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Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2025-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Wed, Mar 12

● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1940

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Feeder Cattle receipts

317 head

▲ 83 vs last sale 234▼ 55 vs year ago 372 · −14.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

94 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 94▲ 34 vs year ago 60 · +56.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

27 head

▼ 68 vs last sale 95▼ 13 vs year ago 40 · −32.5%

Also sold hereSpecial Feeder Cattle SaleThu Oct 8, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls mostly steady, all feeder classes lightly tested, replacement cattle mostly 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 $316.41/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 5 of 32 comparable sales and sits −40.27 against this barn's trailing median of $356.68.

Average price

$316.41

7 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,690

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$98

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$14.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.94

vs GA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	537	322.44	1,732	4thin
Medium and Large 3	530	308.36	1,634	3thin

One grade step is worth $14.08/cwt here — about $98 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale7 hd

316.41

—

GA average14 barns · 145 hd

313.46

+2.94

This barn, trailing median32 sales

356.68

−40.27

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	—	Average	1,590	177.70	2,825	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,242	151.72	1,885	36
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,476	151.11	2,230	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,026	130.95	1,344	4thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,065	$1,724	8
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,046	$1,683	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	995	$2,160	12

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	235	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	940	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	290	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,218	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	385	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,251	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	400	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,320	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,605	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	480	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,560	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,673	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,771	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	326.88/cwt	325.00–327.50	1,870	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	265	328.33/cwt	325.00–330.00	870	3
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	265	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	795	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	313	328.24/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,027	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	337.45/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,292	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	408	327.45/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,336	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	430	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,312	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	316.26/cwt	315.00–317.50	1,455	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	479	294.24/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,409	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	485	280.00/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,358	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,540	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	286.69/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,528	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,665	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	281.61/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,633	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	615	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,568	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	632	268.30/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,696	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 2	225	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	900	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	273	408.48/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,115	3
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 3	280	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,106	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	283	430.12/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,217	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	313	409.88/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,283	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	327	393.37/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,286	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	335	377.46/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,264	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	365	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,369	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	397.40/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,510	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	400	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,560	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	420	353.25/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,484	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	371.21/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,633	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	455	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,593	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	463	363.24/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,682	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	375.00/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,800	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	326.59/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,708	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	530	308.36/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,634	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,798	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,871	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,900	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	272.44/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,812	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 3	680	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,802	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,390	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	2,669	1
Bulls	—	—	1,630	174.84/cwt	172.00–180.00	2,850	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,026	130.95/cwt	123.00–137.00	1,344	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,045	175.32/cwt	170.00–182.50	1,832	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,193	144.27/cwt	138.00–149.00	1,721	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,302	155.11/cwt	150.00–166.00	2,020	19
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,355	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,304	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,482	150.39/cwt	143.00–157.00	2,229	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,545	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	2,132	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	935	1,508.73/head	1,475.00–1,550.00	1,509	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,044	1,748.81/head	1,625.00–1,800.00	1,749	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,050	1,551.43/head	1,525.00–1,575.00	1,551	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,143	1,852.80/head	1,625.00–2,150.00	1,853	5
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	995	2,160.30/head	1,825.00–2,400.00	2,160	12

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 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 317Last week 234Year ago 372

Slaughter CattleReceipts 94Last week 94Year ago 60

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 95Year ago 40

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cows mostly steady, slaughter bulls mostly steady, all feeder classes lightly tested, replacement cattle mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	400.00	400.00
3	450–500	485	345.00	345.00
5	500–550	545	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	325.00	325.00
1	400–450	400	330.00	330.00
1	450–500	480	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	420.00	420.00
2	400–450	428	375.00	375.00
4	550–600	572	325.00–327.50	326.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	265	325.00–330.00	328.33
3	300–350	313	325.00–330.00	328.24
13	450–500	479	290.00–295.00	294.24
3	500–550	533	285.00–290.00	286.69
3	550–600	580	275.00–285.00	281.61
3	600–650	632	265.00–275.00	268.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	300.00	300.00
2	400–450	430	305.00	305.00
2	450–500	485	275.00–285.00	280.00
1	600–650	615	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	335.00–340.00	337.45
2	400–450	408	325.00–330.00	327.45
2	450–500	460	315.00–317.50	316.26
1	500–550	505	305.00	305.00
1	550–600	555	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	400.00	400.00
3	250–300	273	400.00–420.00	408.48
3	300–350	327	390.00–395.00	393.37
4	400–450	440	370.00–375.00	371.21
3	450–500	463	360.00–365.00	363.24
3	500–550	523	325.00–330.00	326.59
1	550–600	580	310.00	310.00
1	600–650	645	290.00	290.00
2	650–700	665	270.00–275.00	272.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	395.00	395.00
2	300–350	335	375.00–380.00	377.46
1	350–400	365	375.00	375.00
3	400–450	420	350.00–355.00	353.25
1	450–500	455	350.00	350.00
3	500–550	530	305.00–310.00	308.36
2	650–700	680	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	283	425.00–435.00	430.12
4	300–350	313	405.00–415.00	409.88
2	350–400	380	395.00–400.00	397.40
1	400–450	400	390.00	390.00
2	450–500	480	370.00–380.00	375.00
2	650–700	655	290.00	290.00

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)	2	—	1,050	1,525.00–1,575.00	1,551.43
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	935	1,475.00–1,550.00	1,508.73

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)	4	—	1,044	1,625.00–1,800.00	1,748.81
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,143	1,625.00–2,150.00	1,852.80

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	995	1,825.00–2,400.00	2,160.30

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,026	123.00–137.00	130.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	170.00	170.00
1	—	1,545	138.00	138.00
8	—	1,482	143.00–157.00	150.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,193	138.00–149.00	144.27
2	—	1,045	170.00–182.50	175.32
19	—	1,302	150.00–166.00	155.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,630	172.00–180.00	174.84
1	—	1,390	192.00	192.00

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.