Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2024-06-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-13

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $296.32/cwt on 146 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −149.88 against this barn's trailing median of $446.20.

Average price

$296.32

146 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,642

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$22.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.55

vs GA average

−3.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	305.50	1,702	85
Medium and Large 2	564	287.00	1,619	8thin
Medium and Large 3	548	283.00	1,551	53

One grade step is worth $22.50/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

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 sale146 hd

296.32

—

GA average15 barns · 624 hd

287.76

+8.55

National average149 barns · 7,793 hd

299.42

−3.10

This barn, trailing median8 sales

446.20

−149.88

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 2	500–550	536	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,410	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,895	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,016	49
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	648	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,672	74
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	548	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,551	53
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	745	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,751	37
Steers	Medium and Large 3	850–900	865	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,851	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	850–900	894	196.63/cwt	194.00–199.00	1,758	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,619	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	305.50/cwt	305.50–305.50	1,702	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,757	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,472	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	1,603	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,552	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	265.88/cwt	265.00–266.00	1,492	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	747	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,696	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,293	33

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 Jun 13, 2024

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

Receipts 991Last week 895Year ago 1,408

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
92	500–550	536	263.00	263.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	850–900	894	194.00–199.00	196.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	450–500	452	286.00	286.00
70	550–600	561	265.00–266.00	265.88
72	600–650	645	248.50	248.50
71	650–700	652	238.00	238.00
59	700–750	747	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	450–500	453	325.00	325.00
85	550–600	557	305.50	305.50
81	600–650	646	272.00	272.00
65	750–800	758	250.00	250.00
49	850–900	884	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
53	500–550	548	283.00	283.00
74	600–650	648	258.00	258.00
37	700–750	745	235.00	235.00
19	850–900	865	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	564	287.00	287.00

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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