Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2023-11-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $218.70/cwt on 1,276 head.

Average price

$218.70

1,276 head · 646 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,412

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$60

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

$16.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.53

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	625	225.89	1,413	579
Medium and Large 2	676	215.59	1,456	382
Medium and Large 3	647	209.23	1,353	315

One grade step is worth $16.66/cwt here — about $60 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 sale1,276 hd

218.70

—

GA average17 barns · 2,091 hd

228.23

−9.53

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

18 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	—	876	183.11/cwt	177.00–188.50	1,604	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	193.62/cwt	192.00–195.00	1,493	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	451	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	947	208
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	196.32/cwt	195.00–197.50	1,084	319
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	739	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,367	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	548	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,041	133
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	226.75/cwt	226.75–226.75	1,263	100
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	748	209.75/cwt	209.75–209.75	1,569	197
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	860	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,686	36
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	743	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,479	57
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	645	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,329	95
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	544	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,197	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	644	188.54/cwt	184.50–189.75	1,214	291
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	208.51/cwt	205.00–212.00	1,783	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,152	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,273	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	216.52/cwt	214.50–217.00	1,414	171
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	647	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,398	85

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	876	177.00–188.50	183.11
119	—	771	192.00–195.00	193.62
208	—	451	210.00	210.00
319	—	552	195.00–197.50	196.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	739	185.00	185.00
133	—	548	190.00	190.00
291	—	644	184.50–189.75	188.54
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	557	226.75	226.75
197	—	748	209.75	209.75
85	—	647	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	860	196.00	196.00
57	—	743	199.00	199.00
95	—	645	206.00	206.00
127	—	544	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	855	205.00–212.00	208.51
127	—	459	251.00	251.00
161	—	556	229.00	229.00
171	—	653	214.50–217.00	216.52

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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