Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2024-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-12

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $257.21/cwt on 237 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −188.99 against this barn's trailing median of $446.20.

Average price

$257.21

237 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,470

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$102

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$37.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.22

vs GA average

−10.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	273.00	1,512	104
Medium and Large 2	560	262.00	1,467	47
Medium and Large 2-3	599	235.50	1,411	86

One grade step is worth $37.50/cwt here — about $102 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 sale237 hd

257.21

—

GA average16 barns · 695 hd

245.99

+11.22

National average178 barns · 13,815 hd

268.20

−10.99

This barn, trailing median8 sales

446.20

−188.99

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

22 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 1	750–800	782	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	1,638	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	242.59/cwt	236.00–244.25	1,349	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,129	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	782	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,623	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,270	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,333	51
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	599	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,411	86
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	803	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	1,779	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,945	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	273.00/cwt	255.50–277.00	1,512	104
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	747	235.75/cwt	235.75–235.75	1,761	69
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	652	243.61/cwt	235.50–247.75	1,588	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	652	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,477	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	228.12/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,476	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,308	69
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	865	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	1,821	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	751	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,389	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	645	205.50/cwt	205.50–205.50	1,325	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	862	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,509	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	252.25/cwt	252.25–252.25	1,640	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	239.25/cwt	239.25–239.25	1,823	124
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,467	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 Sep 12, 2024

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

Receipts 1,474Last week 1,300Year ago 2,383

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
84	400–450	447	252.50	252.50
65	550–600	556	236.00–244.25	242.59
90	600–650	647	220.00–230.00	228.12
64	750–800	782	209.50	209.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
65	500–550	544	233.50	233.50
51	550–600	560	238.00	238.00
67	650–700	652	226.50	226.50
57	750–800	782	207.50	207.50
15	850–900	862	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
36	600–650	645	205.50	205.50
16	750–800	751	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
86	550–600	599	235.50	235.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	550–600	560	262.00	262.00
127	650–700	652	235.50–247.75	243.61
69	700–750	747	235.75	235.75
66	800–850	803	221.50	221.50
38	850–900	865	210.50	210.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
69	450–500	451	290.00	290.00
104	550–600	554	255.50–277.00	273.00
135	650–700	650	252.25	252.25
124	750–800	762	239.25	239.25
95	900–950	913	213.00	213.00

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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