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Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2022-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Wed, Mar 23

● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1940

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Feeder Cattle receipts

379 head

▲ 28 vs last sale 351▲ 3 vs year ago 376 · +0.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

197 head

▲ 24 vs last sale 173▲ 67 vs year ago 130 · +51.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

57 head

▼ 90 vs last sale 147▲ 18 vs year ago 39 · +46.2%

Also sold hereSpecial Feeder Cattle SaleThu Oct 8, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder steers and steer calves 7.00 lower, feeder bulls and bull calves sharply lower, feeder heifers and heifer calves steady. Replacement cows steady.

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 $157.38/cwt on 101 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −57.43 against this barn's trailing median of $214.82.

Average price

$157.38

101 head · 473 lb average

Value per head Derived

$745

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$9.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.33

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	508	162.89	827	19thin
Medium and Large 2	482	157.64	760	54
Medium and Large 3	432	153.15	662	28

One grade step is worth $9.75/cwt here — about $165 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 sale101 hd

157.38

—

GA average15 barns · 1,253 hd

151.05

+6.33

This barn, trailing median18 sales

214.82

−57.43

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	1,588	118.63	1,883	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,280	91.76	1,174	100
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,484	90.93	1,349	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,034	76.13	787	28

Every lot

82 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	250	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	463	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	300	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	540	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	350	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	665	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	350	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	648	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	400	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	740	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	400	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	700	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	450	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	776	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	450	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	698	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	500	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	825	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	500	148.75/cwt	145.00–152.50	744	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	550	161.50/cwt	161.00–162.00	888	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	550	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	784	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	600	157.50/cwt	155.00–160.00	945	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	650	148.00/cwt	145.00–151.00	962	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	250	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	413	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	250	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	400	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	300	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	495	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	300	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	480	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	308	149.12/cwt	147.50–150.00	459	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	350	145.83/cwt	145.00–147.50	510	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	358	164.13/cwt	162.50–165.00	588	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	359	155.32/cwt	152.50–157.50	558	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	400	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	640	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	400	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	600	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	412	146.12/cwt	145.00–147.50	602	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	450	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	698	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	450	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	641	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	500	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	760	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	500	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	688	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	520	142.45/cwt	140.00–145.00	741	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	550	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	811	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	550	135.60/cwt	135.00–138.00	746	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	550	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	743	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	600	136.67/cwt	135.00–140.00	820	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	600	130.00/cwt	127.50–132.50	780	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	600	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	714	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	650	126.25/cwt	120.00–132.50	821	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	650	119.67/cwt	119.00–120.00	778	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	663	114.71/cwt	112.00–118.00	761	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	700	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	770	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	250	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	463	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	300	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	555	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	300	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	525	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	350	176.00/cwt	175.00–180.00	616	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	350	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	578	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	373	186.78/cwt	185.00–190.00	697	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	400	176.25/cwt	175.00–180.00	705	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	400	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	620	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	412	168.45/cwt	165.00–170.00	694	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	450	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	765	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	458	159.55/cwt	157.50–162.50	731	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	458	148.27/cwt	145.00–150.00	679	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	500	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	825	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	500	143.33/cwt	140.00–145.00	717	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	502	154.84/cwt	152.50–155.00	777	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	550	161.25/cwt	160.00–162.50	887	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	550	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	825	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	550	133.75/cwt	132.50–135.00	736	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	600	147.33/cwt	142.50–157.00	884	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	600	128.33/cwt	127.50–130.00	770	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	605	140.24/cwt	132.50–145.00	848	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	650	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	845	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	650	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	787	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	667	136.95/cwt	135.00–141.00	913	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	700	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	928	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,468	117.90/cwt	114.00–121.00	1,731	11
Bulls	—	—	1,654	108.44/cwt	107.00–110.00	1,794	5
Bulls	—	—	1,686	124.54/cwt	122.00–129.00	2,100	10
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,014	73.19/cwt	71.00–76.00	742	17
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,065	80.67/cwt	77.00–84.00	859	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,199	83.79/cwt	79.00–89.00	1,005	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,253	90.99/cwt	87.00–94.00	1,140	48
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,360	97.07/cwt	95.00–99.00	1,320	34
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,454	85.62/cwt	84.00–87.00	1,245	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,494	92.70/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,385	15
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	925	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	7,493	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	957	829.32/cwt	800.00–890.00	7,937	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	987	1,013.17/cwt	900.00–1,080.00	10,000	11
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	996	1,021.63/cwt	900.00–1,090.00	10,175	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,037	1,021.43/cwt	970.00–1,080.00	10,592	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,085	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	9,223	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 2	685	925.00/cwt	900.00–950.00	6,336	4

