Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2022-06-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-09

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $160.90/cwt on 602 head.

Average price

$160.90

602 head · 683 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,099

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$56

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

$13.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.11

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	672	167.26	1,124	327
Medium and Large 2	697	153.34	1,068	275

One grade step is worth $13.92/cwt here — about $56 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 sale602 hd

160.90

—

GA average15 barns · 1,430 hd

161.01

−0.11

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	—	461	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	774	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	138.44/cwt	137.00–139.75	1,085	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	944	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,196	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	771	136.25/cwt	136.25–136.25	1,050	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	592	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	829	102
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	836	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,204	45
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	797	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,164	64
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	158.70/cwt	157.75–159.75	984	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	1,028	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	918	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	897	147.75/cwt	147.75–147.75	1,325	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	616	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	825	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	1,064	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	156.25/cwt	156.25–156.25	863	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	649	146.25/cwt	146.25–146.25	949	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	153.75/cwt	153.75–153.75	1,141	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,061	79

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 Jun 9, 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
39	—	461	168.00	168.00
83	—	784	137.00–139.75	138.44
10	—	660	143.00	143.00
23	—	876	136.50	136.50
41	—	743	143.25	143.25
76	—	552	156.25	156.25
78	—	649	146.25	146.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	771	136.25	136.25
102	—	592	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	616	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	836	144.00	144.00
64	—	797	146.00	146.00
166	—	620	157.75–159.75	158.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	557	184.50	184.50
31	—	471	195.00	195.00
60	—	897	147.75	147.75
67	—	742	153.75	153.75
79	—	651	163.00	163.00

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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