Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2019-08-07

Athens

Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2019-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-07

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Wed, Aug 7

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1940

← Jul 31Aug 7Aug 14 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

440 head

▼ 128 vs last sale 568▲ 440 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

103 head

▼ 39 vs last sale 142▲ 103 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

32 head

▼ 14 vs last sale 46▲ 32 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to week prior, slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady, all feeder cattle lightly tested, replacement cattle mostly steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.00/cwt on 2 head.

Average price

$115.00

2 head · 500 lb average

Value per head Derived

$575

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+1.07

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	500	115.00	575	2thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2 hd

115.00

—

GA average16 barns · 1,468 hd

113.93

+1.07

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,614	94.27	1,521	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,467	63.95	938	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,145	61.24	701	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	993	50.56	502	15

Every lot

17 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 · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	425	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	502	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	575	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	644	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,000	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	850	1
Bulls	—	—	1,641	98.30/cwt	96.00–101.00	1,613	4
Bulls	—	—	1,715	92.90/cwt	89.00–94.00	1,593	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	945	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	595	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	976	44.99/cwt	42.00–48.00	439	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,011	53.18/cwt	51.00–55.00	538	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,102	61.89/cwt	59.00–65.00	682	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,132	56.19/cwt	53.00–58.00	636	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,250	67.86/cwt	66.00–73.00	848	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,411	64.10/cwt	62.00–65.00	904	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,503	59.49/cwt	58.00–61.00	894	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,638	70.03/cwt	68.00–72.00	1,147	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,033	684.56/cwt	660.00–730.00	7,072	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,095	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,855	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,123	824.16/cwt	780.00–850.00	9,255	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 Aug 7, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 440Last week 568Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 103Last week 142Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 32Last week 46Year ago 0

Compared to week prior, slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 lower, slaughter bulls mostly steady, all feeder cattle lightly tested, replacement cattle mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	118.00	118.00
1	—	575	112.00	112.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,095	900.00	900.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,123	780.00–850.00	824.16
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,033	660.00–730.00	684.56

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	85.00	85.00
4	—	1,641	96.00–101.00	98.30
5	—	1,715	89.00–94.00	92.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,250	66.00–73.00	67.86
11	—	1,132	53.00–58.00	56.19
14	—	1,102	59.00–65.00	61.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,638	68.00–72.00	70.03
3	—	1,503	58.00–61.00	59.49
8	—	1,411	62.00–65.00	64.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	63.00	63.00
6	—	976	42.00–48.00	44.99
8	—	1,011	51.00–55.00	53.18

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.