Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2023-08-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-10

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $239.83/cwt on 762 head.

Average price

$239.83

762 head · 613 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,470

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$117

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

$11.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.10

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	582	244.35	1,422	462
Medium and Large 2	661	232.87	1,538	300

One grade step is worth $11.48/cwt here — about −$117 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 sale762 hd

239.83

—

GA average16 barns · 2,242 hd

223.73

+16.10

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,886	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	237.75/cwt	237.75–237.75	1,545	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,177	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	738	229.62/cwt	228.50–231.00	1,695	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,366	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	882	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,764	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	248.44/cwt	247.50–258.00	1,354	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	262.25/cwt	262.25–262.25	1,699	77
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	743	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,701	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,029	61
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	653	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	1,675	52
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,225	53
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	649	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,525	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	276.94/cwt	275.50–278.00	1,540	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	1,864	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,738	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,509	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	546	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,335	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	806	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,733	34

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 Aug 10, 2023

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

Receipts 1,444Last week 1,530Year ago 2,086

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	873	216.00	216.00
140	—	650	237.75	237.75
111	—	458	257.00	257.00
174	—	554	246.50	246.50
15	—	759	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	738	228.50–231.00	229.62
15	—	882	200.00	200.00
81	—	645	234.00	234.00
105	—	546	244.50	244.50
34	—	806	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	545	247.50–258.00	248.44
60	—	649	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	648	262.25	262.25
61	—	871	233.00	233.00
108	—	556	275.50–278.00	276.94
54	—	750	248.50	248.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	743	229.00	229.00
52	—	653	256.50	256.50
53	—	458	267.50	267.50

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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