Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2020-04-08

Athens

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Wed, Apr 8
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1940
Feeder Cattle receipts
343 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 313▲ 343 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
90 head
▼ 67 vs last sale 157▲ 90 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 0▲ 17 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier, Slaughter cows and bulls 10.00 to 12.00 higher, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and bull calves steady to 2.00 lower, feeder heifers and heifer calves lightly tested, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $128.34/cwt on 86 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −86.48 against this barn's trailing median of $214.82.
Average price
$128.34
86 head · 471 lb average
Value per head Derived
$604
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$88
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$8.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.73
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3379133.8050716thin
Medium and Large 1515128.9566331
Medium and Large 2474125.6159539
One grade step is worth $8.19/cwt here — about −$88 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 sale86 hd
128.34
—
GA average9 barns · 476 hd
120.60
+7.73
This barn, trailing median18 sales
214.82
−86.48
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
240209178146median 214.8203/0404/0806/0309/0210/28
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,54488.841,37214
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19666.1479148
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,56465.561,0257thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,10056.0261613

Every lot

34 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2425144.29/cwt140.00–149.006132
Steers—Medium and Large 2478136.36/cwt132.50–142.006523
Steers—Medium and Large 2525129.54/cwt125.00–135.006803
Steers—Medium and Large 2575126.92/cwt124.00–130.007305
Steers—Medium and Large 1675122.80/cwt120.00–125.008296
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3376119.63/cwt115.00–124.004509
Heifers—Medium and Large 3424108.92/cwt105.00–112.504625
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426119.74/cwt115.00–125.0051017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478118.90/cwt115.00–124.005689
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478106.52/cwt102.50–112.505093
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572109.36/cwt103.00–113.006267
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3379133.80/cwt130.00–140.0050716
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420133.61/cwt127.50–137.5056119
Bulls—Medium and Large 1428143.23/cwt140.00–147.506134
Bulls—Medium and Large 2469124.32/cwt118.00–127.505839
Bulls—Medium and Large 1474133.37/cwt129.00–139.006329
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520127.94/cwt122.50–131.006656
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525117.27/cwt115.00–120.006166
Bulls—Medium and Large 1571121.38/cwt118.00–124.0069312
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625107.53/cwt103.00–112.006725
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,26779.77/cwt78.00–83.001,0113
Bulls——1,52588.30/cwt85.00–91.001,3476
Bulls——1,73394.94/cwt92.00–99.001,6455
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04951.07/cwt48.00–53.005364
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12358.22/cwt55.00–62.006549
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14566.32/cwt62.00–69.0075924
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19858.39/cwt55.00–61.0070011
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29072.35/cwt70.00–74.0093313
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46073.00/cwt73.00–73.001,0661
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49560.00/cwt60.00–60.008971
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59865.18/cwt62.00–68.001,0425
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3865770.00/cwt770.00–770.006,6611
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,005840.00/cwt840.00–840.008,4421
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,250800.00/cwt800.00–800.0010,0001

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.