Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2023-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-14

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 $220.27/cwt on 712 head.

Average price

$220.27

712 head · 680 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,499

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$21.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.25

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	648	231.15	1,499	354
Medium and Large 2	712	209.51	1,492	358

One grade step is worth $21.64/cwt here — about $7 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 sale712 hd

220.27

—

GA average16 barns · 1,318 hd

228.52

−8.25

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	—	464	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	1,223	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	646	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	1,231	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	1,413	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	882	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,491	48
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	747	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,501	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	208.25/cwt	208.25–208.25	1,551	58
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	554	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,327	53
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	651	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,419	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	253.31/cwt	234.50–255.25	1,411	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,471	87
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	875	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,641	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,678	57
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	773	196.50/cwt	196.50–196.50	1,519	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	778	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,424	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	229.75/cwt	229.75–229.75	1,066	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	747	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,307	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	881	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,322	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	544	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,115	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,335	82

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 Dec 14, 2023

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

Receipts 1,361Last week 2,621Year ago 1,615

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	464	263.50	263.50
58	—	745	208.25	208.25
109	—	557	234.50–255.25	253.31
87	—	648	227.00	227.00
57	—	865	194.00	194.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	747	201.00	201.00
53	—	554	239.50	239.50
128	—	651	218.00	218.00
64	—	875	187.50	187.50
68	—	773	196.50	196.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	646	190.50	190.50
48	—	882	169.00	169.00
46	—	778	183.00	183.00
54	—	544	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	738	191.50	191.50
49	—	464	229.75	229.75
82	—	651	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	747	175.00	175.00
24	—	881	150.00	150.00

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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