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

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $308.49/cwt on 176 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −137.71 against this barn's trailing median of $446.20.

Average price

$308.49

176 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,703

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$96

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

$20.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.15

vs GA average

−15.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	318.75	1,750	89
Medium and Large 2	555	298.00	1,654	87

One grade step is worth $20.75/cwt here — about $96 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 sale176 hd

308.49

—

GA average15 barns · 383 hd

301.35

+7.15

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

−15.86

This barn, trailing median8 sales

446.20

−137.71

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

20 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	700–750	746	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,761	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,726	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,919	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	237.25/cwt	237.25–237.25	2,045	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	786	221.73/cwt	218.50–225.00	1,743	129
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,654	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	447	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,265	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	281.28/cwt	271.00–283.75	1,840	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,349	73
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	855	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,907	42
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	687	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,711	76
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	746	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,865	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	350.25/cwt	350.25–350.25	1,594	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,928	51
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,744	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	232.34/cwt	226.00–238.50	1,517	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	318.75/cwt	318.75–318.75	1,750	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	299.75/cwt	299.75–299.75	1,349	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,427	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	245.75/cwt	245.75–245.75	1,622	73

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 Dec 12, 2024

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

Receipts 1,431Last week 1,135Year ago 1,361

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
113	450–500	450	299.75	299.75
92	550–600	551	259.00	259.00
73	650–700	660	245.75	245.75
69	700–750	746	236.00	236.00
11	750–800	762	226.50	226.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	447	283.00	283.00
73	550–600	555	243.00	243.00
91	650–700	653	226.00–238.50	232.34
129	750–800	786	218.50–225.00	221.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
80	450–500	455	350.25	350.25
89	500–550	549	318.75	318.75
94	650–700	654	271.00–283.75	281.28
66	700–750	741	259.00	259.00
51	750–800	787	245.00	245.00
52	850–900	862	237.25	237.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
87	550–600	555	298.00	298.00
39	650–700	653	267.00	267.00
46	700–750	746	250.00	250.00
42	850–900	855	223.00	223.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
76	650–700	687	249.00	249.00

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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