Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2024-05-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-09

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $298.43/cwt on 138 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −147.77 against this barn's trailing median of $446.20.

Average price

$298.43

138 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,654

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$205

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

$36.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.56

vs GA average

−11.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	312.00	1,732	86
Medium and Large 2	553	276.00	1,526	52

One grade step is worth $36.00/cwt here — about $205 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

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 sale138 hd

298.43

—

GA average15 barns · 313 hd

292.87

+5.56

National average167 barns · 10,730 hd

309.71

−11.28

This barn, trailing median8 sales

446.20

−147.77

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
Steers	Medium and Large 3	850–900	889	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,894	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	650	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,437	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,732	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	732	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,596	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,742	50
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,659	51
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,526	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,686	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,565	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	747	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,673	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	266.25/cwt	266.25–266.25	1,467	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	1,276	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,467	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,813	32
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	733	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,653	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	915	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	2,027	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,270	76

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 May 9, 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
20	700–750	733	225.50	225.50
26	850–900	889	213.00	213.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	450–500	460	319.00	319.00
86	550–600	555	312.00	312.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
52	550–600	553	276.00	276.00
50	600–650	645	270.00	270.00
51	650–700	653	254.00	254.00
32	700–750	740	245.00	245.00
56	900–950	915	221.50	221.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
49	650–700	650	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
76	500–550	536	237.00	237.00
18	700–750	732	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
78	400–450	447	285.50	285.50
66	550–600	551	266.25	266.25
38	650–700	655	239.00	239.00
41	700–750	747	224.00	224.00
32	850–900	878	192.00	192.00

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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