Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2021-04-08

Athens

Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2021-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-08

Feeder Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Thu, Apr 8

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2252

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Receipts

1,272 head

▼ 506 vs last sale 1,778▲ 1,272 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereRegular saleWed Oct 28, 2026

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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.56/cwt on 660 head.

Average price

$145.56

660 head · 663 lb average

Value per head Derived

$964

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$8.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.24

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	668	149.62	999	338
Medium and Large 2	657	141.29	928	322

One grade step is worth $8.33/cwt here — about $71 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 sale660 hd

145.56

—

GA average16 barns · 1,673 hd

147.79

−2.24

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

16 lots · USDA AMS · Northeast Georgia Livestock Special Feeder Cattle Sale - 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	456	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	812	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	558	163.75/cwt	163.75–163.75	914	81
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	576	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	896	76
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	629	140.74/cwt	140.00–141.50	885	141
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	652	145.75/cwt	145.75–145.75	950	80
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	744	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,027	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	753	131.74/cwt	130.25–133.00	992	105
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	873	130.63/cwt	130.25–130.75	1,140	73
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	474	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	694	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	556	145.75/cwt	145.75–145.75	810	91
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	584	131.07/cwt	130.00–138.00	765	93
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	645	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	839	69
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	655	134.25/cwt	134.25–134.25	879	76
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	748	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	950	64
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	121.34/cwt	119.00–122.00	946	82
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	844	114.25/cwt	114.25–114.25	964	24

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 Special Feeder Cattle Sale - Athens, GA

Thu Apr 8, 2021

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

Receipts 1,272Last week 1,778Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	844	114.25	114.25
64	—	748	127.00	127.00
76	—	655	134.25	134.25
82	—	780	119.00–122.00	121.34
91	—	556	145.75	145.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	474	146.50	146.50
69	—	645	130.00	130.00
93	—	584	130.00–138.00	131.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	558	163.75	163.75
44	—	456	178.00	178.00
60	—	744	138.00	138.00
73	—	873	130.25–130.75	130.63
80	—	652	145.75	145.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	576	155.50	155.50
105	—	753	130.25–133.00	131.74
141	—	629	140.00–141.50	140.74

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.