Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2023-06-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-08

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $236.30/cwt on 733 head.

Average price

$236.30

733 head · 644 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,522

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$123

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$22.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.59

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	646	245.95	1,588	379
Medium and Large 3	616	231.26	1,424	113
Medium and Large 2	655	223.48	1,464	241

One grade step is worth $22.47/cwt here — about $123 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 sale733 hd

236.30

—

GA average17 barns · 1,932 hd

241.89

−5.59

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 2	—	547	227.75/cwt	227.75–227.75	1,246	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	648	202.42/cwt	199.50–209.25	1,312	90
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	837	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,691	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	263.07/cwt	250.50–264.50	1,450	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,580	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	744	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	1,648	67
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	652	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,376	73
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	556	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,390	50
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	648	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,490	65
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	862	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,758	25
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	546	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,305	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,930	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,260	66
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	738	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	1,546	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	548	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,096	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,188	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	212.25/cwt	212.25–212.25	1,594	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	222.25/cwt	222.25–222.25	1,438	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,579	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,296	65

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 Jun 8, 2023

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

Receipts 1,408Last week 1,420Year ago 1,145

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	547	227.75	227.75
90	—	648	199.50–209.25	202.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	548	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	464	256.00	256.00
74	—	751	212.25	212.25
74	—	647	222.25	222.25
68	—	814	194.00	194.00
65	—	554	234.00	234.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	837	202.00	202.00
73	—	652	211.00	211.00
50	—	556	250.00	250.00
65	—	648	230.00	230.00
40	—	738	209.50	209.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	551	250.50–264.50	263.07
87	—	641	246.50	246.50
67	—	744	221.50	221.50
59	—	908	212.50	212.50
66	—	460	274.00	274.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	862	204.00	204.00
88	—	546	239.00	239.00

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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