Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2022-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-14

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.85/cwt on 740 head.

Average price

$149.85

740 head · 687 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,029

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$30

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

$5.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.75

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	656	153.72	1,009	250
Medium and Large 2	702	147.87	1,039	490

One grade step is worth $5.85/cwt here — about −$30 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 sale740 hd

149.85

—

GA average16 barns · 1,759 hd

157.59

−7.75

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	—	462	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	751	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	154.20/cwt	150.00–154.50	857	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	144.75/cwt	144.75–144.75	947	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,021	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	788	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,040	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	825	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,081	110
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	902	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,227	112
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	614	152.56/cwt	148.00–154.25	937	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	744	144.75/cwt	144.75–144.75	1,077	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	999	80
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	744	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,056	37
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	809	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	601	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	829	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	556	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	778	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	653	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	882	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	165.25/cwt	165.25–165.25	919	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	1,110	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	774	139.32/cwt	137.00–140.00	1,078	82

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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	462	162.50	162.50
45	—	556	150.00–154.50	154.20
50	—	654	144.75	144.75
69	—	759	134.50	134.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	788	132.00	132.00
110	—	825	131.00	131.00
142	—	601	138.00	138.00
30	—	556	140.00	140.00
43	—	653	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	902	136.00	136.00
214	—	614	148.00–154.25	152.56
37	—	744	142.00	142.00
45	—	461	175.50	175.50
82	—	774	137.00–140.00	139.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	744	144.75	144.75
80	—	651	153.50	153.50
91	—	556	165.25	165.25
34	—	821	135.25	135.25

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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