Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2022-10-12

Athens

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Wed, Oct 12
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1940
Feeder Cattle receipts
640 head
▲ 57 vs last sale 583▲ 40 vs year ago 600 · +6.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
191 head
▲ 60 vs last sale 131▼ 106 vs year ago 297 · −35.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
106 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 98▲ 29 vs year ago 77 · +37.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier, Slaughter cows 3.00 lower with an exceptional individual bringing 81.00, slaughter bulls unevenly steady, feeder steers and steer calves mostly steady, feeder bulls and bull calves 3.00 lower, feeder heifers and heifer calves 5.00 lower, replacement cows unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.86/cwt on 121 head.
Average price
$133.86
121 head · 503 lb average
Value per head Derived
$673
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$132
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.97
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1522138.8472546
Medium and Large 2508132.9167546
Medium and Large 3465127.4759329
One grade step is worth $11.37/cwt here — about $132 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 sale121 hd
133.86
—
GA average14 barns · 1,358 hd
130.89
+2.97
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—Low1,57194.561,48513
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21563.3277076
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,42962.0188622
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07753.8858133

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,101$8104thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,062$8098
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)960$6501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,107$1,02110

Every lot

64 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3375167.37/cwt165.00–170.006282
Steers—Medium and Large 2468165.19/cwt165.00–167.5077314
Steers—Medium and Large 3475147.50/cwt147.50–147.507011
Steers—Medium and Large 1515161.00/cwt161.00–161.008293
Steers—Medium and Large 3532140.00/cwt140.00–140.007458
Steers—Medium and Large 2540140.00/cwt140.00–140.007561
Steers—Medium and Large 1565155.64/cwt151.00–157.5087925
Steers—Medium and Large 3610129.56/cwt129.50–130.007909
Steers—Medium and Large 1655142.50/cwt142.50–142.509331
Steers—Medium and Large 2679129.00/cwt129.00–129.008766
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3369143.85/cwt137.50–147.505315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1404158.00/cwt158.00–158.0063814
Heifers—Medium and Large 3423136.45/cwt132.50–140.005778
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425146.19/cwt145.00–147.506212
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475124.87/cwt120.00–130.005939
Heifers—Medium and Large 2482138.62/cwt132.50–141.0066825
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518137.09/cwt135.00–138.007104
Heifers—Medium and Large 3525116.11/cwt112.50–120.006102
Heifers—Medium and Large 2526128.48/cwt125.00–132.5067612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577130.46/cwt125.00–134.0075325
Heifers—Medium and Large 2577116.85/cwt112.50–122.506745
Heifers—Medium and Large 3587105.95/cwt105.00–110.006225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618121.63/cwt120.00–122.507523
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625114.92/cwt112.50–117.507182
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3265175.00/cwt175.00–175.004642
Bulls—Medium and Large 2275182.32/cwt180.00–185.005012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1290190.00/cwt190.00–190.005511
Bulls—Medium and Large 2318173.19/cwt170.00–175.005513
Bulls—Medium and Large 3318159.10/cwt157.50–160.005063
Bulls—Medium and Large 2385162.37/cwt160.00–170.006258
Bulls—Medium and Large 3385149.23/cwt147.50–155.005754
Bulls—Medium and Large 1400167.00/cwt167.00–167.006681
Bulls—Medium and Large 3413143.92/cwt140.00–145.005945
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420156.14/cwt150.00–160.0065616
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475157.39/cwt155.00–160.007482
Bulls—Medium and Large 3476134.56/cwt130.00–140.006417
Bulls—Medium and Large 2482145.90/cwt144.00–150.0070310
Bulls—Medium and Large 2521140.79/cwt135.00–145.0073414
Bulls—Medium and Large 3525123.70/cwt122.50–125.006492
Bulls—Medium and Large 3571117.02/cwt112.50–120.006686
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575138.71/cwt135.00–142.507988
Bulls—Medium and Large 2579126.46/cwt122.50–132.5073210
Bulls—Medium and Large 2625122.42/cwt120.00–125.007652
Bulls—Medium and Large 1630133.64/cwt130.00–140.008424
Bulls—Medium and Large 2677115.76/cwt112.50–120.007843
Bulls—Medium and Large 1685127.50/cwt127.50–127.508731
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,30988.79/cwt87.00–90.001,1625
Bulls——1,73498.16/cwt94.00–101.001,7028
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00356.49/cwt54.00–61.0056720
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19249.87/cwt47.00–53.0059413
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19359.66/cwt56.00–63.0071242
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23167.23/cwt64.00–71.0082830
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33172.48/cwt72.00–74.009654
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42059.86/cwt55.00–62.0085014
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44665.78/cwt63.00–70.009518
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 2-3835810.00/head810.00–810.008102
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-21,0951,140.00/head1,140.00–1,140.001,1402
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-21,1581,027.00/head1,000.00–1,050.001,0274
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-21,2901,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3928755.04/head740.00–770.007552
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3960650.00/head650.00–650.006501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,025950.00/head950.00–950.009501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,107826.64/head770.00–910.008276
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,126763.72/head750.00–780.007643

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.