Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2025-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-08

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $357.84/cwt on 175 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −88.37 against this barn's trailing median of $446.20.

Average price

$357.84

175 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,058

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

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

$50.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.78

vs GA average

−20.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	381.50	2,114	93
Medium and Large 2	599	331.00	1,983	82

One grade step is worth $50.50/cwt here — about $131 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 sale175 hd

357.84

—

GA average14 barns · 504 hd

361.61

−3.78

National average168 barns · 13,508 hd

378.79

−20.95

This barn, trailing median8 sales

446.20

−88.37

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

14 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	450–500	456	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,715	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,918	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,857	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,288	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	278.50/cwt	278.50–278.50	2,150	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	902	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	2,377	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,868	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	338.50/cwt	338.50–338.50	2,214	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	381.50/cwt	381.50–381.50	2,114	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,752	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	789	255.18/cwt	249.00–259.00	2,013	106
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	599	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,983	82
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	752	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,271	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	807	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	2,207	54

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 May 8, 2025

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

Receipts 938Last week 825Year ago 895

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	450–500	456	376.00	376.00
79	550–600	556	334.00	334.00
70	650–700	650	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
88	550–600	584	300.00	300.00
106	750–800	789	249.00–259.00	255.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	400–450	447	418.00	418.00
93	550–600	554	381.50	381.50
80	650–700	654	338.50	338.50
29	700–750	743	308.00	308.00
20	750–800	772	278.50	278.50
44	900–950	902	263.50	263.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
82	550–600	599	331.00	331.00
25	750–800	752	302.00	302.00
54	800–850	807	273.50	273.50

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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