Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2019-05-01

Athens

Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2019-05-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Wed, May 1

● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1940

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Feeder Cattle receipts

455 head

▼ 96 vs last sale 551▲ 455 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

79 head

▲ 26 vs last sale 53▲ 79 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

36 head

▲ 10 vs last sale 26▲ 36 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to week prior, slaughter cattle steady to 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls 2.00 to 3.00 lower, feeder steers lightly tested, feeder bulls unevenly steady, feeder heifers lightly tested, steer calves steady, bull calves mostly steady, heifer calves unevenly steady, replacement cattle lightly tested.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $145.15/cwt on 99 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −69.67 against this barn's trailing median of $214.82.

Average price

$145.15

99 head · 463 lb average

Value per head Derived

$671

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$156

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$9.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.46

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	152.39	789	8thin
Medium and Large 2	481	147.73	710	34
Medium and Large 3	444	142.59	633	57

One grade step is worth $9.81/cwt here — about $156 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale99 hd

145.15

—

GA average16 barns · 1,555 hd

140.69

+4.46

This barn, trailing median18 sales

214.82

−69.67

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 0–100 lb

18 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $226.07, low $160.38, median $214.82 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,494	82.61	1,234	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,194	61.84	738	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,432	59.77	856	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,009	50.30	507	10

Every lot

47 lots · USDA AMS · Northeast Georgia Livestock - 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	442	155.89/cwt	150.00–157.00	689	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	537	144.12/cwt	140.00–147.00	774	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	578	144.89/cwt	137.00–146.00	837	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	668	124.31/cwt	123.00–125.00	830	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	320	133.02/cwt	130.00–135.00	426	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	332	141.23/cwt	140.00–144.00	469	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	375	128.52/cwt	125.00–132.00	482	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	383	137.91/cwt	135.00–144.00	528	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	430	120.54/cwt	117.50–125.00	518	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	432	132.38/cwt	130.00–136.00	572	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	465	123.67/cwt	120.00–125.00	575	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	478	129.89/cwt	126.00–132.50	621	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	524	127.58/cwt	123.00–129.00	669	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	132.89/cwt	130.00–136.00	698	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	575	125.05/cwt	120.00–128.00	719	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	625	112.45/cwt	111.00–114.00	703	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	675	106.95/cwt	105.00–110.00	722	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	324	163.90/cwt	160.00–167.50	531	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	369	154.24/cwt	147.50–157.50	569	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	383	162.37/cwt	160.00–167.50	622	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	420	155.24/cwt	150.00–157.50	652	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	426	142.19/cwt	137.50–147.50	606	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	432	163.28/cwt	162.50–165.00	705	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	468	134.35/cwt	129.00–138.00	629	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	473	145.52/cwt	140.00–150.00	688	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	475	153.22/cwt	152.50–154.00	728	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	525	141.37/cwt	138.00–145.00	742	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	532	132.95/cwt	132.00–135.00	707	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	572	128.65/cwt	126.00–131.00	736	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	578	138.06/cwt	135.00–142.00	798	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	618	122.91/cwt	119.00–125.00	760	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	625	132.42/cwt	130.00–135.00	828	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	632	140.96/cwt	140.00–143.00	891	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,457	84.68/cwt	81.00–87.00	1,234	9
Bulls	—	—	1,475	75.24/cwt	72.00–79.00	1,110	5
Bulls	—	—	1,638	88.71/cwt	88.00–89.00	1,453	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	987	47.19/cwt	45.00–48.00	466	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	990	52.97/cwt	52.00–54.00	524	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,103	72.11/cwt	70.00–74.00	795	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,178	58.07/cwt	54.00–61.00	684	17
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,195	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	729	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,224	64.75/cwt	62.00–68.00	793	15
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,327	56.88/cwt	55.00–58.00	755	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,537	62.66/cwt	60.00–65.00	963	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,040	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	10,400	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,053	694.89/cwt	600.00–770.00	7,317	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,221	1,028.96/cwt	970.00–1,080.00	12,564	4

This sale against other markets

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 - Athens, GA

Wed May 1, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 455Last week 551Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 79Last week 53Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 36Last week 26Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	152.50–154.00	153.22
3	—	432	162.50–165.00	163.28
3	—	632	140.00–143.00	140.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	138.00–145.00	141.37
2	—	625	130.00–135.00	132.42
5	—	383	160.00–167.50	162.37
7	—	578	135.00–142.00	138.06
8	—	420	150.00–157.50	155.24
10	—	473	140.00–150.00	145.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	532	132.00–135.00	132.95
3	—	618	119.00–125.00	122.91
5	—	324	160.00–167.50	163.90
7	—	572	126.00–131.00	128.65
11	—	468	129.00–138.00	134.35
13	—	426	137.50–147.50	142.19
15	—	369	147.50–157.50	154.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	130.00–136.00	132.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	332	140.00–144.00	141.23
11	—	383	135.00–144.00	137.91
12	—	478	126.00–132.50	129.89
12	—	524	123.00–129.00	127.58
14	—	575	120.00–128.00	125.05
20	—	432	130.00–136.00	132.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	111.00–114.00	112.45
3	—	675	105.00–110.00	106.95
4	—	320	130.00–135.00	133.02
4	—	375	125.00–132.00	128.52
4	—	465	120.00–125.00	123.67
7	—	430	117.50–125.00	120.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	537	140.00–147.00	144.12
13	—	578	137.00–146.00	144.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	668	123.00–125.00	124.31
8	—	442	150.00–157.00	155.89

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,053	600.00–770.00	694.89
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,221	970.00–1,080.00	1,028.96
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,040	1,000.00	1,000.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,638	88.00–89.00	88.71
5	—	1,475	72.00–79.00	75.24
9	—	1,457	81.00–87.00	84.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,103	70.00–74.00	72.11
15	—	1,224	62.00–68.00	64.75
17	—	1,178	54.00–61.00	58.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,327	55.00–58.00	56.88
3	—	1,537	60.00–65.00	62.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	61.00	61.00
3	—	990	52.00–54.00	52.97
6	—	987	45.00–48.00	47.19

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.