Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2026-10-08

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Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2026-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-08

Feeder Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Thu, Oct 8

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2252

← Sep 10Oct 8latest

Receipts

971 head

▲ 383 vs last sale 588▼ 122 vs year ago 1,093 · −11.2%

Also sold hereRegular saleWed Oct 28, 2026

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $378.32/cwt on 152 head, up $7.94 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 8 comparable sales and sits −59.21 against this barn's trailing median of $437.53.

Average price

$378.32

▲ 7.94 vs prior sale

152 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,101

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$137

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

$19.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.02

vs GA average

−52.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	387.00	2,163	83
Medium and Large 2	551	367.87	2,026	69

One grade step is worth $19.13/cwt here — about $137 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale152 hd

378.32

—

GA average14 barns · 544 hd

365.30

+13.02

National average183 barns · 26,018 hd

430.36

−52.04

This barn, trailing median8 sales

437.53

−59.21

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $477.06, low $370.38, median $437.53 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

21 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	453	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,034	57
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	546	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,993	36
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	556	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,063	33
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,163	83
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,205	25
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	653	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,188	40
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	655	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,299	154
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	736	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,447	67
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	744	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	2,303	27
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,451	13
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	877	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,587	61
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	909	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,500	17
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	452	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,880	36
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	544	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,746	26
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	553	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,908	92
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	644	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,125	76
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,965	17
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	299.80/cwt	293.00–300.00	2,213	34
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	751	286.58/cwt	279.00–292.00	2,152	24
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	859	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,148	18
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	949	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,278	9

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 Oct 8, 2026

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

Receipts 971Last week 588Year ago 1,093

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	700–750	738	293.00–300.00	299.80
18	850–900	859	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	450–500	452	416.00	416.00
92	550–600	553	345.00	345.00
76	600–650	644	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	500–550	544	321.00	321.00
17	650–700	655	300.00	300.00
24	750–800	751	279.00–292.00	286.58
9	900–950	949	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
83	550–600	559	387.00	387.00
25	600–650	639	345.00	345.00
13	750–800	778	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
57	450–500	453	449.00	449.00
154	650–700	655	351.00	351.00
67	700–750	736	332.50	332.50
61	850–900	877	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	500–550	546	365.00	365.00
33	550–600	556	371.00	371.00
40	650–700	653	335.00	335.00
27	700–750	744	309.50	309.50
17	900–950	909	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.