Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2025-07-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-10

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $367.27/cwt on 181 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −78.93 against this barn's trailing median of $446.20.

Average price

$367.27

181 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,031

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$181

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

$24.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.51

vs GA average

−11.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	380.00	2,128	85
Medium and Large 2	547	356.00	1,947	96

One grade step is worth $24.00/cwt here — about $181 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale181 hd

367.27

—

GA average14 barns · 487 hd

356.76

+10.51

National average153 barns · 8,707 hd

379.13

−11.86

This barn, trailing median8 sales

446.20

−78.93

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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,947	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,128	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,265	68
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	449	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,800	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	732	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,123	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,778	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	661	294.50/cwt	294.50–294.50	1,947	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	739	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,025	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	556	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,829	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,384	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,422	50
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	328.17/cwt	326.50–332.00	2,110	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,064	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,108	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,686	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,884	33

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 Jul 10, 2025

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	400–450	449	401.00	401.00
96	500–550	547	356.00	356.00
109	600–650	643	326.50–332.00	328.17
26	700–750	732	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
85	550–600	560	380.00	380.00
68	600–650	647	350.00	350.00
63	700–750	745	320.00	320.00
50	800–850	841	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
74	500–550	542	328.00	328.00
28	550–600	556	329.00	329.00
65	650–700	661	294.50	294.50
41	700–750	739	274.00	274.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	450–500	457	369.00	369.00
33	550–600	554	340.00	340.00
71	650–700	650	317.50	317.50
51	750–800	778	271.00	271.00

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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