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Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2020-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Wed, Jun 17

● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1940

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Feeder Cattle receipts

681 head

▲ 177 vs last sale 504▲ 335 vs year ago 346 · +96.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

151 head

▲ 43 vs last sale 108▲ 46 vs year ago 105 · +43.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

40 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 32▼ 30 vs year ago 70 · −42.9%

Also sold hereSpecial Feeder Cattle SaleThu Oct 8, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows and bulls 5.00 to 7.00 higher, feeder steers and steer calves unevenly steady, feeder bulls and bull calves steady, feeder heifers and heifer calves mostly steady, 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 $122.10/cwt on 171 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −92.71 against this barn's trailing median of $214.82.

Average price

$122.10

171 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$656

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$137

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

$7.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.18

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	479	124.46	596	68
Medium and Large 2	544	122.78	668	63
Medium and Large 1	626	117.02	733	40

One grade step is worth $7.45/cwt here — about −$137 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 sale171 hd

122.10

—

GA average16 barns · 1,436 hd

121.92

+0.18

This barn, trailing median18 sales

214.82

−92.71

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	1,555	107.26	1,668	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,505	72.74	1,094	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,224	71.44	874	69
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,036	61.10	633	17

Every lot

53 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	174.73/cwt	170.00–180.00	655	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	375	153.55/cwt	150.00–157.50	576	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	425	152.38/cwt	150.00–155.00	648	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	471	135.99/cwt	130.00–140.00	641	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	522	134.45/cwt	131.00–137.00	702	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	542	142.21/cwt	141.50–143.50	771	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	557	142.15/cwt	140.00–143.00	792	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	580	127.38/cwt	121.00–131.00	739	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	640	124.85/cwt	117.00–127.00	799	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	125.59/cwt	120.00–127.00	840	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	682	109.36/cwt	105.00–115.00	746	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	724	119.38/cwt	113.00–123.00	864	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	485	124.59/cwt	120.00–130.00	604	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	522	124.34/cwt	119.00–128.00	649	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	524	112.82/cwt	108.00–118.00	591	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	567	104.09/cwt	99.00–106.00	590	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	122.16/cwt	119.00–129.00	699	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	572	114.79/cwt	110.00–117.00	657	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	112.46/cwt	111.00–115.00	698	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	626	101.59/cwt	98.00–105.00	636	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	110.44/cwt	106.00–114.00	745	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	676	100.42/cwt	95.00–103.00	679	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	325	173.52/cwt	170.00–177.50	564	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	375	171.05/cwt	167.50–175.00	641	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	381	143.42/cwt	140.00–150.00	546	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	425	135.07/cwt	130.00–140.00	574	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	476	134.41/cwt	131.00–137.00	640	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	477	124.25/cwt	120.00–129.00	593	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	516	117.36/cwt	110.00–120.00	606	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	532	133.74/cwt	132.00–137.50	711	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	534	124.58/cwt	122.00–131.00	665	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	574	117.00/cwt	112.00–121.00	672	19
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	575	123.45/cwt	122.00–125.00	710	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	575	106.30/cwt	102.50–110.00	611	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	622	108.32/cwt	105.00–111.00	674	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	643	112.69/cwt	112.00–118.00	725	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	677	109.13/cwt	104.00–114.00	739	14
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,233	100.32/cwt	95.00–102.00	1,237	4
Bulls	—	—	1,555	106.53/cwt	103.00–109.00	1,657	8
Bulls	—	—	1,876	115.66/cwt	113.00–118.00	2,170	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,012	57.03/cwt	54.00–60.00	577	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,053	63.95/cwt	61.00–67.00	673	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,175	66.70/cwt	64.00–70.00	784	27
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,236	79.53/cwt	79.00–80.00	983	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,257	73.95/cwt	71.00–78.00	930	38
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,342	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	926	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,537	73.49/cwt	70.00–77.00	1,130	15
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	885	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	6,107	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	995	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	9,453	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,085	847.74/cwt	780.00–890.00	9,198	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,270	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	11,748	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,375	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	14,438	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 1-2	955	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	8,595	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 Jun 17, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 681Last week 504Year ago 346

Slaughter CattleReceipts 151Last week 108Year ago 105

Replacement CattleReceipts 40Last week 32Year ago 70

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	572	119.00–129.00	122.16
8	—	621	111.00–115.00	112.46
4	—	675	106.00–114.00	110.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	485	120.00–130.00	124.59
12	—	524	108.00–118.00	112.82
7	—	567	99.00–106.00	104.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	572	110.00–117.00	114.79
10	—	522	119.00–128.00	124.34
9	—	676	95.00–103.00	100.42
8	—	626	98.00–105.00	101.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	516	110.00–120.00	117.36
17	—	425	130.00–140.00	135.07
16	—	477	120.00–129.00	124.25
10	—	575	102.50–110.00	106.30
7	—	381	140.00–150.00	143.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	574	112.00–121.00	117.00
18	—	476	131.00–137.00	134.41
15	—	622	105.00–111.00	108.32
9	—	534	122.00–131.00	124.58
2	—	325	170.00–177.50	173.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	643	112.00–118.00	112.69
14	—	677	104.00–114.00	109.13
4	—	575	122.00–125.00	123.45
3	—	532	132.00–137.50	133.74
2	—	375	167.50–175.00	171.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	471	130.00–140.00	135.99
2	—	375	150.00–157.50	153.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	640	117.00–127.00	124.85
18	—	580	121.00–131.00	127.38
6	—	522	131.00–137.00	134.45
3	—	682	105.00–115.00	109.36
2	—	425	150.00–155.00	152.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	542	141.50–143.50	142.21
15	—	724	113.00–123.00	119.38
12	—	669	120.00–127.00	125.59
7	—	557	140.00–143.00	142.15
2	—	375	170.00–180.00	174.73

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,876	113.00–118.00	115.66
4	—	1,233	95.00–102.00	100.32
8	—	1,555	103.00–109.00	106.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,053	61.00–67.00	63.95
7	—	1,012	54.00–60.00	57.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,537	70.00–77.00	73.49
3	—	1,342	69.00	69.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,257	71.00–78.00	73.95
27	—	1,175	64.00–70.00	66.70
4	—	1,236	79.00–80.00	79.53

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,085	780.00–890.00	847.74
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	885	690.00	690.00

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)	1	—	1,270	925.00	925.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,375	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	995	950.00	950.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	955	900.00	900.00

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.