Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2022-07-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-14

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $167.13/cwt on 859 head.

Average price

$167.13

859 head · 645 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,079

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$206

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$13.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.21

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	667	172.47	1,151	392
Medium and Large 2	649	164.98	1,070	285
Medium and Large 3	594	159.00	944	182

One grade step is worth $13.47/cwt here — about $206 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 sale859 hd

167.13

—

GA average16 barns · 1,770 hd

162.93

+4.21

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

23 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	—	711	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,138	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	590	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	826	224
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	457	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	861	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	649	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	941	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	799	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,095	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	766	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	973	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	748	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	825	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,062	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	748	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,051	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	594	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	944	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,186	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	1,120	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	170.79/cwt	166.00–172.25	1,117	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,322	46
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,159	61
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	559	169.23/cwt	164.00–170.00	946	46
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	819	146.96/cwt	145.00–148.75	1,204	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	160.19/cwt	150.00–161.75	884	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	963	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	145.25/cwt	145.25–145.25	1,073	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,112	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	139.25/cwt	139.25–139.25	1,198	21

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 Jul 14, 2022

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

Receipts 1,730Last week 1,145Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	711	160.00	160.00
74	—	457	188.50	188.50
61	—	770	150.50	150.50
46	—	559	164.00–170.00	169.23
41	—	819	145.00–148.75	146.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	559	190.00	190.00
59	—	741	160.00	160.00
102	—	642	174.50	174.50
85	—	654	166.00–172.25	170.79
46	—	887	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
182	—	594	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
224	—	590	140.00	140.00
24	—	766	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	649	145.00	145.00
12	—	799	137.00	137.00
88	—	460	162.50	162.50
53	—	550	150.00	150.00
13	—	748	140.50	140.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	552	150.00–161.75	160.19
78	—	642	150.00	150.00
44	—	739	145.25	145.25
33	—	767	145.00	145.00
21	—	860	139.25	139.25

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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