Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2019-12-04

Athens

Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2019-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Wed, Dec 4

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1940

← Nov 20Dec 4Dec 11 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

761 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 761▲ 761 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

234 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 234▲ 234 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

93 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 93▲ 93 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSpecial Feeder Cattle SaleThu Oct 8, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago. Slaughter cows 4.00 to 5.00 lower, slaughter bulls 5.00 lower, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and bull calves 2.00 to 3.00 higher, feeder heifers steady and heifer calves 2.00 higher, replacement cows 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 $125.34/cwt on 195 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −89.48 against this barn's trailing median of $214.82.

Average price

$125.34

195 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$633

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$58

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

$23.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.75

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	490	137.48	674	25
Medium and Large 2	487	129.21	630	105
Medium and Large 3	538	114.41	616	65

One grade step is worth $23.07/cwt here — about $58 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 sale195 hd

125.34

—

GA average14 barns · 2,127 hd

124.58

+0.75

This barn, trailing median18 sales

214.82

−89.48

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	1,547	71.88	1,112	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,266	52.48	665	45
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,541	48.79	752	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,061	41.22	437	49

Every lot

56 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	429	139.64/cwt	135.00–145.00	599	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	470	138.10/cwt	133.00–142.50	649	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	509	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	728	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	570	129.35/cwt	125.00–132.00	737	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	619	124.84/cwt	120.00–126.00	773	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	654	126.39/cwt	126.00–127.00	827	18
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	274	120.33/cwt	115.00–125.00	330	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	328	116.55/cwt	112.50–122.50	382	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	372	114.82/cwt	112.50–117.00	427	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	384	119.43/cwt	117.50–125.00	459	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	419	118.43/cwt	115.00–124.00	496	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	434	111.41/cwt	110.00–114.00	484	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	483	114.72/cwt	112.50–120.00	554	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	483	106.06/cwt	105.00–108.00	512	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	524	104.37/cwt	100.00–107.00	547	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	532	109.71/cwt	109.00–113.00	584	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	121.97/cwt	121.00–123.00	701	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	575	110.74/cwt	108.00–115.00	637	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	625	109.92/cwt	105.00–114.00	687	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	672	105.39/cwt	100.00–109.00	708	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	325	152.40/cwt	150.00–155.00	495	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	330	139.27/cwt	137.50–142.50	460	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	377	139.45/cwt	135.00–145.00	526	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	419	139.12/cwt	132.50–142.50	583	25
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	429	122.07/cwt	120.00–127.50	524	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	471	128.33/cwt	123.00–132.50	604	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	474	118.65/cwt	115.00–122.50	562	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	478	138.17/cwt	135.00–142.50	660	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	525	116.18/cwt	112.50–120.00	610	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	528	123.60/cwt	120.00–129.00	653	26
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	535	133.91/cwt	132.00–140.00	716	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	572	120.41/cwt	115.00–124.00	689	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	575	130.45/cwt	127.50–135.00	750	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	575	107.26/cwt	101.00–112.50	617	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	621	106.04/cwt	100.00–110.00	659	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	624	116.79/cwt	112.00–121.00	729	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	671	105.32/cwt	101.00–107.00	707	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	679	111.28/cwt	109.00–117.50	756	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,502	74.17/cwt	71.00–78.00	1,114	9
Bulls	—	—	1,574	67.20/cwt	63.00–70.00	1,058	7
Bulls	—	—	1,770	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,487	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,036	38.47/cwt	35.00–42.00	399	30
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,101	45.56/cwt	43.00–50.00	502	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,263	51.36/cwt	48.00–55.00	649	39
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,288	59.77/cwt	57.00–63.00	770	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,523	47.19/cwt	44.00–50.00	719	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,623	55.97/cwt	54.00–58.00	908	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,095	603.24/cwt	590.00–610.00	6,605	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,100	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	7,040	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,138	805.69/cwt	760.00–850.00	9,169	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,151	705.60/cwt	650.00–730.00	8,121	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,230	830.74/cwt	770.00–880.00	10,218	5
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,015	960.15/cwt	950.00–970.00	9,746	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 2-3	1,090	633.35/cwt	620.00–650.00	6,904	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,205	910.00/cwt	910.00–910.00	10,966	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 1	1,290	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	9,675	2

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 Dec 4, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 761Last week 761Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 234Last week 234Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 93Last week 93Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	625	105.00–114.00	109.92
9	—	575	108.00–115.00	110.74
9	—	672	100.00–109.00	105.39
15	—	384	117.50–125.00	119.43
15	—	532	109.00–113.00	109.71
18	—	483	112.50–120.00	114.72
23	—	419	115.00–124.00	118.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	121.00–123.00	121.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	274	115.00–125.00	120.33
5	—	483	105.00–108.00	106.06
10	—	434	110.00–114.00	111.41
12	—	328	112.50–122.50	116.55
14	—	372	112.50–117.00	114.82
19	—	524	100.00–107.00	104.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	621	100.00–110.00	106.04
12	—	671	101.00–107.00	105.32
12	—	525	112.50–120.00	116.18
12	—	429	120.00–127.50	122.07
8	—	474	115.00–122.50	118.65
4	—	575	101.00–112.50	107.26
4	—	330	137.50–142.50	139.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	528	120.00–129.00	123.60
25	—	419	132.50–142.50	139.12
18	—	377	135.00–145.00	139.45
14	—	471	123.00–132.50	128.33
9	—	572	115.00–124.00	120.41
7	—	624	112.00–121.00	116.79
6	—	679	109.00–117.50	111.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	478	135.00–142.50	138.17
5	—	575	127.50–135.00	130.45
5	—	535	132.00–140.00	133.91
3	—	325	150.00–155.00	152.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	570	125.00–132.00	129.35
5	—	429	135.00–145.00	139.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	509	143.00	143.00
18	—	654	126.00–127.00	126.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	470	133.00–142.50	138.10
8	—	619	120.00–126.00	124.84

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)	3	—	1,095	590.00–610.00	603.24
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,151	650.00–730.00	705.60
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	640.00	640.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,138	760.00–850.00	805.69
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,230	770.00–880.00	830.74

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	4	—	1,090	620.00–650.00	633.35

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,290	750.00	750.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,015	950.00–970.00	960.15
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,205	910.00	910.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,770	84.00	84.00
7	—	1,574	63.00–70.00	67.20
9	—	1,502	71.00–78.00	74.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,288	57.00–63.00	59.77
39	—	1,263	48.00–55.00	51.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,623	54.00–58.00	55.97
9	—	1,523	44.00–50.00	47.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,101	43.00–50.00	45.56
30	—	1,036	35.00–42.00	38.47

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.