Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2023-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-09

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $204.92/cwt on 871 head.

Average price

$204.92

871 head · 618 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,266

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

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

$51.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.60

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	612	211.89	1,296	623
Medium and Large 2	616	191.92	1,183	213
Medium and Large 3	739	160.00	1,182	35

One grade step is worth $51.89/cwt here — about $114 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 sale871 hd

204.92

—

GA average15 barns · 1,806 hd

211.52

−6.60

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

20 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	—	875	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,313	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,250	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	447	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	966	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	172.63/cwt	168.00–176.75	1,115	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	186.96/cwt	180.50–190.25	1,036	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	538	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	893	98
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	646	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,189	94
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,112	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	641	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,042	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	1,108	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	163.25/cwt	163.25–163.25	1,446	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	1,336	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	228.75/cwt	228.75–228.75	1,240	99
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	870	156.97/cwt	154.00–161.00	1,366	19
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	739	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,182	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	213.25/cwt	213.25–213.25	1,173	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	207.29/cwt	202.25–211.25	1,333	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	794	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,370	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	748	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,156	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	551	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	1,028	61

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 Mar 9, 2023

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

Receipts 1,742Last week 1,425Year ago 837

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	875	150.00	150.00
74	—	760	164.50	164.50
133	—	447	216.00	216.00
142	—	646	168.00–176.75	172.63
148	—	554	180.50–190.25	186.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	538	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	641	162.50	162.50
20	—	748	154.50	154.50
61	—	551	186.50	186.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	646	184.00	184.00
100	—	540	206.00	206.00
19	—	870	154.00–161.00	156.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
134	—	446	248.50	248.50
68	—	886	163.25	163.25
72	—	740	180.50	180.50
99	—	542	228.75	228.75
88	—	550	213.25	213.25
151	—	643	202.25–211.25	207.29
11	—	794	172.50	172.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	739	160.00	160.00

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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