Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2025-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-09

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $306.23/cwt on 176 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −139.97 against this barn's trailing median of $446.20.

Average price

$306.23

176 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,747

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

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

$34.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.24

vs GA average

−35.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	322.50	1,787	93
Medium and Large 2	589	288.00	1,696	83

One grade step is worth $34.50/cwt here — about $90 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 sale176 hd

306.23

—

GA average15 barns · 473 hd

299.99

+6.24

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

−35.85

This barn, trailing median8 sales

446.20

−139.97

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

17 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	700–750	749	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,895	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	808	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,866	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	647	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,676	47
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	752	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,839	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,787	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	361.50/cwt	361.50–361.50	1,634	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	289.50/cwt	289.50–289.50	1,905	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	272.99/cwt	271.75–275.50	1,471	86
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	589	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,696	83
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	872	234.79/cwt	230.00–237.00	2,047	44
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	649	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	1,840	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,176	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	749	258.75/cwt	258.75–258.75	1,938	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,421	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,749	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,861	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	284.50/cwt	284.50–284.50	1,553	38

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 Jan 9, 2025

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

Receipts 1,091Last week 1,431Year ago 1,641

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
83	550–600	589	288.00	288.00
38	600–650	649	283.50	283.50
34	700–750	749	253.00	253.00
35	750–800	752	244.50	244.50
44	850–900	872	230.00–237.00	234.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
93	450–500	452	361.50	361.50
93	550–600	554	322.50	322.50
77	650–700	658	289.50	289.50
45	700–750	749	258.75	258.75
55	850–900	881	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
86	500–550	539	271.75–275.50	272.99
47	600–650	647	259.00	259.00
49	800–850	808	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
84	400–450	444	320.00	320.00
38	500–550	546	284.50	284.50
77	650–700	654	267.50	267.50
64	750–800	766	243.00	243.00

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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