Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2023-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-12

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $217.77/cwt on 903 head.

Average price

$217.77

903 head · 647 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,408

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

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

$12.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.42

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	222.46	1,438	508
Medium and Large 2	670	214.07	1,435	150
Medium and Large 3	633	210.31	1,331	245

One grade step is worth $12.15/cwt here — about $107 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 sale903 hd

217.77

—

GA average16 barns · 2,118 hd

211.35

+6.42

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	—	791	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,677	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,784	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,595	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,125	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,243	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	649	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,428	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	265.80/cwt	255.00–267.75	1,483	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	284.75/cwt	284.75–284.75	1,318	88
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	738	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,653	45
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	861	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,868	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	798	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,796	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,938	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	547	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	1,195	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	739	209.75/cwt	209.75–209.75	1,550	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	747	236.40/cwt	233.00–238.25	1,766	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,637	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	650	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,365	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	543	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,146	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	764	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	1,608	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,425	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	648	230.18/cwt	230.00–230.25	1,492	107
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	253.04/cwt	247.00–261.50	1,409	119

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 Oct 12, 2023

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

Receipts 1,897Last week 2,383Year ago 2,084

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	791	212.00	212.00
55	—	866	206.00	206.00
66	—	742	215.00	215.00
88	—	459	245.00	245.00
100	—	551	225.50	225.50
149	—	649	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	547	218.50	218.50
73	—	764	210.50	210.50
23	—	663	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	739	209.75	209.75
88	—	650	210.00	210.00
93	—	543	211.00	211.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	558	255.00–267.75	265.80
88	—	463	284.75	284.75
36	—	798	225.00	225.00
56	—	883	219.50	219.50
116	—	747	233.00–238.25	236.40
166	—	652	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	738	224.00	224.00
51	—	861	217.00	217.00
107	—	648	230.00–230.25	230.18
119	—	557	247.00–261.50	253.04

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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