Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2024-08-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-08

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $278.02/cwt on 244 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −168.18 against this barn's trailing median of $446.20.

Average price

$278.02

244 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,530

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$137

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

$14.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.67

vs GA average

+2.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	284.92	1,590	99
Medium and Large 2	559	280.00	1,565	48
Medium and Large 3	538	270.00	1,453	97

One grade step is worth $14.92/cwt here — about $137 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 sale244 hd

278.02

—

GA average14 barns · 443 hd

269.35

+8.67

National average145 barns · 4,636 hd

275.08

+2.94

This barn, trailing median8 sales

446.20

−168.18

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

19 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	850–900	875	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,916	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,565	48
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	747	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,681	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	259.75/cwt	259.75–259.75	1,182	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	649	240.26/cwt	240.15–241.50	1,559	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	254.22/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,401	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	1,742	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	284.92/cwt	276.00–285.50	1,590	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,788	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	757	218.60/cwt	205.00–225.25	1,655	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	644	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,523	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	1,278	86
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	252.49/cwt	248.00–259.00	1,629	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	651	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,432	62
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,453	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,784	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,334	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,967	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,367	47

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 Aug 8, 2024

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

Receipts 1,300Last week 963Year ago 1,444

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
48	550–600	559	280.00	280.00
118	600–650	645	248.00–259.00	252.49
40	700–750	747	225.00	225.00
27	850–900	875	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	450–500	457	292.00	292.00
99	550–600	558	276.00–285.50	284.92
79	650–700	656	265.50	265.50
68	700–750	739	242.00	242.00
12	750–800	793	225.00	225.00
46	850–900	874	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
97	500–550	538	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	450–500	455	259.75	259.75
92	550–600	551	245.00–255.00	254.22
75	600–650	649	240.15–241.50	240.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	550–600	558	245.00	245.00
48	600–650	644	236.50	236.50
62	650–700	651	220.00	220.00
103	750–800	757	205.00–225.25	218.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
86	500–550	525	243.50	243.50

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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