Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2025-06-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-12

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $363.04/cwt on 179 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −83.16 against this barn's trailing median of $446.20.

Average price

$363.04

179 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,069

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.18

vs GA average

−17.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	570	363.04	2,069	179

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale179 hd

363.04

—

GA average13 barns · 522 hd

360.86

+2.18

National average158 barns · 9,089 hd

381.01

−17.97

This barn, trailing median8 sales

446.20

−83.16

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 2	550–600	572	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,796	92
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,976	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	347.96/cwt	339.50–353.50	2,272	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	310.31/cwt	297.50–314.00	2,383	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	375.75/cwt	375.75–375.75	1,676	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,855	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	876	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,497	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	363.04/cwt	340.00–384.00	2,069	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	647	311.33/cwt	292.50–316.00	2,014	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	761	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	2,157	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,966	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	879	240.98/cwt	240.00–244.50	2,118	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	554	339.61/cwt	335.00–341.00	1,881	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	748	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	1,934	11

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 Jun 12, 2025

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

Receipts 973Last week 938Year ago 991

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
92	550–600	572	314.00	314.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	500–550	546	360.00	360.00
26	550–600	554	335.00–341.00	339.61
96	600–650	647	292.50–316.00	311.33
11	700–750	748	258.50	258.50
55	750–800	761	283.50	283.50
27	850–900	879	240.00–244.50	240.98
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	700–750	740	267.00	267.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
59	400–450	446	375.75	375.75
56	450–500	457	406.00	406.00
179	550–600	570	340.00–384.00	363.04
117	650–700	653	339.50–353.50	347.96
88	750–800	768	297.50–314.00	310.31
54	850–900	876	285.00	285.00

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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