Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2023-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-11

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $192.43/cwt on 669 head.

Average price

$192.43

669 head · 646 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,243

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$119

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

$13.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.75

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	198.13	1,266	365
Medium and Large 2	664	185.76	1,234	232
Medium and Large 3	620	185.10	1,147	72

One grade step is worth $13.03/cwt here — about $119 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 sale669 hd

192.43

—

GA average16 barns · 2,047 hd

195.19

−2.75

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,003	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	732	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,193	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	544	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,088	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	651	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,172	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,128	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,206	77
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	234.11/cwt	221.00–235.00	1,311	47
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	882	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,544	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,656	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,470	69
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	549	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,098	44
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	744	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,376	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	796	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,361	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	642	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,220	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	642	204.84/cwt	185.00–211.50	1,315	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	1,457	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,412	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	177.75/cwt	177.75–177.75	1,333	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,301	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,324	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,136	75
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	846	174.75/cwt	174.75–174.75	1,478	18

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 May 11, 2023

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

Receipts 1,420Last week 1,485Year ago 1,454

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	454	221.00	221.00
77	—	557	216.50	216.50
55	—	877	161.00	161.00
66	—	750	177.75	177.75
84	—	654	199.00	199.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	732	163.00	163.00
43	—	544	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	651	180.00	180.00
69	—	553	204.00	204.00
70	—	796	171.00	171.00
31	—	642	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	560	221.00–235.00	234.11
58	—	882	175.00	175.00
62	—	744	185.00	185.00
136	—	642	185.00–211.50	204.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	905	183.00	183.00
69	—	652	225.50	225.50
33	—	753	193.50	193.50
59	—	547	242.00	242.00
75	—	461	246.50	246.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	549	200.00	200.00
18	—	846	174.75	174.75

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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