Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2024-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-11

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $300.97/cwt on 179 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −145.23 against this barn's trailing median of $446.20.

Average price

$300.97

179 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,661

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

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

$21.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.11

vs GA average

−4.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	312.00	1,735	85
Medium and Large 2	548	291.00	1,595	94

One grade step is worth $21.00/cwt here — about $140 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $477.06, low $372.68, median $446.20 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 sale179 hd

300.97

—

GA average14 barns · 479 hd

293.87

+7.11

National average170 barns · 11,306 hd

305.47

−4.50

This barn, trailing median8 sales

446.20

−145.23

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

14 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 3	650–700	655	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,615	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	543	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	1,349	93
Steers	Medium and Large 3	900–950	916	202.72/cwt	201.00–205.00	1,857	97
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	775	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,755	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	651	222.25/cwt	222.25–222.25	1,447	50
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,595	94
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	651	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,764	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	787	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,653	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	801	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,602	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	651	243.75/cwt	243.75–243.75	1,587	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,735	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	323.50/cwt	323.50–323.50	1,456	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,291	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,496	51

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 Apr 11, 2024

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
45	650–700	655	246.50	246.50
54	750–800	775	226.50	226.50
97	900–950	916	201.00–205.00	202.72
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
94	500–550	548	291.00	291.00
61	650–700	651	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	450–500	450	323.50	323.50
85	550–600	556	312.00	312.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
93	500–550	543	248.50	248.50
50	650–700	651	222.25	222.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	650–700	651	243.75	243.75
61	750–800	787	210.00	210.00
59	800–850	801	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	400–450	445	290.00	290.00
51	550–600	554	270.00	270.00

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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