Sale reports / Georgia / Athens / 2024-03-14

Athens

Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2024-03-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-14

Feeder Cattle · Athens, Georgia · Thu, Mar 14

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2252

← Feb 8Mar 14Apr 11 →

Receipts

1,092 head

▼ 412 vs last sale 1,504▼ 650 vs year ago 1,742 · −37.3%

Also sold hereRegular saleWed Oct 28, 2026

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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $257.59/cwt on 145 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −120.21 against this barn's trailing median of $377.80.

Average price

$257.59

145 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,426

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

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

$30.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.39

vs GA average

−18.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	551	270.00	1,488	85
Medium and Large 2	557	240.00	1,337	60

One grade step is worth $30.00/cwt here — about $151 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale145 hd

257.59

—

GA average15 barns · 502 hd

252.19

+5.39

National average176 barns · 16,729 hd

276.17

−18.58

This barn, trailing median8 sales

377.80

−120.21

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

8 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $408.88, low $332.51, median $377.80 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

17 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	454	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,557	61
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,635	81
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	314.50/cwt	314.50–314.50	1,749	46
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	647	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	1,750	67
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	657	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,669	39
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	745	237.75/cwt	237.75–237.75	1,771	49
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	748	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,687	21
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	892	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	1,904	62
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	922	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,996	62
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	456	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,354	59
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	551	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,488	85
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	557	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,337	60
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,476	43
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	658	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,596	78
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	741	218.75/cwt	218.75–218.75	1,621	43
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	776	202.37/cwt	200.00–205.50	1,570	92
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	872	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,666	52

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 Mar 14, 2024

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

Receipts 1,092Last week 1,504Year ago 1,742

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	700–750	741	218.75	218.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
59	450–500	456	297.00	297.00
85	550–600	551	270.00	270.00
78	650–700	658	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
60	550–600	557	240.00	240.00
43	650–700	650	227.00	227.00
92	750–800	776	200.00–205.50	202.37
52	850–900	872	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
81	500–550	545	300.00	300.00
46	550–600	556	314.50	314.50
62	900–950	922	216.50	216.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
61	450–500	454	343.00	343.00
67	600–650	647	270.50	270.50
49	700–750	745	237.75	237.75
62	850–900	892	213.50	213.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	650–700	657	254.00	254.00
21	700–750	748	225.50	225.50

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.