Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2019-10-23

Athens

Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2019-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Wed, Oct 23

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1940

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Feeder Cattle receipts

572 head

▲ 41 vs last sale 531▲ 572 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

88 head

▼ 24 vs last sale 112▲ 88 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

21 head

▼ 28 vs last sale 49▲ 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and and steer calves 6.00 to 7.00 higher , feeder bulls and feeder calves 5.00 to 7.00 higher , feeder heifers and heifer calves 4.00 to 6.00 higher, replacement cows lightly tested, Supply included 84% Feeder Cattle ( 21% steers, 33% heifers, 45% bulls), 13 % Slaughter Cattle ( 84% Cows, 16% Bulls ), 3% Replacement Cattle ( 90% Bred Cows, 10% Cow-Calf Pairs ), Feeder Cattle over 600 lbs was 20%

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 $124.17/cwt on 159 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −90.64 against this barn's trailing median of $214.82.

Average price

$124.17

159 head · 472 lb average

Value per head Derived

$586

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$43

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

$31.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.16

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	412	146.08	602	29
Medium and Large 2	479	127.01	608	51
Medium and Large 3	489	114.30	559	79

One grade step is worth $31.78/cwt here — about $43 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 sale159 hd

124.17

—

GA average16 barns · 1,546 hd

116.01

+8.16

This barn, trailing median18 sales

214.82

−90.64

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	1,687	71.33	1,204	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,650	48.62	802	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,343	46.93	630	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,017	44.02	448	9thin

Every lot

57 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	375	139.91/cwt	137.50–142.50	525	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	477	137.79/cwt	136.00–140.00	657	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	527	136.89/cwt	135.00–137.50	721	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	527	129.66/cwt	129.00–130.00	683	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	581	126.72/cwt	126.50–129.00	736	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	620	122.83/cwt	121.00–126.00	762	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	270	133.70/cwt	132.50–135.00	361	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	325	119.01/cwt	115.00–122.50	387	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	367	116.62/cwt	110.00–120.00	428	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	125.99/cwt	122.50–130.00	472	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	123.38/cwt	120.00–127.50	524	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	425	109.94/cwt	107.50–112.50	467	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	426	117.21/cwt	115.00–119.00	499	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	120.69/cwt	119.00–122.50	571	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	473	114.95/cwt	111.00–117.50	544	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	473	107.74/cwt	105.00–110.00	510	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	521	105.91/cwt	101.00–109.00	552	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	532	111.37/cwt	110.00–115.00	592	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	573	110.32/cwt	107.00–114.00	632	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	578	101.79/cwt	100.00–105.00	588	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	115.46/cwt	114.00–117.00	722	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	628	101.13/cwt	98.00–105.00	635	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	268	133.17/cwt	130.00–135.00	357	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	321	150.35/cwt	147.50–152.50	483	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	321	141.85/cwt	137.50–145.00	455	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	325	125.68/cwt	122.50–130.00	408	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	372	141.59/cwt	137.50–145.00	527	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	373	154.05/cwt	150.00–157.50	575	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	373	130.69/cwt	125.00–135.00	487	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	426	148.48/cwt	132.50–155.00	633	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	428	137.63/cwt	132.50–142.50	589	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	428	125.31/cwt	120.00–130.00	536	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	471	124.92/cwt	120.00–127.50	588	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	473	134.63/cwt	130.00–137.50	637	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	478	111.56/cwt	107.50–117.50	533	23
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	524	109.49/cwt	105.00–112.50	574	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	525	126.92/cwt	125.00–129.00	666	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	532	115.86/cwt	114.00–122.50	616	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	568	108.46/cwt	105.00–110.00	616	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	579	114.41/cwt	111.00–120.00	662	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	630	103.04/cwt	100.00–107.50	649	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	636	110.59/cwt	109.00–115.00	703	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	668	98.12/cwt	95.00–100.00	655	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,345	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,103	1
Bulls	—	—	1,585	66.41/cwt	62.00–69.00	1,053	5
Bulls	—	—	1,901	74.81/cwt	72.00–77.00	1,422	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,005	46.61/cwt	45.00–49.00	468	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,042	38.83/cwt	37.00–41.00	405	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,166	39.97/cwt	36.00–43.00	466	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,351	46.66/cwt	44.00–51.00	630	28
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,422	52.82/cwt	52.00–55.00	751	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,650	48.62/cwt	45.00–51.00	802	13
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 2-3	815	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	5,216	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	933	721.45/cwt	700.00–750.00	6,731	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,090	872.87/cwt	810.00–930.00	9,514	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,195	560.42/cwt	540.00–580.00	6,697	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,290	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	7,547	1

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 Oct 23, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 572Last week 531Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 88Last week 112Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 49Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,166	36.00–43.00	39.97
28	—	1,351	44.00–51.00	46.66
6	—	1,422	52.00–55.00	52.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,650	45.00–51.00	48.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,005	45.00–49.00	46.61
3	—	1,042	37.00–41.00	38.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,345	82.00	82.00
5	—	1,585	62.00–69.00	66.41
4	—	1,901	72.00–77.00	74.81

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	375	137.50–142.50	139.91
11	—	581	126.50–129.00	126.72
3	—	477	136.00–140.00	137.79
13	—	620	121.00–126.00	122.83
3	—	527	129.00–130.00	129.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	527	135.00–137.50	136.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	428	120.00–130.00	125.31
4	—	630	100.00–107.50	103.04
10	—	568	105.00–110.00	108.46
23	—	478	107.50–117.50	111.56
6	—	373	125.00–135.00	130.69
3	—	268	130.00–135.00	133.17
12	—	524	105.00–112.50	109.49
6	—	668	95.00–100.00	98.12
3	—	325	122.50–130.00	125.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	125.00–129.00	126.92
6	—	373	150.00–157.50	154.05
5	—	473	130.00–137.50	134.63
11	—	426	132.50–155.00	148.48
5	—	321	147.50–152.50	150.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	321	137.50–145.00	141.85
8	—	636	109.00–115.00	110.59
12	—	428	132.50–142.50	137.63
4	—	579	111.00–120.00	114.41
7	—	372	137.50–145.00	141.59
10	—	532	114.00–122.50	115.86
5	—	471	120.00–127.50	124.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	521	101.00–109.00	105.91
4	—	425	107.50–112.50	109.94
9	—	473	105.00–110.00	107.74
5	—	628	98.00–105.00	101.13
6	—	578	100.00–105.00	101.79
3	—	325	115.00–122.50	119.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	625	114.00–117.00	115.46
7	—	375	122.50–130.00	125.99
2	—	270	132.50–135.00	133.70
12	—	425	120.00–127.50	123.38
2	—	473	119.00–122.50	120.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	573	107.00–114.00	110.32
10	—	473	111.00–117.50	114.95
10	—	532	110.00–115.00	111.37
7	—	367	110.00–120.00	116.62
8	—	426	115.00–119.00	117.21

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	815	640.00	640.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,195	540.00–580.00	560.42
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,290	585.00	585.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,090	810.00–930.00	872.87
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	933	700.00–750.00	721.45

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.