Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2024-10-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-10

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $269.27/cwt on 160 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −176.93 against this barn's trailing median of $446.20.

Average price

$269.27

160 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,550

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$23

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

$14.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.32

vs GA average

−25.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	276.75	1,536	76
Medium and Large 2	594	262.50	1,559	84

One grade step is worth $14.25/cwt here — about −$23 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 sale160 hd

269.27

—

GA average14 barns · 522 hd

258.95

+10.32

National average177 barns · 23,944 hd

294.31

−25.04

This barn, trailing median8 sales

446.20

−176.93

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

16 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	650–700	653	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	1,642	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	244.25/cwt	244.25–244.25	1,326	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	651	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	1,507	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	644	242.25/cwt	242.25–242.25	1,560	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	776	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,765	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	242.25/cwt	242.25–242.25	1,831	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	302.25/cwt	302.25–302.25	1,366	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	256.35/cwt	249.00–258.50	1,674	94
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	594	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,559	84
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	754	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,772	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	276.75/cwt	276.75–276.75	1,536	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,016	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,417	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	267.25/cwt	267.25–267.25	1,216	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,579	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,684	64

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 Oct 10, 2024

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

Receipts 1,004Last week 1,474Year ago 1,897

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
84	550–600	594	262.50	262.50
36	650–700	653	251.50	251.50
54	750–800	754	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	450–500	452	302.25	302.25
76	550–600	555	276.75	276.75
94	650–700	653	249.00–258.50	256.35
61	750–800	756	242.25	242.25
64	850–900	884	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
52	500–550	543	244.25	244.25
43	600–650	644	242.25	242.25
44	650–700	651	231.50	231.50
36	750–800	776	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
66	450–500	455	267.25	267.25
82	550–600	558	254.00	254.00
65	600–650	647	244.00	244.00
64	700–750	740	227.50	227.50

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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