Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2022-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-12

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $152.70/cwt on 721 head.

Average price

$152.70

721 head · 689 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,053

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$29

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

$15.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.96

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	668	158.91	1,062	438
Medium and Large 2	722	143.08	1,033	283

One grade step is worth $15.83/cwt here — about $29 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 sale721 hd

152.70

—

GA average15 barns · 1,465 hd

158.66

−5.96

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

17 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	—	893	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,188	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	171.44/cwt	167.00–172.00	953	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,080	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,193	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	807	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	785	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	942	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	881	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	602	140.25/cwt	140.25–140.25	844	175
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	773	139.97/cwt	138.00–142.25	1,082	138
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	611	149.73/cwt	145.00–151.00	915	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	164.75/cwt	164.75–164.75	1,076	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	917	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	159.21/cwt	155.50–159.50	885	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,006	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	749	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	992	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	857	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,093	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	753	42

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 May 12, 2022

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

Receipts 1,454Last week 1,410Year ago 1,271

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	893	133.00	133.00
138	—	773	138.00–142.25	139.97
113	—	611	145.00–151.00	149.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	556	167.00–172.00	171.44
80	—	745	145.00	145.00
69	—	877	136.00	136.00
33	—	461	175.00	175.00
156	—	653	164.75	164.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	785	120.00	120.00
41	—	563	156.50	156.50
175	—	602	140.25	140.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	646	142.00	142.00
70	—	556	155.50–159.50	159.21
66	—	777	129.50	129.50
61	—	749	132.50	132.50
42	—	857	127.50	127.50
42	—	465	162.00	162.00

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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