Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2019-07-10

Athens

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Wed, Jul 10
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1940
Feeder Cattle receipts
588 head
▲ 163 vs last sale 425▲ 588 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
93 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 101▲ 93 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 33▲ 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to markets being closed prior week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.51/cwt on 141 head.
Average price
$120.51
141 head · 503 lb average
Value per head Derived
$606
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$61
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.47
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1482130.0462731
Medium and Large 2515120.0361872
Medium and Large 3498113.6556638
One grade step is worth $16.39/cwt here — about $61 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 sale141 hd
120.51
—
GA average13 barns · 1,259 hd
117.05
+3.47
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,67387.401,4625thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,27061.1877745
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45758.9785919
CowsLean 85-90%High1,00453.795407thin

Every lot

63 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3425143.69/cwt142.50–145.006112
Steers—Medium and Large 3483138.93/cwt137.50–142.506715
Steers—Medium and Large 3529126.36/cwt123.00–132.006687
Steers—Medium and Large 2575133.98/cwt133.00–135.007703
Steers—Medium and Large 3582126.51/cwt124.00–131.007366
Steers—Medium and Large 3671116.75/cwt114.00–120.007835
Steers—Medium and Large 2675123.62/cwt121.00–126.008343
Steers—Medium and Large 2725117.98/cwt117.00–119.008553
Steers—Medium and Large 3725107.97/cwt107.00–109.007832
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325132.35/cwt130.00–135.004302
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325124.88/cwt123.00–127.004062
Heifers—Medium and Large 2374132.90/cwt129.00–136.004979
Heifers—Medium and Large 3383121.60/cwt120.00–126.004665
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426129.92/cwt125.00–134.005537
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432135.31/cwt135.00–136.005856
Heifers—Medium and Large 3432120.78/cwt120.00–122.505223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476130.76/cwt129.00–135.0062214
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478124.01/cwt120.00–128.0059312
Heifers—Medium and Large 3480114.62/cwt112.50–117.505509
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517126.25/cwt125.00–130.0065311
Heifers—Medium and Large 3523112.66/cwt110.00–114.0058910
Heifers—Medium and Large 2527118.30/cwt115.00–123.0062313
Heifers—Medium and Large 3575106.93/cwt105.00–109.006152
Heifers—Medium and Large 2576113.97/cwt111.00–118.0065619
Heifers—Medium and Large 3622103.80/cwt99.00–107.006467
Heifers—Medium and Large 2629110.15/cwt108.00–113.006935
Heifers—Medium and Large 2679105.98/cwt105.00–108.007205
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2318154.79/cwt150.00–157.504923
Bulls—Medium and Large 3373133.48/cwt127.50–137.504987
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375152.37/cwt150.00–155.005712
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375142.41/cwt140.00–145.005343
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425142.38/cwt140.00–145.006052
Bulls—Medium and Large 3432122.32/cwt120.00–127.505286
Bulls—Medium and Large 2433132.53/cwt130.00–137.505748
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475136.25/cwt134.00–140.006473
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475119.06/cwt115.00–122.505666
Bulls—Medium and Large 2484126.94/cwt125.00–131.0061415
Bulls—Medium and Large 2529123.02/cwt120.00–127.0065112
Bulls—Medium and Large 3534116.11/cwt115.00–118.006207
Bulls—Medium and Large 1537132.16/cwt129.00–134.0071012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575131.31/cwt125.00–133.5075514
Bulls—Medium and Large 2576118.58/cwt115.00–123.0068312
Bulls—Medium and Large 1625125.95/cwt123.00–129.007874
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625115.93/cwt112.00–119.007253
Bulls—Medium and Large 3630106.21/cwt105.00–109.006694
Bulls—Medium and Large 1675121.44/cwt118.00–125.008204
Bulls—Medium and Large 2675111.94/cwt110.00–114.007562
Bulls—Medium and Large 3675103.45/cwt99.00–106.006984
Bulls—Medium and Large 2720110.17/cwt106.00–114.007934
Bulls—Medium and Large 3725102.94/cwt101.00–105.007462
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,42382.42/cwt78.00–85.001,1732
Bulls——1,83091.58/cwt91.00–92.001,6762
Bulls——1,86089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,6551
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95046.06/cwt45.00–48.004383
Cows—Lean 85-90%95355.18/cwt53.00–57.005262
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,01069.00/cwt69.00–69.006971
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13563.99/cwt63.00–65.007262
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25663.06/cwt60.00–67.0079229
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31557.01/cwt52.00–59.0075015
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41462.15/cwt61.00–63.008796
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47757.50/cwt54.00–60.0084913
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 2-3895800.00/cwt800.00–800.007,1601
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 2-3983822.14/cwt760.00–870.008,0822

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.