Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2022-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-10

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.32/cwt on 470 head.

Average price

$148.32

470 head · 681 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,009

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$25

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

$12.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.89

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	665	153.09	1,018	293
Medium and Large 2	707	140.43	993	177

One grade step is worth $12.65/cwt here — about $25 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 sale470 hd

148.32

—

GA average15 barns · 1,312 hd

157.21

−8.89

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	—	795	134.75/cwt	134.75–134.75	1,071	55
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	871	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	1,119	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	791	127.75/cwt	127.75–127.75	1,011	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	597	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	830	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	795	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	990	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	753	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	899	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,200	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	452	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	802	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	909	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	155.75/cwt	155.75–155.75	1,000	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,070	56
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	612	146.92/cwt	146.75–147.50	899	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	134.20/cwt	132.75–134.75	864	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	150.75/cwt	150.75–150.75	696	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	807	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	841	123.75/cwt	123.75–123.75	1,041	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	863	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	800	7

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

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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
55	—	795	134.75	134.75
26	—	871	128.50	128.50
96	—	612	146.75–147.50	146.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	899	133.50	133.50
37	—	452	177.50	177.50
77	—	563	161.50	161.50
74	—	642	155.75	155.75
56	—	770	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	791	127.75	127.75
43	—	644	132.75–134.75	134.20
28	—	462	150.75	150.75
24	—	545	148.00	148.00
19	—	841	123.75	123.75
8	—	656	131.50	131.50
7	—	552	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	597	139.00	139.00
30	—	795	124.50	124.50
13	—	538	140.00	140.00

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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