Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2019-11-20

Athens

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Wed, Nov 20
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1940
Feeder Cattle receipts
659 head
▲ 263 vs last sale 396▲ 659 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
97 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 89▲ 97 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
68 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 79▲ 68 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Note. This market will not be covered next week and coverage will resume December 4, 2019

Compared to one week earlier, Slaughter cows 2.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls 3.00 to 4.00 higher, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and bull calves steady, feeder heifers and heifer calves steady, replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.44/cwt on 77 head.
Average price
$107.44
77 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$587
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$69
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.54
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1519116.1460318thin
Medium and Large 2604107.6865025
Medium and Large 3519102.6753334
One grade step is worth $13.47/cwt here — about $69 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 sale77 hd
107.44
—
GA average17 barns · 2,370 hd
116.98
−9.54
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—High1,41078.121,10114
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,58257.529109thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,30057.3074529
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06542.7345521

Every lot

39 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2632118.27/cwt115.00–123.0074715
Steers—Medium and Large 1650121.00/cwt121.00–121.007872
Steers—Medium and Large 2724111.92/cwt108.00–114.0081019
Steers—Medium and Large 1778111.00/cwt111.00–111.008642
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2455110.00/cwt110.00–110.005012
Heifers—Medium and Large 3481104.97/cwt102.50–107.5050510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1491116.50/cwt116.50–116.5057215
Heifers—Medium and Large 2506109.00/cwt109.00–109.005527
Heifers—Medium and Large 3520102.43/cwt97.50–105.0053317
Heifers—Medium and Large 357399.96/cwt97.00–104.005737
Heifers—Medium and Large 2626109.43/cwt105.00–114.006858
Heifers—Medium and Large 1658114.34/cwt114.00–115.007523
Heifers—Medium and Large 2675105.26/cwt102.00–109.007113
Heifers—Medium and Large 2721103.55/cwt100.00–106.007475
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3382127.21/cwt120.00–137.504866
Bulls—Medium and Large 3477110.13/cwt107.50–115.0052515
Bulls—Medium and Large 2481121.80/cwt120.00–125.005864
Bulls—Medium and Large 3526106.06/cwt100.00–110.0055810
Bulls—Medium and Large 3564102.93/cwt97.00–105.005819
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565114.21/cwt112.00–115.006454
Bulls—Medium and Large 3624100.13/cwt98.00–104.006256
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,36480.34/cwt77.00–84.001,0969
Bulls——1,45371.41/cwt71.00–72.001,0384
Bulls——1,65085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,4031
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04748.95/cwt46.00–53.005137
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07439.62/cwt37.00–44.0042614
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26054.14/cwt51.00–58.0068220
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29072.31/cwt70.00–74.009332
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,41662.06/cwt59.00–66.008797
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50353.45/cwt52.00–56.008034
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,64560.78/cwt57.00–64.001,0005
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 2-3805570.00/cwt570.00–570.004,5892
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2925733.77/cwt700.00–755.006,7876
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2995755.50/cwt730.00–780.007,5174
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3873604.80/cwt550.00–660.005,2804
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,113694.97/cwt670.00–720.007,7354
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,138792.51/cwt770.00–810.009,0192
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,145629.87/cwt610.00–660.007,2123
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,365800.00/cwt800.00–800.0010,9201

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.