Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2025-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-14

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $382.36/cwt on 203 head. That ranks 2 of 8 comparable sales and sits −63.84 against this barn's trailing median of $446.20.

Average price

$382.36

203 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,196

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$61

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

$31.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.83

vs GA average

−5.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	404.50	2,237	59
Medium and Large 2	583	373.29	2,176	144

One grade step is worth $31.21/cwt here — about $61 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 sale203 hd

382.36

—

GA average15 barns · 757 hd

369.53

+12.83

National average151 barns · 7,160 hd

387.49

−5.13

This barn, trailing median8 sales

446.20

−63.84

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 2	500–550	520	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,888	95
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	748	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,431	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,243	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	368.50/cwt	368.50–368.50	2,041	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,057	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,554	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	404.50/cwt	404.50–404.50	2,237	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	368.50/cwt	368.50–368.50	2,381	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	336.50/cwt	336.50–336.50	2,554	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,321	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,061	66
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	373.29/cwt	365.00–390.00	2,176	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,976	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,878	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	804	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,444	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,409	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,188	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	2,693	41

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 Aug 14, 2025

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

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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
95	500–550	520	363.00	363.00
66	600–650	638	323.00	323.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
86	550–600	554	368.50	368.50
71	650–700	654	343.00	343.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	450–500	458	410.00	410.00
36	550–600	555	356.00	356.00
67	650–700	655	334.00	334.00
64	750–800	760	317.00	317.00
47	800–850	804	304.00	304.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
144	550–600	583	365.00–390.00	373.29
36	700–750	748	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	450–500	457	450.00	450.00
59	550–600	553	404.50	404.50
81	600–650	646	368.50	368.50
55	700–750	735	347.50	347.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
71	650–700	650	357.00	357.00
61	750–800	759	336.50	336.50
41	850–900	870	309.50	309.50

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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