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 Mar 23, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 379Last week 351Year ago 376

Slaughter CattleReceipts 197Last week 173Year ago 130

Replacement CattleReceipts 57Last week 147Year ago 39

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	650	119.00–120.00	119.67
5	—	400	150.00	150.00
1	—	250	165.00	165.00
5	—	550	135.00–138.00	135.60
7	—	359	152.50–157.50	155.32
2	—	600	127.50–132.50	130.00
4	—	520	140.00–145.00	142.45
3	—	300	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	350	145.00–147.50	145.83
1	—	700	110.00	110.00
1	—	600	119.00	119.00
13	—	412	145.00–147.50	146.12
1	—	550	135.00	135.00
1	—	450	142.50	142.50
3	—	308	147.50–150.00	149.12
2	—	500	137.50	137.50
4	—	663	112.00–118.00	114.71
2	—	250	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	650	120.00–132.50	126.25
3	—	358	162.50–165.00	164.13
1	—	500	152.00	152.00
2	—	450	155.00	155.00
3	—	600	135.00–140.00	136.67
4	—	400	160.00	160.00
1	—	550	147.50	147.50
4	—	300	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	155.00	155.00
1	—	250	185.00	185.00
2	—	300	180.00	180.00
1	—	550	142.50	142.50
2	—	500	145.00–152.50	148.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	190.00	190.00
1	—	500	165.00	165.00
2	—	600	155.00–160.00	157.50
1	—	400	185.00	185.00
2	—	650	145.00–151.00	148.00
1	—	450	172.50	172.50
2	—	550	161.00–162.00	161.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	175.00	175.00
1	—	350	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	600	142.50–157.00	147.33
2	—	550	160.00–162.50	161.25
1	—	700	132.50	132.50
4	—	373	185.00–190.00	186.78
1	—	500	165.00	165.00
4	—	400	175.00–180.00	176.25
3	—	667	135.00–141.00	136.95
1	—	450	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	458	157.50–162.50	159.55
5	—	605	132.50–145.00	140.24
16	—	502	152.50–155.00	154.84
12	—	412	165.00–170.00	168.45
6	—	550	150.00	150.00
5	—	350	175.00–180.00	176.00
3	—	650	130.00	130.00
1	—	300	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	600	127.50–130.00	128.33
1	—	250	185.00	185.00
5	—	300	175.00	175.00
6	—	458	145.00–150.00	148.27
2	—	550	132.50–135.00	133.75
2	—	400	155.00	155.00
1	—	650	121.00	121.00
3	—	500	140.00–145.00	143.33
5	—	350	165.00	165.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,494	90.00–95.00	92.70
5	—	1,454	84.00–87.00	85.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,199	79.00–89.00	83.79
48	—	1,253	87.00–94.00	90.99
34	—	1,360	95.00–99.00	97.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,014	71.00–76.00	73.19
11	—	1,065	77.00–84.00	80.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,654	107.00–110.00	108.44
10	—	1,686	122.00–129.00	124.54
11	—	1,468	114.00–121.00	117.90

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	957	800.00–890.00	829.32
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	925	810.00	810.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,085	850.00	850.00

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)	4	—	996	900.00–1,090.00	1,021.63
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	987	900.00–1,080.00	1,013.17
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,037	970.00–1,080.00	1,021.43

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	685	900.00–950.00	925.00

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.