Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2023-09-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-14

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $252.09/cwt on 1,326 head.

Average price

$252.09

1,326 head · 650 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,638

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$59

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

$14.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.41

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	636	258.06	1,640	778
Medium and Large 3	549	245.00	1,345	105
Medium and Large 2	699	243.27	1,700	443

One grade step is worth $14.79/cwt here — about −$59 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 sale1,326 hd

252.09

—

GA average17 barns · 2,503 hd

247.67

+4.41

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

21 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 3	—	549	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,345	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	873	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,790	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,531	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,335	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	657	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,491	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	648	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,471	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	761	222.38/cwt	220.00–224.00	1,692	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,782	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	298.50/cwt	298.50–298.50	1,373	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,485	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	234.67/cwt	234.50–235.00	1,272	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,806	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	744	228.25/cwt	228.25–228.25	1,698	70
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	746	238.95/cwt	237.75–240.50	1,783	133
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	654	243.18/cwt	242.00–244.75	1,590	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	259.75/cwt	259.75–259.75	1,184	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,864	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,037	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	248.31/cwt	245.25–249.00	1,616	266
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	870	226.51/cwt	225.00–228.50	1,971	71
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,469	75

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 Sep 14, 2023

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	549	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	741	240.50	240.50
116	—	460	298.50	298.50
182	—	552	269.00	269.00
39	—	775	240.50	240.50
60	—	867	235.00	235.00
266	—	651	245.25–249.00	248.31
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
133	—	746	237.75–240.50	238.95
164	—	654	242.00–244.75	243.18
71	—	870	225.00–228.50	226.51
75	—	550	267.00	267.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	873	205.00	205.00
47	—	657	227.00	227.00
83	—	648	227.00	227.00
95	—	761	220.00–224.00	222.38
127	—	542	234.50–235.00	234.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	650	235.50	235.50
184	—	546	244.50	244.50
30	—	860	210.00	210.00
70	—	744	228.25	228.25
130	—	456	259.75	259.75

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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