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Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2026-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-09

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Wed, Sep 9

● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1940

← Sep 2Sep 9Sep 16 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

169 head

▼ 95 vs last sale 264▼ 184 vs year ago 353 · −52.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

73 head

▼ 62 vs last sale 135▲ 10 vs year ago 63 · +15.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

25 head

▼ 119 vs last sale 144▼ 52 vs year ago 77 · −67.5%

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 3.00 to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls mostly steady, feeder steers lightly tested, feeder bulls sharply higher, feeder heifers lightly tested, all replacements 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 $320.42/cwt on 29 head, up $45.88 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 32 comparable sales and sits −36.26 against this barn's trailing median of $356.68.

Average price

$320.42

▲ 45.88 vs prior sale

29 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,725

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$388

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

$96.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.26

vs GA average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	336.69	1,768	19thin
Medium and Large 2	562	295.01	1,658	9thin
Medium and Large 3	575	240.00	1,380	1thin

One grade step is worth $96.69/cwt here — about $388 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 sale29 hd

320.42

—

GA average13 barns · 340 hd

318.16

+2.26

This barn, trailing median32 sales

356.68

−36.26

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	1,676	187.42	3,141	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,458	160.20	2,336	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,159	150.01	1,738	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	941	134.51	1,265	8thin

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,131	$2,590	7
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,155	$2,350	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,050	$2,058	3thin

Every lot

55 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	290	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,160	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,701	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,782	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	680	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,278	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	700	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,820	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	362	365.12/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,322	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	378	339.82/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,285	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	297.50/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,309	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	468	307.70/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,440	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,591	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	505	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,237	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,597	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls28 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 3	235	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	917	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	269	461.58/cwt	435.00–515.00	1,242	4
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 3	270	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	972	1
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	285	565.09/cwt	560.00–570.00	1,611	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,584	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	323	427.64/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,381	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	355	257.50/cwt	245.00–270.00	914	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	368	373.35/cwt	340.00–385.00	1,374	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	404.90/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,571	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	407	383.32/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,560	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	352.38/cwt	330.00–375.00	1,498	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	456	350.91/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,600	11
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	374.77/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,713	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	493	297.46/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,466	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,752	17
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	313.24/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,660	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	575	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,380	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	329.85/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,907	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	578	285.89/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,652	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,842	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	637	275.47/cwt	245.00–285.00	1,755	11
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	645	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,500	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,965	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	662	256.16/cwt	230.00–270.00	1,696	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 3	671	219.28/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,471	4
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 3	720	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,332	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	278.84/cwt	270.00–295.00	2,019	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	733	259.98/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,906	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,195	174.44/cwt	174.00–175.00	2,085	2
Bulls	—	—	1,945	203.62/cwt	202.00–205.00	3,960	2
Bulls	—	—	2,100	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	3,801	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	798	142.87/cwt	140.00–147.50	1,140	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	979	134.06/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,312	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,010	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,404	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,035	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,242	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,148	148.45/cwt	140.00–159.00	1,704	22
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,285	165.11/cwt	164.00–166.00	2,122	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,458	160.20/cwt	155.00–165.00	2,336	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	995	2,036.37/head	2,025.00–2,050.00	2,036	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,035	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,058	1,762.35/head	1,750.00–1,775.00	1,762	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,155	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,186	2,811.61/head	2,550.00–2,900.00	2,812	5

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 Sep 9, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 169Last week 264Year ago 353

Slaughter CattleReceipts 73Last week 135Year ago 63

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 144Year ago 77

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	560.00–570.00	565.09
1	300–350	320	495.00	495.00
2	350–400	388	400.00–410.00	404.90
6	400–450	407	380.00–385.00	383.32
9	450–500	457	365.00–380.00	374.77
17	500–550	519	337.50	337.50
2	550–600	578	325.00–335.00	329.85
1	600–650	635	290.00	290.00
1	650–700	655	300.00	300.00
5	700–750	724	270.00–295.00	278.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	269	435.00–515.00	461.58
2	300–350	323	425.00–430.00	427.64
6	350–400	368	340.00–385.00	373.35
4	400–450	425	330.00–375.00	352.38
11	450–500	456	350.00–355.00	350.91
3	500–550	530	305.00–320.00	313.24
6	550–600	578	265.00–290.00	285.89
11	600–650	637	245.00–285.00	275.47
5	650–700	662	230.00–270.00	256.16
2	700–750	733	255.00–265.00	259.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	390.00	390.00
1	250–300	270	360.00	360.00
2	350–400	355	245.00–270.00	257.50
2	450–500	493	290.00–305.00	297.46
1	550–600	575	240.00	240.00
1	600–650	645	232.50	232.50
4	650–700	671	210.00–225.00	219.28
1	700–750	720	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	378	330.00–350.00	339.82
2	400–450	440	295.00–300.00	297.50
2	450–500	468	300.00–315.00	307.70
1	500–550	515	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	362	360.00–370.00	365.12
1	500–550	505	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	400.00	400.00
1	450–500	495	360.00	360.00
1	650–700	680	335.00	335.00
1	700–750	700	260.00	260.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,148	140.00–159.00	148.45
1	—	1,010	139.00	139.00
3	—	1,285	164.00–166.00	165.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,035	120.00	120.00
2	—	798	140.00–147.50	142.87
5	—	979	130.00–139.00	134.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,458	155.00–165.00	160.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,195	174.00–175.00	174.44
2	—	1,945	202.00–205.00	203.62
1	—	2,100	181.00	181.00

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	995	2,025.00–2,050.00	2,036.37
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,155	2,350.00	2,350.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,058	1,750.00–1,775.00	1,762.35

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,186	2,550.00–2,900.00	2,811.61
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,035	2,650.00	2,650.00

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.