Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2024-02-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-08

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $253.59/cwt on 805 head.

Average price

$253.59

805 head · 661 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,675

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$48

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

$14.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.06

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	651	260.34	1,696	440
Medium and Large 2	672	245.46	1,648	365

One grade step is worth $14.88/cwt here — about $48 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 sale805 hd

253.59

—

GA average16 barns · 2,007 hd

272.65

−19.06

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

20 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	—	774	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,509	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	856	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,515	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	219.25/cwt	219.25–219.25	1,436	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	210.25/cwt	210.25–210.25	1,558	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	260.25/cwt	260.25–260.25	1,179	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	222.25/cwt	222.25–222.25	1,440	70
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	647	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,553	94
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	547	280.27/cwt	278.50–281.00	1,533	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	547	241.62/cwt	228.50–244.75	1,322	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	826	173.08/cwt	165.00–175.00	1,430	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	229.75/cwt	229.75–229.75	1,707	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	899	210.25/cwt	210.25–210.25	1,890	56
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	739	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,581	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	885	205.62/cwt	195.00–210.75	1,820	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	647	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,404	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	316.85/cwt	316.85–316.85	1,458	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,582	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	255.93/cwt	246.50–257.50	1,669	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	743	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,449	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	548	240.75/cwt	240.75–240.75	1,319	93

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 Feb 8, 2024

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

Receipts 1,504Last week 1,641Year ago 1,425

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	774	195.00	195.00
18	—	856	177.00	177.00
32	—	655	219.25	219.25
32	—	741	210.25	210.25
67	—	453	260.25	260.25
70	—	648	222.25	222.25
109	—	547	228.50–244.75	241.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	826	165.00–175.00	173.08
72	—	647	217.00	217.00
37	—	743	195.00	195.00
93	—	548	240.75	240.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	647	240.00	240.00
147	—	547	278.50–281.00	280.27
40	—	739	214.00	214.00
84	—	885	195.00–210.75	205.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	743	229.75	229.75
56	—	899	210.25	210.25
62	—	460	316.85	316.85
86	—	555	285.00	285.00
168	—	652	246.50–257.50	255.93

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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