Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2022-10-26

Athens

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Wed, Oct 26
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1940
Feeder Cattle receipts
536 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 515▲ 536 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
116 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 140▲ 116 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 69▲ 75 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier. Slaughter cows and bulls steady, feeder steers and steer calves unevenly steady, feeder bulls and bull calves steady, feeder heifers and heifer calves mostly steady, 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 $136.53/cwt on 151 head.
Average price
$136.53
151 head · 516 lb average
Value per head Derived
$705
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$87
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$3.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.32
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2489137.7867456
Medium and Large 1576136.3678665
Medium and Large 3436134.5758730
One grade step is worth $3.21/cwt here — about $87 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 sale151 hd
136.53
—
GA average15 barns · 1,398 hd
134.21
+2.32
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—Low1,61792.131,4905thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19763.6276140
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45961.0789121
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03951.7853816

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)1,096$8546
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,051$81314
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)880$7501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)892$9436

Every lot

60 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1325187.35/cwt185.00–190.006092
Steers—Medium and Large 1374182.46/cwt180.00–185.006827
Steers—Medium and Large 1456173.00/cwt173.00–173.007897
Steers—Medium and Large 2460162.50/cwt162.50–162.507481
Steers—Medium and Large 1525161.44/cwt160.00–163.008484
Steers—Medium and Large 1575160.14/cwt157.50–162.5092111
Steers—Medium and Large 2577145.84/cwt140.00–150.0084115
Steers—Medium and Large 3628127.00/cwt127.00–127.007982
Steers—Medium and Large 1665146.00/cwt146.00–146.009715
Steers—Medium and Large 2674131.22/cwt130.00–135.008844
Steers—Medium and Large 1741136.97/cwt136.00–143.001,0157
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3378142.74/cwt140.00–147.505408
Heifers—Medium and Large 3427137.20/cwt135.00–140.0058612
Heifers—Medium and Large 2432144.00/cwt144.00–144.0062210
Heifers—Medium and Large 2472141.42/cwt135.00–145.0066828
Heifers—Medium and Large 3480127.73/cwt125.00–132.506137
Heifers—Medium and Large 2522130.73/cwt125.00–135.0068212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526141.06/cwt137.50–145.007429
Heifers—Medium and Large 3527118.24/cwt115.00–122.506233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567137.88/cwt130.00–140.0078246
Heifers—Medium and Large 2585125.59/cwt125.00–127.507354
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618133.04/cwt127.50–136.008223
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625122.42/cwt120.00–125.007652
Heifers—Medium and Large 1667123.45/cwt120.00–125.008235
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725117.43/cwt115.00–120.008512
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3325162.35/cwt160.00–165.005282
Bulls—Medium and Large 1332181.53/cwt180.00–185.006033
Bulls—Medium and Large 2332171.53/cwt170.00–175.005696
Bulls—Medium and Large 1371177.87/cwt175.00–180.006605
Bulls—Medium and Large 3380157.79/cwt155.00–162.506006
Bulls—Medium and Large 3421151.74/cwt147.50–155.006394
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425166.19/cwt165.00–167.507062
Bulls—Medium and Large 1433173.01/cwt170.00–180.007498
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465165.00/cwt165.00–165.007672
Bulls—Medium and Large 2466152.03/cwt145.00–155.007087
Bulls—Medium and Large 3485136.19/cwt135.00–140.006616
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525148.70/cwt147.50–150.007812
Bulls—Medium and Large 3528127.05/cwt125.00–130.006717
Bulls—Medium and Large 2529135.31/cwt132.50–140.007167
Bulls—Medium and Large 3572117.82/cwt115.00–120.006747
Bulls—Medium and Large 2577129.43/cwt125.00–135.007476
Bulls—Medium and Large 3618116.63/cwt115.00–117.507213
Bulls—Medium and Large 2631122.42/cwt120.00–127.507724
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,51787.43/cwt86.00–89.001,3263
Bulls——1,76899.17/cwt98.00–100.001,7532
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02349.32/cwt45.00–52.0050511
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07457.20/cwt55.00–60.006145
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16072.68/cwt71.00–77.0084310
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19766.15/cwt62.00–69.0079211
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21657.38/cwt54.00–61.0069819
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44766.02/cwt62.00–69.009557
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46558.59/cwt56.00–61.0085814
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2880750.00/head750.00–750.007501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-3949714.48/head670.00–790.007146
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,058820.57/head800.00–840.008214
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,128886.76/head820.00–960.008878
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,173919.64/head910.00–930.009202
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 2-3850910.00/head910.00–910.009102
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 2-3875840.00/head840.00–840.008402
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-29501,080.00/head1,080.00–1,080.001,0802

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.