Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2022-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-08

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $165.15/cwt on 911 head.

Average price

$165.15

911 head · 668 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,103

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$207

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

$12.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.99

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	686	169.81	1,165	494
Medium and Large 2	673	161.31	1,086	240
Medium and Large 3	609	157.37	958	177

One grade step is worth $12.44/cwt here — about $207 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 sale911 hd

165.15

—

GA average15 barns · 1,743 hd

169.14

−3.99

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 3	—	652	155.39/cwt	153.00–155.75	1,013	101
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	552	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	883	76
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	908	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	870	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	747	163.86/cwt	163.75–164.00	1,224	130
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	647	164.75/cwt	164.75–164.75	1,066	74
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	156.75/cwt	156.75–156.75	1,160	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	883	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	999	82
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	848	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,247	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	840	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,050	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	552	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	822	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	549	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	845	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	742	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,106	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	549	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	933	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	651	144.22/cwt	143.50–145.00	939	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,079	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	771	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	151.75/cwt	151.75–151.75	986	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	149.25/cwt	149.25–149.25	1,109	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	893	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,210	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	790	152.75/cwt	152.75–152.75	1,207	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,411	117

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 Dec 8, 2022

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

Receipts 1,615Last week 1,829Year ago 1,799

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	652	153.00–155.75	155.39
76	—	552	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	550	165.00	165.00
74	—	647	164.75	164.75
60	—	740	156.75	156.75
37	—	848	147.00	147.00
59	—	549	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	468	186.00	186.00
130	—	747	163.75–164.00	163.86
82	—	552	181.00	181.00
99	—	654	165.00	165.00
117	—	863	163.50	163.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	552	160.00	160.00
76	—	470	164.00	164.00
75	—	650	151.75	151.75
46	—	743	149.25	149.25
17	—	893	135.50	135.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	840	125.00	125.00
61	—	552	149.00	149.00
60	—	549	154.00	154.00
22	—	742	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	651	143.50–145.00	144.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	790	152.75	152.75

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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