
38	—	656	143.75	143.75
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	597	153.75	153.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	449	188.00	188.00
60	—	746	154.00	154.00
62	—	891	145.00	145.00
77	—	649	159.00	159.00
91	—	556	171.50	171.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	864	145.25	145.25
41	—	646	155.00	155.00
65	—	801	146.00	146.00
66	—	778	153.75	153.75

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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