Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2023-02-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-09

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $156.79/cwt on 710 head.

Average price

$156.79

710 head · 636 lb average

Value per head Derived

$997

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$125

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

$16.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.72

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	162.96	1,011	382
Medium and Large 2	679	151.03	1,026	217
Medium and Large 3	604	146.83	886	111

One grade step is worth $16.13/cwt here — about $125 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 sale710 hd

156.79

—

GA average16 barns · 2,533 hd

161.51

−4.72

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

24 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	—	557	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	927	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,030	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,138	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,207	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	150.75/cwt	150.75–150.75	1,120	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,036	80
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	657	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,183	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	207.17/cwt	200.50–208.50	1,144	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	171.75/cwt	171.75–171.75	1,276	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	1,421	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	991	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	190.75/cwt	190.75–190.75	1,249	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	652	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	978	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	833	90
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	875	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,313	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	764	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,215	56
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	552	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,016	91
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	646	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,131	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	741	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,030	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	548	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	822	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	875	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,138	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	554	159.75/cwt	159.75–159.75	885	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	549	161.25/cwt	161.25–161.25	885	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	776	149.25/cwt	149.25–149.25	1,158	64

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 Feb 9, 2023

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

Receipts 1,425Last week 2,166Year ago 1,236

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	557	166.50	166.50
11	—	644	160.00	160.00
21	—	785	145.00	145.00
29	—	850	142.00	142.00
60	—	743	150.75	150.75
80	—	664	156.00	156.00
90	—	450	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	652	150.00	150.00
16	—	875	130.00	130.00
26	—	554	159.75	159.75
30	—	549	161.25	161.25
64	—	776	149.25	149.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	741	139.00	139.00
79	—	548	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	657	180.00	180.00
28	—	875	150.00	150.00
56	—	764	159.00	159.00
91	—	552	184.00	184.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	552	200.50–208.50	207.17
61	—	743	171.75	171.75
62	—	880	161.50	161.50
79	—	460	215.50	215.50
80	—	655	190.75	190.75
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	646	175.00	175.00

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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