Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2025-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-13

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $361.97/cwt on 182 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −84.24 against this barn's trailing median of $446.20.

Average price

$361.97

182 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,018

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$147

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

$17.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.38

vs GA average

−62.90 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	371.00	2,096	86
Medium and Large 2	551	353.88	1,950	96

One grade step is worth $17.13/cwt here — about $147 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale182 hd

361.97

—

GA average14 barns · 392 hd

370.35

−8.38

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

−62.90

This barn, trailing median8 sales

446.20

−84.24

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

22 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	548	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,956	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,834	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,083	78
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	657	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,168	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,488	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	310.50/cwt	310.50–310.50	1,987	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,503	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	330.25/cwt	330.25–330.25	2,454	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,333	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	344.75/cwt	344.75–344.75	2,265	77
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	851	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	2,413	45
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	786	296.50/cwt	296.50–296.50	2,330	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,096	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,425	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	549	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,707	57
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	349.50/cwt	349.50–349.50	1,940	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,708	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,220	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	300.50/cwt	300.50–300.50	2,055	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,930	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,972	67
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	749	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,374	62

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 Nov 13, 2025

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

Receipts 1,322Last week 1,093Year ago 1,135

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
56	500–550	548	357.00	357.00
40	550–600	555	349.50	349.50
66	650–700	657	330.00	330.00
62	700–750	749	317.00	317.00
69	750–800	786	296.50	296.50
45	850–900	851	283.50	283.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
54	450–500	465	415.00	415.00
78	650–700	651	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
86	550–600	565	371.00	371.00
77	650–700	657	344.75	344.75
71	700–750	743	330.25	330.25
35	750–800	775	301.00	301.00
38	850–900	869	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
54	450–500	464	368.00	368.00
80	550–600	559	328.00	328.00
78	650–700	684	300.50	300.50
73	750–800	763	291.00	291.00
6	800–850	845	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
70	600–650	640	310.50	310.50
10	850–900	852	292.00	292.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
57	500–550	549	311.00	311.00
67	650–700	653	302.00	302.00

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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