Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2022-09-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-08

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $173.50/cwt on 810 head.

Average price

$173.50

810 head · 627 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,088

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$191

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

$54.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.53

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	621	178.38	1,108	523
Medium and Large 2	636	165.31	1,051	282
Medium and Large 3	742	123.60	917	5thin

One grade step is worth $54.78/cwt here — about $191 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 sale810 hd

173.50

—

GA average15 barns · 1,801 hd

174.02

−0.53

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

22 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 2	—	548	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	877	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,132	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,110	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,014	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	172.25/cwt	172.25–172.25	799	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	726	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	820	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	571	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	691	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	747	164.75/cwt	164.75–164.75	1,231	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,351	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	898	84
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	621	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	866	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	167.88/cwt	167.00–168.00	990	203
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	773	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,198	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	157.75/cwt	157.75–157.75	915	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,124	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	186.25/cwt	186.25–186.25	1,030	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	753	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,077	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	890	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	642	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	969	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,318	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	822	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	929	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	737	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,194	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 Sep 8, 2022

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

Receipts 1,590Last week 2,086Year ago 1,724

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	548	160.00	160.00
169	—	580	157.75	157.75
31	—	753	143.00	143.00
40	—	642	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	871	130.00	130.00
50	—	750	148.00	148.00
78	—	642	158.00	158.00
98	—	464	172.25	172.25
131	—	551	161.50	161.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	726	113.00	113.00
4	—	571	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	747	164.75	164.75
57	—	855	158.00	158.00
84	—	464	193.50	193.50
148	—	646	174.00	174.00
177	—	553	186.25	186.25
11	—	834	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	621	139.50	139.50
3	—	822	113.00	113.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
203	—	590	167.00–168.00	167.88
37	—	773	155.00	155.00
42	—	737	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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