Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2024-07-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-11

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $288.66/cwt on 123 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −157.54 against this barn's trailing median of $446.20.

Average price

$288.66

123 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,573

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$199

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

$30.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.60

vs GA average

−14.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	308.00	1,700	45
Medium and Large 2	541	277.50	1,501	78

One grade step is worth $30.50/cwt here — about $199 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 sale123 hd

288.66

—

GA average14 barns · 516 hd

286.06

+2.60

National average160 barns · 9,699 hd

302.91

−14.25

This barn, trailing median8 sales

446.20

−157.54

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 2	600–650	646	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,589	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	738	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,768	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,687	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	844	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,646	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,872	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,044	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,700	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,381	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,525	65
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,501	78
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	859	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,950	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	286.44/cwt	267.00–288.25	1,848	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,443	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	270.25/cwt	270.25–270.25	1,503	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	284.25/cwt	284.25–284.25	1,271	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	649	256.25/cwt	256.25–256.25	1,663	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,770	7

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 Jul 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 2$ per cwt · actual wt
78	500–550	541	277.50	277.50
36	600–650	646	246.00	246.00
15	700–750	738	239.50	239.50
47	850–900	859	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
64	450–500	451	320.00	320.00
45	550–600	552	308.00	308.00
93	600–650	645	267.00–288.25	286.44
58	700–750	743	252.00	252.00
56	850–900	885	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
71	500–550	548	252.00	252.00
65	600–650	645	236.50	236.50
61	750–800	760	222.00	222.00
9	800–850	844	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
68	400–450	447	284.25	284.25
74	550–600	556	270.25	270.25
60	600–650	649	256.25	256.25
7	850–900	885	200.00	200.00

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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