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Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2024-06-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Wed, Jun 5

● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1940

← May 29Jun 5Jun 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

335 head

▲ 69 vs last sale 266▼ 68 vs year ago 403 · −16.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

129 head

▲ 45 vs last sale 84▼ 169 vs year ago 298 · −56.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

22 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 27▼ 116 vs year ago 138 · −84.1%

Also sold hereSpecial Feeder Cattle SaleThu Oct 8, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week earlier: Slaughter cattle 5.00 higher; Feeder cattle unevenly steady; Replacement cattle steady

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $259.00/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −97.68 against this barn's trailing median of $356.68.

Average price

$259.00

26 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,447

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

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

$23.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.62

vs GA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	268.16	1,502	10thin
Medium and Large 2	558	256.13	1,428	12thin
Medium and Large 3	560	244.71	1,370	4thin

One grade step is worth $23.45/cwt here — about $131 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale26 hd

259.00

—

GA average15 barns · 240 hd

263.62

−4.62

This barn, trailing median32 sales

356.68

−97.68

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 500–600 lb

32 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $442.62, low $274.54, median $356.68 across 32 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	1,518	173.07	2,627	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,500	138.33	2,075	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,105	136.15	1,505	56
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	964	117.63	1,134	18

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)	1,021	$1,485	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	870	$1,350	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	758	$1,375	2thin

Every lot

83 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	290	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,059	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	390	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,326	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,628	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	480	321.28/cwt	317.00–325.00	1,542	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,676	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,651	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	520	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,622	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,680	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	289.93/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,682	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	585	279.10/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,633	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,800	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,728	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	690	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,760	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	740	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,687	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	790	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,754	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	340	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	935	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	383	273.30/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,047	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,092	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	390	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,041	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	273.12/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,169	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	437	255.66/cwt	255.00–257.00	1,117	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,166	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	267.20/cwt	265.00–272.00	1,291	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	256.96/cwt	255.00–262.00	1,246	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	490	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,201	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	524	233.75/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,225	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	526	246.83/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,298	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	257.32/cwt	255.00–262.00	1,364	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	585	222.48/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,302	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	586	236.98/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,389	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	587	254.02/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,491	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	640	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,312	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	680	208.97/cwt	205.00–212.00	1,421	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	690	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,380	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,532	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	740	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,458	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,620	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	790	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,541	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls28 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	290	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,073	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,156	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	357.47/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,376	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	385	302.47/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,165	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,287	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	428	286.06/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,224	9
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	329.94/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,435	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,386	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	476	262.15/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,248	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	479	274.57/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,315	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	287.46/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,403	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	527	266.44/cwt	262.00–272.00	1,404	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	535	251.95/cwt	247.00–257.00	1,348	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	278.96/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,495	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	257.36/cwt	255.00–262.00	1,503	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	585	237.48/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,389	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	588	245.82/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,445	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	628	242.78/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,525	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	630	229.61/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,447	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,645	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	244.95/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,666	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	685	234.48/cwt	232.00–237.00	1,606	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 3	685	215.97/cwt	212.00–220.00	1,479	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	724	214.56/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,553	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 3	740	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,532	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,659	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	790	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,620	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 3	790	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,580	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,145	182.12/cwt	181.00–183.00	2,085	2
Bulls	—	—	1,442	166.45/cwt	163.00–169.00	2,400	5
Bulls	—	—	1,659	174.94/cwt	170.00–177.00	2,902	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	785	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	840	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	964	122.71/cwt	121.00–124.00	1,183	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	980	115.83/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,135	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,046	127.83/cwt	124.00–131.00	1,337	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,116	135.65/cwt	132.00–140.00	1,514	31
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,134	145.01/cwt	142.00–150.00	1,644	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,483	139.92/cwt	137.00–143.00	2,075	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,515	129.26/cwt	128.00–132.00	1,958	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,553	148.52/cwt	148.00–149.00	2,307	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	870	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,021	1,485.00/head	1,250.00–1,700.00	1,485	6
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	961	169.79/cwt	160.00–177.00	1,632	7
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	988	184.05/cwt	180.00–195.00	1,818	6
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 1-2	758	1,375.35/head	1,175.00–1,530.00	1,375	2

