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Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2022-06-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-22

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Wed, Jun 22

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1940

← Jun 15Jun 22Jun 29 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

326 head

▼ 132 vs last sale 458▼ 66 vs year ago 392 · −16.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

163 head

▼ 39 vs last sale 202▲ 3 vs year ago 160 · +1.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

29 head

▼ 32 vs last sale 61▼ 50 vs year ago 79 · −63.3%

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 2.00 higher with individuals bringing 111 to 116. slaughter bulls steady, feeder steers and steer calves lightly tested, feeder bulls and bull calves unevenly steady, feeder heifers lightly tested, 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 $140.16/cwt on 80 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −74.66 against this barn's trailing median of $214.82.

Average price

$140.16

80 head · 497 lb average

Value per head Derived

$696

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$96

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

$19.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.29

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	489	153.04	748	16thin
Medium and Large 2	509	141.50	721	29
Medium and Large 3	490	133.16	652	35

One grade step is worth $19.88/cwt here — about $96 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 sale80 hd

140.16

—

GA average15 barns · 942 hd

138.87

+1.29

This barn, trailing median18 sales

214.82

−74.66

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	—	Average	1,401	111.69	1,565	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,527	95.87	1,464	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,213	94.87	1,151	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	991	76.47	758	23

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	962	$805	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	925	$760	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	915	$744	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	855	$876	4thin

Every lot

56 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	255	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	459	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	385	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	616	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	438	148.50/cwt	147.50–149.00	650	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	490	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	723	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	546	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	814	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	578	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	780	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	595	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	893	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	623	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	847	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	375	137.89/cwt	135.00–140.00	517	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	426	133.89/cwt	130.00–140.00	570	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	147.57/cwt	144.00–151.00	698	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	475	123.60/cwt	120.00–125.00	587	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	478	135.28/cwt	132.00–140.00	647	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	528	125.45/cwt	123.00–130.00	662	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	137.77/cwt	137.00–142.00	733	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	127.44/cwt	125.00–135.00	719	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	571	117.36/cwt	115.00–120.00	670	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	615	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	707	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	638	123.49/cwt	123.00–124.00	788	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	300	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	563	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	324	157.83/cwt	150.00–162.50	511	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	328	168.21/cwt	165.00–172.50	552	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	375	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	600	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	382	170.78/cwt	170.00–172.50	652	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	400	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	640	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	408	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	628	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	425	142.38/cwt	140.00–145.00	605	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	481	135.87/cwt	132.50–142.50	654	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	518	128.25/cwt	125.00–131.00	664	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	525	136.03/cwt	134.00–143.00	714	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	568	119.88/cwt	115.00–122.50	681	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	575	141.12/cwt	137.50–145.00	811	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	575	129.47/cwt	125.00–134.00	744	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	624	128.93/cwt	125.00–131.00	805	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	625	137.58/cwt	134.00–142.00	860	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	625	114.89/cwt	110.00–120.00	718	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	675	126.94/cwt	125.00–129.00	857	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	735	114.50/cwt	114.00–115.00	842	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,120	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,400	1
Bulls	—	—	1,380	106.92/cwt	104.00–111.00	1,475	7
Bulls	—	—	1,509	116.70/cwt	114.00–119.00	1,761	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	962	72.72/cwt	69.00–76.00	700	13
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,024	80.60/cwt	77.00–84.00	825	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,070	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	942	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,189	87.93/cwt	85.00–91.00	1,045	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,207	96.07/cwt	92.00–99.00	1,160	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,251	102.03/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,276	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,478	96.36/cwt	92.00–99.00	1,424	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,486	104.18/cwt	101.00–108.00	1,548	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,626	88.11/cwt	83.00–90.00	1,433	7
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	865	660.00/head	660.00–660.00	660	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	895	650.00/head	650.00–650.00	650	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	925	759.71/head	700.00–800.00	760	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	940	786.34/head	740.00–825.00	786	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	995	882.06/head	865.00–900.00	882	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 2-3	855	876.32/head	830.00–920.00	876	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 Jun 22, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 326Last week 458Year ago 392

Slaughter CattleReceipts 163Last week 202Year ago 160

Replacement CattleReceipts 29Last week 61Year ago 79

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	962	69.00–76.00	72.72
9	—	1,024	77.00–84.00	80.60
1	—	1,070	88.00	88.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,251	100.00–107.00	102.03
16	—	1,189	85.00–91.00	87.93
15	—	1,207	92.00–99.00	96.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,486	101.00–108.00	104.18
7	—	1,626	83.00–90.00	88.11
9	—	1,478	92.00–99.00	96.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,509	114.00–119.00	116.70
7	—	1,380	104.00–111.00	106.92
1	—	1,120	125.00	125.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	518	125.00–131.00	128.25
3	—	568	115.00–122.50	119.88
2	—	425	140.00–145.00	142.38
3	—	625	110.00–120.00	114.89
8	—	481	132.50–142.50	135.87
5	—	324	150.00–162.50	157.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	160.00	160.00
2	—	408	154.00	154.00
2	—	735	114.00–115.00	114.50
5	—	575	125.00–134.00	129.47
6	—	328	165.00–172.50	168.21
6	—	525	134.00–143.00	136.03
6	—	624	125.00–131.00	128.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	625	134.00–142.00	137.58
3	—	382	170.00–172.50	170.78
1	—	300	187.50	187.50
5	—	400	160.00	160.00
2	—	575	137.50–145.00	141.12
2	—	675	125.00–129.00	126.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	147.50	147.50
6	—	438	147.50–149.00	148.50
1	—	385	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	578	135.00	135.00
1	—	623	136.00	136.00
9	—	546	149.00	149.00
2	—	255	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	426	130.00–140.00	133.89
5	—	375	135.00–140.00	137.89
8	—	475	120.00–125.00	123.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	571	115.00–120.00	117.36
6	—	478	132.00–140.00	135.28
1	—	615	115.00	115.00
6	—	528	123.00–130.00	125.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	473	144.00–151.00	147.57
10	—	532	137.00–142.00	137.77
7	—	564	125.00–135.00	127.44
2	—	638	123.00–124.00	123.49

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	895	650.00	650.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	925	700.00–800.00	759.71
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	865	660.00	660.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	995	865.00–900.00	882.06
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	940	740.00–825.00	786.34

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	855	830.00–920.00	876.32

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.