Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2025-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-10

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $347.72/cwt on 128 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −98.48 against this barn's trailing median of $446.20.

Average price

$347.72

128 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,009

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$83

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

$32.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.90

vs GA average

−6.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	372.18	2,069	32
Medium and Large 2	585	339.57	1,986	96

One grade step is worth $32.61/cwt here — about $83 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 sale128 hd

347.72

—

GA average13 barns · 371 hd

344.83

+2.90

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

−6.58

This barn, trailing median8 sales

446.20

−98.48

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 2	650–700	651	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,660	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	784	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,929	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	271.81/cwt	266.00–276.00	1,775	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	314.50/cwt	314.50–314.50	2,038	74
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	752	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,993	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	546	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,944	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,664	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	591	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,992	83
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	885	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,257	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,681	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	747	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,110	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,841	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	372.18/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,069	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,985	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,608	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,864	34

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
96	500–550	537	313.00	313.00
9	600–650	628	265.00	265.00
31	650–700	651	255.00	255.00
21	750–800	784	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	450–500	453	355.00	355.00
34	550–600	563	331.00	331.00
43	650–700	653	266.00–276.00	271.81
48	750–800	786	252.50	252.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	400–450	448	411.00	411.00
32	550–600	556	360.00–375.00	372.18
74	600–650	648	314.50	314.50
61	700–750	747	282.50	282.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	546	356.00	356.00
83	550–600	591	337.00	337.00
28	750–800	752	265.00	265.00
59	850–900	885	255.00	255.00

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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