Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2021-09-09

Athens

Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2021-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-09

Feeder Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Thu, Sep 9

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2252

← Aug 12Sep 9Oct 14 →

Receipts

1,724 head

▼ 128 vs last sale 1,852▲ 212 vs year ago 1,512 · +14.0%

Also sold hereRegular saleWed Oct 28, 2026

View

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.29/cwt on 856 head.

Average price

$147.29

856 head · 654 lb average

Value per head Derived

$964

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$88

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

$4.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.46

vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	667	148.76	992	583
Medium and Large 2	627	144.17	904	273

One grade step is worth $4.59/cwt here — about $88 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 sale856 hd

147.29

—

GA average14 barns · 1,937 hd

146.83

+0.46

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

Every lot

20 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	814	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	549	155.25/cwt	155.25–155.25	852	80
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	157.75/cwt	157.75–157.75	888	87
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	599	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	858	106
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	610	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	839	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	645	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	955	220
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	743	141.03/cwt	140.00–142.50	1,048	148
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	749	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,030	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,082	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	837	130.73/cwt	130.00–131.50	1,094	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	872	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,182	61
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	461	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	701	91
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	556	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	801	85
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	563	139.71/cwt	133.00–141.75	787	114
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	136.88/cwt	134.25–139.25	861	263
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	736	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	957	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	748	134.75/cwt	134.75–134.75	1,008	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	755	129.23/cwt	125.00–133.00	976	91
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,002	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	907	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,088	44

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 Sep 9, 2021

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

Receipts 1,724Last week 1,852Year ago 1,512

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	461	152.00	152.00
85	—	556	144.00	144.00
44	—	907	120.00	120.00
263	—	629	134.25–139.25	136.88
42	—	748	134.75	134.75
10	—	765	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	755	125.00–133.00	129.23
4	—	736	130.00	130.00
114	—	563	133.00–141.75	139.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	749	137.50	137.50
29	—	610	137.50	137.50
80	—	549	155.25	155.25
31	—	837	130.00–131.50	130.73
106	—	599	143.25	143.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	773	140.00	140.00
148	—	743	140.00–142.50	141.03
61	—	872	135.50	135.50
55	—	465	175.00	175.00
87	—	563	157.75	157.75
220	—	645	148.00	148.00

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.