Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2025-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-09

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $418.85/cwt on 157 head. That ranks 2 of 8 comparable sales and sits −27.35 against this barn's trailing median of $446.20.

Average price

$418.85

157 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,307

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$156

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

$17.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+30.63

vs GA average

−27.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	557	426.00	2,373	91
Medium and Large 2	542	409.00	2,217	66

One grade step is worth $17.00/cwt here — about $156 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 sale157 hd

418.85

—

GA average15 barns · 622 hd

388.22

+30.63

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

−27.00

This barn, trailing median8 sales

446.20

−27.35

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

15 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 1-2	850–900	851	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,868	59
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,217	66
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	644	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,447	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	363.25/cwt	363.25–363.25	2,354	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	440.25/cwt	440.25–440.25	2,008	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	358.50/cwt	358.50–358.50	2,674	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	787	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,518	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,161	77
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	766	339.15/cwt	325.00–350.00	2,598	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	479.50/cwt	479.50–479.50	2,191	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,542	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,373	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	766	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,398	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,957	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	647	340.68/cwt	330.00–354.00	2,204	108

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 Oct 9, 2025

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

Receipts 1,093Last week 1,145Year ago 1,004

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
62	450–500	457	479.50	479.50
91	550–600	557	426.00	426.00
84	650–700	650	391.00	391.00
59	850–900	851	337.00	337.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
66	500–550	542	409.00	409.00
68	600–650	644	380.00	380.00
90	750–800	766	325.00–350.00	339.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	700–750	746	358.50	358.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	450–500	456	440.25	440.25
54	600–650	648	363.25	363.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
77	550–600	557	388.00	388.00
61	750–800	787	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
60	500–550	545	359.00	359.00
108	600–650	647	330.00–354.00	340.68
44	750–800	766	313.00	313.00

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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