Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2026-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-14

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $451.60/cwt on 127 head, down $25.46 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 8 comparable sales and sits +5.40 against this barn's trailing median of $446.20.

Average price

$451.60

▼ 25.46 vs prior sale

127 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,510

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$272

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

$37.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.23

vs GA average

−22.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	560	462.12	2,588	91
Medium and Large 2	545	425.00	2,316	36

One grade step is worth $37.12/cwt here — about $272 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 sale127 hd

451.60

—

GA average15 barns · 457 hd

448.36

+3.23

National average167 barns · 12,191 hd

473.70

−22.10

This barn, trailing median8 sales

446.20

+5.40

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,380	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	418.48/cwt	407.00–420.00	2,323	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,125	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	378.36/cwt	374.00–401.00	2,236	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	318.97/cwt	316.00–322.00	2,520	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,390	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,316	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	893	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,813	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	749	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,479	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	887	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,883	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,668	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	649	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,645	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	462.12/cwt	450.00–463.00	2,588	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	360.50/cwt	360.50–360.50	2,361	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	651	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,532	28

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 May 14, 2026

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

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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
35	550–600	555	407.00–420.00	418.48
25	650–700	652	365.00	365.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	450–500	460	462.00	462.00
100	550–600	591	374.00–401.00	378.36
128	750–800	790	316.00–322.00	318.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	650–700	655	360.50	360.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	450–500	464	515.00	515.00
91	550–600	560	450.00–463.00	462.12
66	600–650	649	407.50	407.50
63	750–800	771	346.00	346.00
57	850–900	887	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	500–550	545	425.00	425.00
28	650–700	651	389.00	389.00
25	700–750	749	331.00	331.00
43	850–900	893	315.00	315.00

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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