Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2022-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-11

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $169.64/cwt on 1,164 head.

Average price

$169.64

1,164 head · 644 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,093

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$199

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

$34.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.22

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	638	174.83	1,115	509
Medium and Large 2	649	167.35	1,087	612
Medium and Large 3	651	140.81	916	43

One grade step is worth $34.02/cwt here — about $199 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 sale1,164 hd

169.64

—

GA average16 barns · 2,148 hd

169.42

+0.22

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,313	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,131	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	784	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	157.25/cwt	157.25–157.25	1,013	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	880	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	602	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	783	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,047	251
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	989	83
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	653	166.37/cwt	160.00–169.00	1,086	107
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	731	157.44/cwt	157.00–158.00	1,151	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	1,002	156
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	861	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,279	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	904	68
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	781	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,015	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,126	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	652	155.75/cwt	155.75–155.75	1,015	79
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	600	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	870	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	141.87/cwt	134.50–147.00	1,099	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	855	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,026	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	584	155.03/cwt	154.00–157.25	905	270
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	164.75/cwt	164.75–164.75	1,221	76
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	793	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,174	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,360	63

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 Aug 11, 2022

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

Receipts 2,086Last week 1,730Year ago 1,852

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	890	147.50	147.50
60	—	764	148.00	148.00
72	—	468	167.50	167.50
82	—	644	157.25	157.25
159	—	555	158.50	158.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	602	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	652	155.75	155.75
88	—	775	134.50–147.00	141.87
3	—	855	120.00	120.00
270	—	584	154.00–157.25	155.03
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
251	—	605	173.00	173.00
83	—	557	177.50	177.50
107	—	653	160.00–169.00	166.37
121	—	731	157.00–158.00	157.44
19	—	861	148.50	148.50
31	—	793	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
156	—	555	180.50	180.50
68	—	465	194.50	194.50
146	—	651	173.00	173.00
76	—	741	164.75	164.75
63	—	872	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	781	130.00	130.00
31	—	600	145.00	145.00

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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