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 5, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 335Last week 266Year ago 403

Slaughter CattleReceipts 129Last week 84Year ago 298

Replacement CattleReceipts 22Last week 27Year ago 138

Compared to one week earlier: Slaughter cattle 5.00 higher; Feeder cattle unevenly steady; Replacement cattle steady

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	383	270.00–275.00	273.30
2	400–450	440	265.00	265.00
6	450–500	485	255.00–262.00	256.96
8	500–550	526	240.00–250.00	246.83
5	550–600	586	235.00–240.00	236.98
3	650–700	680	205.00–212.00	208.97
1	750–800	790	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	280.00	280.00
6	400–450	428	270.00–275.00	273.12
4	450–500	483	265.00–272.00	267.20
8	500–550	530	255.00–262.00	257.32
18	550–600	587	245.00–255.00	254.02
2	700–750	740	207.00	207.00
1	750–800	790	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	275.00	275.00
1	350–400	390	267.00	267.00
3	400–450	437	255.00–257.00	255.66
1	450–500	490	245.00	245.00
5	500–550	524	230.00–237.00	233.75
2	550–600	585	220.00–225.00	222.48
1	600–650	640	205.00	205.00
2	650–700	690	200.00	200.00
1	700–750	740	197.00	197.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	340.00	340.00
1	350–400	390	330.00	330.00
2	400–450	440	315.00	315.00
8	450–500	479	270.00–280.00	274.57
6	500–550	527	262.00–272.00	266.44
6	550–600	588	245.00–250.00	245.82
5	600–650	628	240.00–245.00	242.78
2	650–700	685	232.00–237.00	234.48
5	700–750	724	210.00–220.00	214.56
1	750–800	790	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	370.00	370.00
2	350–400	385	355.00–360.00	357.47
4	400–450	435	325.00–335.00	329.94
4	450–500	488	285.00–295.00	287.46
5	500–550	536	275.00–285.00	278.96
5	550–600	584	255.00–262.00	257.36
1	600–650	640	257.00	257.00
3	650–700	680	240.00–250.00	244.95
2	750–800	790	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	300.00–305.00	302.47
9	400–450	428	280.00–290.00	286.06
9	450–500	476	255.00–265.00	262.15
2	500–550	535	247.00–257.00	251.95
2	550–600	585	235.00–240.00	237.48
3	600–650	630	225.00–235.00	229.61
2	650–700	685	212.00–220.00	215.97
1	700–750	740	207.00	207.00
1	750–800	790	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	490	337.00	337.00
4	500–550	525	320.00	320.00
5	550–600	580	285.00–295.00	289.93
1	600–650	640	270.00	270.00
1	750–800	790	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	370.00	370.00
1	450–500	490	342.00	342.00
1	550–600	590	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	365.00	365.00
1	350–400	390	340.00	340.00
3	450–500	480	317.00–325.00	321.28
2	500–550	520	312.00	312.00
11	550–600	585	275.00–280.00	279.10
1	650–700	690	255.00	255.00
1	700–750	740	228.00	228.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	6	—	1,021	1,250.00–1,700.00	1,485.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	870	1,350.00	1,350.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	988	180.00–195.00	184.05

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	961	160.00–177.00	169.79

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	758	1,175.00–1,530.00	1,375.35

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,134	142.00–150.00	145.01
31	—	1,116	132.00–140.00	135.65
12	—	1,046	124.00–131.00	127.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	964	121.00–124.00	122.71
11	—	980	110.00–119.00	115.83
1	—	785	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,553	148.00–149.00	148.52
10	—	1,483	137.00–143.00	139.92
4	—	1,515	128.00–132.00	129.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,442	163.00–169.00	166.45
8	—	1,659	170.00–177.00	174.94
2	—	1,145	181.00–183.00	182.12

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.