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Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2021-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Wed, Jan 20

● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1940

← Jan 13Jan 20Jan 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

521 head

▲ 65 vs last sale 456▼ 161 vs year ago 682 · −23.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

98 head

▲ 15 vs last sale 83▼ 19 vs year ago 117 · −16.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

62 head

▲ 41 vs last sale 21▲ 1 vs year ago 61 · +1.6%

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 steady to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and bull calves unevenly 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 $121.61/cwt on 106 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −93.20 against this barn's trailing median of $214.82.

Average price

$121.61

106 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$630

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$49

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$8.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.97

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	128.13	706	10thin
Medium and Large 3	485	121.91	591	52
Medium and Large 2	549	119.78	657	44

One grade step is worth $8.35/cwt here — about $49 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 sale106 hd

121.61

—

GA average16 barns · 1,331 hd

127.58

−5.97

This barn, trailing median18 sales

214.82

−93.20

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	—	Low	1,397	79.80	1,115	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,202	61.42	738	56
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,489	54.78	816	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,026	49.44	507	12

Every lot

49 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	385	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	645	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	463	136.72/cwt	135.00–140.00	633	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	522	131.37/cwt	126.00–136.00	686	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	575	130.34/cwt	126.00–135.00	749	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	577	121.38/cwt	120.00–124.00	700	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	123.71/cwt	122.50–125.00	773	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	682	113.20/cwt	110.00–120.00	772	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	225	189.56/cwt	185.00–195.00	427	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	372	130.64/cwt	125.00–135.00	486	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	425	119.92/cwt	115.00–125.00	510	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	473	110.55/cwt	105.00–115.00	523	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	478	119.62/cwt	117.50–122.50	572	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	523	112.81/cwt	107.50–117.50	590	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	524	100.29/cwt	95.00–105.00	526	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	572	103.75/cwt	97.50–107.50	593	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	111.89/cwt	110.00–115.00	648	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	106.79/cwt	102.50–110.00	663	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	205	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	420	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	305	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	541	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	325	157.31/cwt	152.50–162.50	511	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	374	146.34/cwt	142.50–150.00	547	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	375	157.37/cwt	155.00–160.00	590	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	425	149.84/cwt	145.00–155.00	637	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	428	136.67/cwt	132.50–142.50	585	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	469	137.44/cwt	132.50–140.00	645	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	474	123.93/cwt	120.00–127.50	587	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	524	111.19/cwt	107.00–115.00	583	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	525	124.23/cwt	120.00–128.00	652	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	565	119.74/cwt	119.00–120.00	677	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	571	102.11/cwt	97.00–106.00	583	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	578	111.86/cwt	107.50–117.50	647	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	624	102.67/cwt	97.50–107.50	641	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	625	92.45/cwt	90.00–95.00	578	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	682	95.80/cwt	95.00–97.50	653	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	685	104.96/cwt	104.00–108.00	719	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,244	76.05/cwt	74.00–78.00	946	9
Bulls	—	—	1,605	85.95/cwt	84.00–87.00	1,379	4
Bulls	—	—	1,945	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,731	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,025	45.35/cwt	42.00–47.00	465	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,027	52.37/cwt	50.00–55.00	538	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,125	53.82/cwt	50.00–57.00	605	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,173	61.03/cwt	58.00–65.00	716	27
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,325	69.21/cwt	66.00–73.00	917	15
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,445	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	853	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,498	53.93/cwt	53.00–55.00	808	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	802	562.31/cwt	540.00–580.00	4,510	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	920	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	6,900	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,065	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	7,668	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,065	690.32/cwt	630.00–780.00	7,352	6

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 Jan 20, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 521Last week 456Year ago 682

Slaughter CattleReceipts 98Last week 83Year ago 117

Replacement CattleReceipts 62Last week 21Year ago 61

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,244	74.00–78.00	76.05
1	—	1,945	89.00	89.00
4	—	1,605	84.00–87.00	85.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,025	42.00–47.00	45.35
7	—	1,027	50.00–55.00	52.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,325	66.00–73.00	69.21
27	—	1,173	58.00–65.00	61.03
14	—	1,125	50.00–57.00	53.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,498	53.00–55.00	53.93
1	—	1,445	59.00	59.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	578	107.50–117.50	111.86
3	—	682	95.00–97.50	95.80
3	—	525	120.00–128.00	124.23
2	—	375	155.00–160.00	157.37
11	—	624	97.50–107.50	102.67
10	—	469	132.50–140.00	137.44
3	—	425	145.00–155.00	149.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	474	120.00–127.50	123.93
8	—	571	97.00–106.00	102.11
6	—	625	90.00–95.00	92.45
4	—	325	152.50–162.50	157.31
9	—	524	107.00–115.00	111.19
10	—	428	132.50–142.50	136.67
5	—	374	142.50–150.00	146.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	565	119.00–120.00	119.74
4	—	685	104.00–108.00	104.96
1	—	205	205.00	205.00
1	—	305	177.50	177.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	126.00–135.00	130.34
1	—	385	167.50	167.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	682	110.00–120.00	113.20
2	—	625	122.50–125.00	123.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	577	120.00–124.00	121.38
4	—	463	135.00–140.00	136.72
6	—	522	126.00–136.00	131.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	523	107.50–117.50	112.81
12	—	572	97.50–107.50	103.75
8	—	478	117.50–122.50	119.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	225	185.00–195.00	189.56
8	—	621	102.50–110.00	106.79
9	—	579	110.00–115.00	111.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	425	115.00–125.00	119.92
3	—	372	125.00–135.00	130.64
7	—	524	95.00–105.00	100.29
16	—	473	105.00–115.00	110.55

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)	6	—	1,065	630.00–780.00	690.32
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	802	540.00–580.00	562.31

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	—	920	750.00	750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,065	720.00	720.00

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.