Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2023-07-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-13

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $241.94/cwt on 781 head.

Average price

$241.94

781 head · 643 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,556

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$186

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2

$3.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.43

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	544	244.00	1,327	87
Medium and Large 1	693	242.70	1,682	291
Medium and Large 2	628	240.94	1,513	403

One grade step is worth $3.06/cwt here — about −$186 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 sale781 hd

241.94

—

GA average16 barns · 1,632 hd

239.50

+2.43

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

19 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 1	—	902	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,966	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,778	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	763	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,698	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	888	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,865	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	648	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	1,435	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,448	86
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	742	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,692	58
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	236.86/cwt	231.00–243.75	1,523	135
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	865	218.93/cwt	217.00–220.00	1,894	44
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	554	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,399	96
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,179	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	1,603	87
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	544	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,327	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	546	230.30/cwt	229.00–231.00	1,257	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,429	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	454	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,169	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,324	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,472	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,635	53

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 Jul 13, 2023

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

Receipts 1,530Last week 1,408Year ago 1,730

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	902	218.00	218.00
63	—	760	234.00	234.00
86	—	559	259.00	259.00
87	—	645	248.50	248.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	742	228.00	228.00
135	—	643	231.00–243.75	236.86
44	—	865	217.00–220.00	218.93
96	—	554	252.50	252.50
70	—	458	257.50	257.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	544	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	763	222.50	222.50
48	—	888	210.00	210.00
126	—	546	229.00–231.00	230.30
31	—	638	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	648	221.50	221.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	454	257.50	257.50
75	—	553	239.50	239.50
63	—	643	229.00	229.00
53	—	755	216.50	216.50

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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