Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2023-01-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-12

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $174.02/cwt on 1,157 head.

Average price

$174.02

1,157 head · 655 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,140

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$27

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

$18.47/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	639	179.94	1,149	628
Medium and Large 2	667	169.08	1,127	383
Medium and Large 3	695	161.48	1,122	146

One grade step is worth $18.47/cwt here — about $27 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 sale1,157 hd

174.02

—

GA average16 barns · 2,256 hd

178.22

−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

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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	556	176.77/cwt	170.00–186.75	983	186
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	869	157.12/cwt	154.00–158.00	1,365	81
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	823	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,284	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	201.25/cwt	201.25–201.25	934	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	861	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,210	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	152.25/cwt	151.50–153.00	979	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	889	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	1,436	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	746	165.75/cwt	165.75–165.75	1,236	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	815	149.25/cwt	149.25–149.25	1,216	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	554	155.49/cwt	154.50–156.50	861	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	189.71/cwt	189.50–189.75	1,047	146
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	753	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,227	55
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	646	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,056	87
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	745	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,188	42
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	658	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,099	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	171.25/cwt	171.25–171.25	1,108	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	743	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,103	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	815	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	995	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	160.25/cwt	160.25–160.25	891	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	152.25/cwt	152.25–152.25	1,153	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,313	67

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 Jan 12, 2023

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

Receipts 2,166Last week 1,615Year ago 1,355

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
186	—	556	170.00–186.75	176.77
81	—	869	154.00–158.00	157.12
55	—	753	163.00	163.00
61	—	658	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	823	156.00	156.00
87	—	646	163.50	163.50
42	—	745	159.50	159.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	464	201.25	201.25
114	—	889	161.50	161.50
70	—	746	165.75	165.75
146	—	552	189.50–189.75	189.71
156	—	647	171.25	171.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	861	140.50	140.50
127	—	643	151.50–153.00	152.25
124	—	815	149.25	149.25
167	—	554	154.50–156.50	155.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	743	148.50	148.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
118	—	463	176.00	176.00
106	—	646	154.00	154.00
88	—	556	160.25	160.25
68	—	757	152.25	152.25
67	—	881	149.00	149.00

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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