Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2024-01-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-11

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $229.82/cwt on 800 head.

Average price

$229.82

800 head · 668 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,534

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$62

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

$8.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.84

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	623	234.92	1,463	202
Medium and Large 1	690	229.94	1,587	309
Medium and Large 2	674	226.12	1,525	289

One grade step is worth $8.80/cwt here — about −$62 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 sale800 hd

229.82

—

GA average15 barns · 1,525 hd

237.66

−7.84

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 2	—	754	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,538	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	649	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,473	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	201.50/cwt	201.50–201.50	1,529	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,596	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,704	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	866	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,438	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	252.35/cwt	249.00–257.00	1,401	112
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	649	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,493	68
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	861	190.81/cwt	185.00–193.00	1,643	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	763	183.90/cwt	177.50–186.50	1,403	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	646	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,298	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,050	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	279.50/cwt	279.50–279.50	1,252	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,443	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,544	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,233	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	549	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,131	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	654	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,328	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	749	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	1,434	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,347	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,418	18

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 Jan 11, 2024

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

Receipts 1,641Last week 1,361Year ago 2,166

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	754	204.00	204.00
112	—	555	249.00–257.00	252.35
68	—	649	230.00	230.00
60	—	861	185.00–193.00	190.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	649	227.00	227.00
67	—	759	201.50	201.50
63	—	448	279.50	279.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	751	212.50	212.50
64	—	865	197.00	197.00
92	—	553	261.00	261.00
80	—	653	236.50	236.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	866	166.00	166.00
126	—	763	177.50–186.50	183.90
62	—	646	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
145	—	446	235.50	235.50
96	—	553	223.00	223.00
75	—	549	206.00	206.00
71	—	654	203.00	203.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	749	191.50	191.50
48	—	657	205.00	205.00
18	—	834	170.00	170.00

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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