Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2025-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-13

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $344.00/cwt on 79 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −102.20 against this barn's trailing median of $446.20.

Average price

$344.00

79 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,892

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$183

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$21.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.03

vs GA average

−14.67 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	353.50	1,973	32
Medium and Large 2	552	345.00	1,904	20
Medium and Large 3	539	332.00	1,789	27

One grade step is worth $21.50/cwt here — about $183 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 sale79 hd

344.00

—

GA average14 barns · 285 hd

344.03

−0.03

National average173 barns · 15,162 hd

358.67

−14.67

This barn, trailing median8 sales

446.20

−102.20

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

18 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	661	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,785	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,970	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,009	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,692	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	351.50/cwt	351.50–351.50	1,550	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	353.50/cwt	353.50–353.50	1,973	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	298.97/cwt	296.00–308.00	1,620	61
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	743	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,006	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,904	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	649	293.31/cwt	285.00–306.00	1,904	48
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	830	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	2,104	65
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	539	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,789	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	278.50/cwt	278.50–278.50	2,072	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	391.50/cwt	391.50–391.50	1,742	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	902	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,255	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,243	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	774	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,823	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,638	30

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 Mar 13, 2025

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

Receipts 789Last week 1,357Year ago 1,092

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	400–450	441	351.50	351.50
24	500–550	539	314.00	314.00
64	650–700	661	270.00	270.00
65	750–800	788	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
61	500–550	542	296.00–308.00	298.97
30	650–700	655	250.00	250.00
28	750–800	774	235.50	235.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	400–450	445	391.50	391.50
32	550–600	558	353.50	353.50
27	600–650	644	312.00	312.00
32	700–750	744	278.50	278.50
62	850–900	890	252.00	252.00
57	900–950	902	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	552	345.00	345.00
48	600–650	649	285.00–306.00	293.31
16	700–750	743	270.00	270.00
65	800–850	830	253.50	253.50
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
27	500–550	539	332.00	332.00

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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