Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2022-03-09

Athens

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Wed, Mar 9
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1940
Feeder Cattle receipts
483 head
▲ 141 vs last sale 342▼ 57 vs year ago 540 · −10.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
181 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 135▲ 64 vs year ago 117 · +54.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
108 head
▲ 76 vs last sale 32▲ 31 vs year ago 77 · +40.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, Slaughter cows steady, Slaughter bulls steady, Feeder steers and steer calves 10.00 lower, Feeder bulls and bull calves 10.00 lower, Feeder heifers and heifer calves 10.00 lower, 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 $130.65/cwt on 95 head.
Average price
$130.65
95 head · 488 lb average
Value per head Derived
$637
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$144
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.14
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1503140.7570834
Medium and Large 2491126.6562237
Medium and Large 3460122.5256424
One grade step is worth $18.23/cwt here — about $144 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 sale95 hd
130.65
—
GA average14 barns · 1,781 hd
140.80
−10.14
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—High1,609108.221,74114
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52687.481,3357thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,28479.311,019108
CowsLean 85-90%Low94148.704589thin

Every lot

73 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1350177.50/cwt177.50–177.506211
Steers—Medium and Large 1400170.00/cwt170.00–170.006801
Steers—Medium and Large 3400157.00/cwt157.00–157.006281
Steers—Medium and Large 1450166.00/cwt166.00–166.007471
Steers—Medium and Large 2450152.00/cwt152.00–152.006841
Steers—Medium and Large 3450150.00/cwt150.00–150.006752
Steers—Medium and Large 1500163.00/cwt161.00–165.008152
Steers—Medium and Large 2500152.00/cwt152.00–152.007601
Steers—Medium and Large 3500146.25/cwt145.00–147.507312
Steers—Medium and Large 1550160.00/cwt160.00–160.008802
Steers—Medium and Large 3550140.00/cwt140.00–140.007702
Steers—Medium and Large 2558147.97/cwt146.00–151.008263
Steers—Medium and Large 1600152.00/cwt152.00–152.009121
Steers—Medium and Large 2600145.00/cwt145.00–145.008701
Steers—Medium and Large 1650150.00/cwt150.00–150.009752
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3300142.00/cwt142.00–142.004261
Heifers—Medium and Large 1350155.00/cwt155.00–155.005431
Heifers—Medium and Large 2357144.14/cwt142.50–145.005153
Heifers—Medium and Large 3364135.28/cwt132.50–137.504927
Heifers—Medium and Large 3400126.25/cwt125.00–130.005054
Heifers—Medium and Large 2408137.45/cwt135.00–140.005613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420145.38/cwt142.50–150.006113
Heifers—Medium and Large 3450118.13/cwt117.50–120.005324
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468127.11/cwt122.50–132.0059514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473144.48/cwt140.00–148.006838
Heifers—Medium and Large 3500117.00/cwt117.00–117.005852
Heifers—Medium and Large 2503123.69/cwt120.00–125.0062210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1508142.17/cwt137.00–145.0072214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1550135.13/cwt132.50–143.007434
Heifers—Medium and Large 2550122.50/cwt120.00–125.006742
Heifers—Medium and Large 3550115.00/cwt115.00–115.006332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1600126.88/cwt125.00–132.507614
Heifers—Medium and Large 2600120.00/cwt120.00–120.007202
Heifers—Medium and Large 2650115.00/cwt115.00–115.007482
Heifers—Medium and Large 3650105.00/cwt105.00–105.006832
Heifers—Medium and Large 2700110.00/cwt110.00–110.007701
Heifers—Medium and Large 3700100.00/cwt100.00–100.007002
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2300165.00/cwt165.00–165.004951
Bulls—Medium and Large 3313153.30/cwt152.50–155.004803
Bulls—Medium and Large 1350167.50/cwt167.50–167.505861
Bulls—Medium and Large 3350150.00/cwt150.00–150.005255
Bulls—Medium and Large 2363158.71/cwt157.50–160.005762
Bulls—Medium and Large 3403144.13/cwt140.00–145.005816
Bulls—Medium and Large 2404154.48/cwt152.50–155.006245
Bulls—Medium and Large 2450151.00/cwt150.00–152.006802
Bulls—Medium and Large 3463135.88/cwt135.00–137.5062911
Bulls—Medium and Large 1500152.50/cwt152.50–152.507631
Bulls—Medium and Large 2504144.79/cwt144.00–145.007305
Bulls—Medium and Large 3509133.20/cwt130.00–135.006787
Bulls—Medium and Large 1550147.50/cwt147.50–147.508111
Bulls—Medium and Large 2558136.59/cwt134.00–140.007624
Bulls—Medium and Large 3569124.87/cwt122.50–130.007117
Bulls—Medium and Large 2600133.33/cwt130.00–135.008003
Bulls—Medium and Large 3600120.00/cwt120.00–120.007203
Bulls—Medium and Large 1650134.00/cwt134.00–134.008711
Bulls—Medium and Large 2650127.75/cwt127.50–128.008302
Bulls—Medium and Large 3650118.00/cwt118.00–118.007671
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,372108.39/cwt106.00–110.001,4875
Bulls——1,58598.23/cwt95.00–101.001,5574
Bulls——1,864116.04/cwt112.00–119.002,1635
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91952.69/cwt50.00–57.004846
Cows—Lean 85-90%98540.71/cwt40.00–42.004013
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19273.32/cwt69.00–76.0087437
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31080.26/cwt77.00–84.001,05149
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38387.25/cwt85.00–92.001,20722
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40392.51/cwt92.00–93.001,2982
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57585.47/cwt83.00–89.001,3465
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,055892.95/cwt800.00–970.009,4213
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,110710.00/cwt710.00–710.007,8811
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,157954.01/cwt870.00–1,010.0011,0383
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2041,011.60/cwt920.00–1,090.0012,1804
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2-3870560.00/cwt560.00–560.004,8722
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2994786.62/cwt750.00–830.007,81910

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.