Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2025-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-11

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $385.44/cwt on 138 head. That ranks 2 of 8 comparable sales and sits −60.76 against this barn's trailing median of $446.20.

Average price

$385.44

138 head · 583 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,245

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$132

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

$41.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.81

vs GA average

−45.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	417.00	2,344	33
Medium and Large 2	589	375.52	2,212	105

One grade step is worth $41.48/cwt here — about $132 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 sale138 hd

385.44

—

GA average13 barns · 330 hd

386.24

−0.81

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

−45.19

This barn, trailing median8 sales

446.20

−60.76

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

14 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	750–800	770	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,487	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	744	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,120	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	866	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,382	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	333.71/cwt	328.50–350.00	1,952	102
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	589	375.52/cwt	366.00–410.00	2,212	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	316.50/cwt	316.50–316.50	2,769	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,378	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,528	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	474.00/cwt	474.00–474.00	2,166	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	336.50/cwt	336.50–336.50	2,197	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	300.50/cwt	300.50–300.50	2,344	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,874	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,344	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,012	30

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 Dec 11, 2025

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

Receipts 846Last week 1,322Year ago 1,431

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
105	550–600	589	366.00–410.00	375.52
51	750–800	770	323.00	323.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	450–500	457	474.00	474.00
81	600–650	648	367.00	367.00
71	750–800	750	337.00	337.00
109	850–900	875	316.50	316.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	550–600	562	417.00	417.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
102	550–600	585	328.50–350.00	333.71
30	700–750	744	285.00	285.00
14	850–900	866	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	450–500	457	410.00	410.00
71	650–700	653	336.50	336.50
57	750–800	780	300.50	300.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	550–600	559	360.00	360.00

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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