Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2022-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-13

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.87/cwt on 1,045 head.

Average price

$156.87

1,045 head · 676 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,061

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$155

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

$7.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.73

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	690	160.30	1,107	538
Medium and Large 2	702	153.45	1,077	250
Medium and Large 3	622	153.03	951	257

One grade step is worth $7.27/cwt here — about $155 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 sale1,045 hd

156.87

—

GA average15 barns · 1,636 hd

155.15

+1.73

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

21 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	—	777	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,080	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	896	138.25/cwt	138.25–138.25	1,239	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	746	146.75/cwt	146.75–146.75	1,095	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	718	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	971	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	742	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,039	59
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	160.48/cwt	155.00–162.00	902	75
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	743	152.34/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,132	148
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	552	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	853	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	549	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	796	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	856	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,138	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	782	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,118	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	963	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,310	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	156.25/cwt	156.25–156.25	1,184	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	653	146.59/cwt	144.50–147.00	957	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	148.75/cwt	148.75–148.75	826	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	819	62
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	652	152.39/cwt	152.00–152.75	994	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	158.75/cwt	158.75–158.75	1,033	151
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	864	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,210	27

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 Oct 13, 2022

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

Receipts 2,084Last week 1,590Year ago 1,592

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	777	139.00	139.00
53	—	896	138.25	138.25
76	—	746	146.75	146.75
82	—	463	155.00	155.00
163	—	647	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	742	140.00	140.00
92	—	549	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	856	133.00	133.00
83	—	782	143.00	143.00
92	—	653	144.50–147.00	146.59
188	—	555	148.75	148.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	562	155.00–162.00	160.48
148	—	743	150.00–155.00	152.34
27	—	864	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	552	154.50	154.50
179	—	652	152.00–152.75	152.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	560	172.00	172.00
120	—	879	149.00	149.00
123	—	758	156.25	156.25
62	—	459	178.50	178.50
151	—	651	158.75	158.75

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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