Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2025-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-11

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $404.06/cwt on 144 head. That ranks 2 of 8 comparable sales and sits −42.15 against this barn's trailing median of $446.20.

Average price

$404.06

144 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,250

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$260

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

$41.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.34

vs GA average

−9.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	560	420.00	2,352	88
Medium and Large 2	552	379.00	2,092	56

One grade step is worth $41.00/cwt here — about $260 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 sale144 hd

404.06

—

GA average15 barns · 628 hd

387.71

+16.34

National average170 barns · 13,807 hd

413.52

−9.46

This barn, trailing median8 sales

446.20

−42.15

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 1-2	650–700	652	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,302	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,083	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,939	80
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	649	372.98/cwt	368.00–381.50	2,421	130
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,092	56
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	854	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,818	48
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	742	340.50/cwt	340.50–340.50	2,527	44
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	832	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,804	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,664	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	468.00/cwt	468.00–468.00	2,176	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,352	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	793	321.50/cwt	321.50–321.50	2,549	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	647	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,187	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	418.50/cwt	418.50–418.50	1,950	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	363.75/cwt	363.75–363.75	2,721	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	379.66/cwt	352.00–386.75	2,437	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	335.50/cwt	335.50–335.50	2,872	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,543	22

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 Sep 11, 2025

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

Receipts 1,145Last week 1,225Year ago 1,474

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
54	450–500	466	418.50	418.50
78	550–600	563	370.00	370.00
55	600–650	647	338.00	338.00
82	650–700	652	353.00	353.00
68	750–800	793	321.50	321.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
80	500–550	537	361.00	361.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	700–750	735	346.00	346.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
56	550–600	552	379.00	379.00
130	600–650	649	368.00–381.50	372.98
44	700–750	742	340.50	340.50
20	800–850	832	337.00	337.00
48	850–900	854	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
52	450–500	465	468.00	468.00
88	550–600	560	420.00	420.00
59	750–800	759	351.00	351.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	600–650	642	352.00–386.75	379.66
68	700–750	748	363.75	363.75
20	850–900	856	335.50	335.50

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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