Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2026-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-08

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $371.34/cwt on 85 head. That ranks 2 of 8 comparable sales and sits −14.96 against this barn's trailing median of $386.30.

Average price

$371.34

85 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,044

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$237

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

$31.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.14

vs GA average

−38.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	389.50	2,181	26
Medium and Large 1-2	557	380.50	2,119	14thin
Medium and Large 2	543	358.00	1,944	45

One grade step is worth $31.50/cwt here — about $237 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $408.88, low $348.38, median $386.30 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 sale85 hd

371.34

—

GA average15 barns · 503 hd

361.20

+10.14

National average199 barns · 28,725 hd

410.10

−38.76

This barn, trailing median8 sales

386.30

−14.96

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	492.00/cwt	492.00–492.00	2,258	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	860	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,442	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,493	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,791	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	761	319.56/cwt	308.00–322.00	2,432	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	451	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,025	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	406.96/cwt	395.00–430.00	2,255	54
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	744	334.23/cwt	325.00–339.00	2,487	47
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,310	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	682	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,244	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,944	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	649	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,304	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	380.50/cwt	380.50–380.50	2,119	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,649	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,504	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	361.25/cwt	361.25–361.25	2,359	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	389.50/cwt	389.50–389.50	2,181	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	303.50/cwt	303.50–303.50	2,552	12

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 Jan 8, 2026

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

Receipts 807Last week 846Year ago 1,091

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	450–500	459	492.00	492.00
82	650–700	651	383.00	383.00
57	850–900	875	319.00	319.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
54	550–600	554	395.00–430.00	406.96
22	650–700	660	350.00	350.00
47	700–750	744	325.00–339.00	334.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	550–600	564	444.00	444.00
68	750–800	759	349.00	349.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	500–550	543	358.00	358.00
42	600–650	649	355.00	355.00
68	650–700	682	329.00	329.00
3	850–900	860	284.00	284.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	450–500	451	449.00	449.00
14	550–600	557	380.50	380.50
87	750–800	761	308.00–322.00	319.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	550–600	560	389.50	389.50
70	650–700	653	361.25	361.25
12	800–850	841	303.50	303.50

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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