Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2026-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $459.10/cwt on 139 head, up $39.50 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 8 comparable sales and sits +12.90 against this barn's trailing median of $446.20.

Average price

$459.10

▲ 39.50 vs prior sale

139 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,539

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

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

$36.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.91

vs GA average

−19.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	552	470.73	2,598	95
Medium and Large 2	555	434.00	2,409	44

One grade step is worth $36.73/cwt here — about $190 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 sale139 hd

459.10

—

GA average15 barns · 432 hd

451.19

+7.91

National average184 barns · 16,706 hd

478.39

−19.29

This barn, trailing median8 sales

446.20

+12.90

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

16 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	650–700	651	356.50/cwt	356.50–356.50	2,321	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	371.50/cwt	371.50–371.50	2,764	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,938	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,744	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	488.50/cwt	488.50–488.50	2,188	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,284	84
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	874	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,797	55
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	382.42/cwt	369.00–409.00	2,574	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	317.25/cwt	295.00–335.00	2,459	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	518.00/cwt	518.00–518.00	2,388	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	552	470.73/cwt	460.00–472.00	2,598	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,586	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,002	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,188	81
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	751	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,681	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	2,409	44

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 Feb 12, 2026

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
68	650–700	651	356.50	356.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
63	400–450	448	488.50	488.50
84	550–600	557	410.00	410.00
131	750–800	775	295.00–335.00	317.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
57	500–550	547	366.00	366.00
81	650–700	653	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
79	650–700	655	419.00	419.00
54	700–750	744	371.50	371.50
61	850–900	859	342.00	342.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	550–600	555	434.00	434.00
113	650–700	673	369.00–409.00	382.42
43	750–800	751	357.00	357.00
55	850–900	874	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	450–500	461	518.00	518.00
95	550–600	552	460.00–472.00	470.73
13	600–650	645	401.00	401.00

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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