Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2025-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-13

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $279.93/cwt on 174 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −106.38 against this barn's trailing median of $386.30.

Average price

$279.93

174 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,539

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$36

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

$1.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.14

vs GA average

−17.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	556	280.50	1,560	74
Medium and Large 2	545	279.50	1,523	100

One grade step is worth $1.00/cwt here — about $36 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $408.88, low $348.38, median $386.30 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 sale174 hd

279.93

—

GA average16 barns · 555 hd

262.78

+17.14

National average157 barns · 11,394 hd

297.00

−17.07

This barn, trailing median8 sales

386.30

−106.38

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

19 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 1-2	400–450	446	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,378	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	1,662	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	867	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	1,938	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	748	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,754	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	279.50/cwt	279.50–279.50	1,523	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	647	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,637	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	872	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,158	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,910	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	452	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,537	48
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,731	59
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	759	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,920	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,873	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	306.50/cwt	306.50–306.50	1,667	91
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	880	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,059	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	746	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,887	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,829	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	1,560	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	651	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	1,637	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,765	36

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 Feb 13, 2025

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

Receipts 1,357Last week 1,091Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
62	400–450	446	309.00	309.00
74	550–600	556	280.50	280.50
59	700–750	748	234.50	234.50
130	750–800	775	236.00	236.00
45	850–900	867	223.50	223.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
73	600–650	648	256.50	256.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
100	500–550	545	279.50	279.50
117	600–650	647	253.00	253.00
58	650–700	651	251.50	251.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
48	450–500	452	340.00	340.00
91	500–550	544	306.50	306.50
77	600–650	648	289.00	289.00
119	850–900	872	247.50	247.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	550–600	556	317.50	317.50
45	700–750	746	256.00	256.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
59	650–700	658	263.00	263.00
30	700–750	746	253.00	253.00
44	750–800	759	253.00	253.00
40	850–900	880	234.00	234.00

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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