Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2026-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-10

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $370.38/cwt on 78 head, down $2.30 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −75.83 against this barn's trailing median of $446.20.

Average price

$370.38

▼ 2.30 vs prior sale

78 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,059

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$93

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

$23.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.48

vs GA average

−20.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	381.00	2,101	42
Medium and Large 2	561	357.98	2,008	36

One grade step is worth $23.02/cwt here — about $93 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 $370.38, 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 sale78 hd

370.38

—

GA average13 barns · 351 hd

354.90

+15.48

National average134 barns · 6,067 hd

390.59

−20.21

This barn, trailing median8 sales

446.20

−75.83

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

23 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	800–850	823	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,296	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,376	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,005	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,246	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	336.51/cwt	331.00–337.00	1,868	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,523	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,293	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,890	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	454	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,662	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,090	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	761	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,207	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,737	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,824	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	357.98/cwt	340.00–371.00	2,008	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,127	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	851	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,425	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,170	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	904	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,486	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	734	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,129	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	748	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,379	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	325.72/cwt	310.00–337.00	2,127	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	2,488	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	659	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,036	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 Sep 10, 2026

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

Receipts 588Last week 672Year ago 1,145

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	550–600	555	331.00–337.00	336.51
25	700–750	734	306.00	306.00
4	800–850	823	279.00	279.00
7	850–900	880	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	454	366.00	366.00
68	650–700	651	321.00	321.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	541	321.00	321.00
18	550–600	551	331.00	331.00
12	650–700	659	309.00	309.00
7	700–750	734	290.00	290.00
7	750–800	761	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	542	370.00	370.00
33	550–600	554	384.00	384.00
1	600–650	644	337.00	337.00
72	650–700	657	349.00	349.00
24	850–900	882	286.00	286.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	469	403.00	403.00
65	750–800	755	329.50	329.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	550–600	561	340.00–371.00	357.98
48	650–700	653	310.00–337.00	325.72
15	700–750	748	318.00	318.00
10	850–900	851	285.00	285.00
12	900–950	904	275.00	275.00

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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