Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2024-03-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-14

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $257.59/cwt on 145 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −128.72 against this barn's trailing median of $386.30.

Average price

$257.59

145 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,426

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

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

$30.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.39

vs GA average

−18.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	551	270.00	1,488	85
Medium and Large 2	557	240.00	1,337	60

One grade step is worth $30.00/cwt here — about $151 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $408.88, low $348.38, median $386.30 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale145 hd

257.59

—

GA average15 barns · 502 hd

252.19

+5.39

National average176 barns · 16,729 hd

276.17

−18.58

This barn, trailing median8 sales

386.30

−128.72

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

17 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	700–750	741	218.75/cwt	218.75–218.75	1,621	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	314.50/cwt	314.50–314.50	1,749	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,996	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,635	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,354	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,596	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	454	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,557	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	892	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	1,904	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	647	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	1,750	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,476	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	872	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,666	52
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	657	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,669	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,337	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	776	202.37/cwt	200.00–205.50	1,570	92
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	748	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,687	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	551	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,488	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	237.75/cwt	237.75–237.75	1,771	49

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 Mar 14, 2024

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

Receipts 1,092Last week 1,504Year ago 1,742

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	700–750	741	218.75	218.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
59	450–500	456	297.00	297.00
85	550–600	551	270.00	270.00
78	650–700	658	242.50	242.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
60	550–600	557	240.00	240.00
43	650–700	650	227.00	227.00
92	750–800	776	200.00–205.50	202.37
52	850–900	872	191.00	191.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
81	500–550	545	300.00	300.00
46	550–600	556	314.50	314.50
62	900–950	922	216.50	216.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
61	450–500	454	343.00	343.00
67	600–650	647	270.50	270.50
49	700–750	745	237.75	237.75
62	850–900	892	213.50	213.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	650–700	657	254.00	254.00
21	700–750	748	225.50	225.50

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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