Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2024-11-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-14

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $281.16/cwt on 190 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −165.04 against this barn's trailing median of $446.20.

Average price

$281.16

190 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,562

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$55

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

$9.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.82

vs GA average

−24.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	286.25	1,592	87
Medium and Large 2	555	276.86	1,537	103

One grade step is worth $9.39/cwt here — about $55 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale190 hd

281.16

—

GA average15 barns · 415 hd

271.34

+9.82

National average190 barns · 31,255 hd

305.44

−24.28

This barn, trailing median8 sales

446.20

−165.04

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,552	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	451	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,218	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,756	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,702	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,410	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	237.25/cwt	237.25–237.25	1,300	71
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	646	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,557	51
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	276.86/cwt	276.00–278.00	1,537	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	231.39/cwt	230.00–233.75	1,499	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,672	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	286.25/cwt	286.25–286.25	1,592	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	1,652	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	872	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,966	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,813	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,470	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	746	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,675	28

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 Nov 14, 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
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
64	650–700	652	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	450–500	451	270.00	270.00
89	550–600	553	255.00	255.00
62	750–800	760	224.00	224.00
52	800–850	815	215.50	215.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
71	500–550	548	237.25	237.25
118	600–650	648	230.00–233.75	231.39
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
103	550–600	555	276.00–278.00	276.86
51	600–650	646	241.00	241.00
28	700–750	746	224.50	224.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
87	550–600	556	286.25	286.25
77	600–650	643	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	450–500	455	323.00	323.00
54	600–650	644	256.50	256.50
77	700–750	740	245.00	245.00
65	850–900	872	225.50	225.50

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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